Values
ReAnglia is guided by values rooted in ancient traditions of this land practiced in our contemporary context. These values shape how we work, how we relate to each other and the land, and the culture we’re building together. These are the values we imperfectly aspire to.
Kinship with Nature: Seeing nature not as property or resource, but as kin. This fundamental shift – from separation to relationship – is at the heart of everything we do. We’re working to decolonise mindsets conditioned by extractive, hierarchical narratives, moving from dialogues of power and individual rights to responsibility and care. Nature and people are family, not separate categories. We listen to nature’s voice and the wisdom it offers.
Ancestral Wisdom & Place-Based Practice: Honouring the land-based wisdom of those who lived in reciprocal relationship with these watersheds as kin. The Brythonic peoples sustained this most deeply here, but the Anglo-Saxons, Norse and every wave of people who came to this land originally carried nature-connected traditions. This wisdom isn’t exclusive inheritance based on ancestry or ethnicity. It’s place-based knowledge accessible to all who inhabit this region, rooted in commitment to place and practice and recognising that relationship with nature is humanity’s universal birthright.
Relationality & Reciprocity: The values of relationality, reciprocity, cyclical and embodied wisdom, truth, gratitude, care, respect, and collaboration link ecological and social wellbeing naturally – they’re inseparable. We practice reciprocity not just with human communities but with the watersheds, soils, and ecosystems that sustain us.
Justice & Inclusion: Nature is not just for the rich. Relationship with land is practice-based, not determined by ancestry or wealth. We’re committed to seeking diverse partners and advisors, being accessible across difference. This includes working with partners addressing disconnection from nature felt by underrepresented communities and seeking advisory capacity that reflects diverse human and more-than-human voices. We aim to rebalance unfair systems rather than replicating patterns of exclusion.
Emergence & Collaboration: Leaning into the chaos of multiple, coalescing initiatives rather than seeking top-down control. We believe in facilitating rather than imposing, in drawing out innate wisdom rather than hierarchical teaching. We’re here to amplify and connect rather than compete. We learn from the methods of others, adapt approaches to this region, and contribute our learnings back to the field.
Humility & Openness to Learning: Remaining open to being wrong, to adapting as we learn. We’re building this work based on assumptions – that readiness exists for paradigm shift, that cultural conditioning can weaken, that polarisation can be overcome. We listen to challenging feedback and refine our approach accordingly. We stay responsive to what wants to emerge, rooted in place but fluid in form.
Respect for Cycles & Rhythms: We attune ourselves to ecological flows – seasonal gatherings, watershed-based coordination, nature-inspired learning. We recognise that long-term transformation requires patient, deliberate methodology rather than rapid change. We attend to cycles of rest and energy, questioning our own conditioning into constant productivity and hierarchical success metrics.
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Mission: To support people and organisations to co-create regenerative futures with the Anglian chalk hills, fens, heaths and rivers, integrating millennia of land-based wisdom carried through this watershed’s many peoples whilst harnessing contemporary capabilities. Through experiential learning, governance innovation and collaborative practice we support the shift towards living in relationship with nature – as part of it and learning from it.
Vision: A thriving Anglian river basin where ecosystems have been restored and children grow up in kinship as part of nature, trusting and adapting to its cycles. Nature’s voice, seven generation thinking and land-based wisdom from this watershed’s Brythonic, Anglo-Saxon and Norse peoples and from ancestors worldwide inform how people govern, trade and live in relationship with the land and waters. Communities have strong identity and adaptive capacity, knowing their watersheds as intimately as their families. They are nature and they treat all beings with respect and responsibility.
Photos by J. Ramos – Winter moon over Magog Down; view to the Ouse Washes at Welney WWT.
ReAnglia CIC (Company No. 17185336)