Principles, Patterns, & Provocations by Allies
Here we have curated a small selection of work by aligned organizations that is inspiring the BioFi Project’s work and that can inform BFF design. If you would like to make a suggestion on additional materials to be include, please reach out.
Principles, Blogs, Articles and and other Provocations
Fritjof Capra: Principles of Life
Capital Institute: 8 Principles of a Regenerative Economy
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center: Permaculture Design Principles
adrienne maree brown: Principles of Emergent Strategy
Commonland: 4 Returns Framework
Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World (5 Minds Framework)
adrienne maree brown: Trust the People
This is the CITIZENSHIFT: A Guide to Understanding and Embracing the Emerging Era of the Citizen
Robin Wall Kimmerer: The Guidelines of the Honorable Harvest
Elinor Ostrom: 8 Rules for Managing the Commons
Lynn Margulis: Symbiosis and the Unself
Thomas Berry: Bioregions: The Context for Reinhabiting the Earth
David Haenke: Bioregionalism and Ecological Economics
David Haenke: Wild Civilization: Bioregionalism, Boundaries, Wildness, and Civilization
David Haenke: Green Organizing and Eco-Congresses: A How-to Manual
David Haenke: Collection on Applied Ecocentrism
Books
While this list could easily be endless, we’ve picked 5 books that we think complement Bioregional Financing Facilities and can support the high integrity design, capitalization, implementation, and evolution of BFFs.
Free, Fair and Alive: The Insurgent Power of the Commons
Restoring the Kinship Worldview - Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth
Assets in Common - Stories of Business and Community Leaders Remaking the Economy from the Ground Up
Hospicing Modernity - Facing Humanity’s Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism
Combining
The Serviceberry - Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
