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semente offers tools and methods to build regenerative, commons-based systems.

Timeline Time Cycles

Using a vocabulary inspired by plants, gardening and permaculture, semente (Portuguese for "seed") proposes an alternative to rigid plannig modes that often allienate community members. Whether we are starting out, reorganising, or deepening work that is already underway, the method helps us reflect, adapt, and move forward. Together. Every cycle generates new seeds, shaped by what we constantly hope for, experience, and learn. The cyle never returns to a starting point. Instead, the whole community moves forward in a spiralled shape - what we call an interloop of time.

1. Seeds: The Origin

Our journey begins with the seed, representing the initial ideas, resources, and potential from which everything springs.

2. Soil: Grounding Principles

The soil symbolizes the foundational principles and fertile environment necessary for growth and development.

3. Sowing: Initial Action

This step is about actively sowing the seeds – initiating projects, sharing knowledge, and taking the first concrete steps.

4. Seedling: Emergence

The seedling represents the early stages of growth, where new initiatives take root and begin to show promise.

5. Tending: Nurturing Growth

Tending involves the continuous care, adaptation, and collaborative effort required to nurture projects and community.

6. Fruits: Realized Impact

The fruits symbolize the tangible outcomes, positive impacts, and successful results achieved through our collective work.

7. Silo: Knowledge & Storage

The silo represents the collection, organization, and storage of knowledge, data, and best practices for future use.

8. New Seeds: New Cycles

From the silo, insights and resources feed back into the seedbag, initiating new cycles of innovation and development.

9. Composter: Regeneration

Composting means the process of transforming waste into valuable resources, embodying regeneration and circularity.

10. Back to the Seedbag: Continuous Renewal

The compost enriches the seedbag, ensuring continuous renewal and a vibrant foundation for all future endeavors.

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