Alivelihoods are meaningful and regenerative livelihoods, livelihoods that are oriented towards social, ecological, and personal wellbeing, which have the ability to:
 

• Make the one pursuing it feel alive, joyful, and content (individual/personal level)

• Facilitate localisation, build local economy and create resilient economic and social structures (community level)

• Regenerate our planet, showcase resilience to climate crisis, and mitigate global inequities (planet level)

 

They are long-term livelihoods that shift the pattern from extraction and consumption of resources to conservation and regeneration of resources, from profit to prosperity, and from scarcity to abundance.

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Examples

•  Bee conservation for pollination and enhancing biodiversity, which is also a major step towards facilitating agroecology.   

• Responsible waste management to control different types of pollution and the spread of infectious diseases, which also conserves natural resources

• Vernacular eco-architecture that minimises negative ecological impact, which also creates work opportunities for local craftspeople and artisans