Common Ground Summit

This latest piece in Finding Common Ground by Amanda Dugan, looks at play: what happens when we try something without needing to be good at it, and why that can become harder as we get older. Somewhere along the way, many of us learn to measure our time, our talents, and even our joy by what they produce. Play offers a different kind of permission. ✨ It reminds us that connection is not only built through serious conversations or shared work, but also through curiosity, laughter, experimentation, and the moments when we feel safe enough to be a little less guarded with one another. Link to read more in bio. 🔗 #community #kauai #regenerative #gathering #legacy #communitybuilding #commonground #findingcommonground #commongroundsummit

Three incredible days on the North shore of Kauai. Apply to join the Common Ground Summit 2026. 🌺 🌴 #community #kauai #regenerative #gathering #commongroundsummit

We can’t wait to come together for three days on the North Shore of Kauai -- familiar faces, new energy, and more opportunities this year for deep connection. 🌊🤝 We’re hearing from many of you about the uncertainty around travel right now, especially with rising flight costs. With that in mind, we’re offering added flexibility -- you can cancel your ticket for a full refund through August 31. Early bird tickets are now available. Apply to join through link in bio. 🌿 #community #kauai #regenerative #gathering #legacy #communitybuilding #commonground #findingcommonground #commongroundsummit

When was the last time you had a conversation that didn't need to go anywhere? The kind that starts small and meanders, but leaves you feeling more connected, more grounded, and somehow more yourself. In a world that constantly asks for more -- more output, more urgency -- it can feel counterintuitive to protect that kind of time. But we're reminded, again and again, that it's essential. 🌿 It's part of why we design the Summit the way we do. Not just for the conversations that happen on a stage, but for the ones that unfold over long meals, on walks, or in the quiet in-between moments. 🌺🌊🌅 Read more reflections from David Stevens -- link in bio. #community #kauai #regenerative #gathering #legacy #communitybuilding #commonground #findingcommonground #commongroundsummit

Lei: The Meaning We Carry 🌺 Across cultures — from India to Thailand — people have long woven flowers and natural materials together to honor relationships, ceremonies, and moments of transition. Different practices, but the same human impulse: to gather individual elements and bind them together with intention. A lei is one expression of that. More than an object, it is an act — made with care, for a specific person and moment. In the choosing, the gathering, and the giving, it carries affection, respect, gratitude, and remembrance. Meaning emerges not from uniformity, but from relationship. Read the full article — link in bio. 🌺 #community #kauai #regenerative #gathering #legacy #communitybuilding #commonground #findingcommonground #commongroundsummit

We’ve been spending time thinking about the practices that sit at the center of gathering. Not just what they are, but what they ask of us in how we make, share, and show up for one another. 🌸 Across cultures, people have long found ways to mark relationships through what they make and share -- whether through food, flowers, or simple, repeated gestures of care. These practices look different depending on where you are, but they often come from the same place: a desire to acknowledge one another, to honor moments, and to create connection. 🌼 In Hawaii a lei is one expression of that. It reminds us that connection is not symbolic or abstract, but something we are responsible for: shaped by our choices, our care, and how we show up for one another. Piece by piece, person by person, it asks us what it means to carry meaning forward with intention. 🌺 Read full article -- link in bio. #community #kauai #regenerative #gathering #legacy #communitybuilding #commonground #findingcommonground #commongroundsummit

On Village, Place, and Staying Grounded - Part 03 At a time when the scale of global challenges can feel overwhelming or abstract, village brings things back to human scale. It’s the part of the world you can actually tend – the scale at which your presence matters, your choices register, and relationships have time to form. 🌍 🌱 🏘️ In practice, this often shows up in small, familiar exchanges – the kinds of moments that are easy to overlook, but hard to do without. Over time, they’re what begin to shape a sense of place. You might notice one in your own place this week, however small, and what it gives you. A moment, a place, a person – these are the kinds of connections that quietly shape how we move through the world. #community #kauai #regenerative #gathering #legacy #communitybuilding #commonground #findingcommonground #commongroundsummit

On Village, Place, and Staying Grounded - Part 02 Village isn’t an abstract idea of “community,” but an everyday expression of place-based values in real relationships and ordinary exchanges. It’s the people you encounter regularly, the rhythms that shape your days, the familiar moments that quietly teach you what belonging looks like in practice. 🏡 The barista who knows your order. The neighbor you nod to each morning. The walk you take without thinking about it, but would feel off without. The tables where conversations repeat and deepen over time. ☕ Village is made up of all kinds of relationships. Some are deep and central. Others are brief or peripheral. What matters is the middle layer: the familiar-but-not intimate connections where we learn how to coexist, navigate differences, and be accountable to people who aren’t exactly like us. This is where place stops being an idea and becomes a practice. Then this layer is thin or missing, it’s easy to feel unmoored – connected in theory, but isolated in practice. We lose the everyday spaces where trust is built slowly, where difference is navigated without drama, and where responsibility feels shared rather than abstract. 🌱🤝 #community #kauai #regenerative #gathering #legacy #communitybuilding #commonground #findingcommonground #commongroundsummit

On Village, Place, and Staying Grounded - Part 01 Many of us have been noticing how disorienting things can feel at times – stretched across places, pulled into constant motion, connected to more people than ever before, and yet often untethered. Lately, we’ve been spending time with a set of ideas that help us make sense of that feeling – ideas about place, connection, and what helps restore a sense of grounding when so much feels in motion. 🌱 When we talk about place, we don’t mean a single physical location. We mean a shared orientation – the values that shape how we show up, relate to one another, and take responsibility for what we’re part of. Place is what helps us stay oriented – not just to our work, but to our lives – even as people move between geographies, roles, and contexts. It’s the anchor that holds, regardless of where someone happens to be. 👣 Village is how that sense of place becomes lived. #community #kauai #regenerative #gathering #legacy #communitybuilding #commonground #findingcommonground #commongroundsummit

What’s going to be the same at the Common Ground Summit 2026? Connections that matter, a magical venue, an amazing group of people from all over the world, awe-inspiring experiences, delicious food, and a joyful feeling of belonging that leads to a deep reset and new energy to face what’s ahead. 🌴🌍🍲 We can't wait to have you with us! 🌺🌞 #community #kauai #regenerative #gathering #legacy #communitybuilding #commonground #findingcommonground #commongroundsummit

Finding common ground: Why Food Matters Food has always been where conversation begins. Before ideas take shape or language finds its footing, there is the shared act of sitting down together: preparing, serving, tasting, and being present with one another. Again and again, we’ve seen how much intention it takes to make those moments possible – through the people who cook, host, gather, and create space for others to meet. 🍽️🌱 #community #kauai #regenerative #gathering #legacy #communitybuilding #commonground #findingcommonground #commongroundsummit

Finding common ground: Why Food Matters 🥗 Our theme this year returns to food and the cycles of cultivation, preparation, and celebration that surround it. To us, food is a widely accepted form of common ground from which connections can thrive. It’s a universal expression of deeply local traditions, offering a bridge between local and global perspectives. When we gather around the table, we create space to meet, share, converse, connect, and recharge. #community #kauai #regenerative #gathering #legacy #communitybuilding #commonground #findingcommonground #commongroundsummit