Publications
These are not “deliverables.” They’re invitations — stories, frameworks, and concrete pathways for partners who want to move from funding symptoms to restoring the relations that cause them.
Stories of Place
Narratives of Landuse and Urban Regeneration in Uganda
A long-form analysis on the stories shaping land use in Kampala from the perspectives of landowners, government, property developers, Buganda Kingdom and media — and how different stories could produce different futures.
Impala in Kampala: Story of Kampala
A narrative lens on Kampala and its valleys — what gets lost when development forgets ecology and culture, and what can be restored.
Kiwaatule Story of Place
A grounded portrait of Kiwaatule and Nalubaaga: what people love, what’s changing, and the deeper potential asking to be met. All generated from how a devolving relation with land d/evolved the meaning of Kiwaatule from a 'Plentiful Bioregion' -> Drummings of Joy -> Unfortunate death / struggle. We explore What will rebirthing Nalubaaga’s potential in an urban context look like? And what will the next meaning of Kiwaatule be?
Stories of Kiwaatule Valley
Voices from 1:1 conversations and neighbourhood dialogues — a living memory bank guiding what we build next.
Vision & Roadmaps
Kiwaatule 2030 — A community-led vision for urban regeneration
The core vision: a mapping of energies toward Kiwaatule-2030 and four pathways towards restoring Nalubaaga wetland into a living nature park, shifting land and real estate patterns, and stewarding a thriving bioregion.
Kiwaatule-2030: Building Bioregional Urban Futures— Tusimbudde! We’ve set off!
A practical roadmap of near-term actions that build collective governance muscles — land, governance, and money shifting together. A living note in progress: what we’re learning as the work moves from story into real-world coordination.
Community Mapping Report
A ground-truth mapping of Kiwaatule and Nalubaaga: lived realities, drainage paths, flooding points, wetland edges, and what residents see changing. A practical evidence base for Kiwaatule-2030 planning and coordination.
A bold experiment in Urban Regeneration
A simple but radical bet: build collective governance and trust first — so restoration and regeneration can actually hold.
Collective Imagination of a different Kiwaatule
A visual and social practice of seeing beyond today’s constraints — neighbours rehearsing a future worth building together.
Frameworks & Invitations
Funding Learning Journeys
A new pattern of finance: micro-flows into place-based healing, woven with shared learning that evolves our relationship with money.
Trust in Place (Obutaka)
A simple but radical shift: from trust in institutions and projects to trust in a living place — with governance designed for the commons.
Restoring Nalubaaga by Restoring Obutaka
Why ecosystem restoration isn’t only technical: it’s cultural, relational, and governance work. This piece outlines the deeper repair.
Collective Imagination Practice Community — Conversation
A conversation on the social practice of imagining together — and how it unlocks coordination, trust, and courage to try.
Reimagining epistemologies and land stewardship — experimentation showcase
Learning notes from experimentation: what we discovered about stewardship, knowledge, and building new patterns in real life.
Unbuild & Rebuild
A provocation on rebuilding development itself: unlearning extractive defaults and re-building practice around care, place, and life.
