The Gathering

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Searching for experts in franchising and biomimicry org design for panel on: Regenerative Scaling To answer the question: inspired by nature how can we rapidly spread regenerative solutions, organisation patterns, business models world-wide? I am excited to be organising a panel discussion on this with Jon Connors titled "Creating a Regenerative Franchise Model - How to scale for-purpose organizations?" We will explore the frontier of regenerative scaling - how to imagine and building a regenerative franchise model. How to scales impact by replicating business model patterns, while fostering local community empowerment. We are going to bring together a Franchise Expert, Bio-Mimicry Expert together with Victor Vorski 🍀 the founder of The Gathering and Jon the founder of Restore-A-Thon™ and using these two events as examples talk about how to spread models of regenerative events, and regenerative businesses and organisations in general through "regenerative franchising". Key Topics: - What is building in public? The idea of transparency, open feedback, and community involvement in the development of a franchise system. - Why regenerative scaling? How would it be different from the standard franchise/venture scaling model? - What would we copy from the existing systems, what do we want to do differently? - What could a regenerative & open franchise model look like? The potential to scale positive environmental and social impact through decentralized franchise locations, each designed to restore ecosystems, create jobs, and foster community resilience. - Lessons from nature: How biomimicry informs the design of franchises that are adaptable, resilient, and regenerative, using nature as a guide for business systems. - Real-world examples: Success stories from past Restore-a-thon projects and how the franchise model can be replicated for broader impact. - Global perspective: The role of Restore-a-thon Africa and how regenerative franchises can be tailored to local contexts while adhering to universal principles of sustainability and empowerment.

What do you think the world needs most right now? That's a big question, huh? But genuinely, I want to hear from you. Is it more innovative technologies? More funding for research? Or perhaps it’s about changing our behaviours? Maybe we just need more people joining the conversation for change? I ask after attending an eye-opening event recently here in Portugal - The Gathering of Tribes. The event brought together anyone from start-ups and entrepreneurs to scientists and investors to discuss the idea of society coming together, regeneration, knowledge sharing and learning from each other to tackle the planet's most pressing issues. You might be thinking, what's the real impact of this? It's about shifting the focus from protesting to actively striving to create a new system that can lead to more constructive outcomes; harnessing the knowledge and creativity of those advocating for change to build solutions that address the root issues of the current system. So I want to start a conversation with you, my network - the activists and creators. What does the world need most right now? Imagine what we could accomplish if everyone aligned with this vision came together. #ecovirtualassistant #sustainablesolutions #sustainabilitymatters

Harvesting I’ve had quite a few attempts at capturing my learnings, insights and celebration of The Future is Now camp at The Gathering. But what I wrote felt clunky and captured neither the precious magic that unfolded nor my more critical reflections about the event. Then today I stumbled across something: an impromptu poem I performed in our closing ceremony of the ‘village’ that The Future is Now created together with Greaterthan and 7 Billion Presidents. What I did there was capturing a word or a phrase from each human that shared something meaningful in the closing, something they harvested. Then I changed the order and spontaneously created a poem, spoken in the moment from the snippets that I had written down in my notebook. It was one of those really meaningful moments for me during the gathering, a moment of pure presence, creativity, collective wisdom and sacredness. I reconstructed the poem and while it is certainly different from what came through in the moment, it is close enough to still be the one thing that I want to share as my personal harvest from the gathering: it is the beginning of something honor the silence it is within that that everything unfolds how we plant seeds in each other you just need to let it grow hope it is within that that everything unfolds these ideas that we exchange some are floating, others knock you down the complexity of the human experience it is within that that everything unfolds togetherness widen the circle to include the voices on the margins the place is slower than what we do it is within that that everything unfolds the struggle of creating something beautiful nothing lasts honor the silence it is within that that everything unfolds Big gratitude to all the co-conspirators and co-creators Philip Stehlik Janna Schneewitta Rehbein Elena Denaro Francesca Pick David Weingartner Elke Calis David Theuvenet and all those who were part Mathias Holzmann Daniel Leviathan Anna Teresa Kopacz Daniel Lewis Neema Shams Elsa Hermal Pierre L. Eva Bakardjiev [she/her] Simon Confino Lineke Heus Imad Wakidi Ruby May Nathan Hewitt and many many more ❤️🙏

