Joe Brewer
@joebrewer.bsky.social
Co-Founder of Design School for Regenerating Earth
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Joe Brewer
@joebrewer.bsky.social
· May 13
Helping Everything Shift at Once
Creating the Conditions for a Planetary Phase Transition
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I am excited to share my new article that explains how we can apply insights from complexity and evolution to guide humanity through a planetary phase transition and live regeneratively on the other side.
Please read and share widely!
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Please read and share widely!
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For our friends who live in Belgium, this is the full program of talks and workshops on October 8, 9, and 10. Hope to see some of you there!
www.equinox-collective.org/leuven-regen...
www.equinox-collective.org/leuven-regen...
September 15, 2026 at 10:15 AM
For our friends who live in Belgium, this is the full program of talks and workshops on October 8, 9, and 10. Hope to see some of you there!
www.equinox-collective.org/leuven-regen...
www.equinox-collective.org/leuven-regen...
Something really big is happening and you’ll need to look at it sideways if you want to see it. In this article, I share the deeper logic and scaffolding for our planetary work of Earth Regeneration.
Come play with us!
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Come play with us!
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September 14, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Something really big is happening and you’ll need to look at it sideways if you want to see it. In this article, I share the deeper logic and scaffolding for our planetary work of Earth Regeneration.
Come play with us!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Come play with us!
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This is your invitation to join us and get involved. Together we can seed a regenerative future through bioregional learning and organizing in our own local communities.
Share with friends!
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Share with friends!
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Bringing Bioregional Learning into the Light
Together we can seed the path into a regenerative future
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September 11, 2026 at 1:05 PM
This is your invitation to join us and get involved. Together we can seed a regenerative future through bioregional learning and organizing in our own local communities.
Share with friends!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Share with friends!
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For all my friends in the UK, we are going to visit for the Living Thames Bioregional Convergence on October 16-17th. Will we see you there?
livingthames.substack.com/p/living-tha...
livingthames.substack.com/p/living-tha...
Living Thames: How can we move from problems to possibilities?
Bioregional Convergence, 16th-17th October 2026, Pangbourne and Whitchurch-on-Thames
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September 11, 2026 at 9:47 AM
For all my friends in the UK, we are going to visit for the Living Thames Bioregional Convergence on October 16-17th. Will we see you there?
livingthames.substack.com/p/living-tha...
livingthames.substack.com/p/living-tha...
Everywhere we go, there are living flows of people and ecosystems acting in service to life. How can we manifest more of this in these turbulent times?
In my new article, we explore how this is happening in the real world...
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In my new article, we explore how this is happening in the real world...
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Living Flows for Regenerating the Earth
How do we attract the resources we’ll need for this sacred work?
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September 7, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Everywhere we go, there are living flows of people and ecosystems acting in service to life. How can we manifest more of this in these turbulent times?
In my new article, we explore how this is happening in the real world...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
In my new article, we explore how this is happening in the real world...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
In this article, we explore the powerful and primary importance of learning how to live in place in order to transform local systems and discover regenerative pathways into the future.
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Learning How to Live in Your Life Place
Why Bioregional Learning is Vital to How We Transform Systems
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August 29, 2026 at 2:31 PM
In this article, we explore the powerful and primary importance of learning how to live in place in order to transform local systems and discover regenerative pathways into the future.
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substack.com/home/post/p-...
Here’s a nice little article I wrote in 2023 as we were just launching the Design School into being… fascinating to look back and see how far we have come in the creation of a planetary network of bioregions weaving in harmony to help regenerate the Earth.
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Weaving the Bioregions of Earth
The living systems of Earth are already interwoven. This simple truth should have profound consequences for how we as humans organize…
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August 15, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Here’s a nice little article I wrote in 2023 as we were just launching the Design School into being… fascinating to look back and see how far we have come in the creation of a planetary network of bioregions weaving in harmony to help regenerate the Earth.
medium.com/@joe_brewer/...
medium.com/@joe_brewer/...
Reposted by Joe Brewer
Um, this is the way that actually makes the most sense to respond to the present time? Why aren't more of us actively cultivating and joining this, instead of whinging at institutions to be different sooner than their established patterns allow them to be...
I am excited to share my new article that explains how we can apply insights from complexity and evolution to guide humanity through a planetary phase transition and live regeneratively on the other side.
Please read and share widely!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Please read and share widely!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Helping Everything Shift at Once
Creating the Conditions for a Planetary Phase Transition
substack.com
August 10, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Um, this is the way that actually makes the most sense to respond to the present time? Why aren't more of us actively cultivating and joining this, instead of whinging at institutions to be different sooner than their established patterns allow them to be...
