The Nine Guilds
Each one a vital organ. Each one a keeper of a different kind of intelligence. Click each guild to explore their unique functions and how they contribute to the ecosystem.
Bioregional Intelligence Guild
The Brain: Sensing place through stories, data, land, and culture
The Seers
This Guild develops the Bioregional Intelligence Dashboards and the sensing capacities behind them. They weave ecological, cultural, economic, and social indicators into shared maps that translate complexity into clarity.
Core Functions
- Develop bioregional indicator frameworks (ecological, social, economic, cultural)
- Design and build intelligence dashboards and visualization tools
- Support bioregions in gathering local data, stories, and patterns
- Guide the sensing → mapping → coherence arc
- Translate complexity into actionable insights
- Track impact and progress over time
Key Deliverables
- Bioregional Intelligence Dashboard templates
- Community sensing methodologies and toolkits
- Data collection protocols and best practices
- Indicator libraries for different contexts
- Training programs for local data stewards
- Integration with existing mapping and GIS tools
Who Should Join
Data scientists, ecologists, ethnographers, storytellers, geographers, systems thinkers, community researchers, and anyone passionate about making the invisible visible.
They help communities see themselves coherently.
Technology & Data Sovereignty Guild
The Nervous System: Building the tools that connect the whole
The Mycelial Web
This Guild creates the digital and technical infrastructure behind the Planetary Party Protocol. They ensure that technology serves life, not the other way around.
Core Functions
- Steward data sovereignty practices and protocols
- Build and maintain dashboard interfaces and mapping tools
- Develop ledgers and systems for Flow Funds
- Ensure interoperability between bioregions and existing platforms
- Create open-source tools aligned with community governance
- Protect privacy and ensure ethical data use
Key Deliverables
- Open-source dashboard platform
- Flow Fund ledger and allocation tools
- Data sovereignty frameworks and agreements
- API integrations for existing regenerative tech
- Mobile-friendly tools for field data collection
- Security and privacy protocols
- Technical documentation and training
Who Should Join
Software developers, UX designers, blockchain specialists, data engineers, cybersecurity experts, and technologists committed to digital sovereignty.
They ensure the tech serves life, not the other way around.
Ecosystem Weaving Guild
The Connective Tissue:Harmonizing movements, networks, and bioregions
The Connectors
This Guild helps movements recognize themselves as part of one interconnected ecosystem. They weave across sectors and communities to prevent duplication, foster collaboration, and amplify collective impact.
Core Functions
- Weave across sectors, movements, and communities
- Convene aligned organizations and initiatives
- Nurture cross-bioregional learning and exchange
- Help prevent duplication and siloing of efforts
- Uplift overlooked wisdom and build bridges across difference
- Map the global mycelial network
Key Deliverables
- Network mapping tools and visualizations
- Partnership frameworks and agreements
- Cross-sector convening methodologies
- Resource sharing platforms and protocols
- Collaboration playbooks and case studies
- Directory of aligned organizations and projects
Who Should Join
Network weavers, community organizers, facilitators, diplomats, partnership builders, and bridge-makers who see connections others miss.
They help the global mycelial network find itself.
Community Capacity & Trust-Building Guild
The Heart:Tending the relational soil where regeneration grows
The Heart
This Guild focuses on the emotional, somatic, and relational foundations of transformation. They help communities build the capacity to hold complexity, navigate conflict, and deepen trust.
Core Functions
- Trauma integration and healing practices
- Somatic and embodiment work
- Conflict transformation and mediation
- Group coherence and collective intelligence
- Relational trust-building processes
- Leadership development and mentorship
- Intergenerational healing and reconciliation
- Facilitator training and certification
Key Deliverables
- Trust-building methodologies and toolkits
- Conflict transformation protocols
- Facilitator training programs
- Somatic practice guides
- Leadership development curricula
- Community resilience frameworks
- Healing circle guides and templates
Who Should Join
Facilitators, therapists, mediators, somatic practitioners, coaches, healers, elders, and anyone committed to relational and emotional intelligence.
They help communities build the emotional, cultural, and relational capacity needed to hold transformation.
Storytelling & Mythos Guild
The Memory:Carrying the myth, the narrative, and the cultural flame
The Sensory Organs
This Guild is the voice of the Planetary Party. They steward narrative coherence, document bioregional stories, and help people feel the planetary story unfolding through them.
