We are very excited to share our latest publication, "A Guide to Bioregional Mapping & Planning." This was written by The BioFi Project's own Félix de Rosen, but input came from so many allies and collaborators (many tagged below) and of course was inspired by Gaian intelligence and Indigenous knowledge systems. The BioFi Project hopes this can be a resource which serves folks working in a range of contexts to reconnect with and regenerate their place. #bioregionalism #investinlife #ecologicalplanning #regeneration
Regenerative Economist, Futurist, Bioregionalist, Co-Founder & Director of the BioFi Project
🌏 As bioregional approaches gain momentum across diverse landscapes globally, thoughtful mapping and planning have become critical to empowering bioregioning initiatives to work with the unique intelligence of their homelands and articulate strategies for regeneration. 📍 With this in mind, The BioFi Project is publishing "A Guide to Bioregional Mapping & Planning: Ecological Design for Place-Based Regeneration" - a practical resource developed to support bioregional initiatives of all shapes and sizes. The guide highlights methodologies and tools available for conducting comprehensive bioregional assessments and developing evidence-based regenerative strategies. It positions mapping and planning not as isolated technical exercises, but as a multigenerational and multispecies relationship-building process, informed by living systems principles and place-based Indigenous knowledge. 🌳 The guide is designed to help bioregional organizing teams establish the enabling conditions for creating Bioregional Financing Facilities and their underlying portfolios, while accommodating the contextual specificity of each bioregion. Whether your initiative operates at the watershed, landscape, or bioregional scale, the guide offers methods for articulating and activating the distinct intelligence of your place. 💧 Download the guide below or access it in the BioFi Resource Garden (link in the comments). 🍄 Join the growing community of practitioners applying the guide and reimagining our relationship with place in the BioFi Community of Practice (link in the comments). ❤️ HUGE gratitude to the author of the guide - our brilliant, big-hearted team member, Félix de Rosen! 🌱 And the many others that provided thoughtful input to the guide, including: Tyler Wakefield, Michelle Lee, Juan C. Ramos & Seth Shames of EcoAgriculture Partners and 1000 Landscapes For 1 Billion People, Martin Rodd of KMT Konsulting/Kreatamotive @kmttek, Brandon Letsinger of Regenerate Cascadia, Amazon Sacred Headwaters, Commonland, Eric Futerfas, Hyphae Design Laboratory, and Josiah Cain of Design Ecology 🙏🏼 And, as with all bioregional work, this is sourced from Gaian intelligence, inspired by Indigenous ways of knowing, and seeks to serve healing, reconnection, and regeneration that liberates all beings. We offer deep gratitude to the Earth for the ways she teaches us each day and to our Indigenous guides for so generously and thoughtfully sharing their wisdom for the good of the whole (more about the specific Indigenous work weaving into our thinking in the comments). #Bioregionalism #RegenerativeEconomies #EcologicalDesign #PlaceBasedRegeneration #SystemicInvesting #InvestinLife
