r3.0 (Redesign for Resilience & Regeneration) cultivates coherence in the global bioregional movement through prosocial relational kinship. We tend 3 gardens in particular: 1) Convening: We host monthly Open Dialogues (, an annual online Conference focused on bioregionalism, and we invited bioregional groups to gather in-person in Confluences to experience our Conference together; we also support the Turtle Island Bioregional Congress through membership on the Organizing Team; 2) Bioregional Knowledge Commons (BKC): We steward a BKC Community of Inquiry & Practice (CoIP), which is pursuing a Bioregional Practices & Patterns Project applying primary & secondary research to identify regenerative practices implemented by bioregional groups, then applying pattern analysis to discern patterns of bioregional practice (while establishing BKC digital & embodied infrastructure); & 3) Bioregional Governance, including by stewarding the Bioregional Coherence Circle.
Project story
The r3.0 Bioregional Confluencing Fund supports bioregional groups doing on-the-ground regenerative work to gather in person in parallel with the r3.0 Bioregional Conference to 1) learn from the Conference content; 2) learn from all the other Bioregional Confluences in the daily reflection sessions; and 3) do their own work.
This is the 2nd year that r3.0 is inviting Bioregional Confluencing. In the first year (2025), more than 50 bioregional groups from 6 continents registered to host Confluences, resulting in a Confluencing Community of more than 350 bioregional practitioners. We at r3.0 have continued to steward the Confluencing Community, hosting monthly Calls that spotlights a specific bioregion (or cluster of bioregions). So far this year, we’ve spotlighted bioregions in Great Lakes Bioregion (Kenya) & Ural Mountains & Upper Taiga Forests Bioregion (Finland) (which are collaborating); Po River Bioregion (Italy / Switzerland); Mornington Peninsula Bioregion (Australia); Northeast Woodlands Bioregioning Collective, InterTribal Alliance & Lake Champlain / Adirondacks (Turtle Island); Serra do Mar (Brazil). And, in each call, all bioregional groups present “lightning” check ins updating on their latest developments.
This year, more than 70 bioregional groups across 6 continents have already registered to host Confluences by May 31, the deadline to qualify for a fair share of the Confluencing Fund. Last year, we had €21k in discretionary budget that we applied to the Confluencing Fund. This year, we have a goal to raise at least $50k from individual donors and from funders (we’ve already received $5k from Kinship Earth).
What is particularly impactful about Bioregional Confluencing is that it connects bioregional groups doing on-the-ground regenerative work across 6 continents, thereby weaving the bioregional movement into a tighter-knit community. While we recognize the value that most project applying for support from Ma Earth are focused on specific landscapes, we believe that the meta-level of the Confluencing Community provides an opportunity to amplify impact in a unique way.
Project updates
Team
r3.0 Bioregional Confluencing Community & Fund 2026
r3.0 (Redesign for Resilience & Regeneration) cultivates coherence in the global bioregional movement through prosocial relational kinship. We tend 3 gardens in particular: 1) Convening: We host monthly Open Dialogues (, an annual online Conference focused on bioregionalism, and we invited bioregional groups to gather in-person in Confluences to experience our Conference together; we also support the Turtle Island Bioregional Congress through membership on the Organizing Team; 2) Bioregional Knowledge Commons (BKC): We steward a BKC Community of Inquiry & Practice (CoIP), which is pursuing a Bioregional Practices & Patterns Project applying primary & secondary research to identify regenerative practices implemented by bioregional groups, then applying pattern analysis to discern patterns of bioregional practice (while establishing BKC digital & embodied infrastructure); & 3) Bioregional Governance, including by stewarding the Bioregional Coherence Circle.
Project story
The r3.0 Bioregional Confluencing Fund supports bioregional groups doing on-the-ground regenerative work to gather in person in parallel with the r3.0 Bioregional Conference to 1) learn from the Conference content; 2) learn from all the other Bioregional Confluences in the daily reflection sessions; and 3) do their own work.
This is the 2nd year that r3.0 is inviting Bioregional Confluencing. In the first year (2025), more than 50 bioregional groups from 6 continents registered to host Confluences, resulting in a Confluencing Community of more than 350 bioregional practitioners. We at r3.0 have continued to steward the Confluencing Community, hosting monthly Calls that spotlights a specific bioregion (or cluster of bioregions). So far this year, we’ve spotlighted bioregions in Great Lakes Bioregion (Kenya) & Ural Mountains & Upper Taiga Forests Bioregion (Finland) (which are collaborating); Po River Bioregion (Italy / Switzerland); Mornington Peninsula Bioregion (Australia); Northeast Woodlands Bioregioning Collective, InterTribal Alliance & Lake Champlain / Adirondacks (Turtle Island); Serra do Mar (Brazil). And, in each call, all bioregional groups present “lightning” check ins updating on their latest developments.
This year, more than 70 bioregional groups across 6 continents have already registered to host Confluences by May 31, the deadline to qualify for a fair share of the Confluencing Fund. Last year, we had €21k in discretionary budget that we applied to the Confluencing Fund. This year, we have a goal to raise at least $50k from individual donors and from funders (we’ve already received $5k from Kinship Earth).
What is particularly impactful about Bioregional Confluencing is that it connects bioregional groups doing on-the-ground regenerative work across 6 continents, thereby weaving the bioregional movement into a tighter-knit community. While we recognize the value that most project applying for support from Ma Earth are focused on specific landscapes, we believe that the meta-level of the Confluencing Community provides an opportunity to amplify impact in a unique way.
Project updates
Team
Location
United States