Regenerating Our Land, Water, and Local Communities
Building bioregional intelligence is the practice of developing a “terrain of consciousness”—a collective ability for communities to see, think, and act as part of their local ecological systems. It shifts focus from arbitrary political borders to natural boundaries like watersheds, soil types, and climate patterns to organize human activity regeneratively. Core Components of Bioregional Intelligence […]
1) What it should mean for GFL to be a “node” in a planetary bioregional network Practically, a node is not a branding claim; it is a reproducible operating system for place-based intelligence that can interoperate with other bioregions. For the Genesee Finger Lakes (GFL), I would define “node” as having four things working […]
Restoration Investment Trust (RIT) A Regenerative Finance Model for the Genesee–Finger Lakes Region Overview The Restoration Investment Trust (RIT) is a blended-finance vehicle designed to channel public, private, and community capital into ecological restoration and community resilience projects. RIT treats natural systems—forests, wetlands, soils, and watersheds—as productive assets, generating measurable ecological, social, and financial returns. […]
The framework we have described for assessing the health of the Genesee Finger Lakes Bioregion was developed and enhanced using AI — ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grammarly, to mention a few. Is this legitimate? Is it useful? This article uses AI to address these questions. To begin with, ChatGPT alerts us to something that a wise […]