ECOLOGY
Engaging and empowering citizens to care for their environment and to work at whole-systems level.
ARTS
Giving local people a greater sense of belonging and opening up the question of what it means to be a citizen of this place.
ECONOMY
Promoting sustainable, low-carbon enterprise in this region as part of a long-term resilience strategy
LEARNING
Creating a learning region that offers direct & enjoyable experiences of ‘real-world problem-solving’ to people of all ages
DISCOVER OUR PROJECTS
MEET THE TEAM
The Bioregional Learning Centre is the brain-child of Isabel Carlisle and, since it’s formation in 2017, the team has been growing into a multi-skilled and passionate group of people who are all deeply committed to protect and improve the South Devon Bioregion and others all around the world…
Isabel Carlisle
Jane Brady
Josh Levene
Glenn Page
BLC are hugely grateful to Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation who are providing core costs in 2019.
BLC are hugely grateful to be supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery in 2019.
RECENT HAPPENINGS
Catch-up on all the latest news, opinion, blogs and activities happening in the South Devon Bioregion…
Corona Virus For Resilience. The moment we have been waiting for?
As ecosystems around the world collapse; species disappear, rainforests burn and the gap between the rich and poor grows wider, as mental health issues in young people soar and public services are crippled by funding cuts, the work of environmental and community...
Page 91, June issue of Devon Life
River Dart Charter Making Workshop
Over 1,200 people so far have participated in creating the UK’s first River Charter for the Dart at Dartington. You are invited to join us to build a culture of care for water by giving a voice to our river and naming ourselves as co-stewards. Free and open to all....
“Water has an incredible memory”
It's easy to think of a river as a thing... water moving from source to sea, a corridor through a landscape, part of the hydrological cycle, what a boat floats on, or the thing that floods. Rarely do we give ourselves time to experience a river as part of a dynamic,...
Emergency – who calls it?
In his excellent article about Resilience, Michael Lerner emphasizes the importance of relevant, practical and local actions and points out that it is emergency planning that brings people together across political, cultural, sectarian, and ethnic lines. Thinking...
Common Sense
We have been having some lively interactions with some lovely academic researchers recently. The common ground is that we all want impact goals that are truly transformational. Our approach is to start in-place, have conversations and get all sectors talking to one...