Resources
In researching regional resiliency efforts, we found a wealth of resources that anyone interested in this arena would find valuable.
This is just a sampling of the amazing work and thought leadership in this field. We will continue to expand this resource.
Frameworks
Story of Place
Regenesis Group's foundational framework for understanding the unique character and ecological identity of a place as the basis for regenerative design.
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Three Horizons Framework
A structured approach to thinking about transformation at different timescales — useful for navigating between sustaining current systems and pioneering new ones.
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The Long Run 4Cs Framework
A practical framework for regenerative tourism operators and land stewards, integrating Conservation, Community, Culture, and Commerce.
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Frameworks
Elinor Ostrom's 8 Design Principles for Managing the Commons
Ostrom's evidence-based principles for governing shared resources through community institutions — foundational to commons-based governance design in BioHubs.
Guides and Tools
A Guide to Bioregional Mapping and Planning
A practical guide to bioregional mapping and planning developed by the BioFi Project, designed to help practitioners define and navigate their bioregional context.
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Guides and Tools
Dark Matter Labs Toolbox for Bioregions
A collection of analytical and design tools from Dark Matter Labs for understanding and intervening in bioregional systems and governance structures.
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Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
Bioregional Weaving Labs Collective
A global community of practice for bioregional weavers — people doing the connective tissue work within living landscapes. Active online spaces and regular convenings.
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Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
Transition Network
One of the longest-running global communities of place-based transition initiatives, with thousands of local groups worldwide.
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Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
r3.0 Open Dialogues
The r3.0 network convenes practitioners working on regenerative economics, reporting standards, and institutional transformation.
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Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL)
The international federation of benchmarked living labs, supporting innovation and co-creation in real-life environments across Europe and beyond.
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Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
Ecoversities
A global alliance of learning places rooted in local communities and ecosystems, working to reimagine higher education in service of ecological and social healing.
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Frameworks
Four Returns Framework
Commonland's landscape investment framework requiring simultaneous returns across inspiration, social capital, natural capital, and financial capital.
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Frameworks
Four Modern Paradigms Framework
Carol Sanford's framework for understanding the developmental assumptions embedded in different models of organizational and societal change.
Frameworks
Barrel Model of Culture
A conceptual model for understanding how cultural change propagates through communities and organizations — useful for the cultural stewardship work central to BioHubs.
Frameworks
Community Weaving
A body of practice and frameworks for the relational, connective work of building coherence across a bioregional network of actors.
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Guides and Tools
BioFi Tools and Guides
The full suite of tools, templates, and guides developed by the BioFi Project for bioregional financing facility design and transition planning.
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Guides and Tools
ECOLISE Bioregional Governance Training Guide
A training guide for practitioners working on bioregional governance, developed by ECOLISE, the European network of community-led initiatives on climate change.
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Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
Bioregional Earth
A global network and platform connecting people and organizations working on bioregional transition, with resources, events, and community spaces.
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Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
Ecosystem Restoration Communities
A global network of on-the-ground restoration projects with an active online community, bringing together site leaders, volunteers, and funders.
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Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
Savory Global Network
A global network of Holistic Planned Grazing practitioners applying Allan Savory's land restoration framework across diverse landscapes.
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Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
Global Landscapes Forum
The world's largest platform for integrated landscape management, convening practitioners, policymakers, and researchers working on sustainable land use.
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Frameworks
Regen 10 Outcomes Framework
A multi-capital outcomes framework developed by Regen 10 for assessing holistic impact across regenerative agriculture and land stewardship.
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Frameworks
Donella Meadows Leverage Points Framework
Meadows' foundational work identifying places to intervene in a system — from parameters to paradigm shifts — essential reading for systems change practitioners.
Frameworks
Three Lines of Work
A framework for understanding the parallel tracks of relationship-building, structural development, and knowledge generation in place-based transition work.
Guides and Tools
Communities of Wellbeing
Community-led Assessment and Activation of Regenerative Values and Mindsets — a participatory guide for facilitating community transformation processes.
Guides and Tools
Bioregional Mapping
An open-access bioregional mapping resource developed by Regenerate Cascadia, offering practical methodologies for watershed-based community mapping.
Explore
Guides and Tools
Community Land Trust Program
Resources and guidance for structuring community land trusts — a key legal and governance tool for mission-aligned land stewardship and anti-speculation protection.
Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
Global Ecovillage Network
One of the longest-running global networks of intentional sustainable communities, connecting ecovillages and community land projects worldwide.
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Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
Design School for Regenerating Earth
Founded by Joe Brewer, the Design School hosts an active global community of practitioners working on applied bioregional regeneration with courses and research labs.
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Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
BioFi Hylo Community of Practice
The active online community of the Bioregional Financing Facilities project — bringing together practitioners, funders, and researchers working on place-based capital mobilization.
Explore
Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
Intentional Communities
The Fellowship for Intentional Community — a comprehensive directory and network connecting ecovillages, cohousing projects, and other intentional community models.
