Doomer Optimism: Regenerative Community Land Trusts

Episode Summary

In this episode of Doomer Optimism, I join Jason Snyder to discuss ReCommon and our approach to addressing land access and tenure for regenerative stewardship.

Key Discussion Points

Consciousness and Collective Action We explore how consciousness and collective awareness serve as prerequisites for systemic change—how internal transformation connects to external systems work.

Community Land Trusts The conversation covers Community Land Trusts (CLTs) as alternatives to traditional property ownership. We trace their roots to the Civil Rights Movement and explore how they can be adapted for regenerative community development.

Bioregional Governance I discuss bioregional governance nodes as frameworks for local decision-making and ecosystem resilience, and how these structures can support regenerative land stewardship.

Permaculture and Indigenous Wisdom We touch on permaculture principles and indigenous land management practices as foundations for regenerative approaches.

About ReCommon

ReCommon aims to catalyze a network of bioregionally embedded regenerative land trusts, combining the Community Land Trust model with ecological design principles and distributed governance technologies.