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Regen Melbourne

I can’t believe I have not written about Regen Melbourne before. I have been loosely involved with them from the beginning and the crafting of their original co-created vision statement, based on Kate Raworth’s Doughnut Economics model. I have also had the pleasure of being part of some of their workshops, and they have also been of great help and support with my own personal regeneration project.

Over the years, Regen Melbourne’s work has steadily evolved and now coalesces around three key Earthshots. An Earthshot is a declaration of intent to solve complex social and ecological challenges. Earthshots recognise that social and ecological regeneration are inseparable. They set an ambition of possibility, coherence of a collective response, and agitation of the conditions we operate within. Earthshots are whole-of-city in scope, long-term in commitment, and open to many entry points.

Each Earthshot has six key qualities.

Wildly Ambitious

Because the scale of the challenges demand it. We are all invested in the social and ecological future of this place.

Systems-oriented

Looking at the conditions we need not just outputs. Oriented towards multi-benefits not single solutions.

Whole-of-city

No one organisation can own the scope of the Earthshot. We are interconnected, so too must our response be.

Coherence, not consensus

There is no blueprint. Forward-leaning action looks like smart collaboration, not waiting for everyone to agree.

Long-term and open

Committed to building broad support over time. An Earthshot is a platform for entry points, not a closed project.

Of and for Melbourne

These Earthshots are in service to place. They build on what makes this city thrive and centre care for our future.

The current Earthshots they are focussing on are:

Swimmable Birrarung
A thriving and swimmable Birrarung, from source to sea
300,000 Streets
A city of participatory and truly liveable streets
Nourished Neighbourhoods
A network of resilient local food economies across our city

You can find a load more about all of this on their website but what caught my eye recently was this particular article, The Power of Participation: Strengthening the civic muscle of Greater Melbourne. [LINK] The author, Joel Backwell, covers a lot of ground in this post talking about Participatory Urbanism in Melbourne, from “what we are seeing” now, to “where to from here”. For anyone living in Melbourne it’s a great snapshot of some of the wonderful projects and orgs operating on the ground and the work they are doing. The article asks the big questions about participation as well as explaining its importance. Something I have done in previous posts: HERE and HERE

“What we are interested in is how all this participation comes together, in service of Greater Melbourne. How intentional must we be in directing this participation towards influencing and shaping power? Or is it enough to just create opportunities for people to come together to discuss what matters to them and their neighbourhoods, and then let a thousand flowers bloom? Can we expect that participation, in response to societal and environmental challenges, will organically scale up to political action? Or will it require organisations like Regen Melbourne to help join the dots, bring these spheres of activity together and build new spaces and institutions for collaboration and collective decision-making at a city scale?“

I’ll wrap this up here because I hope I’ve given enough reasons to go and read the post and check out more about what Regen Melbourne is doing in general on their website here: https://regen.melbourne They have their fingers in a lot of pies, so for anyone interested in Climate Change, Social Justice, or Regeneration, you will find loads of stuff to dive into: Climate Change Exchange – Democracy Beyond the Ballot Box – Connected Corridors – School Streets

Other links

You can follow The REGEN Gazette here: https://regen.melbourne/the-gazette
The People’s Plan for Footscray https://peoplesplanfootscray.net/
McKinnon and Foundations for Tomorrow https://foundationsfortomorrow.org
Doing Co: https://doingco.org/

Sacred Sites As Refuges For Native Plant Diversity In An Urbanized Tropical Landscape [Madagascar]
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-026-00489-x <-- shared paper
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H/T @nicolas Salliou | Senior scientist at ETH Zürich
“When [the authors] investigated the potential for blue-green infrastructures for the capital of Madagascar,… a large team surveyed plant communities along a rural-urban gradient.
They found that 12 Malagasy "sacred" hill settlements, situated in the core of a pre-colonial kingdom, are particularly precious as they host a high diversity of native plants. A key insights when one considers that Madagascar is a unique hotspot for biodiversity and human cultures…”
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“In fragmented and intensively managed remnant urban green spaces, enabling natural regeneration is crucial to sustain ecosystem functioning and associated services. Natural regeneration therefore offers an important lens into ecological resilience in human-modified landscapes. Here [the authors] present one of the most comprehensive field-based assessments of urban plant diversity in the Afrotropics, comprising over 25,000 naturally regenerating woody plant individuals of 206 species (39% native) across 329 vegetation patches in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Landscape-level native species diversity declined with greater building complexity, density and socio-economic development, whereas exotic species showed no consistent associations with determinants of urban characteristics. Native species richness was highest in ‘sacred’ forest fragments, many of which contain historic remains dating back to pre-colonial times. Notably, seven of the ten most species-rich patches were located in such sites. [Their] findings highlight the potentially important role of these sites in sustaining native species diversity and indicate how socio-cultural factors can present both opportunities and barriers for tropical urban conservation and restoration...”
#sacredsites #antananarivo #madagascar #vegetation #nativeplant #urban #greenspace #tropical #hillsettlements #spatialanalysis #survey #ecosystem #biodiversity #ecology #regeneration #humanimpacts #GIS #spatial #mapping #afrotropics #forest #forestfragments #precolonial #sustainability #diversity #native #sociocultural #restoration