Explore
Frameworks
Story of Place
Regenesis Group's foundational framework for understanding the unique character and ecological identity of a place as the basis for regenerative design.
Explore
Frameworks
Four Returns Framework
Commonland's landscape investment framework requiring simultaneous returns across inspiration, social capital, natural capital, and financial capital.
Explore
Frameworks
Regen 10 Outcomes Framework
A multi-capital outcomes framework developed by Regen 10 for assessing holistic impact across regenerative agriculture and land stewardship.
Explore
Frameworks
Three Horizons Framework
A structured approach to thinking about transformation at different timescales — useful for navigating between sustaining current systems and pioneering new ones.
Frameworks
Four Modern Paradigms Framework
Carol Sanford's framework for understanding the developmental assumptions embedded in different models of organizational and societal change.
Frameworks
Donella Meadows Leverage Points Framework
Meadows' foundational work identifying places to intervene in a system — from parameters to paradigm shifts — essential reading for systems change practitioners.
Frameworks
The Long Run 4Cs Framework
A practical framework for regenerative tourism operators and land stewards, integrating Conservation, Community, Culture, and Commerce.
Explore
Frameworks
Barrel Model of Culture
A conceptual model for understanding how cultural change propagates through communities and organizations — useful for the cultural stewardship work central to BioHubs.
Frameworks
Three Lines of Work
A framework for understanding the parallel tracks of relationship-building, structural development, and knowledge generation in place-based transition work.
Frameworks
Elinor Ostrom's 8 Design Principles for Managing the Commons
Ostrom's evidence-based principles for governing shared resources through community institutions — foundational to commons-based governance design in BioHubs.
Frameworks
Community Weaving
A body of practice and frameworks for the relational, connective work of building coherence across a bioregional network of actors.
Explore
Guides and Tools
Communities of Wellbeing
Community-led Assessment and Activation of Regenerative Values and Mindsets — a participatory guide for facilitating community transformation processes.
Guides and Tools
A Guide to Bioregional Mapping and Planning
A practical guide to bioregional mapping and planning developed by the BioFi Project, designed to help practitioners define and navigate their bioregional context.
Explore
Guides and Tools
BioFi Tools and Guides
The full suite of tools, templates, and guides developed by the BioFi Project for bioregional financing facility design and transition planning.
Explore
Guides and Tools
Bioregional Mapping
An open-access bioregional mapping resource developed by Regenerate Cascadia, offering practical methodologies for watershed-based community mapping.
Explore
Guides and Tools
Dark Matter Labs Toolbox for Bioregions
A collection of analytical and design tools from Dark Matter Labs for understanding and intervening in bioregional systems and governance structures.
Explore
Guides and Tools
ECOLISE Bioregional Governance Training Guide
A training guide for practitioners working on bioregional governance, developed by ECOLISE, the European network of community-led initiatives on climate change.
Explore
Guides and Tools
Community Land Trust Program
Resources and guidance for structuring community land trusts — a key legal and governance tool for mission-aligned land stewardship and anti-speculation protection.
Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
Bioregional Weaving Labs Collective
A global community of practice for bioregional weavers — people doing the connective tissue work within living landscapes. Active online spaces and regular convenings.
Explore
Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
Bioregional Earth
A global network and platform connecting people and organizations working on bioregional transition, with resources, events, and community spaces.
Explore
Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
Global Ecovillage Network
One of the longest-running global networks of intentional sustainable communities, connecting ecovillages and community land projects worldwide.
Explore
Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
Transition Network
One of the longest-running global communities of place-based transition initiatives, with thousands of local groups worldwide.
Explore
Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
Ecosystem Restoration Communities
A global network of on-the-ground restoration projects with an active online community, bringing together site leaders, volunteers, and funders.
Explore
Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
Design School for Regenerating Earth
Founded by Joe Brewer, the Design School hosts an active global community of practitioners working on applied bioregional regeneration with courses and research labs.
Explore
Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
r3.0 Open Dialogues
The r3.0 network convenes practitioners working on regenerative economics, reporting standards, and institutional transformation.
Explore
Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
Savory Global Network
A global network of Holistic Planned Grazing practitioners applying Allan Savory's land restoration framework across diverse landscapes.
Explore
Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
BioFi Hylo Community of Practice
The active online community of the Bioregional Financing Facilities project — bringing together practitioners, funders, and researchers working on place-based capital mobilization.
Explore
Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL)
The international federation of benchmarked living labs, supporting innovation and co-creation in real-life environments across Europe and beyond.
Explore
Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
Global Landscapes Forum
The world's largest platform for integrated landscape management, convening practitioners, policymakers, and researchers working on sustainable land use.
Explore
Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
Intentional Communities
The Fellowship for Intentional Community — a comprehensive directory and network connecting ecovillages, cohousing projects, and other intentional community models.
Explore
Networks, Collectives & Online Spaces
Ecoversities
A global alliance of learning places rooted in local communities and ecosystems, working to reimagine higher education in service of ecological and social healing.