Indigenous – Serving The Genesee Finger Lakes Bioregion

Gemini on “Building Bioregional Intelligence”

| AI, Bioregional Intelligence, Communities, Ecosystems, Health, Indigenous

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 […]

Our Land Acknowledgement

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| Communities, Indigenous, Land Acknowledgment

We begin by acknowledging that we gather on the ancestral lands of the Haudenosaunee and other Indigenous peoples who have cared for this land for countless generations. We acknowledge the suffering and displacement they have endured, and we recognize the ongoing challenges they face. At the same time, we celebrate their wisdom, their deep relationship […]

Can We Use AI to Help Regenerate Our Bioregion?

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| AI, Ecosystems, Energy, Health, Indigenous, Lakes, Land

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 […]