We’re thrilled to welcome Regenerate Whatcom as a new Landscape Group in the Cascadia BioRegen Program. Rooted in the living systems of the northern Salish Sea—from the Nooksack River watershed to Bellingham Bay and the forests and mountains beyond—this circle is weaving people, projects, and place into a coherent movement for regeneration. Their north star is clear: doing the work necessary to bring our bioregion back within a safe operating space across the Planetary Boundaries—restoring salmon runs and riparian corridors, stewarding forests and soils, reconnecting water to land, and fostering right relationship with all beings.
Regenerate Whatcom is stewarded by a seasoned team of local leaders: David MacLeod (Transition Whatcom co-founder; longtime resilience organizer), Brian Kerkvliet (Inspiration Farm; regenerative permaculture educator), David Ketter (environmental educator and transformative leadership practitioner), and Cory Sevin (systems improvement, facilitation, and whole-systems design). Together they bring decades of practice in community organizing, permaculture, education, and prosocial culture-building—anchoring the work in humility, reciprocity, and moving at the speed of trust.
In the year ahead, the group will deepen relationships across the landscape—advancing bioregional mapping and strategy, supporting a portfolio of on-the-ground projects, and hosting place-based learning such as Permaculture Meet-Ups (last Fridays) and the Walking Whatcom Waters series. They’re also cultivating generative relationships with Lummi and Nooksack Nations (in ways they define), strengthening minimal viable governance and decision-making structures, and aligning local efforts into a shared, measurable theory of change.
As part of the Regenerate Cascadia nonprofit umbrella, Regenerate Whatcom can now receive tax-deductible donations, apply for grants, and coordinate collaborative projects with our wider bioregional movement.
You can support their work directly and help seed this landscape’s regenerative future.
👉 https://regeneratecascadia.org/bioregen-program/landscape-groups/whatcom/