Regenerative SPACE
Our Vision
Resilient local communities realised through building sustainable green economies,
supported by functioning natural systems and biodiversity conservation.
This is underpinned by our belief in transparency, traceability and accountability.
WHAT DO WE DO?
We initiate
We conceive and identify solutions, ideas and business opportunities that would benefit the Localised Green Economy (LGE).
We innovate
We investigate, invent and research solutions to problems and create value to the benefit of the localised green economy.
We incubate
We assist with research, development and mentoring of proposed commercial ventures
or innovative ideas that would serve the development of the LGE.
We catalyse
We efficiently and effectively speed up and improve the development of localised green economy SMMEs, linking entities, building value chains, sharing resources, identifying and building circularities, and finding and securing multiple points of access to market.
We glue
We hold this all together. We identify weaknesses in the LGE and resolve them, and we plan strategically for the future. For example, future work to replace alien
biomass clearing once biomass has been cleared, developing wider and diverse
off-take partnerships to ensure a market for diverse biomass products. We take
a long view on the landscape and communities within it, with the aim of
pre-emptively adjusting the LGE value chains in order to ensure value longevity
and community and environmental resilience for the people and businesses within it.
Why do we do what we do?
Quite simply:
To build resilience at a local level
By developing a localised
green economy.
By addressing
biodiversity loss.
This means that people have work, an income to
provide for their families; they have a roof over
their heads, and they have food on the table. It
also means that they are more able to withstand
the impact of climate change, and are less likely
to end up as climate refugees. People have a
sense of agency, they feel less dependent on
government, they are less vulnerable.
We do this by offering nature-based solutions –
which is, basically, solutions that simultaneously
provide environmental, social and economic
benefits, while tackling socio-environmental
challenges such as climate change, water and
food security, human health and well-being,
biodiversity loss and disaster risk management.
How do we do it
We believe
in our philosophy
we think you will too
We are convinced that ordinary people all over the world can make a difference, can effect social and environmental change.
We think that people from all walks of life are ready to be steered towards sustainability and regeneration.
People – including us – are tired of words, empty promises. We are all about action.
We are driven by a sense of urgency to enable a fundamentally different way of caring for people and the planet.
We make it easy to help.
WHERE DO WE DO IT
We are crafting a localised green economy on the Agulhas Plain, South Africa.
Why this specific
landscape?
Because the Agulhas Plain,
situated at the southern tip of Africa,
is part of the Cape Floristic Region
(a UNESCO World Heritage Site).
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The Cape Floristic Region is the smallest of the six recognised floral kingdoms of the world. |
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It is one of the world’s “hottest” spots for concentrations of vulnerable plant species, with 70% of the plants, mostly associated with the Fynbos Biome, found nowhere else on the planet. |
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People living on the Agulhas Plain are also in crisis. In 2019 it was estimated that more than 49% of people in the Overberg are living in poverty, a direct result of the increasing unemployment rate, which was estimated at 34.4%. |
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The Agulhas Plain is part of the Overberg District, which contains 21 endangered ecosystems covering more than 70% of this area. |
