Equinox Edition
Portland
A full-day gathering in the Columbia River Gorge with an extended equinox stay: come the evening before, share the equinox together, and leave on the 22nd. The North American web of regenerators meets, and the whole world joins by Zoom.
The Gathering
Weaving the web across the ocean
The Regenerative Renaissance lands in the Pacific Northwest — at the Atlan collective in White Salmon, on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge, hosted by Keala Young and the Atlan community.
The timing is no accident: the gathering follows directly on the Turtle Island Bioregional Congress (15–19 September), so the bioregional movement, the US SEEDS community and the Semo team arrive in the same valley in the same week. Sunday the 20th is a full day on the land — circles, sessions, shared meals and fire — and you’re warmly encouraged to arrive the evening before and stay on: through Monday’s equinox call, which we join together from here, and out to Tuesday the 22nd for slower connecting and sharing.
Day and night in balance, two continents in one circle — a fitting close to the summer’s journey.
The Flow
A full day, and an equinox to share
Indicative flow — the final programme and timing are shared with everyone who confirms.
Pay as you wish
- The gathering itself is free to attend
- Choose your own amount to help cover the land & hosting
- Pay in euros or in Seeds — every bit helps carry the series
Confirm your attendance
The gathering is free to attend — let us know so the land knows you’re coming. You’re encouraged to arrive the evening of Saturday 19 September and stay through to Tuesday the 22nd, sharing the equinox in between. Tell us if you’ll camp or need a bed, and we’ll do our best to arrange it.
Can’t be in the Gorge?
The equinox community call on Monday 21 September, 10:00 Pacific / 19:00 CEST, is open to everyone, everywhere. Every location is equally the centre of it — we’ll be joining from here, and you can join from wherever you are.
The equinox call — details & ZoomAlso that weekend · by invitation
Protocols of Place — Leaders Workshop
On the same land, across the same two days, a separate and invitation-only working session convenes: leaders from Kinship Earth, SEEDS, the SEMO Network, LocalScale, Regenerate Cascadia and the Atlan Collective meet to build the digital infrastructure for bioregional coordination and New Earth economics. It follows the Turtle Island Bioregional Congress, and it is a peer-to-peer working session — not a conference.
What they’re working on
The agenda
The essential functions of cross-silo digital bridge-building infrastructure · practical interfaces among SEEDS, SEMO, LocalScale, ecovillages and bioregional networks · shared protocols for identity, needs and offers, resource exchange, evidence and governance · and a collaborative implementation pathway, including pilot demonstrations and flow-funded core support.
Who’s convening
Featured leaders
Dr. Stephen Gomes (Kinship Earth & Gaia’s Game) · Syd Griffith (Kinship Earth) · Benjamin Life (author, “Protocols of Place”) · Bart Elbertse (SEMO Network / SEEDS Alliance) · Keala Young (The Atlan Collective) · Brandon Letsinger (Regenerate Cascadia) · Stephan Osmont (LocalScale) · Kaliya Young (Internet Identity Workshop) · Drummond Reed (First Person Project).
Sunday 20 September, 10:00–20:45 · optional Monday morning session · Atlan Collective, White Salmon WA. Attendance is by invitation from the convener — the open gathering above is separate, and free to all.
The workshop — full agenda & readingThe wider journey
One series, one web
From Amsterdam’s systems change to Costa Brava’s regeneration and the celebration at Ocean’s Garden — the equinox gathering ties the summer together.