Regenerating Mornington Peninsula

Regenerating Mornington Peninsula is a community-led, place-sourced initiative supporting regeneration across the Mornington Peninsula by co-creating a bioregional learning and research centre. We began because many people love this place, but care for land, water, biodiversity, culture and community is fragmented among groups, agencies, landholders, businesses and volunteers. Our role is to make this ecosystem of care visible, connected, celebrated and better supported as a living system. We convene living labs, roundtables, mapping, walks, stories and immersive cultural and creative experiences, building on existing care. Over the past year, our focus has been the Dromana Arthurs Seat Escarpment, where local stewards and stakeholders have begun shaping a shared resilience plan towards an integrated management plan. Our next step is to widen the circle and explore ways to recognise, resource and connect community stewardship with long-term governance through regenerative funding.