Terran Collective and Salmon Nation Launch Bioregional Accelerator, The Edge Prize
Announcing the Edge Prize: Honoring innovators of Salmon Nation weaving open source & Indigenous knowledge for a more connected and resilient world.
Terran Collective and Salmon Nation Trust are partnering to launch the Edge Prize, a bioregional accelerator that celebrates and replicates regenerative projects in the Salmon Nation bioregion. Both a prize challenge and a community, The Edge Prize will identify ‘Edgewalkers’ — innovators and local leaders growing healthy communities and ecosystems — and support them with mentorship, peer-to-peer learning, and cash prizes of up to $20,000.
The purpose of the Edge Prize is to highlight innovators creatively solving local challenges and contributing to their local landscape. We’ll invite them to share their stories in an open source library of solutions that showcases how humanity can be a net benefit to the planet. Our goal is to knit these leaders together as a bioregional network that helps each member level up, working in harmony with local ecosystems, resulting in more regeneration and resilience throughout Salmon Nation.
First Round applications and nominations for entry into the community of Edgewalkers are now open, and prospective participants may apply with brief written, audio, or video submissions. Rolling admissions begin in October 2022, followed by a slate of mentor workshops, culture-setting, and community-building opportunities. Edgewalkers will also be invited to create their own workshop offerings; the most popular proposals for each week will be eligible for a $500 weekly prize. The Edgewalker community will be hosted on Hylo, a prosocial coordination platform for purpose-driven and place-based groups.
For the Second Round application, Edgewalkers will be invited to submit short videos and project descriptions in January 2023 to be eligible for larger prizes. These videos and project descriptions will be publicly visible, forming an open-source library of regenerative practices in the Salmon Nation Bioregion. The “Weaving the Fabric Prize” of $10,000 will honor the individual or initiative deemed most supportive of all other Edgewalkers in the community. The “Edgewalker Prize” of $10,000 will be awarded through a collective governance process within the community of Edgewalkers. The “Edge Prize” of $20,000 will be selected by the Trustees and Partners of Salmon Nation Trust to recognize the project that best represents the purpose, vision, and values of the Salmon Nation Trust.
Salmon Nation Trust has seeded each prize pool with initial funding. Organizations and individuals who want to channel additional resources toward these impactful projects may make a tax-deductible donation to increase the size of any prize pool.
Learn more and apply or nominate here.
The Edge Prize is a joint venture between Salmon Nation Trust and Terran Collective. The Salmon Nation Trust is a public benefit company with the mission to inspire, enable, and invest in regenerative development through whole-system design and the acceleration and replication of what works. Terran Collective is a community of care and practice located on unceded Ohlone land in the Bay Area bioregion of Northern California. Terran Collective’s purpose is to amplify cooperation among people regenerating our communities and our planet, in service to creating a world that works for all.
What is Salmon Nation?
It is a bioregion, defined by the historic range of wild Pacific salmon — from the Sacramento River in California, north to the Yukon River in Alaska. People whose projects have an impact in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon or Alaska, are invited to apply or be nominated for the Edge Prize. Salmon Nation touches all of these places–this keystone species is a marker of ecological health, and a force of nature uniting the interests of over 40 million human inhabitants.
What is an edge?
‘Edge communities’ are those outside dominant centers of power and money, who are actively adapting to climate change and innovating pathways to a more resilient future. Edges are rural and urban. Edges are diverse. Edges are innovative. The solutions to the problems we face today will come from the edges, where we find the seeds of new ways to live in step with natural systems.
What do Edgewalkers receive?
The Edge Prize will support the community of Edgewalkers by offering workshops, mentorship, cash prizes, and peer-to-peer support calibrated to amplify their work and replicate it throughout the bioregion.
