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Regenerative America

The Standard

The measure of true leadership

Americans deserve a true leader — leadership whose ideas cohere across all four arenas and who backs them with action, in policy and in their own life. Regenerative America gives that demand a voice, holds leaders to it, and uplifts those who can embody it.

What we look for

We hold leaders to coherence across all four arenas — in their policy and in how they actually live. A leader meets the Standard when their public positions and private conduct point the same direction.

  1. 01How we live

    Daily life rooted in simplicity, self-reliance, balance, and harmony with nature.

  2. 02How we educate our children

    Character and conscience over conformity — the transcendentalists were themselves education reformers.

  3. 03How we work

    Meaningful vocation over extraction and consumption: a life worth living, not just earning.

  4. 04How we self-govern

    Who we let govern us, what we expect from them, and why. This is where the Standard lives.

In progress

The detailed, point-by-point criteria of the Standard are being finalized with Dan. This page states the framework; the specific tests come next. To see the principles it draws on, read The Idea.