Phenomenal Conversation #28 (Re)Generative Energy in Living Systems with Curtis Ogden

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Highlights from (Re)Generative Energy in Living Systems with Curtis Ogden
🌱 Energy Systems Science: Curtis shares his journey from traditional systems work to energy systems science, inspired by Dr. Sally Gerner’s "The New Science of Sustainability," which views "everything as energy" within systems.
🔄 Shifting Perspectives: Traditional systems science often emphasizes structure, while energy systems science focuses on the dynamic flow and transformation of energy within systems.
💡 Personal Insights: Through his health journey post cancer-radiation, Curtis learned to see his body as an interconnected system, gaining a deeper understanding of energy systems.
🏛️ Four Pillars of Energy Systems Science
🌊 Regenerative flows: Identify and support essential movement within systems.
⚖️ Balanced structure: Structures like agreements or physical frameworks facilitate regenerative flows.
🤝 Common cause: Building mutual purpose within and across systems.
📚 Continuous learning: Embracing adaptation, innovation, and evolution.
🌍 Well-Being as a Systemic Value - Well-being includes communities, ecosystems, and the more-than-human world. Curtis links core well-being domains (stability, mastery, connectivity, meaning, growth) to energy systems.
🌈 Finding Unity in Diversity, Curtis advocates for creating common ground amidst diversity, fostering shared purpose and interconnectedness.
🔥 Embracing Systemic Ruptures: System ruptures, like societal or natural upheavals, are essential for renewal and transformation, driving change in both ecological and social systems.
🪶 Indigenous Wisdom: Curtis emphasizes the value of indigenous knowledge, respect for all beings, and harmony with nature, sharing his experiences with the Connecticut River Watershed Partnership.
🌌 Ceremony and Healing: Inspired by Indigenous Elder Gay Hoako Norma Jacobs, Curtis highlights the role of ceremony in healing individuals, society, and ecosystems.
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