The VERVE Toolkit: Co-Creative Methods to Promote Community-Driven Approaches
Angela Moriggi
The VERVE Toolkit titled “Imagining Vibrant Rural-Mountain Futures: A Field-Tested Toolkit of 25 Co-creative Methods”, introduces 25 creative methods designed to ignite dialogue, encourage critical thinking, and cultivate practical skills for transformative change in rural-mountain regions.
These biodiverse areas, often at the forefront of innovative regenerative solutions, face unique challenges such as isolation, limited institutional support, and socio-economic decline.
Centered on five priorities – youth, women, non-human beings, biocultural diversity, and innovative practices – the Toolkit promotes community-driven approaches that honour local knowledge and inspire the co-creation of hopeful futures. It supports professionals across disciplines who are interested in participatory and inclusive processes for shaping regenerative, future-ready communities. Rooted in leading-edge research on future thinking, place-based sustainability, and ecological justice, the methods draw on frameworks like Theory U and Appreciative Inquiry.
The VERVE Toolkit and its supplementary materials and webinars offer comprehensive support to facilitate practical application in real-world contexts. Please follow this link to access these resources https://www.angelamoriggi.com/the-toolkit/
Angela Moriggi
Marie Curie Individual Research Fellow – Project VERVE