How do Indigenous ways of knowing come into relationship with the regenerative work so many of us are doing around the world?
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substack.com/home/post/p-...
Eagles, Condors, and Earth Regeneration
A Two-Eyed Way of Seeing the Dandelion Strategy for Regenerating Earth
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August 5, 2026 at 11:30 AM
How do Indigenous ways of knowing come into relationship with the regenerative work so many of us are doing around the world?
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Will we see you when we pass through in mid-October? Excited to join Richard Coates and the team of Living Thames for this bioregional convergence on October 16th and 17th.
www.tickettailor.com/events/livin...
www.tickettailor.com/events/livin...
August 1, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Will we see you when we pass through in mid-October? Excited to join Richard Coates and the team of Living Thames for this bioregional convergence on October 16th and 17th.
www.tickettailor.com/events/livin...
www.tickettailor.com/events/livin...
Learn how narrative strategies work and how we are manifesting a REALLY powerful one for the regeneration of the Earth.
Come play with us!
substack.com/@earthregene...
Come play with us!
substack.com/@earthregene...
The Narrative Strategy for Earth Regeneration
How We Are Living Bioregional Stories into Being
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July 31, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Learn how narrative strategies work and how we are manifesting a REALLY powerful one for the regeneration of the Earth.
Come play with us!
substack.com/@earthregene...
Come play with us!
substack.com/@earthregene...
Now that we can REALLY feel that collapse is happening all around us. Let us invite the wealth stewards who have conscience into the vision for what can be done about it.
earthregenerators.substack.com/p/dont-build...
earthregenerators.substack.com/p/dont-build...
July 29, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Now that we can REALLY feel that collapse is happening all around us. Let us invite the wealth stewards who have conscience into the vision for what can be done about it.
earthregenerators.substack.com/p/dont-build...
earthregenerators.substack.com/p/dont-build...
This is an interesting one — because I wrote an article back in 2017 about the need for what we went on to create. Do you want to be an Earth Regenerator alongside others who get that we are already in collapse? Come join us!
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substack.com/home/post/p-...
A Design School for Planetary Collapse
Can humanity guide itself into such an uncertain future?
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July 25, 2026 at 6:35 PM
This is an interesting one — because I wrote an article back in 2017 about the need for what we went on to create. Do you want to be an Earth Regenerator alongside others who get that we are already in collapse? Come join us!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Reposted by Joe Brewer
Are you frustrated with being choked by #wildfire smoke?
Were you horrified seeing evacuations as flames and smoke engulfed that train and communities?
It’s time to accept we are part of nature and make decisions that make sense in this context.
It’s up to us.
Invest in a #FlourishingFuture
#onpoli
Were you horrified seeing evacuations as flames and smoke engulfed that train and communities?
It’s time to accept we are part of nature and make decisions that make sense in this context.
It’s up to us.
Invest in a #FlourishingFuture
#onpoli
This morning I woke up with something to say, so I wrote this. Please share with anyone working in impact investing, philanthropy, or generally who wants humanity to avoid going extinct.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
July 20, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Are you frustrated with being choked by #wildfire smoke?
Were you horrified seeing evacuations as flames and smoke engulfed that train and communities?
It’s time to accept we are part of nature and make decisions that make sense in this context.
It’s up to us.
Invest in a #FlourishingFuture
#onpoli
Were you horrified seeing evacuations as flames and smoke engulfed that train and communities?
It’s time to accept we are part of nature and make decisions that make sense in this context.
It’s up to us.
Invest in a #FlourishingFuture
#onpoli
This morning I woke up with something to say, so I wrote this. Please share with anyone working in impact investing, philanthropy, or generally who wants humanity to avoid going extinct.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
July 20, 2026 at 1:24 PM
This morning I woke up with something to say, so I wrote this. Please share with anyone working in impact investing, philanthropy, or generally who wants humanity to avoid going extinct.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Para todos mis amigos que quieren explorar la regeneración bioregional… voy a ofrecer un webinar el 23 de julio — bienvenidos y por favor, invitan sus amigos!
July 19, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Para todos mis amigos que quieren explorar la regeneración bioregional… voy a ofrecer un webinar el 23 de julio — bienvenidos y por favor, invitan sus amigos!
We do a lot more than work with children in Sueños del Bosque. One of our major projects is the nature reserve, Origen del Agua, where Jessica leads the reforestation work to restore native Tropical Dry Forest on heavily degraded land.
Watch this video and be inspired!
youtu.be/dQXRmRdMLA0?...
Watch this video and be inspired!
youtu.be/dQXRmRdMLA0?...
