Building community resilience in South Devon

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Bioregional Learning Centre CIC

We’re here to open up conversations and build collaborations for long-term climate resilience. We are working towards a climate resilient and biodiverse future bioregion where communities learn together, systems rebalance and landscapes flourish.

The Bioregional Learning Centre (supported by partners including Sustainable South Hams, South Hams District Council and Devon Climate Emergency) has been developing a network of organisations working across climate, nature, community and resilience in South Devon. In order to plan for the future together.&nbsp; From Thursday 30th April, they will be hosting a free Joined Up Action Caf&eacute; online from 1-2pm every other week on Thursdays. These will alternate between focus sessions with guest speakers, and solutions sessions looking to tackle local problems raised by members of the coalition such as flooding, road repairs, food security, community health or ecosystem restoration. The caf&eacute; is specific to South Devon but anyone who is interested is very welcome to come along.&nbsp; To access the free webinar series, sign up here. If you are working on any of the relevant topics and would like to join the Joined Up Action network, email Bridie at <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:bridie.kennerley@bioregion.org.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">bridie.kennerley@bioregion.org.uk</a>.&nbsp;

Joined Up Action Café

Bioregional Learning Days 2026 &ndash; July Cohort 🌱&nbsp; BLC&rsquo;s residential course is a 5-day immersion into place and practice for bioregional practitioners from the UK and beyond. Designed to deliver the &ldquo;why&rdquo; and the &ldquo;how to&rdquo;, you will explore theory, strategies, partnership working, long-term project development, story, data and sense-making in order to be able to apply a range of approaches at home with your own collaborators. The programme emphasizes practical ways of working, both locally and with other bioregions, and delivers essential core competencies for bioregional practice, nuggets of wisdom about systems and complexity, case studies, tools and techniques. Includes time outdoors, sensing practices, small-group discussion and design, a journey or two beyond the farm, shared meals and conversation around the campfire. Your guides will be the BLC team, who are experienced and skilled practitioners, alongside the Ambios team and special guests. The venue is Ambios&rsquo; working farm; learning spaces, rewilding fields, market garden, beautiful views for reflection and a barn, complete with hay bales. The learning will begin right here on the farm, boots in the mud. By deeply experiencing this place, you will learn to identify and understand the potential inherent in your place.&nbsp;

Bioregional Learning Days 2026 (Balance Payments)

Bioregional Learning Days 2026 &ndash; September Cohort 🌱&nbsp; BLC&rsquo;s residential course is a 5-day immersion into place and practice for bioregional practitioners from the UK and beyond. Designed to deliver the &ldquo;why&rdquo; and the &ldquo;how to&rdquo;, you will explore theory, strategies, partnership working, long-term project development, story, data and sense-making in order to be able to apply a range of approaches at home with your own collaborators. The programme emphasizes practical ways of working, both locally and with other bioregions, and delivers essential core competencies for bioregional practice, nuggets of wisdom about systems and complexity, case studies, tools and techniques. Includes time outdoors, sensing practices, small-group discussion and design, a journey or two beyond the farm, shared meals and conversation around the campfire. Your guides will be the BLC team, who are experienced and skilled practitioners, alongside the Ambios team and special guests. The venue is Ambios&rsquo; working farm; learning spaces, rewilding fields, market garden, beautiful views for reflection and a barn, complete with hay bales. The learning will begin right here on the farm, boots in the mud. By deeply experiencing this place, you will learn to identify and understand the potential inherent in your place.&nbsp;

Bioregional Learning Days - September 2026

Bioregional Learning Days 2026 &ndash; July Cohort 🌱&nbsp; BLC&rsquo;s residential course is a 5-day immersion into place and practice for bioregional practitioners from the UK and beyond. Designed to deliver the &ldquo;why&rdquo; and the &ldquo;how to&rdquo;, you will explore theory, strategies, partnership working, long-term project development, story, data and sense-making in order to be able to apply a range of approaches at home with your own collaborators. The programme emphasizes practical ways of working, both locally and with other bioregions, and delivers essential core competencies for bioregional practice, nuggets of wisdom about systems and complexity, case studies, tools and techniques. Includes time outdoors, sensing practices, small-group discussion and design, a journey or two beyond the farm, shared meals and conversation around the campfire. Your guides will be the BLC team, who are experienced and skilled practitioners, alongside the Ambios team and special guests. The venue is Ambios&rsquo; working farm; learning spaces, rewilding fields, market garden, beautiful views for reflection and a barn, complete with hay bales. The learning will begin right here on the farm, boots in the mud. By deeply experiencing this place, you will learn to identify and understand the potential inherent in your place.&nbsp;