Core Functions
- Steward narrative coherence and messaging
- Document and amplify bioregional stories
- Develop visual identity, symbols, and aesthetics
- Create media, film, photography, and documentation
- Express cultural dimensions of the mythos
- Craft the poetic language of the Planetary Party
- Preserve and transmit collective memory
Key Deliverables
- Brand guidelines and visual identity systems
- Story harvesting methodologies
- Documentary films and photo essays
- Written case studies and impact reports
- Social media content and campaigns
- Website content and digital presence
- Podcast and interview series
- Poetry, art, and cultural expressions
Who Should Join
Writers, filmmakers, photographers, poets, artists, designers, journalists, content creators, and keepers of oral traditions.
They help people feel the planetary story unfolding through them.
Regenerative Governance Guild
The Spine:Holding structure for collective decision-making
The Bones
This Guild offers governance architecture to support bioregions in forming their own decision-making systems. They help communities make decisions that emerge from coherence.
Core Functions
- Design participatory governance processes
- Support community assemblies and councils
- Develop bioregional congress frameworks
- Facilitate consent and coherence-based decision-making
- Draft agreements, charters, and protocols
- Clarify roles and organizational rhythms
- Test and iterate governance models
Key Deliverables
- Governance frameworks and templates
- Decision-making protocol libraries
- Assembly facilitation guides
- Bioregional council structures
- Charter and agreement templates
- Role clarity and accountability systems
- Governance training programs
- Case studies of working models
Who Should Join
Governance designers, facilitators, legal experts, cooperative organizers, political scientists, and systems architects.
They help communities make decisions that emerge from coherence.
Event Production & Cultural Activation Guild
The Lungs:Bringing the Planetary Party to life through gatherings
The Fire
This Guild produces convergence festivals, ceremonies, and civic celebrations. They create civic experiences that spark trust, unity, and regenerative action.
Core Functions
- Produce Planetary Party festivals and gatherings
- Ensure safety, logistics, and infrastructure
- Design flow of programming and experiences
- Create ambiance, aesthetics, and culture
- Ensure accessibility and inclusion
- Coordinate on-the-ground coherence among teams
- Leave behind positive-trace infrastructure
Key Deliverables
- Event production playbooks and templates
- Safety and logistics protocols
- Program design frameworks
- Positive-trace infrastructure guides
- Accessibility and inclusion checklists
- Volunteer coordination systems
- Budget templates and resource planning
- Post-event integration protocols
Who Should Join
Event producers, festival organizers, logistics coordinators, stage managers, artists, musicians, safety personnel, and cultural activators.
They create civic experiences that spark trust, unity, and regenerative action.
Living Systems & Solutions Guild
The Body:Stewarding ecological, agricultural, and place-based regeneration
The Bones (Framework)
This Guild anchors the tangible, place-based work of regeneration. They support real-world prototypes that regenerate the bioregion's land, culture, and community.
Core Functions
- Design regenerative food and agriculture systems
- Restore water systems and watersheds
- Implement soil restoration and carbon sequestration
- Steward land and practice ecological design
- Support natural building and infrastructure
- Develop renewable energy systems
- Create circular economies and zero-waste solutions
Key Deliverables
- Permaculture and regenerative agriculture guides
- Water harvesting and restoration protocols
- Soil health assessment and improvement plans
- Natural building design templates
- Renewable energy system designs
- Circular economy frameworks
- Ecological restoration project plans
- Solution showcase and demo events
Who Should Join
Permaculturists, farmers, ecologists, water specialists, natural builders, renewable energy experts, and land stewards.
They support real-world prototypes that regenerate the bioregion's land, culture, and community.
Regenerative Capital Flows Guild
The Water:Guiding resources to where life needs them most
The Life Blood
This Guild stewards bioregional Flow Funds and helps capital flow with the logic of ecosystems, not extraction. They design financial systems that serve life.
Core Functions
- Design and support Bioregional Flow Fund implementation
- Build philanthropic partnerships and donor relationships
- Develop regenerative economic frameworks
- Align carbon and biodiversity project funding
- Create metrics for multi-capital value
- Ensure financial coherence across bioregions
- Enable alternative capital pathways (community currencies, DAOs, etc.)
Key Deliverables
- Flow Fund design templates and protocols
- Trust-based giving frameworks
- Participatory budgeting tools
- Multi-capital accounting systems
- Funder onboarding and partnership agreements
- Impact measurement frameworks
- Alternative finance mechanism guides
- Regenerative economics training programs
Who Should Join
Philanthropists, impact investors, regenerative economists, financial designers, community organizers, and anyone reimagining how capital flows.
They help capital flow with the logic of ecosystems vs. extraction.
