Rootedness
Like a plant committed to place, we rediscover the power of staying, of belonging, of deep relationship with one place.
"We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims."
β Buckminster Fuller
An Erdpuls Initiative
Β· Coming soon
Erdpuls Verkhovyna
Erdpuls Verkhovyna A Living Lab Rooted in the Hutsul Carpathians Traditional Ecological Knowledge Β· Citizen Science Β· Reciprocal Economics Where the knowledge already living in the mountains leads Verkhovyna (ΠΠ΅ΡΡ ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΠ½Π°) Β· Verkhovyna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine Hutsul Carpathians Β· on the Black Cheremosh River Β· ~620 m
Verkhovyna, Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine
Verkhovyna, Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine
A place-based implementation of the open Erdpuls protocol
About this initiative
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Location:
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- needs/ β particular requirements
- media/ β photos, maps, local assets
Philosophy
What if technology and nature are not
What if technology and nature are not
opposites but complementary?
Reciprocity
Drawing from Ubuntu β "I am because we are" β our economic model recognizes that value flows in multiple directions.
Symbiosis
Technology and nature maintain their distinct identities while supporting each other. Digital tools serve ecological awareness.
Our Approach
Three streams, one river
Sustainability Literacy
Rigorous understanding of complex systems, data literacy, and the scientific method. Sensor networks make the invisible visible.
Permaculture Design
Practical patterns from living ecosystems. Regenerative design and whole-systems thinking applied through direct action in the garden.
Contemplative Practice
Deep perception through Goethean science and phenomenological observation. Learning to "think like a plant".
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
Buckminster Fuller Designer, Systems Theorist
Collective Threshold Model
Regeneration Fund β
Current Offerings
Coming Soon
New offerings are being prepared. Check back soon!
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