By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 27 May 23
We are on a sacred journey to awaken the dream of regeneration for the entire Colorado Basin. In the first week, we met with people of the headwaters up in the high mountains of the Rockies.Now we have been invited into council with the people of Grand Junction where the great Gunnison River enters into confluence with the Colorado River.I held a tobacco ceremony to seek guidance from the ancestorsThis is a powerful way to travel — weaving landscapes alongside the water that has been doing so for millennia. We can feel the depths of this way of relating seeping into our bones. The
We are on a sacred journey to awaken the dream of regeneration for the entire Colorado Basin. In the first week, we met with people of the headwaters up in the high mountains of the Rockies.Now we have been invited into council with the people of Grand Junction where the great Gunnison River enters into confluence with the Colorado River.I held a
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 23 May 23
Imagine if regenerative efforts were organized around major landscape systemsTwo days ago, we visited where the Colorado River is born, as we embarked on a journey from headwaters in the Rocky Mountains to the Sea of Cortez. Our mission is to seed the dream of regeneration for the entire Colorado River Basin.Yesterday we traveled through changing landscapes of incredible beauty — tracking the river to feel with our bodies how it flows down from the mountains toward the deserts below.A hundred miles from where it began, the Colorado River is already a massive flow of waterWe are on a tour of “bioregional activation” to carry
Imagine if regenerative efforts were organized around major landscape systemsTwo days ago, we visited where the Colorado River is born, as we embarked on a journey from headwaters in the Rocky Mountains to the Sea of Cortez. Our mission is to seed the dream of regeneration for the entire Colorado River Basin.Yesterday we traveled through changing landscapes of incredible beauty — tracking the
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 21 May 23
For those of you following our trip to Regenerate the Colorado River Basin, there will be a series of community events that you can join if you happen to be in the area.Tuesday, May 23rd :: Public Library in PaoniaThis public event will include a presentation and interactive discussion sharing how Earth Regenerators work has evolved in Barichara, the North Fork Valley, and beyond since Joe’s first visit to Paonia last fall: funding approaches, the Design School for Regenerating Earth, a potential “Regenerate the Colorado” watershed-wide summit in Paonia next year, applied Prosocial, and more.We hope you can join us!Location and Time:5:30 to 7:30 PM
For those of you following our trip to Regenerate the Colorado River Basin, there will be a series of community events that you can join if you happen to be in the area.Tuesday, May 23rd :: Public Library in PaoniaThis public event will include a presentation and interactive discussion sharing how Earth Regenerators work has evolved in Barichara, the North Fork Valley, and
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 19 May 23
We are inviting new members to join the Design School for Regenerating Earth at the affordable price of $5 per month. Just imagine it, you can learn how to heal entire landscapes and participate in on-the-ground actions in diverse regions of the world for roughly the cost of a latte at Starbucks.When we launched the Design School three months ago, we started with a Design Level Membership for $50 per month that is for those who want to run design labs and activate landscape collaborations.Now we are introducing the Community Level Membership for $5 per month that makes it much
We are inviting new members to join the Design School for Regenerating Earth at the affordable price of $5 per month. Just imagine it, you can learn how to heal entire landscapes and participate in on-the-ground actions in diverse regions of the world for roughly the cost of a latte at Starbucks.When we launched the Design School three months ago,
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 May 23
I have a dream of bringing dead rivers back to life.Those among us who are ready to devote our lives to regenerating the Earth must dare to dream beyond what feels possible today. On May 21st, two friends and I will embark upon a sacred journey to feel what it means to regenerate the Colorado River Basin.Is this a crazy thing to do? Not by a long shot. The human world has gone insane and this feels healthier than sitting in the dysfunction all around us. We will start by visiting the major headwaters along the western slopes of the Rockies — gathering gift
I have a dream of bringing dead rivers back to life.Those among us who are ready to devote our lives to regenerating the Earth must dare to dream beyond what feels possible today. On May 21st, two friends and I will embark upon a sacred journey to feel what it means to regenerate the Colorado River Basin.Is this a crazy thing to
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 23 Apr 23
