Our impact & values
Resilience through solidarity, culture, innovation, ecologies and stewardship.
What guides our work
These values guide whom we work with and how we support collective action.
Resilient communities don't break due to cascading system failure. They have a patchwork of fallbacks to absorb the shocks. And when we can trust our community to catch us if we fall, we can safely turn our attention to working for the greater good. That is why we put resilient communities at the center of our mission.
We put great trust in civil society but also understand that resilience is unevenly distributed. Communities achieve it at different times and sometimes lose it. By acknowledging that, those who are acting from a more resilient position can take action to show solidarity. We act with caring solidarity to nurture resilience in others.
Resourceful people want to thrive and blossom, seek joy and new insights, jump higher, play louder, and whisper poetry. Culture brings attention to what we must express - because it is true, just, beautiful, or frightening. We support independent culture organized by citizens for citizens.
The work continues
When we use science and technology wisely, it makes us more resourceful. If we share our findings, we grow stronger together. Civil society plays a vital role in making innovation available to all. What makes all of this possible is open innovation.
Without solving the climate crisis and other man-made disasters, our work toward resilient communities will fail. There are countless examples of civil society initiatives that reduce carbon footprints, minimize waste, prevent deforestation and protect animals from extinction. Citizens can take direct action or push for better policies and practices to support sustainable ecologies.
We hope the commons we create will become so readily available that they appear unremarkable. A community center built by one generation needs to be repaired and maintained by the next. We cannot take our commons for granted. We need to support commons stewardship for our progress to leave a lasting legacy.
Explore the work
Young people and local leaders working on climate action and living fruit forests in schools.
Meet the collectiveResourcing, accompaniment and peer learning for activists and organisations led by people affected by statelessness.
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