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About the Project

Regenerate Grey Bruce (RGB) is a two year project which hopes to bring residents of the region together to tell their own story about responding to the planetary crisis. Co-created through the individual stories, experiences and hopes for the future of the region shared in various ‘Narrative bridging points’ through the lens of Regeneration, such as in-person Workbees, intergenerational online Dialogue Circles, and an online platform hosting organizations, initiatives and businesses focused on land stewardship. A team of staff & volunteers from The Sustainability Project will weave these pieces together to build out this unique community plan for the future, working title a ‘Landscape Narrative of Hope’. We're getting there!

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Why a Landscape Narrative of Hope?

Regenerate Grey Bruce came about by the following reasons:

1. Local community organizers are struggling to find landscape-based responses to climate change within the regional movement in the region;
2. Decision making that is reactive to urgent issues and often lacks long-term thinking around our community response to climate change;
3. The need for moving from “raising awareness” to “acting out change”. Most people have encountered information about the planetary crisis, but remain on the fence about changing behavior;
4. The need to foster hope internally and collectively to offer a future that youth feel more secure about.

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The project was part of the Greenbelt Foundation’s effort to increase plant cover in the Greenbelt & Niagara Escarpment, funded in 2023-2024, and was led by local farmers Thorsten Arnold and Madeline Marmor.

This is a living research project though, and will be a uniting exercise. The Sustainability Project looks forward to working together with your environmental group to create resilience.

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