2022: Creating a Lexicon of Future

Field Guide to Flourishing: I is for Inclusion

Inclusion is seen as a universal human right. The aim of inclusion is to embrace all people irrespective of race, gender, disability, medical or other need. It is about giving equal access and opportunities and getting rid of discrimination and intolerance (removal of barriers). It affects all aspects of public life. ~ What Does Inclusion Mean?

Modeling Our Inclusive Solutions on Nature

Nature is inclusive, demanding that an ecosystem has a complexity of elements with which a sustainable future is formed. Everything serves a purpose and nothing is wasted.

As we reimagine and develop our communities as metabolic ecosystems, we must seek out and encourage the complexity required by that model. It is vital to retain the perennials as they provide the rootstock that feeds the complex biome needed to incubate the next generation, as it is from this, rather than a new seed, that the next year’s flowers and crops (future generations) come.

Using the biomimicry framework, we have a much greater likelihood of developing and sustaining a community that not only reflects our core values, but also has greater resiliency in the face of a rapidly changing world. ~ Biomimicry vs Biomockery