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Use cases · Participatory cities

Hypha for regenerative cities

Participatory governance for municipalities and citizen engagement at scale.

Explore the system

The problem

Cities are trapped in cross-sector silos.

Government, business, community, and ecological actors often share a place but not a way to coordinate around its whole living system.

The vision

What if a city could organise around a shared compass?

Doughnut Economics provides the orientation. Hypha gives diverse actors the governance and coordination to turn it into demonstrator projects and systemic change.

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The reality

What keeps this system stuck.

Sector silos

Important actors work beside each other rather than together.

No shared vision

Projects optimise locally without a whole-city compass.

Pilots do not scale

Learning remains trapped in isolated initiatives.

Citizens lack power

Participation gathers opinions without transferring agency.

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The solution

How Hypha changes this.

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Cross-sector collaboration

Create a shared place for government, business, and community.

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A common compass

Use Doughnut Economics to hold social and ecological goals.

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Demonstrator projects

Coordinate practical work that makes transition visible.

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Participatory governance

Give citizens a genuine role in decisions and resources.

How it works

Convene. Co-design. Scale.

Bring the system together. Design around a shared compass. Scale what works.

  • Convene across sectors
  • Co-design with residents
  • Demonstrate in the real world
  • Scale what works
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The movement

Regenerative Cities building differently

How it connects

A network of regenerative neighbourhoods

Each neighbourhood connects to the city hub and the global Doughnut network.

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Community

Residents and anchor institutions driving local regeneration.

Cross-Sector

Council and private sector collaborating on systems change.

City Treasury

Pool resources for demonstrator projects and infrastructure.

Knowledge Hub

Curates learnings and connects to the global Doughnut network.

Who it is for

Cities of every scale

Neighbourhoods

Local community action

Local Councils

Municipal regeneration

Metro Regions

City-wide transformation

Urban-Rural

City hinterland links

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