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EcoTerra Retreat: "Weaving the Movement"

Overview

Full Name: "Weaving the Movement: A Lab for Mapping, Prototyping & Regenerative Collaboration"
Short Name: "Mapping the Movement"

Event Details

  • Dates: Thursday, June 12th through Monday, June 16th, 2025
    • Note: Originally scheduled for June 5-9, but dates were updated based on feedback
  • Location: EcoTerra's Incubator & Lodge, Catskills, NY
  • Format: Donation-based gathering
  • Size: Approximately 16 people
  • Options: In-person or virtual attendance for specific sessions

Organizers & Hosts

Primary Organizer

Syd Harvey (sydney.griffith123@gmail.com)

  • Co-Founder of Permatours
  • Executive Director of Kinship Earth Flow Fund
  • Phone: 561-699-0030
  • LinkedIn: sydneygriffith

Co-hosts

Partners

  • Spatial Network
  • EcoTerra

Purpose & Mission

The gathering serves as a living lab for bioregional coordination, regenerative systems design, and cultural infrastructure development. It aims to weave together a network of "solutionaries" including:

  • Bioregional organizers
  • Regenerative project stewards
  • Healing artists
  • Cultural catalysts
  • Systems thinkers

Key Activities & Goals

  • Relationship Building: Deepen relationships and build trust across disciplines and bioregions
  • Mapping: Map people, tools, projects, land, and technologies being stewarded
  • Collaboration: Explore how work overlaps and how deeper collaboration could amplify existing efforts
  • Documentation: Capture raw footage of the gathering (full access provided to participants)
  • Innovation: Explore models like the Planetary Party
  • Co-creation: Design a co-created space for meaningful collaboration

Recent Updates

Prep Meeting

  • Date: Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025
  • Time: 7:30-8:45pm Eastern Time
  • Purpose: Share what's alive for participants, hear ideas for maximizing time together, gather input/contributions

Meeting Details

Ways to Contribute

This donation-based gathering offers multiple contribution options:

  • Bringing food / cooking
  • Facilitating a session
  • Helping with setup / breakdown
  • Offering program feedback
  • Making financial contributions for space, utilities, and/or media capture

Background Context

Syd Harvey invited you and Darren after meeting at the UN, where they learned about your work at GaiaAI. The invitation was extended based on that meaningful connection and shared vision for systems change.

Contact Information

For questions, ideas, or to suggest other aligned participants:

"May we strengthen the connective tissue between aligned efforts—mapping what's alive and laying foundations for meaningful collaboration moving forward." - Syd Harvey

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