Driftless Bioregional Foundation - thoughts

This is in the context of Rachel's and Sev's thoughts about approach, and others' responses. It comes from a place of not having been involved with Barichara or ReFi in general. But of living in the Driftless, and wanting to help with efforts to make it resilient for the future - people living fairly and sustainably as part of and respecting the ecosystem.

First questions:

What did you collectively learn in Barichara about the methods used to learn about the region, to design regenerative practices there - how to approach regenerating a bio-region?

From what you know now, what makes the Driftless similar to and different from Barichara? How would that affect the methods you learned?

Is this random Joe Brewer slide a good outline? If so:

1. What are the current value flows within, and into and out of the Driftless? This would include economic and ecological flows.
2. What are the current cultural patterns in the Driftless?
3. etc…

Or instead, let's start from answers to the "what did you learn in Barichara" question…

Some of our concerns and perspective: The climate crisis, bio-diversity crisis, etc. cannot be solved with capitalist practices, that is how we got here in the first place. So, how would we think outside that box, about the actual wealth that is here in the Driftless? How can we create solutions around real needs, and put financial methods in as a supporting system if needed, rather than a primary focus? How could we approach this kind of work without just moving the problem around (like carbon credits do, for example)? What can we realistically do in parallel to the existing system, without its base assumptions, but interfacing it when needed?