Regenerative Rising

Dear Community, We each know that life is an endless unfolding journey. We may even think we know what is happening and declare it to be so. We at Regenerative Rising have experienced this most dynamically. We declared our ‘Regenerative Modes of Thought: Foundations Course and Education HUB’ recently – we’ve been sharing our Modes of Thought and pursuing the next round of funding to continue this project and have come up dry. The well is empty and rather than push, pull, scrap & scramble, we are celebrating the last decade plus of work and bidding you farewell. Regenerative Rising is closing 31 December 2024. It is with joy and hearts full of gratitude that we celebrate over a decade of creative, generative energy expressed through programming that has spanned events produced at Expo West, Expo East, B Corp Champion’s Retreats & Women Leading Green events, Regenerative Earth Summits in-person & online, Women Leading Regeneration Summits in-person & online, Leadership Day, Farm to Fashion Show, & Elevating Voices, Activating Change podcast series. It is a body of work that has helped launch a Movement, shift peoples’ perspectives, change the course of businesses and individuals who now endeavor to build powerful change in the food, beauty, and fashion industries through agriculture to foster thriving ecosystems and shared wellbeing. RR has hosted hundreds of thought leaders, each bringing caring hearts and guiding insights, to share with a community inspired to co-design and invest in a regenerative future. To the hundreds of people who joined from companies, nonprofits, civic leadership, universities, farms and ranchers who each have contributed to this journey – THANK YOU. It's been a phenomenal privilege to have been supported to create all these events and experiences. We are blessed by so many incredible human beings embracing, participating, contributing and believing in the aims of each gathering. At its core, this work is about relationships. The relationships with those who lift and support, those who answer the call, those who sponsor, those who say “yes” to the ask, and those who receive the messages and carry the learnings forward. It has been a tremendous learning process to mature our capability for all this generativeness. Fundamentally, it is an expression of deep love for Mother Earth – as an invitation to all to deeply serve Her regeneration. Stay steady friends – this is another beginning. Together, we are called to remember our relatedness to all life. We each have opportunities to lead from a lived understanding of the response-ability to manifest companies and societies that reflect our love for the magnificent diversity of Mother Earth. Be in joyous service to life – with every step – breathe and smile. With love & peace, Regenerative Rising Team P.S. A tax deductible donation via https://lnkd.in/e7nbP9uK will allow Regenerative Rising to close honoring all commitments with dignity & grace.

In this clip pulled from Ep. 29 of the Elevating Stories, Activating Change podcast, Wizipan Garriott, a member of the Sicangu Lakota Oyate – Rosebud Sioux Tribe. He is also a leader of the Rosebud Economic Development Corporation, which is reimagining how the Sicangu Lakota create and distribute wealth. He serves as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Interior. We invite you to receive his words of inspiration as we close out the year. #RegenerativeRising #WizipanLittleElk #ElevatingStoriesActivatingChange #Podcast #Inspiration #Hope

In this clip pulled from Ep. 13 of the Elevating Stories, Activating Change podcast, Philip Taylor, Ph.D., Co-Founder of Mad Agriculture, discusses the Regenerative Mode of Thought: Complementarity and the myth of separation. #RegenerativeRising #PhilTaylor #MadAgriculture #MadAg #ElevatingStoriesActivatingChange #Podcast #RegenerativeModesofThought #Complementarity Regenerative Rising Seleyn DeYarus Reilly Thomas Erica Mellon Maryam Mohiuddin Ahmed Nancy Coulter-Parker Elizabeth Candelario nisha mary poulose Gina (Asoudegan) Nagel Jason Knoll Pablo Muñoz Ledo Robyn O'Brien Marci Zaroff Guy O. Williams

In this clip pulled from Ep. 20 of the Elevating Stories, Activating Change podcast, Laura Storm, Founder of Regenerators, discusses the Regenerative Mode of Thought: Complementarity and the myth of separation. #RegenerativeRising #LauraStorm #Regenerators #ElevatingStoriesActivatingChange #Podcast #RegenerativeModesofThought #Complementarity Regenerative Rising Seleyn DeYarus Reilly Thomas Erica Mellon Maryam Mohiuddin Ahmed Nancy Coulter-Parker Elizabeth Candelario nisha mary poulose Gina (Asoudegan) Nagel Jason Knoll Pablo Muñoz Ledo Robyn O'Brien Marci Zaroff Guy O. Williams

📚 Dive into the Past to Illuminate the Present 🌍 ‘When God Was a Woman’ by Merlin Stone is a groundbreaking exploration of the ancient origins of bias against women and its continued resonance today. 🌟 This book is a profound excavation of goddess-worshipping societies and how their erasure shaped the dynamics of misogyny we still face in 2024. Stone's meticulous research offers extraordinary insights into the power and legacy of female leadership, the cultural shift toward patriarchal dominance, and the deeply ingrained narratives that perpetuate inequality. From ancient goddess religions to the weaponization of symbolism in Genesis, her work challenges us to question long-held beliefs and open our minds to a regenerative and reciprocal way of thinking. Read Seleyn DeYarus’ full commentary and join the conversation on what it means to reclaim dignity, equality, and mutual respect between the sexes by reading the blog below. #RegenerativeRising #WhenGodWasAWomanBook #MerlinStone #BookRecommendation #RediscoveringGoddess #AncientMatriarchies #ForgottenHistories #RegenerativeModesofThought #Essence #Reciprocity #Feminism #WomenEmpowerment #CulturalShift #Equality #SocialChange Regenerative Rising Erica Mellon Reilly Thomas Maryam Mohiuddin Ahmed Nancy Coulter-Parker Elizabeth Candelario nisha mary poulose Gina (Asoudegan) Nagel Jason Knoll Pablo Muñoz Ledo Robyn O'Brien Marci Zaroff Guy O. Williams

