Transforming communities; embedding regenerative economic principles into institutions and organisations
Environmental regenerative consultancy
Last edited 235 days ago by James Gardiner
ERC forms the backbone of Education Health & Wellbeing CIC practices and processes. The foundations of the CIC are embedded within research and the understanding that new paradigms need to come to the fore in order to support adaptation and mitigate in the face of the impending crisis.
Within this mission we work to provide a voice for climate justice when considering the wider implications of the operations that we support. It is these considerations that enable a wide holistic analysis of the impact that each organisation has upon its local community, local environment and global systems. For example, one of areas of analysis is embodied carbon, considering the environmental cost of supporting the organisation to operate.
Practices and culture within each organisaiton will be further deconstructed and analysed, considering the implications of the interpersonal messages that are being distilled by each organisation. For example, if an organisational culture is focused upon consumerist practices, the wider implications that this has will embed a culture of waste with little regard to the value of production. Another example would be a culture that is supportive of competitive over collaborative principles, leading to messaging around individualism and the perpetuation of discriminatory practices.
Nothing short of transformation is required, a move of focus from profit to a focus upon regeneration of life; people who are happy, healthy and connected to their community, their ecosystem and the planet. For those who do not see the need to change, the process created by ERC will enable a clear and transparent means for communities to understand the impact that organisations are having upon the world around us. This will enable an informed choice to be made, clear that by supporting some organisaitons over others, consumers are ultimately eroding their own wellbeing.
ERC will explore each organisation’s mission, deconstruct and analyse processes and practices against how they are funded; where they generate income, how they operate and deploy their resources, what their connections and stake holders believe is their value mission and how they play a part in the future, knowing that we need to regenerate with urgency.
The outcome of this process is to provide choice, choice for the users of services to make around how they feel about the organisation they are supporting. Currently there is little publicly available evidence to demonstrate the inner workings or the ethical decisions that are being implemented by organisations. For those who are making concerted effort to change, their endeavors need to be championed by an independent assessment. For those who wish to change, their journey can be mapped and documented and for those who want to avoid the process, their lack of engagement will speak volumes about their lack of commitment to climate action.
Ultimately, investment and support for organisaitons to change positively will be championed by the communities they are part of and equally investemnt and support for toxic organisations will fall as alternatives are offered.
There are a number of hurdles that ERC must navigate within the process, one, that seems to be the outweighing process of climate degradation, is capitalism itself. The question of moving investment away from organisaitons who can provide vast returns for their investors is one that must provide an alternative model for investors. It is here that the public eye must focus and take direct action.
Unless there are viable alternatives, consumers of services and goods will be unable to change their daily routines. From food to fuel, consideration needs to be taken as to how organisaitons are supporting their communities to make these positive choices. One example here would be to ask schools to enable direct cooperation with food production and local farmers, not only bulk purchasing on behalf of their community but providing services from their facilities that reduce the need for individuals to replicate on an individual basis. An easy switch here would be to enable community canteens, operating out of the commercial catering spaces, directly employing nutritionally trained chefs and providing organic, locally sourced food.
This process might, on the face of it seem protractive and costly, however, when we scale away from the profits and shareholders, the business overheads of rates and the extensive supply chains through multiple profit making entities, the creation of such a service is both efficient, viable and feasible.
Supporting these organisaitons to change, not for themselves but for their community, is where funding support and guidance is required and it is here that ERC will embed its process within the institution, bringing all the necessary process into action.
Want to print your doc? This is not the way.
Try clicking the ⋯ next to your doc name or using a keyboard shortcut (
