Author: Willow Berzin
In the end it begins with Story; Story of Self, Story of Place, Story of Australia. And a new story for the Earth.
🔦 While our world is facing cascading crises from climate, biodiversity loss, inequality, social & political upheaval and more, amidst these challenges, a community-led response for regeneration at the bioregional scale is rising. This week Regen Places Network held a profoundly different session to regenerate the Naarm / Melbourne Basin which included 20 regenerative practitioners, creatives, ecologists, architects, social entrepreneurs, regen tourism leaders, academics and living systems thinkers and doers who came together for a nodal and foundational intervention to activate the Story of Place here (where I happen to also live). We started our storying process by starting with Story of Self (SoS - surely there's no coincidence in the acronym!). The work we are activating in a field of endeavour being in right relationship, starts within us, within our mindsets (or mindscapes - thank you for the new term Dr Ethan Gordon 👩🌾) and our world views at a quantum level. Tending to our stories of self first allows us begin to delve into the inner work for the benefit of deeper healing and regeneration across the three lines of work (self, team/community, the greater whole).
Our journey together into this process has just begun, more updates and invitations to join us soon 🙌
Thank you to all the legends who were able to make Mondays session Andrew Keast Loretta Bellato Claire Davies Dr Ethan Gordon 👩🌾 Tomi Winfree Dr Dominique Hes Mia Whipp Claire Bowles MSc , FRSA @Tao Oudoomvilay Nicki Colls Laura Turner Leah Parisotto, Dave Meagher for documenting, Drika Horton for your living systems artistry, Michael McElligott for your activating super powers, our partners Veridian Developments, Tyler Key for holding the session, and last but not least Samuel Wines and CoLabs Australia for hosting us. Thank you for the cheering from the rafters to those who missed it...watch this space, theres plenty more to come!
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