Dear LinkedIn Community, You may know Regenerative Rising through experiencing the 2017, 2018, or 2019 Regenerative Earth Summits and/or the biennial Women Leading Regeneration Summits (2018, 2020, or 2022); or listening to the Elevating Voices, Activating Change podcast series. We have some exciting news – Regenerative Rising is expanding its scope of work and is designing online learning. A year ago, we received a generous seed grant from The VF Foundation to embark on a path of developing 'Regenerative Modes of Thought: Foundations Course and Education HUB'. In last month’s newsletter, we revealed a series of statements, which are the roots of the Regenerative Modes of Thought. As Einstein said, “The world, as we have created it, is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” It is our aim to assist this shift in thinking through 'Regenerative Modes of Thought: Foundations Course and Education HUB'. It is a guide to learning new ways of perceiving that are a shift from our current mechanistic models. Each of us is capable of naming countless challenges and problems facing humanity and our planet. Yet, to genuinely think outside the parameters of the familiar to address the roots of these problems, is difficult. Finding solutions for problems is NOT the same as addressing the root cause of thinking that generated the choices. We are honored that the VF Foundation embraced our project and its aims. We are equally inspired by the journey we are within to generate 'Regenerative Modes of Thought: Foundations Course and Education HUB'. With the incredible resources of our many podcasts and programs to which many thought leaders have contributed, we are gleaning insightful reflections we are editing into short-form videos that align with the original thinking we are generating in our curriculum modules. Additionally, the Education HUB will showcase and link to educational offerings from fellow organizations such as the Savory Institute, Kiss The Ground, Soil Centric, nRhythm, Capital Institute, Regenerators and many others. Going forward, we will be sharing brief reveals of the content and asking for your engagement in our LinkedIn postings. Here we are cultivating a community of discourse to create a welcoming environment for idea exchange in service to shared evolution of modes of thought and inspired actions. Also join us on Instagram @regen_rising. Our ASK is that you become a monthly donor to empower the completion of 'Regenerative Modes of Thought: Foundations Course and Education HUB'. Together, with the seed grant and community support, the Beta will be up and running by 2025 Q3. Together, we can expand the movement and level up the number of opportunities for people around the world to shift their thinking toward one in service to life.  Gratitude, Regenerative Rising Team Seleyn DeYarus, Erica Mellon and Reilly Thomas Donate here >>> https://lnkd.in/e7nbP9uK

Regenerative Rising’s Seleyn DeYarus recently reread “When God Was a Woman” by American author, artist and academic Merlin Stone. If you have read Stone’s book already, we encourage you to share your reflections in the comments below. If not, here’s a taste of Seleyn’s commentary on “When God Was a Woman”: To read this book is to step into a level of scholarly excavation that is both profound and full of merit. Merlin Stone dedicated decades to archeological and cultural analysis of the goddess religions. In applying the Regenerative Mode of Thought: Essence, we can open to the authentic and unique existence of constructs now forgotten. Societies that occupied the birthplaces of the Patriarchal religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, were mostly matrifocal, and likely matrilineal. Their god was a woman – the Great Goddess known by many names and honorifics such as Ishtar, Inanna, Kybele, Tiamat, Nekhebt, Queen of Heaven, Lady of the Universe, Lady of the High Places, Lioness of the Sacred Assembly or simply Her Holiness. What Stone discovered, as she studied the ancient evidence unearthed and interpreted by those first archeologists, revealed long standing biases against the notion of a female deity. But nevertheless, it is objectively impossible to deny the evidence as merely fertility symbols. There is no doubt that indeed the first deity of humans was the progenitor of life, woman. The connection between the Paleolithic female figurines and the emergence of Goddess worshiping societies of the Neolithic periods in the Near and Middle East suggest an ongoing progression of a Mother Goddess. To read Seleyn DeYarus’ full reflection, we invite you to subscribe to our monthly newsletter by Thursday, November 28th via regenerativerising.org. #RegenerativeRising #WhenGodWasAWomanBook #MerlinStone #BookRecommendation #RediscoveringGoddess #AncientMatriarchies #ForgottenHistories #RegenerativeModesofThought #Essence #Reciprocity Erica Mellon Reilly Thomas Maryam Mohiuddin Ahmed Nancy Coulter-Parker Elizabeth Candelario nisha mary poulose Gina (Asoudegan) Nagel Jason Knoll Pablo Muñoz Ledo Robyn O'Brien Marci Zaroff Guy O. Williams

🌱🍄 Dive into the fascinating world of fungi! Our latest blog explores *Entangled Life* by Merlin Sheldrake, a mind-expanding journey through the hidden networks that sustain life on Earth. From underground ecosystems to human consciousness, discover how fungi challenge our understanding of biology and connection. 🌍✨ Plus, learn how these remarkable organisms exemplify *heterarchy*—a key concept in our *Regenerative Modes of Thought: Foundations* project. Check it out now! 👇 #RegenerativeRising #EntangledLifeBook #MerlinSheldrake #BookRecommendation #FungiScience #MycologyMatters #HeterarchyInNature #RegenerativeEcosystems #InterconnectedLife #SoilHealth Regenerative Rising Seleyn DeYarus Erica Mellon Reilly Thomas Maryam Mohiuddin Ahmed Nancy Coulter-Parker Elizabeth Candelario nisha mary poulose Gina (Asoudegan) Nagel Jason Knoll Pablo Muñoz Ledo Robyn O'Brien Marci Zaroff Guy O. Williams

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