Similarly, Colding and Barthel (2013) argue that solving ecosystem-related challenges requires cognitive resilience, built through repeated interaction between groups and their environments. These insights frame Regen Villages not as isolated events, but as iterative experiments whose value compounds over time.

Research on commoning highlights the importance of repetition, trust, and shared experience . Feinberg et al. (2023), drawing on a ten-year agent-based modeling study grounded in Ostrom’s design principles, show that cultural capital emerges through recurring interactions that enable social learning and knowledge retention. Their work demonstrates... See more