I spent most of my life looking for the school that didn’t exist. Nine years spread across three universities only confirmed that the challenges humanity faces will not be addressed within them — though they can play a role if something new was born. Right now, our team is manifesting…

We are prototyping new ways to collaborate with Barichara that can be applied to other bioregions in the future… A few months ago Penny Heiple and I hosted the first call for Barichara Projects where we are organizing to help with fundraising and other supports that can collaborate with those…

In the last three years, a tremendous amount of progress has been made to create shared culture and identity around what it means to be an…

I want to begin sharing how we can learn to “activate” the regeneration of entire bioregions… The work of Bioregional Activators is to create real-world impacts on the ground in different landscapes around the world. …

We simply will not regenerate the Earth without creating a planetary network of integrated landscapes… this is a sobering truth for all of us. A few months ago, the founder of Commonland Foundation came to visit us in Barichara. His name is Willem Ferwerda and he has figured out how…

The stream you see at the top of this article was my lifeline. I am here because of her clear waters, rippling chimes of natural music, and the deep calm I felt playing in her flows as a child. Welcome to Joy Creek. Penny and I took Elise to visit…

It is time to activate a planetary network of bioregional learning centers… engaging at least 100 in the next year. Earth Regenerators turns three on December 29th… and we have come such a long way. I just re-read Birthing the Design School Next Year (in 2021) that was written more…

I want to talk to all of you today about the humans that survived the current planetary predicament. How did they organize their lives? What was the key to their success? It is no secret that we are in the midst of a severe period of ecological collapse. The exploding…

I would like to share a little glimpse into how we are weaving regenerative practices into our lives while becoming more resilient in the midst of planetary turmoil as people all over the world struggle to deal with the Coronavirus pandemic. In the image above, our three year old daughter…