The SolarPunk Mandala
The SolarPunk Mandala
The SolarPunk Sangha applies the Solarpunk Mandala—a consciousness-first, systems-based framework—to facilitate a just transition toward a regenerative future. We transform awareness into practical, scale-free action, from the individual to the planetary.
True generosity consists precisely in fighting to destroy the causes which nourish false charity. False charity constrains the fearful and subdued, the "rejects of life," to extend their trembling hands. True generosity lies in striving so that these hands—whether of individuals or entire peoples—need be extended less and less in supplication, so that more and more they become human hands which work and, working, transform the world.
-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed (1968)
It is a meta-framework that integrates Analytic Idealism (consciousness as primary reality), General Systems Theory, and Cybernetics into a practicable geometric architecture—the Tesseract (4D hypercube)—for navigating the complex, multi-perspectival nature of regenerative transformation.
🪷 The Four Pathways of Regeneration
Guided by the Solarpunk Mandala, our work unfolds through four interdependent pathways of praxis. These are not linear steps, but simultaneous dimensions of change that reinforce each other across all scales—from personal practice to global systems change.
Awakening
How integrated is the Self?
Making
How regenerative is the system?
Liberation
How connected are we?
Healing
How wisely do we hold time?
🛡️ The Foundation for All Action: The Threshold Principle
Regeneration cannot be built on unstable ground. The Mandala's core safety protocol states that no pathway work is safe or sustainable unless Four Embodied Foundations are secured: Nourishment, Cleansing, Restoration, and Movement.
Our approach begins with an honest audit of these foundations in ourselves and our communities. This prevents "ethical bypassing" where lofty goals mask unaddressed basic needs, leading to burnout or harm. We fortify the foundation first.
Nourishment
⚠️ >50% skip meals; acute hunger
🔄 Mutual aid food distribution; seed exchange
🗳️Community survey + pantry audit
Cleansing
⚠️ No safe water; disease risk
🔄 Water filtration; composting sanitation
🗳️Infrastructure audit + water testing
Restoration
⚠️ Chronic sleep deprivation; no safe spaces
🔄 Quiet zones; trauma first aid; rest hours
🗳️Sleep diaries + space mapping
Movement
⚠️ Physical confinement; violence
🔄 Safe corridors; community watch; mobility aid
🗳️Safety audit + mobility mapping
