ABOUT REGEN BRISBANE
Regen Brisbane/Meeanjin is a network of individuals and organisations exploring how we can work together to make Brisbane a regenerative city.
Please join us in 2021/2022 for a series of online and in-person events, which will enable us to explore how we can work together, to create innovative, Earth-centred and socially just ways for Brisbane/Meeanjin to become a regenerative city.
Regen Brisbane/Meeanjin is proudly hosted by the NENA Brisbane Hub, QUT Design Lab, Australian Earth Laws Alliance, the Greenprints Initiative and Future Dreaming Australia. More organisational partners will be listed soon!
HOW TO CONNECT!
- If you have any questions, please email: kira@earthlaws.org.au
- Join our Regen Brisbane mailing list here
- Join our Regen Brisbane Mighty Networks work space
- Join our Regen Brisbane facebook group page
UPCOMING EVENTS
Check out our exciting draft meeting schedule for 2022!
| Date | Meeting | Notes | Notes and recordings |
| March 2022 1x 3 hour workshp Details soon! | Doughnut Economics
| Join us as we continue our community discussions, using the Doughnut Economy framework to discuss Planetary Boundaries, and socio-economic justice | |
| April 2022 1 x 3 hour workshop Details soon! | Doughnut Economics
| Join us as we continue our community discussions, using the Doughnut Economy framework to discuss Planetary Boundaries, and socio-economic justice | |
| May 2022 1 x 3 hour workshop Details soon! | Connecting the Doughnut framework with Brisbane's Bioregional Ecological Limits | After exploring the Doughnut in our previous three meetings, we’ll begin the important task of connecting human socio-economic goals, with deep understanding of Brisbane's catchments and bioregion | |
| June 2022 2 day symposium | Brisbane’s built environment & the 2032 Olympics | A special 2 day symposium show casing how Brisbane can transform its built environment to ‘live within the Doughnut’ and fit within our ecological limits more appropriately | |
| July 2023 1 day workshop | Systems change and scenario planning | Join us for an exciting event that will show case a range of techniques for building alternative scenarios for Brisbane’s future. We’ll use the work carried out so far by Regen Brisbane, to start creating different scenarios | |
| (more events for 2022 will be uploaded soon) |
Past Events
| Date | Meeting | Notes | Notes and recordings |
| July 29th & 30th 2021 | Launch event & overview of Greenprints approach for creating a regenerative city | A fabulous event was held in person (60 people) and online (40 people) which set the scene for the Regen Brisbane ‘Community Think Tank’ process, based on the Greenprints approach |
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| September 9th 2021 | Mapping our Regen journey for the coming 18 months | Building on the success of our awesome launch event, the goal of this online meeting is to help us map out our next steps together. We’ll use the Greenprints approach to flesh out the meeting plan below, and more!
| Recording coming soon |
| October 21st 2021 | Doughnut Economics – can Brisbane live within the doughnut? | Let's get into the sweet stuff! This online workshop will introduce the process for helping Brisbane use the Doughnut Economic framework to live within its limits. Brisbane’s first ‘Doughnut workshop’ will focus on energy and climate change.
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| November 4th 2021 | Showcasing Regen Brisbane and our beautiful bioregion | Regen Brisbane “side event” to the 2021 NENA Annual Conference. Join us as we show off the amazing work of Regen Brisbane, and the beautiful bioregion we live in | |
| ** working groups (facilitated by the Regen Brisbane Greenprints Team) meet November to February, to collate research and materials for the Regen Brisbane Work Book, and to share at meetings and workshops in 2022 ** |