How Elephant and Castle risks becoming London’s gentrification ‘patient zero’
By Phillip Inman and Sarah Butler

New £500m town centre welcomes its first tenant this month, but displaced traders say promises that they could return have been broken

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2026/jul/20/elephant-and-castle-london-gentrification-patient-zero

#Gentrification #London #Hospitalityindustry #Retailindustry #Housing #Regeneration #Communities #Society #UKnews #Cities #Business #TheGuardian #PhillipInman #SarahButler

Severed #seacucumber appendages don't seem to die
Scientists have discovered bits of tissue removed from a species of sea cucumber called Psolus fabricii can keep on living indefinitely if they’re left in ordinary seawater.
While sea cucumbers can easily regrow these legs and arms, they don’t have whole-body #regeneration like flatworms and some starfish do. Their severed bits don’t grow into new sea cucumbers. But it turns out they don’t die, either.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/severed-sea-cucumber-appendages-dont-seem-to-die/

Beyond Economics: A New Lens on Climate Resilience
Every so often a new report comes out that reminds us all the climate crisis is a health crisis.
#ClimateChange #Environment #OurWonderfulGreenFuture #OWGF #Regeneration #StrongTowns #Urbanism
https://owgf.org/2026/06/10/beyond-economics-a-new-lens-on-climate-resilience/

‘The environmental movement needs many hands’: saving Australia’s biodiversity is getting personal

Powered by individual donations and bequests, the country now has one of the world’s largest networks of privately protected and managed land

by James Norman, Fri 17 Apr 2026

Excerpt: "Over three decades later, #BushHeritage today owns and protects 45 bought or gifted bush reserves around #Australia – covering more than 1.4m hectares of land and providing habitat for over 9,000 native species. Working with #FirstNations communities and farmers, it supports the management of an additional 20.5m hectares beyond what it owns directly.

" 'Some of Australia’s most threatened and fragile #ecosystems and #wildlife sit outside of the national reserve system,' says Rachel Lowry, Bush Heritage Australia’s chief executive officer.

" 'They’re found on private land or pastoral country, and they may have deep cultural and ecological values, but they’re not protected from threats such as #LandClearing, #mining or #InvasiveSpecies.'

"The organisation reports a rise in the number of personal bequests, from 2,500 in 2022 to more than 4,600 bequests last year. Lowry puts the increase down to a personal desire to have a meaningful impact on the worsening global climate and #biodiversity crisis.

"Bush Heritage’s model has inspired other groups around Australia to acquire and conserve lands and forests of significant ecological value. One such example is the #NorthEastTasmania #LandTrust (#NETLT), which secretary Dr Christine Hosking describes as 'a microcosm of Bush Heritage'.

"Formed in 2009, the organisation manages donated land through weed control and regeneration of the native environment.

" 'Currently, we have 10 acres [4 hectares] of endangered eucalyptus forest in #BinalongBay that adjoins the #BayOfFires #Conservation Area, and a smaller patch of coastal habitat for the endangered swift parrot,' she says."

#SolarPunkSunday #LandConservation #EndangeredSpecies #ClimateCrisis #ProtectTheForest #ProtectTheForests #Regeneration #PreserveNature #Conservationists #IndigenousAustralians #TraditionalLandManagement

Overconsumption called.
It wants its entire living room back.

Time to redecorate the future.

Too-Too, Much-Much by Thomas Hirschhorn, 2010 (installation view, dimensions variable, found objects)

#thomashirschhorn #ClimateArt #Degrowth #PostCapitalism #QueerEcology #MutualAid #Regeneration

Eternal Security

This is also known as “once saved, always saved.” It’s the belief giving Christian believers with an absolute assurance of their final salvation.

Its development, especially in Protestantism, has given rise to a plethora of different interpretations. Especially when defining aspects of determinism, libertarian free will & the significance of personal perseverance.

In the early 5th century, Augustinian soteriology views of predestination by predetermination came about, they didn’t validate Eternal Security. Soteriology is the doctrine of salvation.