"Who is the Golden Connection you are seeking?" is one of my top 10 Great Questions recently. I fell in love with it so much, I'm hosting 3rd workshop this week around it. I won't lie to you. It's because of The Gathering again. That lovely field in The Garden, North of Porto invited me to propose such a workshop and I said YES! It was exactly 2 weeks ago. Shocking amount of value delivered to a table of 10 people, within 90 min. resulted in turning it into an on-going setting. We called it a Golden Table and we have giants sitting with us. They also told me sth. like: "Alex, this workshop is pure gold. You have to do it for more people." And who am I to refuse to such request, most especially that it's pure fun for me to do it. Again, yesterday. I did such session for The Regenerative Marketing Movement, which brought 8 people, inc. key players. This time we needed 120 min. Results, again = tons of value, connection, collaboration. We are also planning next rounds. If you want to tap into the power if this Great Question, come to Moos tomorrow. Yes, tomorrow. Very short notice & this is not a coincidence. This is another product of mine, a little bit like platform 9 & 3/4 from Harry Potter. You have to be aligned (have free time, be around town, see this post) to be able to join it. Session at 3pm is free. Session at 8pm needs a ticket for Cosy Berlin festival from you. Details in the link in the comment.

At the Gathering, regeneration is more than a concept—it’s a call to action. This board reflects our shared effort to reimagine systems, organizations, and economies that are rooted in life-affirming principles. Together, we are building the foundation for a regenerative future.

Just a few weeks ago, we were fully immersed in the energy of our opening circle for the CoPartnerUp Camp at The Gathering in Portugal! 🏕 As we continue the beautiful process of integrating everything, we want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who made this journey possible starting with our partners Audrey Fillon, Victor Vorski and their team; our camp catalysts Nadia Laabs and Claudia Marras and all the amazing facilitators who have contributed to making our playground truly special: Anja von Emden, Marco Minoni, Kathy Otto, Maya Bahoshy, Liv CombertiNiek van der Voort, Melissa Marijnen, Adriana Marcela Quintero Grijalba 💚 - and, of course, to all the incredible people who participated! The #Regenerative #Partnerships Playground filled our hearts with inspiration and deep soul connections. We’ve learned so much—both in the months leading up to the event and during our time together. The incredible energy, active participation in our workshops, and genuine curiosity about what we do have planted countless seeds of possibility. 🌱 Now, as we move forward with our hearts and minds brimming with ideas, we’re excited to nurture them and help them blossom in the months ahead. Our journey continues online, and we can’t wait to see what we’ll create together! P.S. If you feel called to join us on this experience, let us know, we’d love to have you with us! 🧡 ... CoPartnerUp is the collaborative ecosystem that facilitates conscious partnerships among purpose-driven #leaders and #organisations globally. 🌏 #copartnerup #connection #collaboration #nature #partnerships #regeneration #experience #purposeleadership #regenerativethinking #consciousleadership #regenerativedesign #regenerativepartnerships #purpose #consciousness #joinus

To create a regenerative system we must prioritise the creation of natural capital AND financial capital They are not mutually exclusive. This is the first root to a regenerative and responsible capitalism that I wrote in Another Way manifesto and what I shared at the The Gathering of Tribes event in Portugal a few weeks ago. We must know where we’re going - and we must have an implementable vision of how we are going to get there - the manifesto is a way and something I wrote in a few days writing a bit in the morning and evening powered by the flow that can come through unlocking creativity, productivity and clarity through food. *^ this is what happens through the GROW food health coaching program I share - we create at new speeds. See links for the manifesto and the GROW for LEADERS program in the caption 🙌🏻

