Bloemfontein. August 2025. Namibia Township. We invited the community to share what matters for a good life. 53 people gathered, aged 15 to 68.

If you followed the sound of a hand drill down a sunlit lane in South Africa, you’d find him. Sleeves rolled, eyes steady, hands doing what the world too often forgets to try: mending. Around him, scrap becomes story. He doesn’t argue with rust. He answers it.

In Bloemfontein, South Africa, a circle of women gathers around a battered kettle and a basket of leftover yarn. Hooks click like soft rain. Row by row, scraps become blankets, hats, and the kind of shawls that turn a hard day warm. These women prove that love can be tied back together one loop at a time.

How to build a regenerative economy? This summarized live conversation between Nicole Bastien and Anneen Maree surfaces the quintessence of Aneen’s lived experiences in communities in South Africa.