By the 16th century, this idea became meshed into the theology of John Calvin & other reformers. Calvinist circles initially embraced Eternal Security under the name of “perseverance of the saints.” Eventually, the name became a synonym of the Calvinist doctrine of perseverance independent of its practical interpretations.

Then in the early 20th century, Eternal Security started to become a defining doctrine of Southern Baptist traditionalism. Around the same time, it also became a part of Plymouth Brethren theology. In this, the 2 forms represents its main form today.

In the 1980s, the Free Grace movement voiced that Eternal Grace was independent of the idea of the “Hyper-Grace” idea.

Eternal Security is based on the faith that the believer is an elect by divine determination. This is in Calvinist circles & has the minority worldview.

In some non-Calvinist circles & the prevailing worldview, Eternal Security is based on the faith that regeneration leads to unconditional perseverance & then salvation.

In other non-Calvinist circles & currently growing in the Free Grace views, Eternal Security is based on the faith that regeneration leads to salvation independent of perseverance.

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#16thCentury #1980s #5thCentury #Augustinians #Calvinist #Christian #Determinism #DivineDetermination #Early20thCentury #EternalSecurity #FreeGraceMovement #HyperGrace #JohnCalvin #LibertarianFreeWill #Perseverance #PerseveranceOfTheSaints #PlymouthBrethen #Predestination #Protestantism #Reformers #Regeneration #Salvation #Soteriology #SouthernBaptist #SouthernBaptistTraditionalism

#paulhawken #drawdown #climatechange #Regeneration #bethechange #howtolivewell #wereallinthistogether

My wife and I are huge #DoctorWho fans. But, the newest Doctor just isn't working. Why does #Ncuti have to cry in EVERY episode? I don't care for gods and luck. It is relying too heavy on visuals from Disney over story and characters. Did not care for Ruby Sunday and all the breaking of the 4th wall. Maybe it is time for a rest and #regeneration in a decade or so :sadness:

Ich erlebe gerade, wie dringend ich #Aufladen und #Regeneration brauche. Deshalb ziehe ich mich für einige Wochen aus den sozialen Medien zurück.

Zwar kann ich es mir nicht erlauben, vollständig aus meinem Alltag und in ein Retreat zu gehen, weil es Herausforderungen gibt, denen ich mich nicht entziehen kann.

Aber ich möchte mir soviel Raum für Regulation und Regeneration verschaffen, wie mir möglich ist.

Ich tagge diesen Post mal mit
#3GuteDingeDesTages
#DreiGuteDingeDesTages
Passt ja iwie.

Researchers Dumped Tons Of Coffee Waste Into A Forest. This Is What It Looks Like Now.
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https://www.upworthy.com/researchers-dumped-tons-of-coffee-waste-in-a-forest-ex1 <-- shared article
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https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12054 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #forest #waste #regeneration #coffee #biomass #forest #waterquality #soil #agroindustry #tropicalforest #recovery #CostaRica #change #soilnutrients #groundcover #understoryvegetation, #treeestablishment #canopycover #tree #vegetation #soil #carbon #nitrogen #fertility #phosphorous #forestsuccession #restoration

Researchers Dumped Tons Of Coffee Waste Into A Forest. This Is What It Looks Like Now.
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https://www.upworthy.com/researchers-dumped-tons-of-coffee-waste-in-a-forest-ex1 <-- shared article
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https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12054 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #forest #waste #regeneration #coffee #biomass #forest #waterquality #soil #agroindustry #tropicalforest #recovery #CostaRica #change #soilnutrients #groundcover #understoryvegetation, #treeestablishment #canopycover #tree #vegetation #soil #carbon #nitrogen #fertility #phosphorous #forestsuccession #restoration

Researchers Dumped Tons Of Coffee Waste Into A Forest. This Is What It Looks Like Now.
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https://www.upworthy.com/researchers-dumped-tons-of-coffee-waste-in-a-forest-ex1 <-- shared article
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https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12054 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #forest #waste #regeneration #coffee #biomass #forest #waterquality #soil #agroindustry #tropicalforest #recovery #CostaRica #change #soilnutrients #groundcover #understoryvegetation, #treeestablishment #canopycover #tree #vegetation #soil #carbon #nitrogen #fertility #phosphorous #forestsuccession #restoration

Researchers Dumped Tons Of Coffee Waste Into A Forest. This Is What It Looks Like Now.
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https://www.upworthy.com/researchers-dumped-tons-of-coffee-waste-in-a-forest-ex1 <-- shared article
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https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12054 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #forest #waste #regeneration #coffee #biomass #forest #waterquality #soil #agroindustry #tropicalforest #recovery #CostaRica #change #soilnutrients #groundcover #understoryvegetation, #treeestablishment #canopycover #tree #vegetation #soil #carbon #nitrogen #fertility #phosphorous #forestsuccession #restoration

