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Weekly Website Meeting

Hi all, Every Tuesday at 10 am we meet to discuss the website. Please join us if you are interested in taking a leadership role in helping us get up a Front-end website for Regenerate Cascadia that can be a movement portal to help connect a community and organizer backend to a front end. A multisite – with templates that easily connect and grow Regenerate Hubs and Guilds. An organizer dashboard allows organizers to find tools, resources and onboarding materials they need to be active. A backend community site, where people and groups can self-organize and connect.  

Whidbey Institute, Permaculture Design Course With Penny Livingston

Whidbey Insitute 3901 Old Pietila Rd, Clinton, WA, United States

Whidbey Institute Permaculture Design Course With Penny Livingston, Michael Pilarski, Pamela SeaMonster, Douglas Bullock, Dave Boehnlein and Brian Kerkvliet June 20 – July 4, 2024 REGISTER TODAY! Embark on a transformative journey into regenerative living with the Permaculture Design Certification Course offered at the Whidbey Institute in Clinton Washington. This comprehensive program is designed to empower individuals with the knowledge and skills needed to design and create regenerative, resilient systems. Permaculture is a design science rooted in the observation of naturals systems which aids us in designing human settlements that have the stability and resiliency of a natural ecosystem. Permaculture is a practical set of ecological design principles and methods for human settlements which can be applied to homestead, urban, suburban and watershed scale. Permaculture principles provide a way of thinking that enables people to establish highly productive environments that provide for food, energy, shelter, habitat and other material and non-material needs. Throughout this course, participants delve into the principles, strategies, techniques and methods of permaculture with some of the most experienced designers and instructors in the United States.   Key Highlights: Hands on Learning: Engage in hands-on action learning activities, site visits and practical exercises that bring permaculture principles to life. Gain valuable experience in implementing sustainable practices directly applicable to real-world scenarios. Ecological Design Principles: Explore the core principles of permaculture including observation, pattern recognition and integration diverse elements to create harmonious and productive landscapes. Regenerative Agriculture: Learn about organic farming techniques, agroforestry and polyculture systems that promote biodiversity and soil health. Discover ways to enhance food security while minimizing environmental impact. Water Management: Understand sustainable water harvesting, storage and distribution methods. Explore ways to conserve water resources and design resilient systems in response to changing climate patterns. Renewable Energy: Delve into the integration of renewable energy sources within permaculture design. Explore practical applications of solar, wind and other sustainable energy technologies. Community Building: Recognize the importance of community in regenerative living. Discuss strategies for fostering inclusive and resilient communities that support the principles of permaculture. By the end of this certification course, participants will not only gain a profound understanding of permaculture design but will also receive a globally recognized certificate that attests to the compentance in implementing sustainable practices. Join us at the beautiful Whidbey Institute and become a catalyst for positive change in your life, your community and the world. Embrace a regenerative approach to living. The Permaculture Design Certification Course (PDC) is a 72 hour minimum course. The Permaculture Certificate is globally recognized throughout the world. The holder of a Permaculture Design certificate has achieved a working understanding of ecologically based sited design, planning and management as well as an understanding of principles, strategies and techniques available to inspire directions toward community resiliency, economic stability and personal growth. Full Course Description The course is endorsed and recommended by the Permaculture Institute of North America. For more information check http://pina.in

Birthing BLC’s: Cascadia Regional Organizing Call

WA

This is a space for everyone within the bioregion to come together with others to start to create a shared identity across our bioregion, and have learning exchanges. This series of meetings supports the Birthing BLCs learning journey and will be held every other Thursday at 9:30 am in the off weeks. There will be opportunities for design discussions around material in the learning journey webinars. We’ll also share updates and can have some breakouts into Cascadia bioregions. The  #Cascadia bioregion is a system of 75 distinct ecoregions – brought together by the Columbia, Fraser, and Snake watersheds, and a growing bioregional identity that strives to nurture a regenerative culture for the future of our planet. Sitting along the Northeastern Pacific rim of Northern America, Cascadia stretches or 2,500 miles (4,000 km) from the Copper River in Southern Alaska, to Cape Mendocino, approximately 200 miles north of San Francisco, and east as far as the Yellowstone Caldera and continental divide. It encompasses all of the state of Washington, all but the southeastern corner of Idaho, and portions of Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Alaska, Yukon, and British Columbia. About 18 million people call Cascadia home. If you’re one of them, we’d love to meet you! Brandon Letsinger and Clare Attwell, part of the Regenerate Cascadia core team, will hold the process with regular sharings from some of the current prototyping in RC and including emergent structures and processes resulting from the Cascadia Bioregional Activation tour (you can still view session recordings from this six-day event featuring local and international speakers). However, this space is for you! It nurtures connections between all of us and supports and empowers your work. No connection to RC is needed or asked, but those who would like to help us develop our processes as we join this learning journey are also welcome. We’ll all practice fractally scale-linking within our bioregion and with other bioregions across the continent and planet, as well as opportunities for connection and collaboration. Join us to explore the possibilities! #Cascadia #Bioregions #Bioregionalism

Bioregional Learning Bi-Weekly Steward Meeting

Online

This is a weekly meeting to discuss the formation of a stewardship group committed to the formation of a bioregional education guild stewardship group. This would be a group that takes responsibility for the “stewardship” of a “guild” focused on supporting “bioregional education” in “Cascadia”. This requires that we figure out who we are, and come to a shared understanding of what these words mean. Please visit our working guild page to see what we are talking about and then attend a session: Bioregional Education Page

Bioregional Learning Bi-Weekly Steward Meeting

Online

UPDATE May 23, 2024:  On Pause. Can be rescheduled at the end of the Bioregional Learning Journey. This might be a great place for a pause and check in.  Admin can share where we’re at, discuss what people would like to see from a Bioregional Learning guild – the who, what, where, why, and then what we can do in the future to support and hold these processes. This is a every other weekly meeting to discuss the formation of a stewardship group committed to the formation of a bioregional education guild stewardship group. This would be a group that takes responsibility for the “stewardship” of a “guild” focused on supporting “bioregional education” in “Cascadia”. This requires that we figure out who we are, and come to a shared understanding of what these words mean. Please visit our working guild page to see what we are talking about and then attend a session: Bioregional Education Page

Campfire Friday

Online

Drop in and talk around the ”Campfire” Gathering around a “campfire” offers a time to simply connect, listen into the field, and build deeper connections in a way that informs our bioregional regeneration work. This process respects time-honored traditions of collective sense making. The sessions are hosted and usually include a small group of 6-8 people. There is a grounding and check in at the beginning, and themes may arise through which we deepen our conversation. Through these regular gatherings we build a cultural rhythm that can hold us on our journey together. At present we have general RC campfires but will eventually create more locally focused bioregional campfires where people can build connections and stories specific to their place.