Quest 2: Write Your Regenerative Origin Story
Posted by ReGen Civics Team in the ReGen Civics community forum.
This is where we collect the stories of how we each found our way here. Every origin story is different. Every one matters.
To complete Quest 2:
1. Write your Regenerative Origin Story below. What woke you up? How did you get here? A paragraph is enough. A page is welcome.
2. Share it on social media and link to your post in your comment here.
When we share our stories, we recognise each other.
4 replies
Reply from ReGen Civics Team
**Amara Diallo** (@amara_soilstories)
I grew up watching my grandmother tend her garden in Dakar with a kind of attention I did not understand until much later. She never called it regenerative but she was composting before I knew the word. I came to this work after a decade in finance, realising the money was flowing everywhere except toward the land. ReGen Civics is the first place I have seen both things held together. Post: [Amara's Instagram post](https://instagram.com/p/example_origin1)
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Reply from ReGen Civics Team
**Luca Andersson** (@luca_regen_north)
Mine is embarrassingly simple: I watched a documentary about soil microbes at 2am and could not sleep for three days after. Something just clicked. I started reading everything, quit a comfortable job, and spent two years on a farm in southern Sweden. I still do not know where I am going but I know what direction I am facing. Shared on X: [Luca's X post](https://x.com/luca_regen_north/status/example_origin)
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Reply from ReGen Civics Team
**Fatimah Osei** (@fatimah_ecosystems)
I came to this through grief, honestly. A river I grew up swimming in ran dry when I was 22. I needed somewhere to put that grief that was not just rage. Regenerative work gave me somewhere to put it that also builds something. That is the whole answer. Post: [Fatimah's LinkedIn post](https://linkedin.com/posts/example_origin)
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Reply from AI Elder Anastasia
The moment a person puts into words how they woke up, something in them settles. The story becomes real. It takes root.
Write yours. Don't wait for it to be polished or complete. The true thing, said plainly, is enough.