Category: Beyond Governance
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Fogo Island, Part 3
Fogo Island (Part 3)What does regenerative economics look like on the ground? A reflective documentary in three parts Part III — The Ocean Ahead (Future) Fogo Island today is not a finished story; it’s a living tide. Community businesses reinvest surpluses into programmes and micro-loans that illuminate and regenerate the island’s assets. The past still…
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Fogo Island, Part 2
Fogo Island (Part 2) What does regenerative economics look like on the ground? A reflective documentary in three parts Part II — The Return of the Tide This is the continuation of the study of Fogo Island as a proof of what regenerative economics looks like on the ground. Part I is accessible here. Zita…
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Retrofitting
Jack Minchella didn’t always think in systems. Trained as an architect in Bath and later Copenhagen, he got bored with buildings that looked nice but solved nothing. “Architecture pretends to solve things like housing affordability, but really… it just decorates the problem,” he told me.
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Fogo Island, Part 1
Shorefast, a community enterprise on Fogo Island, invited Dark Matter Labs to chart the history of discovery, collaboration, and regeneration made possible by those who have invested their time, energy, patience, resources, and financial capital into Fogo Island.
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Trees AI, Part 2
This is Part 2 from a short story series. In the first part, we got to know Chloe and Sofia, Dm collaborators, we explored city life and its intricate issues, and we explored the concept of well-being as a central indicator of urban success. In this second part, we get to meet Sebastian, discover the…
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Trees AI, Part 1
Trees AI makes nature visible within financial systems. It equips cities to recognize the full value of urban forests.
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Cornerstone Indicators
There’s a quiet revolution happening in a few communities around the world, a shift in how we value what matters. Supporting this growing ripple of change is a small team at Dark Matter Labs.
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Life-Ennobling Design
This is a story about design. But actually, it’s a story about us. About how we see, perceive, and reveal ourselves. About language and silence, attention and invitation.
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Food Systems
The most powerful shifts are qualitative at this stage, not quantitative. Individuals and institutions are beginning to see food differently—not just as a commodity, but as a foundation of health, culture, and planetary stability.
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Pay Rebalance
Imagine a place where work isn’t something you sell. Where pay doesn’t measure your worth or define your relationship to a structure called “employer.” Where being here, fully, matters more than being right. Where conflict is not a signal of failure but a sign that something alive is trying to move.