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Scaling regenerative agriculture in Europe with Climate Farmers. Co-founder of Love Foundation, VCA NL & Hug Records. TED Countdown & BMW Responsible Leader. Studying regenerative culture & regenerative leadership.

Throughout my adult life, I have always enjoyed hosting people. Be it by running a nightclub, organizing festivals, workshops, or conferences. I love the level of complexity, especially once the events get bigger and longer. At the moment, I am in my Portuguese mountain village. We have gathered with 8 people who own property here and are committed to potentially being neighbors for life. We are working on the land and aligning on expectations, commitments, and issues. Some of us have been working on regenerating this village since 2017; some joined last year. It's been an interesting process, and it reminded me of Richard Bartlett's graphic below, about hosting capacity as a measure of agency. Many of the people that are now here with me are people that I have organized and hosted other people in the past with. Mostly through our mutual work at Stichting Love Foundation & Viva con Agua It is very useful when discussing how to create a coliving neighborhood and design and facilitate processes that make everybody feel comfortable. I highly recommend reading the article, especially if you are interested in community living or long-term hosting. (link in comments) In my experience, taking the slow route and moving from organizing a dinner party over a retreat or a festival to finally a coliving situation is very healthy and can prevent a lot of the issues that are so present in many coliving communities. I am curious to hear your experiences, if you have tried or are managing to pull off coliving experiences or communities. #communitylife #artofhosting

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Philippe Birker

Scaling regenerative agriculture in Europe with Climate Farmers. Co-founder of Love Foundation, VCA NL & Hug Records. TED Countdown & BMW Responsible Leader. Studying regenerative culture & regenerative leadership.

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Alice Leguay

Finance for Regenerative Business | Nature-Based Solutions | Biodiversity | Coalition Builder

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Philippe Birker - the magical Jessica Flore Angel can tell you a few things about running a co living commune 👌

Jon O’Donoghue

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I love a good visual - and this is a brilliant one. I would like to join a co-living community in the next ten years. I find the concept of people living in such big houses with spare bedrooms and a whole load of amenities and resources individual to that house very strange. Make no mistake: I want (some) of my 'own' space but I want to also share spaces and responsibilities with others.

Jenny Andersson

Regenerative Place-sourced Designer | Regenerative Economy, Ecology & Culture | Weaver of Fields | Convener & Curator | Founder Really Regenerative Centre CIC | Always asking 'is this really regenerative?'

8mo

As Margaret Mead always said "a conversation is the smallest unit of change". I think there is another arc to add to the diagram - that of convening and hosting a bioregion. That goes up in years to decades.

Greta Pace Buch

Connector + Coach + Heart Follower + Facilitator + Relationship Weaver + Artist Ally + Communications Strategist + Dancing Queen

8mo

Thanks for writing this. Appreciate seeing the practices together and definitely agree that doing stuff is better than discussing when it comes to finding and building alignment. Doing needs to be followed up with documentation and learning though.

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Ilektra Kouloumpi

Director of Consulting | Circular Economy | Doughnut & Post-Growth Economics | Helping governments, businesses, and industries to transition to a future where both people and planet can thrive

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I like the graph. Didn’t know that someone had put so much thinking into that, but as a person who enjoys hosting it does make sense!

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Maarten Sillekens

"Geerdete" Sichtweisen-Mittgestalter, zum eigen Naturinklusives Geschäftsmodel, grazing4economy, grazing+ecology, Pure Graze Deutschland

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making an inspiring "Holistic Management Journey" with landregeneration.eu : duration: LIFE LONG... 😎

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Jana Skokan

No Ecology = No Economy | Sustainable Building & Living 🌱 | More Efficiency, Resilience & Less Costs | 🌍 B2B |🏗 Future Architect |

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Philippe Birker coliving maybe a great bridge to eco vilage type of decentralized high quality living

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Kath Cockshaw MA FRSA

Project Director 'Thomas Wolsey 550', Cultural Placemaking, Heritage Engagement | Art Historian | Director EcoAttractions

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Jonathan Wise I thought you might like this graph

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Beatriz Fonseca

systems and people transformation.

8mo

Very interesting insights Philippe. Thank you for sharing.

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