{"title": "Protopian Civic Futures - Tales from regen\u00b7era", "logoImg": "bafkreidvjemyubu5qhk3sl2epm5nhfcqabtorjohdzramqocj7nfgeonve", "website": "https://regenera.city", "bannerImg": "bafkreiamppdnkujho6ufk3jswhjg7plavnhikhp6as3iykqfqqw6zxxmpm", "createdAt": 1713648922825, "credentials": {}, "description": "Proposal: A short story contest to call for and exhibit protopian fiction stories that creatively features systems of collective stewardship and care to build a better civilization.\n\nThe stories need to be framed or touch upon significant civics topics:\n\nCreation or care of the commons and public goods\n\nSupport of human needs\n\nCivic Innovations, Utilities or Service. Civic Stewardship.\n\nDesign Principles for systemic innovation\n\nResilience and integrity of systems\n\nDecentralized systems and protocols\n\nVitality: Life\u2019s capacity to create more Life, the embodied state of thriving that emerges from the interconnected levels of well-being and quality of life for individuals, communities, and ecologies.\n\nChoice, agency, new and more robust governance system that allow for more participation.\n\nCitizen engagement in governments and collective stewardship of the commons and our communities\n\nCommunity and Community organizing tools and principles\n\nDevelopment of operating systems for collective stewardship\n\n\nWe will frame all the stories within the fictional story world of regen\u00b7era (http://regenera.city)\n\nRequirements for the stories:\n\nA 20 minute read. That\u2019s about 3000 \u2014 5000 words. A plot or storyline with characters. A 3 month exclusive to the story before it can be published elsewhere. Licensed under Creative Commons By. NC. SA.\n\nWe will help editorialize and add at least 2 AI generated images to illustrate the story. Stories will be published in a public forum and promoted by our team.\n\nThere will be monetary prizes given to the best stories voted by a jury.\n\nThe authors will be encouraged to:\n\nCreate stories inspired by existing civics solutions and ideas, in order to highlight real case studies but under a fiction wireframe that allows for a more expansive an easy to digest form of the idea\n\nCollaborate with other projects funded by the grant to highlight their solutions through protopian storytelling\n\nAdd a section at the end of the fictional story with context about the ideas proposed and potential follow ups to bring them to life\n\nWe will seek partnerships with aligned organizations to fund some of the prizes and expand the promotion of the stories.", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}}
Protopian Civic Futures - Tales from regen·era
Proposal: A short story contest to call for and exhibit protopian fiction stories that creatively features systems of collective stewardship and care to build a better civilization.

The stories need to be framed or touch upon significant civics topics:

Creation or care of the commons and public goods

Support of human needs

Civic Innovations, Utilities or Service. Civic Stewardship.

Design Principles for systemic innovation

Resilience and integrity of systems

Decentralized systems and protocols

Vitality: Life’s capacity to create more Life, the embodied state of thriving that emerges from the interconnected levels of well-being and quality of life for individuals, communities, and ecologies.

Choice, agency, new and more robust governance system that allow for more participation.

Citizen engagement in governments and collective stewardship of the commons and our communities

Community and Community organizing tools and principles

Development of operating systems for collective stewardship


We will frame all the stories within the fictional story world of regen·era (http://regenera.city)

Requirements for the stories:

A 20 minute read. That’s about 3000 — 5000 words. A plot or storyline with characters. A 3 month exclusive to the story before it can be published elsewhere. Licensed under Creative Commons By. NC. SA.

We will help editorialize and add at least 2 AI generated images to illustrate the story. Stories will be published in a public forum and promoted by our team.

There will be monetary prizes given to the best stories voted by a jury.

The authors will be encouraged to:

Create stories inspired by existing civics solutions and ideas, in order to highlight real case studies but under a fiction wireframe that allows for a more expansive an easy to digest form of the idea

Collaborate with other projects funded by the grant to highlight their solutions through protopian storytelling

Add a section at the end of the fictional story with context about the ideas proposed and potential follow ups to bring them to life

We will seek partnerships with aligned organizations to fund some of the prizes and expand the promotion of the stories.
Protopian Civic Futures - Tales from regen·era