Weaving Community Together; A Bioregional Mapping Exercise
July 17 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Regenerate Whatcom is hosting this first “mapping” event-see below for details.
There are 6 spots left for this workshop-please RSVP below. First six to RSVP will come!
Details of the day and location will be sent after registration.
If you are interested and not able to come, stay tuned for information and opportunities after July 17th!
You are invited to a unique and special Bioregional Mapping workshop in service of regenerating Whatcom!
Regeneration is what nature, when in balance, does – keeps the whole system (in this case, a bioregion) in balance so that all living things can thrive. Our living systems are out of balance. A strategy to return these living systems to balance, to regenerate, must come from an understanding of the whole – the watersheds, ecosystems, histories, relationships, cultural memory, stewards that shape the landscape, along with the roads, political lines, economies and more.
It asks more than where things are. It asks how things are in relationship with each other, what has happened here, what is healing, and what this place needs next — not from a particular perspective of a group or species, but from a holistic, systemic perspective. This is what we call a “bioregional” perspective.
Bioregional Mapping is a way to weave together and make visible for “better action”, local, traditional and scientific knowledge. It draws its power from the community coming together. It is a key step in a layered analysis of our “bioregion” and watershed in service of creating a strategy for regenerative projects and funding. Bioregional Mapping has a long history in Cascadia and the regeneration movement, starting back in the 1970’s. You can learn more here!
We will focus on the Nooksack River watershed and surrounding areas and work through a series of exercises to “map” things such as places we love or value; water, soil, forests, ecosystems (healthy and damaged); human activity such as food production, sources of pollution, urban growth, loss of farm fields, resource extraction; and where regeneration is happening and who is doing it. Through the day we will discover connections and relationships, harvest insights and more.
The workshop will run from 9:00am to 4:00pm, with time for a spacious catered lunch.
This workshop is the first step in building the knowledge needed. Please consider joining us to lend your unique knowledge, perspective and love for this land. We anticipate a series of “mapping” workshops will be needed to build the layered knowledge necessary for a robust regeneration strategy.
Weaving Community Together; A Bioregional Mapping Exercise
A day long event focused on the Nooksack River watershed and surrounding areas and work through a series of exercises to “map” things such as places we love or value; water, soil, forests, ecosystems, where regeneration is happening and who is doing it. Through the day we will discover connections and relationships, harvest insights and more.