RC CommunityWhy Regenerate, Whatcom?
An essay article giving the backstory, the "why" of the work that is happening on the ground by Regenerate Whatcom. Published in "Whatcom Watch" June, 2025.
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RC CommunityDesigning Bioregional Futures: A Presentation for the Design School for Regenerating Earth
🌍 A Global Classroom for Planetary Regeneration In this recent presentation hosted by the Design School for Regenerating Earth, members of the Regenerate Cascadia movement shared their approach to bioregional organizing, storytelling, and on-the-ground action. The talk—now available to watch online—offered an inspiring and informative overview of how the Cascadia bioregion is mobilizing communities through […]
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RC CommunityRegenerate Cascadia at the BioFi Cultivator Project: Presentation Recap
A core strategy of Regenerate Cascadia is building financial infrastructure for regeneration—designed by and for the people and places doing the work across the landscapes of the bioregion. In January 2025, Regenerate Cascadia was honored to be invited to join the Biofi Cultivator Project, a learning and design journey hosted by the Biofi Project. Alongside […]
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Organizational UpdatesHighlights from the 2025 BioFi Conference
Highlights from the 2025 BioFi Conference From May 16–18, 2025, over 250 visionaries, organizers, artists, funders, and culture-shapers gathered at the historic Georgetown Steam Plant in Seattle for the inaugural Cascadia BioFi Conference—a gathering rooted in the question: How do we regenerate an entire bioregion? The setting was symbolic: a 100+ year-old decommissioned power plant […]
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RC CommunityLearning Journey Update: Collapse Awareness & Bioregional Imagination
Quinalt Rainforest, Photo by Elliott Bronstein We are two full months into what has been a transformative learning journey with five modules of two webinars each complete. There’s still time to catch up and join in! Joe Brewer, Penny Heiple, and many other volunteer facilitators have taken us through the process of beginning to think […]
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Organizational UpdatesUpdate from Regenerate Northern Willamette Valley
While it seems that the whole world is stretched thin right now with more bad news on the way, our small grassroots team at Regenerate Northern Willamette Valley inspires us to keep going and brings us purpose even in these difficult moments. With regular meetings around creating an ecoregional listening tour for the Willamette Valley, […]
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RC CommunityBringing Land Back into the Commons: Collaborating with Local Transit Authorities
Since the phenomenon of enclosure, wherein land became increasingly private and held by single property owners, there is very little land left to the public and even less that is stewarded in a way that includes public participation in decision-making processes. However, at least in the United States, it is also a very costly and […]
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Organizational UpdatesLearning Journey Update: How Water Organizes the Landscape & Design Immersions
featured image is of Eagle Island, courtesy of Robert Bunge A little more than a month into the Learning Journey: How to Organize Your Bioregion (it’s not too late to sign up!), we have already seen both individuals sparking with inspiration and groups forming to collaborate in their landscapes. We currently have 98 active participants […]
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Organizational UpdatesCultivating a Cultural Shift Toward Bioregional Resilience
“ Even if we got everything else right – the science, the appropriateecological knowledge, sufficient resources at the scale required torepair the Earth – these efforts would be unlikely to make muchdifference to the planetary predicament without cultural transformation.Culture is about worldview, identity, a sense of belonging.Culture is the glue that can bring people together; withoutit, […]
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Organizational UpdatesRegenerate Cascadia Update 4.3.25
Welcome to the Regenerate Cascadia team Update for 4.3.25! Watch the video for all the details and nuances! For a summary of topics covered, keep reading! How to Organize Your Bioregion Learning Journey! The Learning Journey “How to Organize Your Bioregion” offered by The Design School for Regenerating Earth has begun with a robust Cascadia […]
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