EXPLORING BIOREGIONING: Stories from the United Kingdom

Join us for AELA's "Exploring Bioregioning" webinar series! In our March webinar, AELA Convenor and Greenprints creator, Dr Michelle Maloney, will be joined by Ella Hubbard and Isabel Carlisle, to share stories about bioregioning in the United Kingdom.

'Bioregioning' is a Western term that urges us to see human societies and culture as part of nature, and proposes that modern human societies can be more sustainable, successful and meaningful, if our political, cultural and economic systems are organised within natural boundaries such as bioregions and catchments (watersheds). 

'Exploring Bioregioning' is part of AELA's Greenprints program, and features guest speakers from diverse backgrounds, disciplines and bioregions, sharing research, insights and stories from around Australia and around the world. AELA's goal is to show how bioregional governance offers exciting pathways to create Earth-centred systems change. 

ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS

ELLA HUBBARD

Ella is a researcher at the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR). She is a human geographer, specialising in qualitative methods. Her research interests include place-based approaches to ecological and economic transformation. She joined CRESR in 2024, following her PhD at the University of Sheffield. She is a human geographer, and her research interests broadly include place-based approaches to ecological and economic transformation. Her PhD research used a diverse economies approach to investigate community environmental projects in Scotland and Maine, USA. Beyond her PhD thesis, she havs been involved in research relating to rewilding and worked as a research assistant on a project focusing on the impact of lab-grown meat on rural livelihoods and land use change.

ISABEL CARLISLE

Isabel is a communicator, educator and large-scale project organiser. Her experience in the London art world (where her work included writing as an art critic for The Times and curating exhibitions at the Royal Academy) led her to set up and direct the Festival of Muslim Cultures that took place across Britain throughout 2006. Over 120 events in almost every conceivable art form brought audiences into contact with the Muslim world in order to build bridges of understanding between cultures. Isabel moved to South Devon in 2010 and created and led learning programmes for children and young adults with Transition Network. Since 2012 she has trained in Regenerative Development and Design with Regenesis. In 2017 she co-founded the Bioregional Learning Centre for South Devon and currently works as its CEO.

WEBINAR HOST: DR MICHELLE MALONEY 

Dr Michelle Maloney is an Earth lawyer and advocate for ecocentric and nature based governance. She is recognised internationally and in Australia for her work advocating for Earth centred law and governance, including First Laws and the Rights of Nature. Michelle is Co-Founder and Director of the Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA), and Co-Founder and Director of Future Dreaming, an Indigenous led organisation that works to share Indigenous ecological and governance knowledge with non-Indigenous people and organisations in Australia. Michelle holds a Bachelor of Arts (Political Science and History) and Laws (Honours) from the Australian National University and a PhD in Law from Griffith University. 

ABOUT GREENPRINTS

Greenprints is a framework for nature based thinking and action. It has been designed by AELA, to make it easier for people to think differently, locate ourselves within our bioregions and ecosystems, understand the options we have to minimise impact and increase nature positive actions - and redesign our relationships with nature. Greenprints draws on bioregionalism and 'bioregioning' as key concepts for rethinking our personal, organisational and community wide governance systems.

ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN EARTH LAWS ALLIANCE (AELA)

AELA is a not-for-profit organisation working to increase the understanding and practical implementation of Earth-centred (ecocentric) governance, with a focus on systems change across law, economics, education, ethics and community participation in Australia. AELA's vision is an Australian society that embraces an ecocentric or ‘life-centred’ culture, with governance systems that enable human communities to thrive within ecological boundaries, while nurturing biodiversity and ecosystem health. AELA's work includes education programs and project support for people, communities and organisations working to create ecocentric systems change.

For more information, visit our website: www.earthlaws.org.au
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