WHO WE ARE AND WHAT DRIVES US

Restoring the planet, people and peace

People flee from drought, hunger and war. They generate enormous strength to find better living conditions. A refugee camp is always seen as a stopover – but the onward journey is risky, costly and hard. A high percentage of people will never leave the camp again. What if this place transforms from a place of misery and uncertainty to a place worth living with real hope? What if we could transform refugee camps into regenerative communities for people’s health and wealth, for people’s peace, for the ecosystem’s regeneration? Together we could transform the landscape of the world’s refugee camps from a desert into a flourishing, nourishing oasis. We would create the soil for peace, well-being and a secure environment.

Generation Restoration Initiative

The Generation Restoration initiative started in 2021 when co-founder and facilitator Tina Teucher initiated two global roundtables on the visionary question: What if we transformed refugee camps into regenerative communities? What if they could contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals? More than 150 people from over 40 countries joined the conversations to discuss how to multiply and scale existing but small grass root projects and build new standards for a regenerative refugee camp design. The needs detected in these dialogues were scaling, funding, guidance and networking.

VISION: Refugee camps and settlements become places of regeneration and resilience

WHY: The need to heal people & planet. The need for peace, food and ecosystem services

HOW: Speed & scale for regenerative solutions in refugee camps

WHAT: Matching of organisations & finance & networks & projects