July 19, 2026 at 3:52 PM
We do a lot more than work with children in Sueños del Bosque. One of our major projects is the nature reserve, Origen del Agua, where Jessica leads the reforestation work to restore native Tropical Dry Forest on heavily degraded land.
Watch this video and be inspired!
youtu.be/dQXRmRdMLA0?...
Watch this video and be inspired!
youtu.be/dQXRmRdMLA0?...
Be inspired by our teacher, Nina, as she shares how we are creating a bioregional learning ecosystem informed by our work with children in Colombia.
youtu.be/cZLPxSuFWQw?...
youtu.be/cZLPxSuFWQw?...
From Garden to Learning Center: The Next Step for Sueños del Bosque
YouTube video by Historias Regenerativas
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July 17, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Be inspired by our teacher, Nina, as she shares how we are creating a bioregional learning ecosystem informed by our work with children in Colombia.
youtu.be/cZLPxSuFWQw?...
youtu.be/cZLPxSuFWQw?...
Earth's systems are collapsing in surprising (and very disturbing) ways... we need to come back into harmony with life in every bioregion on Earth.
stri.si.edu/story/upwell...
stri.si.edu/story/upwell...
Upwelling Failure
stri.si.edu
July 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Earth's systems are collapsing in surprising (and very disturbing) ways... we need to come back into harmony with life in every bioregion on Earth.
stri.si.edu/story/upwell...
stri.si.edu/story/upwell...
I want to personally say THANK YOU to the 35 people who have already pledged your “Active Hope” that supports our bioregional pilgrimages. Can you help us find 15 more so we can cover all the costs of these transformational journeys?
Go here for more:
substack.com/@earthregene...
Go here for more:
substack.com/@earthregene...
July 17, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I want to personally say THANK YOU to the 35 people who have already pledged your “Active Hope” that supports our bioregional pilgrimages. Can you help us find 15 more so we can cover all the costs of these transformational journeys?
Go here for more:
substack.com/@earthregene...
Go here for more:
substack.com/@earthregene...
I am really excited to share this one! We are preparing the field for a deep pathway of transformation over the next several years. The BLC Action Network is fundamental to this.
Come play with us!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Come play with us!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The BLC Action Network for Earth Regenerators
A Planetary Community of Teams Creating Bioregional Learning Centers
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July 16, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I am really excited to share this one! We are preparing the field for a deep pathway of transformation over the next several years. The BLC Action Network is fundamental to this.
Come play with us!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Come play with us!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Cuando hablamos sobre la regeneración norte andino, es algo fundamental y demasiado importante. Acá es un documental enfocado en el Río Bogotá y como empieza limpiar y llega después “el río más contaminado en Colombia.”
Que vamos a hacer sobre eso?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FcH...
Que vamos a hacer sobre eso?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FcH...
El río más contaminado de Colombia nace PURO: La tragedia del Río Bogotá | CAPÍTULO 1.
YouTube video by Pao Pineda Oficial
www.youtube.com
July 15, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Cuando hablamos sobre la regeneración norte andino, es algo fundamental y demasiado importante. Acá es un documental enfocado en el Río Bogotá y como empieza limpiar y llega después “el río más contaminado en Colombia.”
Que vamos a hacer sobre eso?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FcH...
Que vamos a hacer sobre eso?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FcH...
I brought the blessings of many waters in Turtle Island to the suffering rivers of the Northern Andes… feeling the eagle and condor come alive within me. 🙏
July 14, 2026 at 8:35 PM
I brought the blessings of many waters in Turtle Island to the suffering rivers of the Northern Andes… feeling the eagle and condor come alive within me. 🙏
I have a dream for how the birds can connect us across North, Central and South America -- with children as the loving thread that weaves us all.
youtu.be/O1toFa7TPpQ?...
youtu.be/O1toFa7TPpQ?...
Living Pathways Across Continents
YouTube video by Joe Brewer
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July 14, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I have a dream for how the birds can connect us across North, Central and South America -- with children as the loving thread that weaves us all.
youtu.be/O1toFa7TPpQ?...
youtu.be/O1toFa7TPpQ?...
How can we place children at the center of our efforts to regenerate the Earth? This is exactly what we are doing with Sueños el Bosque in Barichara, Colombia.
Check it out and come bring your kids to play with us!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Check it out and come bring your kids to play with us!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Designing Across Generations
Bioregional Learning with Children in the Heart of It All
substack.com
July 14, 2026 at 1:24 PM
How can we place children at the center of our efforts to regenerate the Earth? This is exactly what we are doing with Sueños el Bosque in Barichara, Colombia.
Check it out and come bring your kids to play with us!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Check it out and come bring your kids to play with us!
substack.com/home/post/p-...