Appreciative · Regenerative · Connective

Living
Democracy

What if our communities and institutions became our field — and we explored together how to nurture them?

Spaces for leaders and changemakers working at the edges of democratic renewal — from different vantage points, co-creating pathways forward.

Democracy is alive in movements and communities worldwide

Spaces to slow down, share what's working, imagine together and co-create pathways forward.

Living Democracy is a field of practice — for leaders, changemakers, and systems designers working toward democratic renewal. Each gathering is shaped by the people in the room and the questions alive in that moment.


Spaces for renewed energy, meeting likely and unlikely connections, and exploring a sense of what wants to grow next — individually and together.

Living Fields

Inspired by Living Systems

Slow down to go deeper

We create space to share what is really happening — in our work, in ourselves, in the systems we are part of.

Learn as nature

Reconnecting to our inherent nature and designed for renewal, reconnection and regeneration.

Vision together

Exploring pathways forward that emerge from both individual and collective imagination and presence.

Welcome as you are

Gatherings of humans, bringing whatever living questions are present.

Beyond sector

Explorations and dialogue that weave perspectives into a larger view.

Growing fields

Each space is part of a larger, ongoing field — in relationships, in work, in what participants carry forward.

Pioneers and stewards
of democracy

Something naturally shifts when diverse perspectives meet — when we can slow down together and share what is working.

Living Systems meets
Appreciative Inquiry

Welcome Living Questions What's Working Imagination Inspiration Co-creating Pathways

Appreciative.
Regenerative.
Connective.

Small group 25–35 participants from across the democratic change ecosystem
In-person spaces 2–3 days, in places that support presence, reflection, and genuine connection
Living Fields facilitation Shaped by Appreciative Inquiry, Open Space, and embodied practice
Cross-sector, cross-geography Practitioners, funders, researchers, organisers — different vantage points, shared questions
Online circles Continuing the field between in-person spaces, for connection and what wants to grow

Interested in
joining or
partnering?

Living Democracy spaces are convened by Better Way Foundation, in partnership with Living Fields. Each space is shaped by the people in the room and the questions alive in that moment.