What are Bioregional Learning Journeys?

Bioregional Learning Journeys (BLJs) weave outdoor, place-based experiences—such as hiking, kayaking, and biking—with systems storytelling, Indigenous knowledge, scientific inquiry, and collaborative workshops. These curated, often multi-day experiences bring diverse participants into direct engagement with landscapes and communities, creating space for reflection, relationship-building, and shared insight. In doing so, they help move beyond fragmented perspectives toward a more integrated understanding and coordinated stewardship of place.

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Recent Journeys
England, Wales, Ireland & Scotland (2025)
Westfjords, Iceland (2022)
Casco Bay, Maine (2024)
Guanacaste Bioregion, Costa Rica (2021)
Zaquencipá Valley Bioregion, Colombia (2024)
Tayside Bioregion (2021)

What Participants Are Saying

  • “This was an awe-inspiring, transformational experience in which I had the honor and privilege to meet amazing people doing impactful work around the world.”

  • “The learning journey was an important milestone in a long journey of discovery in my life. I have long been interested in experimenting with how outdoor expeditions can tell the story of a place. This learning journey felt like a rare opportunity to explore that in a way I hadn’t before.”

  • "I came away from the journey with a fuller and richer understanding of the network of organizations, communities, and individuals working to steward, study, and support the bioregion."

  • “This experience helps you examine your understanding of your bioregion and presents new perspectives that help you detect ways your work can contribute to system-level change.”