Ecological organisations

Ecological organisations holds organisations as complex, relational, living systems; in other words, as ecologies, wonderfully entangled within place, neighbourhoods, social systems, ecosystems, histories, cultural stories, possible futures, the more-than-human, this planet, and more.

This, then, is a reimagined story of organisations as ecological.

A story of organisations as responsible for - and responsive to - ecosystem, social system, and planetary health. A story of organisational health being informed by and informing the health of ecosystems, social systems, and this planet. A story of organisations listening deeply to the more-than-human and incorporating their needs and voices into decision-making. A story of organisations shifting from profit-based metrics to alignment-based compasses, from domination-oriented goals to ecosystem-triggered introspection, and from organisations as legal entities that belong to us to organisations as living systems we have the honour of stewarding (for a little while).

Organisations as ecologies ╰┈➤ as complex, relational, living systems.
Ecological organisations ╰┈➤ organisations as living ecologies that are deeply woven into the health of ecosystems, social systems, the more-than-human, this planet, and more.

THE TIME HAS COME FOR ECOLOGICAL ORGANISATIONS.

Ecological Organisations

Ecological Organisations: A Design Lens

The story of ecological organisations is born of systems thinking, self-organisation, animism, decentralised and participatory governance and decision-making, commons and stewardship, self- and shared-enquiry, an animist perspective, a recognition of interbeing, and kinship with the more-than-human (and more).

One of the tools we can utilise to explore ecological organisations is Ecological Organisations: A Design Lens. The design lens is released under creative commons so that any group, community, or organisation can utilise it for non-commercial purposes.

FOR ALL THINGS ECOLOGICAL ORGANISATIONS, HEAD TO THE ONLINE GUIDEBOOK AT ecologicalorganisations.org.

Here, you can view, download, and print the design lens for free in different forms (including options for those with visual differences), read the Creative Commons license that all design lens users must adhere to, access educational materials, find funding and partnership information, read the FAQ, and more.

Ecological Organisations

To view, download, and print the design lens in different forms, visit the online guidebook at ecologicalorganisations.org.

You'll also find information about the Creative Commons license that all design lens users must adhere to, along with educational materials, funding and partnership information, FAQs, and more.

CURIOUS ABOUT WORKING WITH THE LENS, OR WANT TO DEEPEN YOUR RELATIONSHIP? You're warmly invited to join one of the monthly, online Introduction To Working With Ecological Organisations: A Design Lens sessions.

During these sessions, participants will be introduced to the design lens and its author, along with an overview of the creative commons license that enables organisational founders, stewards, and guides to work with it for free, introduced to the underlying premises that guide this work, and space to ask questions related to real-life experiences or challenges within organisations.

For all details and to register: head to the online booking portal here.

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