EXPLORING BIOREGIONING: Stories from the Mystic River (USA)

Join us for AELA's "Exploring Bioregioning" webinar series! In our April webinar, AELA Convenor and Greenprints creator, Dr Michelle Maloney, will be joined by Bill Baue, Brenda Geer, Maggie Favretti and Mike Thomas, who collaborate in a bioregioning collective covering the northeast region of Turtle Island (North America), which shares a common forested landscape. Brenda, Maggie and Mike are also members of the Alliance for the Mystic River Watershed and all our guest speakers will share stories about their bioregioning efforts in the Mystic River Watershed (Catchment) in the United States.

Bioregioning is a Western term that sees 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). Some have referred to bioregional governance as 'localisation within the foundations of nature'.

'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. Our goal is to show how bioregioning offers important pathways to create Earth-centred systems change. 

ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS

BILL BAUE

Bill Baue is known internationally for his work as a systems transformation catalyst and advocate for bioregioning, through his organisation  r3.0 - Redesign for Resilience and Regeneration. Bill is also the co-founder of a number of companies and sustainability initiatives: ThriveAbility Foundation, Sustainability Context Group, Convetit and Sea Change Radio. 

BRENDA GEER

Brenda Geer is Vice-Chairwoman for the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation, and Collaboration Coordinator for the Alliance for the Mystic River Watershed.

MAGGIE FAVRETTI

Maggie Favretti is the Co-Founder and Lead Director of the Alliance for the Mystic River Watershed, and is an author, regenerative co-designer, educator and community led climate change and resilience specialist. She is also the founder of 'Design Ed 4 Resilience', and she lives in Mystic, Connecticut, USA.

MIKE THOMAS

Mike Thomas is Director of the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Centre and was an elected representative on the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council between 1994 and 2009. Mike lives in Mashantucket, Connecticut, USA.

WEBINAR HOST - DR MICHELLE MALONEY 

Dr Michelle Maloney is an Earth lawyer and advocate for ecocentric and bioregional 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 lives in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. For more information about Michelle's work, publications and affiliations, please visit: www.michellemaloney.au 

ABOUT GREENPRINTS

Greenprints is a framework for building the foundations of bioregional governance. It has been designed to make it easier for people - especially people living in industrialised and Western societies -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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