Researchers Dumped Tons Of Coffee Waste Into A Forest. This Is What It Looks Like Now.
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https://www.upworthy.com/researchers-dumped-tons-of-coffee-waste-in-a-forest-ex1 <-- shared article
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https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12054 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #forest #waste #regeneration #coffee #biomass #forest #waterquality #soil #agroindustry #tropicalforest #recovery #CostaRica #change #soilnutrients #groundcover #understoryvegetation, #treeestablishment #canopycover #tree #vegetation #soil #carbon #nitrogen #fertility #phosphorous #forestsuccession #restoration

Upon the event of my pathetically over-booked #apotheosis I #need to be addressed as #Dahl #E #Pardon.

It will streamline the new character sheet #regeneration #process considerably.

🎼🎶And all #our #pronouns shall #bleed into #we. 🎼🕛⚧️🪄

Australia’s carbon credits system a failure on global scale, study finds
"Researchers find carbon offsets approach, which is supposed to regenerate scrubby outback forests, was not reducing emissions as promised."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/27/australias-carbon-credits-system-a-failure-on-global-scale-study-finds

Australian human-induced native forest regeneration carbon offset projects have limited impact on changes in woody vegetation cover and carbon removals (study)
"Effective offset schemes require constant scrutiny and critical assessment, including from third parties. This cannot be provided without the public release of all information that is necessary for the proper evaluation of the performance and integrity of offset projects."
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01313-x
#ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #offsets #transparency #integrity #regeneration #Australia #ParisAgreement #InternationalMitigation #obligation #CarbonOffset #NativeForests #LandManagement #HumanInducedRegeneration #HIR #pollution

𝘙𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘻𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘨 𝘨𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘒𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 - so lautet der Titel meines Artikels in der aktuellen Ausgabe 01-2024 der Fachzeitschrift #grundschule.

Entstanden ist der Artikel im Rahmen einer Umfrage, die ich in meinem #PLN gestartet habe.

Deshalb möchte ich mich an dieser Stelle von ganzem Herzen bei allen bedanken, die sich die Zeit genommen haben, an meiner Umfrage teilzunehmen!

#pausen #regeneration #lernraumentwicklung #pädagogischeArchitektur #westermannverlag #fedilz

I love the lessons from Cuba section in this video, which shows how we can transition to a more sustainable way of life. #OurChangingClimate #EcoSocialism #SolarPunk #ClimateCrisis #Regeneration #Socialism #CircularEconomy #OurWonderfulGreenFuture #OWGF
https://youtube.com/watch?v=DjUr2HwdHwg&feature=shared

What is a timeshare cropper?
Watch to find out!

https://lifeboatacademy.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/3000122911-what-is-a-timeshare-cropper-video-

#lifeboatacademy #lifeboats #placebased #resilience #regeneration #regenerativeag #regenerativeagriculture #permaculture #communityfarm #farm #farming #commons #reclaimthecommons #climate #climatecrisis #climatechange #collapse

If you're familiar with #EasternHemlock #forests then you might picture them as a closed #canopy with sparse vegetation in the #understory.

But when a fallen tree opens up that canopy, the #gap supports a profusion of #regeneration.

https://youtu.be/KUwmGSudKHg

Very cool to find this understory #heterogeneity at #RBWinterStatePark in #Pennsylvania.

#ecology #succession

📍: Daniels Land Bailey Bridge
ℹ️: track bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.4820777230416&mlon=-2.11561336126919#map=17/52.4820777230416/-2.11561336126919
📸: Photo by Dudley Council on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/48639557@N04/51415714314

#canal #river #narrowboat #barge #gongoozler #england #uk #flickr #dudley #dudleycouncil #brierleyhill #regeneration

Instead of complaining about damage to the #environment, some people find practical #solutions and #implement them. #JoeBrewer is one such person. I'm reading his book, "The Design Pathway for Regenerating Earth", it's really fascinating. I like this guy. Each chapter has a "Further Reading" section, pointing to all kinds of other books I want to read. #earth #planet #regeneration #ecology #healing #RegenerativeDesign #waterSupply #africa #himalayas #sustainability #DesignPathway

microenvironment. To address this, treat the #hSkMO s with extrinsic #cytokine s to promote #muscle #regeneration . #hSkMO s might then be used to study aspects of human muscle @biology and to identify novel #therapeutic candidates for muscle-wasting disorders.

To create a 3D structure of muscle tissue.