Open Source Directory
new earth stewards
This is a working list of new earth stewards—folx visioning and building outside the system.
We are the people committed to heaven on earth—first wave stewards, ready to build.
To participate:
Share your name or folx you know who fit the above description in the comments, including their category. Everyone fits more than one, but we’re starting here.
* Note: everyone will be a part of this directory. We all hold codes for the open source world. The directory will be the whole internet, eventually (and inevitably).
*Also consider everyone I follow on TikTok or subscribe to on Substack as on the list, as well as anyone who has described their vision in the comments on this TikTok post:
Categories
Earth & Ecology (Regenerative Agriculture; Permaculture & Agroforestry; Reforestation & Land Stewardship; Water Guardianship (springs, rivers, oceans), Wildlife Protection & Animal Kinship; Soil & Seed Sovereignty)
Shelter & Infrastructure (Natural Building (cob, adobe, timber, bamboo); Eco-Architecture & Sacred Geometry; Community Infrastructure (commons, village squares); Renewable Energy & Appropriate Technology; Water Systems (rain capture, purification); Transportation (non-extractive, shared, open-source mobility)
Healing & Well-Being (Holistic Medicine (herbal healing, Ayurveda, TCM, homeopathy); Somatic Healing & Trauma Integration; Ancestral Healing & Lineage Repair; Midwifery & Birthwork; Death Doulas & Threshold Keepers; Mental Health, Counseling, Conflict Resolution)
Culture & Expression (Music, Dance, Storytelling; Art, Craft, Ceremony; Festivals & Rites of Passage; Language & Myth Restoration; Education through Play & Creativity)
Knowledge & Learning (Earth-Based Education (unschooling, village learning); Libraries & Field Archives; Science in Service to Life; Oral Histories & Ancestral Knowledge; Apprenticeship & Mentorship Networks)
Community & Governance (Conflict Resolution & Peacemaking; Council Models & Natural Governance; Restorative & Transformative Justice; Gift Economy & Resource Sharing; Relational Agreements & Consent Practices)
April Kincaid (Bread & Barter)
Foundation for Intentional Community
Spirit & Ceremony (Ritual & Ceremony; Mystical Traditions & Cosmologies; Prayer & Meditation; Sacred Sites & Pilgrimage; Dreamwork & Visioning
Josephine Agyin (Thelete Oracle) - GoFundMe
Technology & Networks (Open-Source Tools & Platforms; Decentralized Communication & Finance; Appropriate Tech for Villages; AI/EI as Allies (extended intelligence for world-building); Digital Commons & Knowledge Grids)
Nourishment & Foodways (Growing, Foraging, Wildcrafting; Fermentation & Food Sovereignty; Communal Kitchens & Feasts; Sacred Food Traditions; Nutrition & Healing Foods)
North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems
Generations & Kinship (Child-Centered Learning & Play; Eldership & Wisdom Councils; Family Constellations & Kinship Care; Intergenerational Living)
Global Weaving (Cross-Cultural Exchange; Indigenous Solidarity; Migrant & Refugee Support; Worldwide Villages Networks)
Hi everyone! I am just getting started, but am creating one of a kind, hand-embroidered, scroll frequency infused, ladies' couture clothing from linen. My intent is to create these quality works of art in order to gain funding for my future community, which will be a peaceful mountain hideaway for artists and craftsmen and herbalists and the like. My dream is that eventually my creations, and those of my community, will be of benefit to surrounding areas and the world. https://www.swanslandlinen.com
Hey, my name is Broderick Carpenter (no formal company name) and I probably fit in a few categories. I've dedicated the better part of the last decade to studying spirituality, mysticism, astrology and other self-discovery modalities (like human design and Jungian active imagination) and community and mutual aid. The list could be longer. As far as the role I'd like to play, it's building spiritual wisdom in myself and others, joining together to discuss and create communities dedicated to exploring their relationships to each other and the universe as a whole. I want to guide others down the path of self discovery and wholeness within self. I want to build a solarpunk future with my unique perspective and knowledge. Basically I want to be a spiritual guide and community member more than anything else. To have a place to share my gifts with others, and learn and benefit from others as well. To quote one of my favorite books and the inspiration for going on this path "All flourishing is mutual" (From *Braiding Sweetgrass* by Robin Wall Kimmerer).