Impact Trust • Working glossary

Re-entanglement

The recognition that everything we thought we could separate and manage independently is in fact deeply interconnected.y

Details

Our Take
Provocative and philosophically rich. Challenges the whole basis of siloed thinking by arguing that separation itself -- of economy from ecology, of city from hinterland, of human from nature -- is the root problem. Too abstract for operational use but excellent for strategic reflection. Connects to Ubuntu (we are because others are) and to the finding that resilience is relational.
Ideological Framing
Used mainly in critical ecology and governance circles to mean deliberately weaving humans, cities, economies, and technology back into living systems and mutual dependence.
Synonyms/Variants
Reconnection; Systems integration; Planetary interdependence; Ubuntu (relational variant)
Typical everyday wording
Recognising that everything we separated is actually connected.