Wonderful….I once again see parallels between what you are experiencing and responding to in the valley of grace and our particular threshold here on the Osa. Let’s talk as I would love to understand what the emancipation architecture loos like and it’s possible applicability to our circumstances ❤️
So nice to hear there are parallels. I suspect that (bio)regions and those involved in their regeneration who are focussing more on the people aspect rather than the ecological aspect (even though they are equally important) are seeing these patterns emerge too.
The emancipation architecture is still too theoretical. What is coming through now are much more practical real-world applications (of the same thinking).
Perhaps wait for the next few essays, or if you have time, look into the work being done in Spain by Stef van Dongen and Victoria Engelhorn. This essay is a good starting point, and I have a deep dive in my research portal: https://stefvandongen.substack.com/p/the-watershed
You have a remarkable mind Michael, I am so grateful to have crossed paths with your work. I see you chatting to Michel Bauwens whose work Ive always read, but it feels like you are the first leading heart-mind in South Africa to be looking at Bioregional development framing from a Commons perspective.
Our town was gifted 2000+ acres by the USNavy and Grumman 30 years ago. Since then a ski mountain, drag boat lake, movie studio and drone manufacturing pipe dreams have come and gone. We were 'stalled' by a lawsuit which gave us time to rethink and plan for regeneration of the whole property. The strongest message we have been putting to our elected representatives is to lease, not sell, the property. This would keep town/community ownership and say-so for the long term. Thank you for putting this article out which gives names to the work for us.
I really like the concept of protective illiquidity and can see all kinds of conservation applications for it, not just for humans. Thanks for a thoughtful, eye-opening piece that spoke to me as a person who is often uncomfortable with market ownership, which is a painfully human-centric notion.
Wonderful….I once again see parallels between what you are experiencing and responding to in the valley of grace and our particular threshold here on the Osa. Let’s talk as I would love to understand what the emancipation architecture loos like and it’s possible applicability to our circumstances ❤️
So nice to hear there are parallels. I suspect that (bio)regions and those involved in their regeneration who are focussing more on the people aspect rather than the ecological aspect (even though they are equally important) are seeing these patterns emerge too.
The emancipation architecture is still too theoretical. What is coming through now are much more practical real-world applications (of the same thinking).
Perhaps wait for the next few essays, or if you have time, look into the work being done in Spain by Stef van Dongen and Victoria Engelhorn. This essay is a good starting point, and I have a deep dive in my research portal: https://stefvandongen.substack.com/p/the-watershed
You have a remarkable mind Michael, I am so grateful to have crossed paths with your work. I see you chatting to Michel Bauwens whose work Ive always read, but it feels like you are the first leading heart-mind in South Africa to be looking at Bioregional development framing from a Commons perspective.
Our town was gifted 2000+ acres by the USNavy and Grumman 30 years ago. Since then a ski mountain, drag boat lake, movie studio and drone manufacturing pipe dreams have come and gone. We were 'stalled' by a lawsuit which gave us time to rethink and plan for regeneration of the whole property. The strongest message we have been putting to our elected representatives is to lease, not sell, the property. This would keep town/community ownership and say-so for the long term. Thank you for putting this article out which gives names to the work for us.
I really like the concept of protective illiquidity and can see all kinds of conservation applications for it, not just for humans. Thanks for a thoughtful, eye-opening piece that spoke to me as a person who is often uncomfortable with market ownership, which is a painfully human-centric notion.