I sat at a landscape design conference this week where I heard land acknowledgments and so many references to how settler colonialism disrupted the land stewardship Native people did here for millennia. It completely altered our plant communities and the overall terrain on this continent.
Guess what was missing?
Not one Indigenous speaker was on the lineup. White speakers suggested resources written by other white authors about Native land management techniques.
@presandberg @anxiousrage earth regenerators sounds interesting!
...Then I poked around their website and saw their post about how their fund accepts cryptocurrency. Which is... Um. I mean, that post was from late 2021 so maybe that was initial naive enthusiasm, but the page hadn't been updated since then...
@varve @anxiousrage Thanks for responding to the resource I offered. Let me clarify; I am quite new to Earth Regenerators and I'm not interested in pitching anything. Also, although I only have a rudimentary knowledge of it, I do understand that #CryptoCurrency is a minefield for conversations.
For some clarity, with regard to #RegenerativeFinance I recommend this recent interview on Frontiers of Commoning (#BlockChain #web3 begins at 46:35)
https://david-bollier.simplecast.com/episodes/joe-brewers-bold-quest-to-restore-a-bioregion-V91kRdsr
Joe Brewer, an American activist with extensive background in earth sciences, embarked on a journey to heal the Earth, and ended up in Barichara, Colombia, helping to catalyze a bold effort to restore an arid tropical forest in the northern Andes. Here, Brewer describes his formal training in ecological sciences and complex systems; the techniques and tactics he has used in Barichara, and his expanding ambitions to help bioregions internationally to organize their own similar efforts. He also talks about his recent book, 'The Design Pathway for Regenerating Earth,' and the group he founded, Earth Regenerators. Episode transcript: https://www.bollier.org/transcripts-frontiers-commoning More on commons at Bollier.org.
@varve @anxiousrage I've been following Joe Brewer since he began the project in Barichara, Columbia. Now that they are expanding with what they've learnt by "Birthing of Bioregional Activators" I've started to become more engaged with community. This link explores their transition from pilot project:
@varve @anxiousrage Finally, because this is such a complex topic that is also very nuanced, this is the first presentation that Joe Brewer gave in Paonia and Carbondale, Colorado as part of the bioregional activation process. I'll be attending one being given in the Toronto area soon.
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