Leadership for the Great Transition—a changemaker’s toolkit for cultivating personal and community resilience
The Regeneration Handbook offers an abundance of insights, stories, tools, practices, and resources for experienced and aspiring changemakers to step into their full power at this time of unprecedented global crisis.
By introducing readers to a different kind of activism – based on universal patterns of Transformation, Expansion, Wholeness, and Balance – it points the way to a truly just and regenerative future.
Drawing on author Don Hall’s experience as a leader in the international Transition Towns Movement – as well as the work of dozens of regenerative thinkers and doers across many fields, including ecology, psychology, sociology, organizational development, and systems thinking – this book will help you:
- Better understand our current environmental, economic, and social polycrisis
- Develop a holistic and inspiring vision for the future
- Cultivate the confidence to lead and strengthen inner resilience
- Work effectively in collaborative groups and organizations
- Reach beyond the choir to engage people from all walks of life
- Design and implement practical projects that foster sustainability and justice
While none of us can change the world alone, we all have an important part to play in the Great Transition. By starting wherever we are and leaning into this historic challenge, we’ll discover our deepest purpose, realize our highest potential, and learn how to harness the power of regeneration to radically transform our lives, our communities, and our world.
Genevieve Dubois –
The Regeneration Handbook by Don Hall is a thoughtful and empowering guide that blends practical strategies for personal and collective healing with a refreshing, down-to-earth approach. Hall draws on a wealth of wisdom and research to offer actionable steps that help readers reconnect with their environment, community, and inner selves. His writing feels like a conversation with a wise friend—encouraging, yet grounded—and it inspires readers to take meaningful action. It’s the perfect blend of serious reflection and accessible advice, leaving you feeling both inspired and equipped to make a positive impact in today’s rapidly changing world.
Annette Flinterman (verified owner) –
Having been active for fairtrade towns and trying to move more towards transition, this book really helped me to get a better vision of how to approach this. I had already read the transition handbook by Rob Hopkins, but this book gives a stronger hands-on approach. Don has taken the “Five Stages” model from The Transition Companion – by Rob Hopkins and taken it further with hands-on examples. Rob writes in his foreword for the Regeneration Handbook “…There are so many brilliant ideas and tried-and-tested tools in this book” and that is indeed what this book offers. I love, how like in permaculture, the author has looked at (meta-)patterns, and uses a few design models to clarify different steps in the transition journey. Like the Theory U model for transition, originally articulated by Peter Senge, Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, and Betty Sue Flowers in their 2005 book Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society. As the transition movement has its roots in permaculture, it is no wonder the mandala is used as well (permaculture flower mandala, Rob’s Kinsdale Energy Descent Action Plan as mandala and a few more).
Using his own experience, Don offers a toolbox of ingredients to use for different stages of transition, for powerful visions and scenarios as well as for inner transition and community engagement.
For anyone who wants to make a real difference and work to a better future, this book includes some practical projects to start with and is a must read, for those wanting to be part of the movement.