COMMUNITY DRIVEN CLIMATE RESILIENCE THROUGH A PERMACULTURE LENS

PermaFuturos is a radical citizen social science project by Spain-based Cultiva Lab, offering a systems research and design methodology that empowers local communities to address climate resilience challenges in a regenerative, locally grounded way, not through short-sighted solutionist interventions. Drawing on the holistic permaculture model, the methodology translates complex systems thinking into an accessible systems research and design process, opening participation to communities often excluded from climate innovation while generating insights rooted in ecological and social realities. This whitepaper addresses researchers, policymakers, and practitioners interested in radical citizen social science, regenerative transformation, and locally grounded systems research and design. This document is an output of the Cultiva Lab PermaFuturos project funded by IMPETUS (project ID 101058677).