There are many good places to stand in this work. You can follow along, join the community, learn with a cohort, or help start and steward a group. Every step is a real contribution, and you can move at your own pace.
Start where you are
- Follow along. Read our newsletter, come to a free event, explore our resources. No commitment.
- Become a member. Create a profile and join our community of practice on Mighty Network, where members, stewards, and partners share and learn together.
- Take the Learning Journey. Join our six-month Cascadia Cohort with the Design School for Regenerating Earth to build shared language and relationships.
- Start or join a group. Gather around your place or a practice you care about (the four group types below).
- Grow into a formal program. A Landscape Group or Guild, held under our 501(c)(3).
- Deepen in the Landscape Hub Cultivator. Ongoing mentorship and peer support for established Landscape Groups.
Find your group
Place-based
- Seed Group. An open, informal way to gather people in your landscape. One person can start one. No money and no paperwork; just a space to find each other and begin.
- Landscape Group. A formal program under our 501(c)(3): tax-deductible donations, grants, payroll, insurance, a group page, and dedicated support. Held by three or more stewards.
Topic-based
- Topic Group. Like a Seed Group, but organized around a practice that spans landscapes, such as water, food, or finance. Open and informal.
- Guild. A formal program organized around a topic, with the same nonprofit capacity and support as a Landscape Group.
You can be a member of any number of groups, and a core steward of one. Forming a formal program takes at least three core stewards.
Our yearly rhythm
Our programs follow the seasons of the bioregion. Spring opens the Learning Journey and reactivates the Hub Cultivator. Summer is the active field season. Autumn is when new Landscape Group and Guild applications open. Winter is a time for reflection and design before spring begins again.
Not sure where to begin? Join the community, or write to us at landscapes@regeneratecascadia.org.