WHY WE EXIST
We work collectively to build a regenerative future. Sustainability, the word used by most people in our industry, refers to maintaining and preserving. But anything can be sustained for a certain amount of time, including harmful systems. Regenerative practices work to heal the damage caused by humanity’s overconsumption and create new systems in balance with nature. Our advancement of regenerative principles can take a variety of shapes—for example, helping farmers and ranchers integrate healthy soil practices into their land management, or introducing jobseekers to opportunities in the clean energy industry. The most important thing is that our work inspires a new reality where humans live in reciprocity with nature.
We understand that a truly regenerative world will not be achieved in months, years or possibly even decades. We ask instead for investment in our people and our process, knowing that each milestone brings us closer to that bright future we envision.
HOW WE WORK
A regenerative future can only be realized through collective action: bringing people together to address an issue and achieve a common goal. We have a long history of convening changemakers at The Alliance Center, our headquarters in Denver which houses many of the city’s top nonprofits and mission-driven businesses. The Coalition is a natural extension of this work, convening changemakers across the state and the country, both virtually and in-person. Our approach emphasizes deep community listening. We bring together a diversity of groups, especially underrepresented communities, so that everyone’s needs, bodies of knowledge and skillsets have a seat at the table when crafting solutions.
What does this look like? Sometimes it looks like a listening tour or a roundtable series. Sometimes it looks like a teaching, a training or the launch of an initiative. Sometimes, as in the case of our annual crowdsourced policy platform, it may look like a shared Google Doc! Our methods are as diverse as our members—but in all cases, we bring people together to disrupt harmful systems and establish ones that heal.
