Co-Creating a Thriving Future for the Bay Area

After a dynamic spring gathering that brought together over 140 changemakers from across the Bay Delta bioregion, we’re excited to invite you to our Fall 2025 Unconference—a space for deepening connections, sparking collaboration, and weaving together the wisdom of our diverse communities.

Why Unconference?
This event is shaped by you. Using Open Space Technology, participants co-create the agenda, proposing and leading sessions that matter most—whether a hands on demonstration, sharing artistic expression, considering bioregional governance, regenerative agriculture, social justice, affordable housing, Indigenous leadership, or creative community-building. The result? A vibrant, emergent space where new ideas, friendships, and partnerships flourish.

What’s New This Time?
We’ve listened closely to your feedback. This fall, we’re building on what worked—the warmth, the diversity, the collaborative spirit—while addressing challenges like session timing, accessibility, and inclusive outreach. We’ll offer orientations for newcomers, more action-oriented sessions, and intentional space for BIPOC and frontline voices. Our goal is to create a container where everyone feels welcome and empowered to contribute.

Who Should Come?
Whether you’re a gardener, organizer, artist, land steward, technologist, permaculturist, or simply curious about building a thriving, regenerative future, this is your invitation. Join a growing network of people committed to co-creating solutions that honor the land, uplift communities, and inspire action.

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.
Flexible Structure: Join for one day or both—we’re exploring a two-day format to deepen the experience.

A Note on Governance & Structure
We’re experimenting with decentralized, chaordic approaches to organizing—prioritizing purpose, principles, and shared agreements over rigid hierarchies. Our goal is to foster a “pulse” of activity that supports, rather than competes with, existing groups and movements across the region.

Join Us!
Come help shape the future of our bioregion. Bring your questions, your dreams, and your willingness to listen and learn. Together, we can cultivate a more just, resilient, and regenerative Bay Area. If ticket price is an issue for you, please reach out for volunteer/work-trade or scholarship options.

Let’s keep weaving the web of connection and possibility.

Keep the conversations going

Join us on the non-corporate social media website, Hylo, on our group for the Bay Delta Bioregion!

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

Presented in Partnership With...

We are reaching out to groups who are doing bioregional work we will have a list here soon. If you want to co-host or sponsor reach out to us baydeltabioregion@gmail.com.

List of Proposed Topics

Bioregional finance, how to grow and scale the movement, looking at case studies such as common land
narrative & supporting storytellers

Participant List

Dave Witzel
Gabriel Berman

9/9: Aligning with r3.0 and Beyond

This unconference is part of a growing movement for bioregional regeneration. We warmly invite you to explore the r3.0 Confluence happening September 9-11th—a global network of changemakers working toward a regenerative and inclusive economy. Whether you’re new to r3.0 or already involved, this is your chance to connect with local and international allies, share your work, and learn from others..

I can't make this event - can you let me know about the next event?

Yes! Please leave your information in this form and we will e-mail you when we set our next unconference.

So...What's an UnConference?

We use Open Space Technology to support participants co-creating the agenda live the day of the event at the event.

When the day begins we will have a blank agenda with open rooms and time slots. Anyone will be able to put name a session they would like to host and pick a time and place for it.

The schedule remains open to additions all day long - Had a really good conversation that you want to continue? Feel free to make a new session on the spot and stick it in any available timeslot!

You don't need to have anything prepared to lead a session - just a topic that you are interested in facilitating a discussion around.

What's a "bioregion"? And what is "bioregionalism"?

Bioregion is shorthand for ‘bio-cultural region’. Bioregions reflect natural boundaries, such as watersheds, mountain ranges, or ecological zones, rather than abstract political borders.

The concept of bioregion emphasizes the interconnectedness of all life in a place, and promotes the idea that human communities should adapt their lifestyles and practices to align with the specific ecological characteristics of their bioregion.

Bioregionalism is a philosophy that connects people and ideas into place, which work watershed by watershed, in ways that are sustainable, democratic and just.

Current Schedule

This may be modified as we do our collaborative planning.

9:00 -9:45am Check-in and Registration

9:45 - 10:15 Welcome and Land Acknowledgement

10:15 - 11:30am Agenda Creation

11:30-12:30 Session 1

12:30-1:30 Lunch

1:30-2:30 Session 2

2:30-3:30 Session 3

3:30-4:30 Session 4

4:30-5:30 Closing

5:30 onwards - post event socializing at location TBD