Rooted Resources
Rooted Resources was a weekend festival that shone a light on localizing economic power to nurture solidarity, awareness, and action.
So much gratitude to everyone who participated and generously contributed their time, talents, ideas, and reflections! This work is ongoing and we look forward to continuing this journey together.
Democratizing wealth, communities, and work is one of the principles of Just Transition that we want to uplift in 2022. Through this gathering we offered a platform to learn from each other, connect with ideas and initiatives, and facilitate the hard and powerful conversations that come with looking at how we might better share resources to shift from individual survival to collective thriving.
We asked big questions to reimagine money and redefine shared resources:
- How might we understand money differently, democratize wealth, and see new ways to engage in exchanges that benefit our communities and all life?
- What happens when we allow ourselves to explore the commons, land as wealth, cooperatives, community funds, mutual aid, and traditional practices rooted in collective prosperity?
With activists, entrepreneurs, storytellers, community builders, and explorers as our guides, we gathered to learn from the projects underway to create stable, dynamic, just abundance in our communities. We also faced the real fact that there is trauma around money, and brought forward ways to heal, to move away from the scarcity that global capitalism imbeds in us. Lastly, we celebrated the creativity inherent in all of us and took the opportunity to be together in-person! It was amazing.
A collection of posts and reflections on Rooted Resources – a festival and series that shines a light on localizing economic power to nurture solidarity, awareness, and action.
Schedule-at-a-glance
Day | Time | Sessions | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Thursday (online)
| 6:00-7:30pm
| Welcome & Orientation | Zoom link provided with registration
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Friday
(indoors, in-person + streaming)
| 7:00-9:00pm
| Festival Kick-off
featuring keynotes by Omar Freilla and Betty Francisco
| Bethany Hall at The Old Dutch Church
– 272 Wall Street, Kingston |
Saturday (outdoors, in-person) | 9:30am-4:30pm | All-Day Festival includes over 9 topic-focused sessions, pop-up “Health is Wealth” clinic, food, art, music* | Big Bubble Parking Lot – 718 Broadway, Kingston
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Saturday
(in-person, inside-outside)
| 5:00pm-7:00pm
| Celebratory reception with light food, beverages, and tunes | GWI Greenhouse – 65 St. James Street, Kingston
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Sunday (outdoors, in-person)
| 10:00am-1:30pm
| “Stories of the Future: Envisioning Pathways to Local Economic Power” (interactive workshop/closing session) | Big Bubble Parking Lot – 718 Broadway, Kingston
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Festival Sessions
Our Partners and Sponsors
This festival is being organized by the Good Work Institute, in partnership with and with the support of:
Movements of people create change - not just any one person or organization, but when lots of people are in motion around a shared vision.
– Ai Jen Poo