I’m not going to sugarcoat this. We are in ecological overshoot. All unsustainable human cultures on Earth are in the process of becoming compost for future generations.This statement is empirically supported in two ways. Firstly, there are zero examples of sustainable empires or civilizations from the past. All of them have collapsed and the current one will be no different.Secondly, the convergence of observations about every health indicator imaginable for the Earth reveals that the explosion of human population in the last century was at the expense of degradation for landscapes all over the planet. We have converted Earth’s biodiversity
I’m not going to sugarcoat this. We are in ecological overshoot. All unsustainable human cultures on Earth are in the process of becoming compost for future generations.This statement is empirically supported in two ways. Firstly, there are zero examples of sustainable empires or civilizations from the past. All of them have collapsed and the current one will be no different.Secondly,
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 27 Mar 23
The living systems of Earth are already interwoven. This simple truth should have profound consequences for how we as humans organize ourselves across the landscapes of our precious home planet. Yet if you look at most maps created by humans, you will notice how frequently we project our own delusions of separation on the world around us.Political maps exemplify what I am talking about. The one you see below has carved the Earth up into the spoils of domination and war among human factions. Why is one half of Lake Ontario in Canada and the other in the United States? How
The living systems of Earth are already interwoven. This simple truth should have profound consequences for how we as humans organize ourselves across the landscapes of our precious home planet. Yet if you look at most maps created by humans, you will notice how frequently we project our own delusions of separation on the world around us.Political maps exemplify what I
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 9 Mar 23
Everything is connected. This simple truth has profound consequences. It should be obvious that all knowledge is connected too — though this is clearly not the case. Simply look at any course catalogue at a university and you will find that knowledge has been divided into disciplinary silos and academic departments.When I went to college back in 1995, I arrived with a full scholarship that allowed me to meander across the course offerings without selecting a major. It was commonplace that a friend would come across me on campus and we’d strike up a conversation. Many a time it was that I
Everything is connected. This simple truth has profound consequences. It should be obvious that all knowledge is connected too — though this is clearly not the case. Simply look at any course catalogue at a university and you will find that knowledge has been divided into disciplinary silos and academic departments.When I went to college back in 1995, I arrived with a
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 16 Feb 23
This article is an invitation into the Design School for Regenerating Earth.People all over the world are gathering to learn how to restore landscapes, collaborate to achieve systemic outcomes, and work together in service to safeguarding our planetary future.When I wrote The Design Pathway for Regenerating Earth, it was to show that it really is possible to do this at the necessary scales. We can organize ourselves around holistic, integrated landscapes known as bioregions. Create prosocial groups that know how to work toward shared goals. And weave across features of landscapes to collaborate at continental and planetary scales.https://medium.com/media/03ea951aec929d1ecf25c9b1e659f499/hrefBack in 2020,
This article is an invitation into the Design School for Regenerating Earth.People all over the world are gathering to learn how to restore landscapes, collaborate to achieve systemic outcomes, and work together in service to safeguarding our planetary future.When I wrote The Design Pathway for Regenerating Earth, it was to show that it really is possible to do this at
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 28 Jan 23
It has long been known that the political boundaries of the world as they are today do not readily map onto the landscapes of challenges for ecological or social health. We need a different way of organizing ourselves. The most coherent way to organize humanity is in the bioregional approach of holistic landscapes and cultural identities.One powerful way to do this is embodied in the concept of a bioregional learning center — which is an educational hub for gathering and synthesizing knowledge about local ecology and culture. This ten minute video gives a flavor of the potential that exists to be unleashed
It has long been known that the political boundaries of the world as they are today do not readily map onto the landscapes of challenges for ecological or social health. We need a different way of organizing ourselves. The most coherent way to organize humanity is in the bioregional approach of holistic landscapes and cultural identities.One powerful way to do