In this episode of The Blue Dot Project Podcast, host David Vranicar explores the concept of regenerative communities with Alex Corren, co-founder of ReCommon.

Drawing from extensive experience and passion for environmental stewardship, Alex shares insights into key factors that lead to successful regenerative communities. He emphasizes the importance of considering the landscape, engaging with all stakeholders, and aligning with regenerative principles.

Alex’s early years in New Jersey helped him develop a deep connection to nature. He shares how his firsthand view of suburban real estate development sparked his passion for building communities that harmonize with the natural world.

Here Alex provides his perspectives on the opportunities and challenges of establishing regenerative communities that can thrive for generations.

In this episode of The Blue Dot Project Podcast, Alex Corren shares his insights into the pressing need for regenerative communities and helps visualize likely elements of their realization. Alex is co-founder of ReCommon, a company that pioneers in this new and fast-developing field.

Host David Vranicar sets the stage for a deep dive into the structural and operational facets of regenerative communities, with Alex serving as guide.

Bioregionalism is a philosophy and natural organizing pattern that defines a sense of place. It can be used to inform a new system of organization and action to support regenerative community development and landscape regeneration.

But what is a Bioregion, anyway? Well, this is a question with varying answers. In short, a bioregion is an ecosystem with similar flora and fauna. It’s a place that has its own unique feel, its own unique story.

This story can change depending on who is telling it, and what they’re talking about. Is the entire Colorado River basin a bioregion? Or is it a tapestry of bioregions that contribute to the same river system? The answer can be both, and that’s ok. Nature is flexible and our frameworks should be too.

In this episode, Jason Snyder speaks with Alex Corren about ReCommon, which aims to address the logistics and financing around land access and tenure for regenerative stewardship, in particular catalyzing the creation of a network of bioregionally embedded regenerative land trusts. They also touch on the shared vision of ‘networked bioregionalism’ as the most viable and hopeful path for the future

They explored intriguing concepts like contemplative practices, consciousness, and bioregionalism, all converging on the innovative notion of Regenerative Community Land Trusts.

For the vast majority of our time on Earth as Homo sapiens, we settled differently than we do today. Very differently. People didn’t move around and relocate into other tribal territories - to do so would mean death or conflict. Our population did not expand uncontrollably - to do so would also mean death or conflict. Evolutionary balance over millions of years has driven all successful species to occupy a place-based niche in the environment and to respect the laws of life to which we humans are inextricably linked.