A Regenerative SuperOrganism

Transitioning to a Regenerative Future

The ecosystem of ERA is designed to steward financial resources in a way that mirrors Nature — streaming capital where it is needed most and creating closed-loop, hyperlocal cycles of regeneration. ERA’s economic model ensures that funding is not just distributed, but actively cultivated to grow projects that transform and regenerate our world.

The Regenerative SuperOrganism

1. ERA Trust – Energetic Flow of the Superorganism

The ERA Trust channels the life force of the regenerative economy—gathering and directing capital to fund projects, businesses, individuals, and initiatives that accelerate the transition to a regenerative world. At its heart lies the Regenerative Endowment Fund, a long-term financial reservoir designed to continuously support regenerative progress across generations. This fund ensures a steady, resilient flow of resources into aligned efforts, guided by the principles of reciprocity, care, and ecological intelligence.

Oversight is held by the emerging ERA Trust Stewardship Council, rooted in Original/Indigenous Wisdom and Thinking like Nature. Operating in closed loops—just like living ecosystems—the Trust circulates financial resources throughout the Superorganism, ensuring enduring impact and ongoing renewal.

2. ERA Impact – Circular & Regenerative Venture Philanthropy

ERA Impact reimagines philanthropy through a regenerative lens. Instead of one-time grants, capital is invested into mission-aligned businesses and initiatives that heal the planet and society. Like nature’s water cycles, this capital continuously circulates—returns flow back into the Trust and are redeployed into new regenerative efforts. It’s a closed-loop system where philanthropic dollars don’t just fund impact once—they fund it forever. This is philanthropy as a living, breathing ecosystem of renewal.

3. ERA Grassroots– Seeding Regeneration from the Ground Up

ERA Grassroots fuels hyperlocal regeneration by supporting Bioregional Financial Foundations (BFFs) and Slow Money programs—place-based funding vehicles that channel resources into community-led initiatives. These efforts strengthen local food systems, cooperative economies, and ecological restoration projects rooted in the intelligence of place. Like underground mycelial networks, ERA Grassroots connects people, capital, and wisdom across regions, creating a living system of mutual support and bioregional resilience. This is regeneration starting where it matters most: at the root.

Regenerative Transition Circles

Foundational to this model are Regenerative Transition Circles — regional financial ecosystems that steward funding and expertise to support place-based regeneration. Each circle has its own dedicated trust, allowing financial resources to flow efficiently toward high-impact projects within its geographic and thematic focus.

Rather than operating in isolation, these hubs are interconnected and interdependent, forming a mycelial network of collaboration and knowledge-sharing. A continuous feedback loop ensures that funding is responsive to the evolving needs of communities and ecosystems, fostering a co-creative approach to planetary regeneration.

A New Paradigm

By aligning financial systems with the intelligence of Nature, ERA is shifting the way capital is utilized — moving it from extraction to regeneration. This is more than an economic model; it is a blueprint for a future where shared abundance is the norm, wealth is measured in well-being and relationships, and investment fuels life itself.

As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reminds us: