In our first class, we will learn from Dr. Lyla June and guest teachers about Indigenous land care strategies from around the world. We will explore past and current examples of living in reciprocity with the earth. We will be inspired by the powerful ways that human beings can be a catalyst for biodiversity and ecosystem health. We will reflect on the state of our respective environments and what timely needs we can support in these places.

In this class, we will reflect on our individual bandwidth, skillsets, positionality, and networks to help us begin envisioning our gifts to Mother Earth. We will have fun activities to help you brainstorm project ideas, and even design a personal love letter to Creation, whether it is written in soil, seeds, habitat expansion, or the arts, (e.g. community bird bath, pollinator gardens, indoor garden, creating wildlife habitat in your backyard, invasive species removal, waterway clean up, songs you could write, awareness-raising art you could make, educating our community, hosting a film screening, etc.)



Diving in, we will help you hone the practical steps for implementing regenerative projects. We will research funding sources, leadership, styles, organizational structures, and every day people who are doing amazing things today. All gifts to the Earth, regardless of scale, are vitally important in this time, and many hands together make the work lighter. Everyone can offer something beautiful to Mother Earth.



Together, we will share and present our goals and ideas for our respective regenerative projects. All presentation styles are welcome (verbal, visual, video, slides, research paper, studio art, etc). In peer-to-peer and whole group settings, we will get a chance to inspire and be inspired. We will also be able to connect with like-minded community members through our intentions and plans for our local environments. We will establish our community hub as a network from which we can continue to learn from one another’s ideas and support each other.