"A bioregion refers both to geographical terrain and a terrain of consciousness to a place and the ideas that have developed about how to live in that place.”
Peter Berg & Raymond Dasmann, Reinhabiting California, The Ecologist, 1977
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Living Thames
Bioregional Convergence
Who we are
Our bioregional convergence is happening in Pangbourne on 16th and 17th of October 2026. At two riverside venues in Pangbourne, near where the River Thames emerges between the Chiltern Hills and the North Wessex Downs.
We will be joined by Joe Brewer and Penny Heiple from The Design School for Regenerating Earth, at the end of their bioregional pilgrimage through North Africa, North America and Europe. Sharing what they have experienced and their Dandelion Vision for 1000 Bioregional Learning Centres across the earth.
Friday — Morning: grounding in the landscape, an intro to Living Thames and pro-social ways of being, then an Opening Circle where representatives from across the bioregion surface shared needs and a collective strategic agenda. Joe and Penny (Design School for Regenerating Earth) share the Dandelion activation strategy. Afternoon: "Storying" the bioregion, field site visits, and harvesting insights into strategic next steps. Evening: vegan dinner, music and dancing to celebrate the season's harvest.
Saturday — Reconnecting and going deeper into Joe's Dandelion practices. More grounding time on the land. A morning workshop on bioregional potential and capabilities, in nested, self-selected groups. Field visits continue. Afternoon session "Vital and Viable" asks what's alive, vital and viable for you now. Closing ritual, timed between the Harvest and Hunter's Moons, turns reflection into clear personal goals for the months ahead.
The Convergence runs from 10 am Friday 16th to 5.30 pm Saturday 17th, with a Banquet on Friday evening in the magical Tolhurst Organic Walled Garden, celebrating the abundance of harvest as well as the amazing work already happening in the bioregioning space. We hope you can make it for both days.
Living Thames brings people, organisations and projects together to strengthen the relationships that enable this place to be healthy, resilient and to flourish.
What is a bioregion?
A bioregion is a living place whose identity emerges from the relationships between its geology, water, soils, habitats and the communities of life they support.
The Thames bioregion stretches from the springs of the Cotswolds, through chalk streams, floodplains, farms, towns and cities, to the estuary where the river meets the North Sea.
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Three ways we work
Connecting
Nurturing the Thames bioregion communities through a systems lens - seeing land, water, communities and ecology as one living whole.
Catalysing
Realising the potential of people, place and all life through embodied learning, storytelling, culture and regenerative practices.
Enabling
Enable funding flows that sustain the work and let regenerative practice take root and spread.
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