Early Bioregional Thinkers, a Presentation
The r3.o ecosystem (short for Redesign, Resilience, Regeneration) began holding monthly “Open Dialogues to Bioregioning” and one of r3.0’s first dialogues featured Regenerate Cascadia’s Brandon Letsinger along with Dr. Lyla June Johnston, and Karie Crisp with over 85 in attendance.
In this first edition of this series of Open Dialogues, titled ‘Histories of Bioregioning‘ each presenter gave contextual presentations of bioregioning a place. Brandon highlighted the founding work of Donella Meadows, Raymond Dasman, Allen Van Newkirk, David Haenke, Peter & Judy Goldhaft, including the 1972 UN Convention on the Human Climate.
This was an incredible presentation that provided an almost encyclopedic understanding of the work that led us here today in Cascadia, including early mapping of the Cascadia Bioregion, published academic research, early groups, photographs and an overview of the Bioregional Congresses of Cascadia, which began in 1986 at Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington. The rich tradition of mapping is inclusive of Indigenous peoples, many First Nations have contributed.
A must-see for bioregional learning that provides a deeper understanding of where the movement started; which has sparked the current global resurgence.
Brandon Letsinger is the founder and Executive Director of the Department of Bioregion and leads its flagship initiatives, Regenerate Cascadia and the Cascadia Department of Bioregion.
See the slide deck from this event, and the entire Open Dialogues Series, here https://www.r3-0.org/open-dialogues-on-bioregioning/
Click the button below to view the r3.0 Bioregioning Open Dialogues Living Resources Document.