Culture – Sane

CULTURE

THE HEART OF THE MATTER

CULTURE

THE HEART OF THE MATTER

SANE is made up of a growing body of individuals committed to becoming more sane - in word and deed.

We begin with finding each other.

For humanity to make it through the current meta-crisis, we need to evolve our capacities to coordinate, collaborate, and synergize.

At the heart of SANE is the profound realization that we need each other to navigate this pivotal moment in history.

None of us can do this alone. Coming together with others in stable coherence is challenging, and doing this while respecting and celebrating the sovereignty of each person makes the challenge even greater.

But our sense is that this may be the only way we can actually build a sane world together.

Alternatively, the win-lose game we are all willingly or unwillingly a part of, will end with billions of losers and a few thousand winners.

Let's choose differently!

We experience creating SANE culture as a journey. This requires continued diligence and awareness, humor and consciousness. We miss the mark, many times. And have therefore found it helpful to combine kindness, generosity, and playfulness with commitment, clarity, and passion. Soft and fierce. Gentle and firm. Loving and perceptive. Curious instead of judgmental. A mix of high accountability and generous grace enables us to hold each other up when we stumble. Little bit by little bit, we create new stories and generate behaviours that serve the unfolding of a saner future.

MULTI-STAKEHOLDER MEDIATION

Taking on differing perspectives is a big part of navigating multi-stakeholder situations: we consider the varying worldviews and ways of sense making present in a community. We then listen for the deeper underlying threads that tie them all together. This results in mutual respect and a shared vision, rather than increased division.

ECO-VILLAGING

LEARNING TO CO-EXIST WELL

It should be so simple, right?! Yet we all stumble when it comes to finding that dynamic balance between tending to our own well-being and the health of the Whole. SANE brings thirty years of community-building experience to the table, and specializes in coherence-building methodologies and practices that encourage collectives to achieve higher service capacity.
Our involvement in the design and activation of two eco-villages in Ecuador focuses on bringing the qualities of a sane culture to life. To find out more >>

RECREATING CULTURE

Through conscious parenting we effect the very foundations of human culture. SANE has developed and implemented an integral approach to parenting for the past two decades. To learn more >>

COMMUNITY VISIONING

GROUNDING COLLECTIVE VISION

A big part of creating a regenerative, decentralized economy is for each bioregion/community to figure out together what the vision is for their respective home. SANE supports this cultural effort by offering methodology that enables reverse-engineering from such vision to real projects on the ground.

SPIRITUAL WORK

INNER WORK

At the core of the meta-crisis lies fragmentation. A big part of the solution is the ongoing work of becoming whole as humans and recognizing our intrinsic belonging to the great web of life. Within the SANE team, and in our work and relationships , we are deeply committed to showing up with creativity instead of reactivity, and to practicing what it means to be decent, integrous, and vital on this planet.