The villages, guilds, and constellations of the Metachrysalis.
In Metachrysalis, communities are the living ecosystems through which transformation takes place.
They may be:
- A neighborhood group regenerating a local watershed,
- A nonprofit or cooperative working for social or ecological justice,
- A learning circle or fellowship exploring sensemaking and emergence,
- Or a digital guild experimenting with open-source tools for regeneration.
Each community is both local and connected — rooted in its own place and culture, yet interwoven with others through shared purpose and play.
Metachrysalis communities form a distributed ecosystem of collaboration — a mycelial web that links bioregions through trust, curiosity, and care.
Each group contributes to and draws from the whole by:
- Sharing knowledge, tools, and patterns,
- Hosting gatherings, quests, and moves,
- Offering mentorship and mutual aid,
- And experimenting with new forms of governance, finance, and belonging.
Together, these communities create the conditions for collective flourishing — where regeneration spreads not by control, but by connection.
Belonging to a Metachrysalis community helps you:
- Anchor your work in a bioregional context,
- Collaborate with others on shared quests,
- Develop skills and microcredentials through real-world action,
- Participate in a shared mythos of regeneration and play,
- And contribute to an open-source library of practices that others can learn from.
Whether you’re part of an existing organization or forming something new, you can bring your community into the game and begin mapping your unique contribution.
Each community profile captures:
- Purpose & Story — why you exist and what change you’re creating.
- Bioregion — the land, water, and people you’re rooted in.
- Members — the people and roles that form your circle.
- Projects & Moves — tangible actions you’re taking.
- Capitals & Resources — what you have to share and what you need.
Communities can also earn microcredentials as they document and share their methods, strengthening the collective capacity to act regeneratively.
Communities can engage with Metachrysalis through three modes:
| Mode | Focus | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Relief | Rapid coordination and mutual aid during crises. | Disaster response teams, mutual aid networks. |
| Resilience | Strengthening systems between crises. | Community gardens, neighborhood preparedness groups. |
| Regeneration | Long-term transformation of culture and ecology. | Bioregional networks, cooperatives, educational alliances. |
Many communities move fluidly between these modes as their context shifts.
Each community belongs to a bioregion — a naturally defined system of relationships between soil, water, climate, and culture.
By organizing bioregionally, we align human collaboration with the rhythms of the Earth itself.
This nested structure — individuals → communities → bioregions → planet — mirrors nature’s way of scaling complexity with grace.
Below, you’ll soon find:
- A directory of active communities,
- A map view showing how they’re distributed across regions,
- And filters for focus area, bioregion, or mode of play.
Each listing links directly to projects, people, and stories that show what collective flourishing looks like in practice.
Ready to play together?
➡️ Add your community or connect with one already active in your bioregion.
Whether you’re an emerging circle or a well-established organization, your participation strengthens the mycelial web.
Below this introduction, you’ll soon find a dynamic list and map of communities participating in Metachrysalis — rooted in place, alive in connection.