Regenerative Justice & Whole Systems Care

Over the past decade, Kiley Arroyo has explored how diverse cultures understand and practice transformational change. This inquiry has culminated in a body of work advancing soil-keeping as both metaphor and methodology for regenerative justice and whole-systems care.

The foundational essay, From Soil-Keeping to Regenerative Justice: Seven Principles, has been published by Nonprofit Quarterly, Alliance Magazine, Kosmos Journal, and the Grantmakers in the Arts Reader. An expanded edition appeared in Oxford’s Journal of Regenerative Theory and Practice, published by Lively Worlds — a global think-and-do tank dedicated to advancing socially and ecologically regenerative futures.

These writings articulate a central premise: just as soil health determines the vitality of ecosystems, the relational, cultural, and structural conditions we cultivate determine whether social systems become extractive or life-affirming.

From this work has emerged an adaptive leadership journey rooted in soil-keeping practice. The program integrates ecological wisdom, intercultural collaboration, and systems design to help diverse partners:

• Strengthen relational trust across difference
• Recognize and shift inherited paradigms
• Cultivate regenerative patterns of leadership and governance
• Design conditions that support emergence rather than control

Currently being piloted in multiple locations internationally, this experiential learning initiative translates regenerative theory into lived practice — inviting leaders to align inner development, collective care, and structural transformation.

This project reflects CSC’s broader commitment to advancing regenerative justice through both intellectual contribution and applied, community-centered practice.