Things will never be the same again. It’s true what they say that there is life before & after The Gathering. ***** I’ve transformed something major; the first 2 days were super difficult, I couldn't adjust, I felt tired, grumpy, bleeee... My brain was asking me: "What the fuck am I doing with here with this bunch of crazy hippies...?"; it wanted to know already know how it's going to end, whom I will meet, will they like me, will they be serious etc. I clearly remember that moment, the switch... LETTING GO OF THE OUTCOME... Duuh... I've heard this million times, but that moment I found how it's happening. And I've learned how to stop it, because it's not happening by itself, lol... Thus, I've dissolved into the present moment... Since then I wasn't grumpy anymore, but sweet & lovely and I was craving every second of this high and divine space, wishing this could last a month rather than few days... My brain got very humble and bowed with reverence to the crazy hippies... The Holy Graal of the here-and-now, switch from Kairos to Chronos, from push to flow... I found it!!! 🏆😍 ***** I felt seen, heard, felt, understood and deeply validated; welcomed, appreciated and even celebrated; it happened before but never it such density yet;... 😭😭😭 (happiness tears) One guy told me: "You inspire me by just being you. Sometimes I stop doing something I'm doing just to observe you..." ***** I’ve experienced an unapologetic invitation for co-creation, something I only knew from my own crazy projects; there are more people thinking like me!!! An absolute encouragement and total freedom of stepping up, adding your line or two to the song we sing together;... On a higher level it's a reminder to take your fate into your hands, not wait for others to do something about what you know something has to be done about;... ***** I've met and I've deepened bonds with the most high beings with whom I'm starting to plan future now;... we got shit loads of work now, but it's the work we came here to do, so it's like: FINALLY!!... 😎😎😎 * So now I wanted to thank everyone, who added their lines to this lovely melody, which I'm still hearing although it's been a week since I came back... 🥳 Thank you: Gaianet: Alexander Keehnen, Julia Becker, Bart Hoorweg, Yannik W., Rob Hurwich, Simon Grant Thank you: Frequency Village: Jonathan de Potter, Sudheer Perla, Snorre Vikingsen, Ian-Michael Hebert, Dr. Heike Bielek, Camara Cassin, Kianga Ford, Warren Bowden, Mirosław Mirek SZLAGOR, Joshua Emerson Glass Thank you: Geoship: Jean-Marc La Flamme, Mina Kakaiya Thank you Happy Van From Porto: Audrey Bauve, Alejandra Verde Medina Thank you Audrey Fillon, Maurício Umann, João Matos, Nacho Medina Ruiz Benitez de Lugo, Niek van der Voort, Sarah Lena Hofer, Evgenia Emets, Sofia Zamboni, Michal Korzonek, Nika Trifonova, Lauren Minis FRSA, Robin Thomas Sverd * And not thank you, Victor Vorski - very bad job! :/// 😅

𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞? This week I will be hosting a Regenerative Coliving Mastermind workshop together with Claudia Marras at the Gathering Of Tribes in Portugal. I'd love to hear your thoughts! Are you involved in any regenerative coliving projects? 📙 What principles do you follow? 📝 How do you measure impact? 📌 What are absolute must-haves or red flags? ❓ What are you biggest challenges? Naima von Ritter Figueres Maria Scarzella Thorpe Virginia Scapinelli Nadia Laabs Morgane Oléron VIVENDA FELICIDADE Regenerative Coliving Coworking Farm Juan Barbed Tomás Nores Anceu Coliving Tertulia coliving Nicole Reese Minou Schillings Liona Appelman Cluadia Guerrero Daiva Dominyka Matt Lesniak Vanessa Thielemann Serena Chironna Liz Cirelli Valentina Nobili Lewis Reney-Smith Jorin Eichhorn Victor Vorski