A google search on this phrase gets you 2.5 billion results in milliseconds. A scan of those results reveals multiple ‘Top 10’ lists, and maybe an article or two on how to revitalize Main Street.
These solutions, besides being uninspired, lack the ability to make broad changes through systems-level interventions because they don’t demonstrate an understanding of how the interrelations of culture, race, gender, economics and politics affect the level of benefit someone experiences in any given system.
Cities for Seven Generations is an academic and community research initiative, based in Tkaronto/Toronto and at Trent University in Nogojiwanong/Peterborough, Ontario.
This research is focused on co-developing community-oriented, regenerative solutions that make our cities equitable, kind, inclusive and resilient.
The principles of this work are enmeshed in holistic worldviews from multiple Indigenous Nations, and this research aims to redefine:
Seven Generations refers to Haudenosaunee Teachings that tell us the decisions we make today should benefit those 7 generations into the future. These teachings form part of Kaianere’kó:wa, the Great Law of Peace.
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