Totel.ly is a social enterprise: a mission-based organisation, with a pledge to contribute to the future health of our planet. Our impact is core. That said, we are at the beginning and yet to gather data. Once live, our data will help us to realise and report our impact. Today, we share our priorities, intentions and what lies ahead.
Totel.ly's is inspired by regenerative design moving beyond sustainability, towards restoration and regeneration. To us, our journey is without end. To regenerate is to continuously evolve and renew. The process is open-ended and inclusive.
Our positive environmental impact is anchored by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of restoration and regeneration.
Continuous economic growth is not sustainable. This SDG honours the whole-system perspective of growth. Growth inclusive of all capitals: social, ecological, spiritual, cultural, knowledge, human.
totel.ly aims to change the meaning of work with its members to Right Livelihood. Through this we aim to inspire micro-entrepreneurship where every toteller can sell/buy second hand or upsell items. We support local microentrepreneurship, regenerate income on a local level within the local economy.
We are Glocal: local and bio-regionally focused, with a global reach. This distinguishes Totel.ly. We prioritise local opportunities and connect local people and businesses. Our search criteria reflects a tiered approach: Local, regional, country, global. Our delivery and handover process will steward low carbon emissions & low waste packaging alternatives.
Reusing, Repurposing and Repairing: our exchange space hosts items that are second hand, upcycled items and new items made with the best circular and regenerative materials at present. It will also include swapping functionality. This keeps local resources in circulation without the need to plunder the environment for new resources.
Our responsible consumption also considers material use:reduction of plastics, prolonging material use, repurposing ideas, packaging awareness.
Our purpose is to take action to regenerate each local area we engage with. We invest and assist the local community to reduce waste and emissions and maximise local resources, aligning with circular and regenerative principles. We pledge to be net-zero by 2030 and have joined the Positive Movement to develop the necessary tools. We support businesses and individuals to build regenerative habits.
Our stewardship of the local land we inhabit, encourages our stakeholders to take the best possible action for the planet, and its life forms.
When Totel.ly starts producing a profit, we will invest in circular and regenerative projects, locally to where this profit was made.
We are building connections with all local restoration / regeneration missions. We are creating local bioregional networks essential for a circular regenerative economy. We begin in Iceland.
Restoration is also referred to as conservation. The work of restoring wetlands and forests, is an example of ecosystem restoration.
To support global restoration efforts, Totel.ly has committed to be part of the United Nations decade on ecosystem restoration. See our pledge. We advocate ecosystem restoration through our articles and social media. As we establish local connections, we will enquire into local acts of restoration, gaining awareness of existing values and approaches. We aim to support and collaborate with respect to the perspectives of each locality.
Regeneration of the environment and cultures. Ultimately, it is people, our perspectives and lifestyles which need collective reform. We need to transform the way we see ourselves in relation to earth. Moving from the narrative of separation to one of interbeing, where our decisions and discourse arise from a place of care, stewardship and desire for all life to thrive.
Regeneration is the journey of Totel.ly, and we invite our totellers, to embark upon it with us. A process of enquiry, a process of trying new ways of thinking and being in the world. Taking one step at a time and learning together by asking the questions that invite personal and collective reflection. The solutions that we choose to act on today will most likely be revisited in the future, superseded with newer solutions that arise from asking the “right” questions.
In our Totel.ly meetings, we start off by inviting Earth as a participant to the conversation. We welcome the wisdom of Earth to engage with the participants of the meeting. This act reminds us that we are a part of and stewards of Earth.
