Unravelling

naming ambiguity and complexity openly when approaching crisis or major decisions; beginning meetings or reviews by naming major uncertainties, dilemmas, or missing information; pausing to reflect on what cannot yet be known or solved, rather than pressing for false certainty or rapid fixes; pausing to sense, question, and reflect before taking action—especially when the urge for immediate solutions arises; inviting repeated review, scenario work, and collective sensing rather than “locking in” rigid plans; encouraging teams to treat not-knowing as a shared asset; inviting creative and intuitive sensing when standard strategies are exhausted; recording and sharing stories where humility and questioning opened up new solutions during turbulence or breakdown.

explicitly considering how actions today will shape future generations of both human and more-than-human kin; dedicating time to reflect on cycles of collapse, renewal, and planetary evolution when planning or reviewing projects; drawing on planetary, ancestral, or mythic perspectives to cultivate steadiness through upheaval; mapping ripple effects for decades or centuries ahead, even when outcomes are uncertain; trusting that our work can contribute to futures we may never witness, and letting this humility guide our commitments; inviting Indigenous, geological, or long-memory wisdom to illuminate how to navigate periods of transition with care; aligning strategies with current realities, whether by mourning loss, stewarding stability, or supporting experimental beginnings during times of uncertainty; inviting cross-generational, indigenous, or place-based wisdom to help interpret what is ending and what wants to emerge;

cocreating habitat and community restoration with indigenous stewards, local non-human kin, and local human communities; designing land use, infrastructure, and water systems to uphold the diversity, autonomy, and regenerative abilities of both human and non-human kin; directly resourcing earth guardians and indigenous-led regeneration as essential leadership for resilience; regenerating habitats and ecological networks as part of adaptation strategies; supporting species with key ecological roles—such as pollinators, seed dispersers, or soil builders—as part of risk mitigation; resourcing ecological stewardship as essential resilience infrastructure; prioritising relational repair and regeneration within ecosystems, not just human systems.

making space in plans, budgets, or operations to support more-than-human wellbeing during times of disruption or disaster; including the wellbeing of non-human kin and the web of life in thinking when preparing for disruptions; offering skills, platforms, or resources to support mutual aid and recovery for both human and more-than-human communities; listening to local knowledge, both human and non-human, to better understand potential risks, hazards, and how to respond; collaborating with frontline communities and/or non-human community members by translating their cues into triggers for human response; creating inclusive protocols for rescue, evacuation, and mutual aid that honour animal, plant, and ecological sovereignty; safeguarding migratory corridors, nesting sites, and non-human shelter before, during, and after crisis; storing or setting aside emergency resources for non-human community members.

letting go of practices that reinforce extraction, control, or separation—such as rigid growth goals, linear planning, or resource-heavy operations—and replacing them with relational approaches that centre reciprocity, regeneration, and collective wellbeing; responding to change not by reverting to previous norms, but by allowing disruption to guide us toward more life-affirming ways of being; drawing on ecological, ancestral, and community wisdom to shape responses that honour more-than-human kin; treating each adaptation as a chance to deepen alignment with the rhythms and responsibilities of interbeing.

acknowledging the pain of ecosystems or species as real and worthy of care; creating climate anxiety and grief circles, rituals, or creative events that invite people to recognise and stand with the pain of harmed land, species, and communities as well as human loss; using art, storytelling, or group reflection to express the suffering of both human and more-than-human kin; validating grief and rage in meetings or check-ins as legitimate and transformative; talking openly about emotional responses to loss or harm in your reports, events, or advocacy; integrating grief literacy into daily culture.

cocreating rituals and art with land, elders, or animal kin to honour interspecies loss; marking the pain of harmed ecosystems and non-human kin as community experiences; marking collective ecological loss through annual ceremonies, artworks, or recovery projects designed in collaboration with local land, water, or communities; pairing periods of mourning with community renewal, replanting, mutual aid, or new commitments; using practices like The Work that Reconnects to turn shared grief into deeper belonging, hope, and resilience.

holding collective visioning sessions, speculative storytelling or future-scaping workshops that include non-human perspectives; hosting imagination labs; resisting despair through storytelling grounded in kincentric possibility; inviting artistic, intuitive, or spiritual ways of knowing into long-term planning; sharing visions that reflect living system values.

naming and working towards a better future even when it seems politically naïve; naming transformative visions even when they challenge existing paradigms; protecting visionary work in budgets and timelines; uplifting frontline or marginalised visions of thriving; holding fast to life-affirming future visions through disruption and backlash.

protecting space for radical or emerging practices within our team or community that embody kincentric principles; resourcing projects that experiment with post-growth, interspecies, or decolonial models; honouring regenerative traditions or lifeways that point to the long memory of what is possible; funding and drawing inspiration from seeds such as indigenous-led biocultural restoration, land-based healing systems, or speculative futures labs; supporting and resourcing early-stage initiatives even before they are widely understood or recognised.

using moments of institutional failure to propose new ways; funding bridge-builders and edge-dwellers; making kincentric proposals in unlikely spaces; building systems for reflection, sensing, and swift action when opportunities open; responding to disruption or institutional gaps by proposing kincentric alternatives; participating in policy shifts or cross-sector dialogues where more-than-human perspectives can be seeded; resourcing relational or ecological infrastructure often neglected by mainstream funding; resourcing public platforms or transition moments where new narratives can take hold; building coalitions that push beyond reform into structural change; engaging in legal, technological, or financial spaces where kincentric leverage could shift the system’s trajectory.