Bioregional Learning Days - July 2026

A bioregional and systems approach for river enthusiasts Schedule: Spring 2026Six 90-minute online sessions from 18:00-19:30 held fortnightly from Tuesday 3rd March 2026.-&gt; Session 2 from 18:00-19:30 on 17th March 2026.1-day fieldtrip in Devon in May/June (TBC) Rivers are one of the most powerful entry points into bioregional practice. They reveal how land, water, infrastructure, governance, climate and culture interact across a landscape. This six-session online course, delivered by the Bioregional Learning Centre from South Devon, offers a grounded introduction to river and catchment science through a systems and regenerative lens. Designed for river enthusiasts, citizen scientists and emerging bioregional practitioners across the UK and Europe, it builds scientific literacy alongside systems thinking, equipping participants to understand, diagnose and help regenerate the rivers in their own bioregions. Rivers are more than channels of water. They are living systems shaped by geology, rainfall, soil, land use, infrastructure, culture and governance. They connect uplands to estuaries, farms to towns, people to place. This six-session online course offers a grounded introduction to river and catchment science through a systems-thinking and regenerative lens. It is designed for river enthusiasts, citizen scientists, community groups and emerging bioregional practitioners who want to deepen their understanding of how rivers function &mdash; and how they can be restored. Rooted in the landscapes of South Devon but relevant to any bioregion, the course builds scientific literacy alongside practical diagnostic skills and place-based insight. Who is this course for?<ul data-end="4257" data-start="3980" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li data-end="4021" data-start="3980" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Members of river and catchment groups</li><li data-end="4044" data-start="4022" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Citizen scientists</li><li data-end="4102" data-start="4045" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Environmental professionals seeking systems grounding</li><li data-end="4149" data-start="4103" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Regenerative and bioregional practitioners</li><li data-end="4189" data-start="4150" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Community leaders and land stewards</li><li data-end="4257" data-start="4190" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Anyone who wants to better understand the rivers in their place</li></ul>No prior technical background is required &mdash; just curiosity and commitment. By the end of the course, you will:<ul data-end="4876" data-start="4401" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li data-end="4462" data-start="4401" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Understand rivers as integrated social&ndash;ecological systems</li><li data-end="4536" data-start="4463" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Recognise how land use, infrastructure and climate shape river health</li><li data-end="4609" data-start="4537" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Assess ecological, hydrological and chemical indicators of condition</li><li data-end="4673" data-start="4610" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Apply source&ndash;pathway&ndash;receptor thinking to diagnose problems</li><li data-end="4744" data-start="4674" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Understand the role of monitoring and evidence in targeting action</li><li data-end="4807" data-start="4745" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Identify practical restoration and regeneration approaches</li><li data-end="4876" data-start="4808" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Clarify your own role in stewarding rivers within your bioregion</li></ul>

Introduction to rivers & catchment science (6-Session Online Course)

Join our free introductory webinar about the &#39;Bringing a Bioregion to Life: Learning Days 2026&#39; course with the BLC team at 6pm GMT on Thursday 5th of March 2026. Join the call to find out more details, gain insights about the programme and hear from previous participants about their experiences. You can register for this call here.

Learning Days 2026 Introductory Webinar

🌟 Join us in Creating Change! 🌟 At Bioregional Learning Centre CIC, we&rsquo;re here to open up conversations and build collaborations for long-term climate resilience. From our own bioregion of South Devon, with the many human systems and ecosystems alive within it, we reconnect people and place to prepare for climate resilient and biodiverse futures - where communities learn together, systems rebalance and landscapes flourish. Thank you for supporting our mission, your support is invaluable.

🌟 Join us in Creating Change! 🌟At Bioregional Learning Centre CIC, we’re here to open up conversations and build collaborations for long-term climate resilience. From our own bioregion of South Devon, with the many human systems and ecosystems alive within it, we reconnect people and place to prepare for climate resilient and biodiverse futures - where communities learn together, systems rebalance and landscapes flourish.Thank you for supporting our mission, your support is invaluable.

Bioregional Learning Centre CIC

Bioregional Learning Centre CIC

Past events

Past events

Joined Up Action Café

Bioregional Learning Days 2026 (Balance Payments)

Bioregional Learning Days - September 2026

Bioregional Learning Days - July 2026

Introduction to rivers & catchment science (6-Session Online Course)

Learning Days 2026 Introductory Webinar

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