An Unconference in a unique format where the agenda is co-created by all attendees and led by our experienced production team, using Open Space Technology. Sessions span topics like bioregionalism, local food systems, governance, land stewardship, Indigenous leadership, mutual aid, solidarity economy and regenerative practices.

Join doers and dreamers from across the Bay Delta Region to re-imagine a world that works for all life. Whether you're a gardener, organizer, artist, land steward, technologist, or simply curious about building a thriving regenerative future, this is your invitation to join a growing network in the Bay Delta Bioregion, committed to enabling a future that is planet positive and life affirming for all life, human and non-human.

Our goal is to create a container where everyone feels welcome and empowered to contribute.

Our calling question is: How do we activate our communities across the Bay Delta bioregion and watersheds to co-create a thriving future for all life?

Opening Speaker (before Agenda Creation)

Colin Cook-Miller from Reclaim Our Power will be speaking on environmental justice intersections with bioregionalism.

What to Expect

Collaborative Sessions: Propose and lead discussions on the topics you’re passionate about.
Community Connections: Meet like-minded people, share resources, and discover new allies.
Action Planning: Move from ideas to action with support from the wider network.
Yummy Lunch is included!

About the Venue Laney College

It is next to the Lake Merritt BART station and has abundant free parking.

Conference Producers

Kaliya Young, Unconference.net
ajay tallam, East Bay Permaculture Guild
Dave Witzel, Global Regeneration Co-Lab
Lawrence Grodeska, Bay Delta Trust

We are a NOTAFLOF event -- scholarships and work-trades available, please reach out!

Sponsor the Event!

If you are interested in learning about sponsorship opportunities we want to hear from you. Please reach out at baydeltabioregion@gmail.com

Inquiring Systems Inc (GRC's fiscal sponsor!)
FORESTR is an InKind Sponsor bringing us Fruit
unconference.net

Collaborating Organizations...

f you want to be a collaborating organization or sponsor reach out to us baydeltabioregion@gmail.com.

List of Potential Topics

Climate Science
Role of tech; regenerative AI;
degrowth/post-growth economics
Nature journaling for climate!
Bioregional mapping + storying place
Games to teach next economy principles
Creating the regenerative life now
Degrowth / solidarity economy / wellbeing economy / alternative economies
Movement Building
Bioregional coordination technology. Governance
Inner city medicinal herb gardens and urban granges
Democracy and political activism
Resilience hubs
Rights of nature for the bay/delta
Tech for bioregional organizing
Solar punk/Mabuay Gardens
Grassroots Monitoring and Evaluation
urban farming
herbalism
sustainability in art and education
The relationship between theory and practice for these strategies.
How to Speak Across Divides with Clarity, Keeping large-scale environmental issues in mind when drifting towards survival mode (making hard decisions), Kindness, how can it be effective.
Interested in Warm Data Labs in community centers as a vehicle for re-tissuing social fabric
Direct action training
Biobased materials/ Natural Building
food and ag
Engineering food to feed the masses and preserve our limited land supply
how do we make a society where every stream, forest, lake, and ocean has a keeper dedicated to its thriving
Intergenerational learning and collaboration;
Regenerative models for local economic opportunity
Systems thinking for bioregional planning (envisioning future systems); Bioregional based community resources: energy, water, food
Bioregionalism 101
Deliberative & Participatory Democracy
shared ownership models and financing (real estate, energy, food, businesses)
Creating hyper-local regenerative farming systems working with school systems, urban farms, CSA's, local parks, and front line NGO's.
Creating micro-regional community engagement and democracy hubs that champion stewardship, regeneration, rewilding, and Thriving Together neighborhood networks.
Collaborating with regional organizations focused on developing a Unified Bay Area Collaborative System to develop a shared 50 year vision for our region, and then work together to achieve our vision
Incubation, funding, and innovation facilitation for doughnut-compatible startups
Doughnut Economics
Indigenous Food Sovereignty;
Decolonizing Cartography,
Data Sovereignty and Liberating TEK and Culture from Academic Institutions
Gaming for EJ,
building an Oakland Food Forest
What challenges are people having around finances and their work? And how can I help as a fractional-CFO/finances coach?
Human connection in the age of AI
digital marketing for regenerative livelihoods
Bioregional finance, how to grow and scale the movement, looking at case studies such as common land
Narrative & supporting storytellers
Systemic flourishing indicators, how bioregional health relate to human flourishing,
Conflict culture; how do we navigate it now as we discuss & collaborate, and what do we sow for future seasons?
How the tech sector has responsibility to care for local and global bioregion and can utilize the resources and skills that we have to help respect / restore bioregional boundaries, taking into account ancient/ native wisdom
Indigenous Food Sovereignty and the Obstacles Indigenous People Face in Sustenance Gathering
Indigenous Data Sovereignty, Cartography, and Liberating Indigenous TEK and Culture from Academic Institutions
What Native American Tribes Look Like, How to Identify the First People of this Place and some Tips for Approaching and Collaborating with Sovereign Tribes and Organizations
The doughnut accelerator, and more broadly the idea of helping more projects come alive and get the support they need to grow.

Partial Participant List

Minda Aguhob
Harlin/Hayley Steele
Georgie Pease
Ken Homer
Sonomia Byrd
Lorrie Chang
John Lydon
Chase Keller
Meet Panchal
Day Waterbury
Tristan Roberts
Clara Kuo
Marissa LaMagna
Pete Yaroschuk
Raines Cohen
Betsy Morris
Marilyn Paul
Paula Cristobal
Maia Welbel
Daniel Enking
Sara Allan
Tessa Levine
Anthony Zueck
Peter Waring
Rebecca Strull
Barbara Widhalm
Amy Lightholder
Jonathan Connors
Tibet Sprague
Delia Carroll
Connie Lin
Susan Silber
Clare Brodeur
Aaron Brodeur
Heidi Chen
Bobby Fishkin
Jamie Boling
Bonnie Borucki
Sam Ruben
Alanya Snyder
Samantha Sweetwater
Al Cabal
Karma Bennett
Dennis Britton
Seth Dunn
Kelly Neuner
John Kelly
Gladys Mercier
Brad DeGraf
Douglas Gayeton
Elana Yonah
Sarah Lamm
Malcolm Knapp
Carmen Henrikson
Susan Clark
Natasha Janowski
Kate Linforth
Natalie Walsh
Tahera Sakarwala
Ellinor Arzbaecher
Duncan Autrey
John Lund-Delaossa
Ann Blake
Scott Newton
Rebecca Pan
Weston Mossman
David Hodgson
Eva Woo
Fyodor Ovchinnikov
Kevin Bayuk
Con Yeh
Sara Blenkhorn
Mingzhu He
Lauren Van Harm
Austin Chamberlin
Stanley Wu
Daniel Goldberg
Indy Rishi Singh
Tracey Rogers Brandt
Phoenix Armenta
Jordan Jo
Eliza McKenna
Marc O’Brien
Faith Flanigan
Charles Upton
Shu Liu
Dan Noble
Dave Miles
David Abramson
Gabriel Berman
David Witzel
David Munir Nabti

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