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Bioregional Accelerator

Rooted in the Landscape

Building islands of coherence in the Mpumalanga Lowveld – where culture, biodiversity, youth & elders weave the future together.

The Bioregional Accelerator supports existing NGOs, youth leaders and community structures instead of creating new ones.

Variety of themes to support NGOs, SMME's, government and local communities:

  • Neighbourhood Resilience Hubs
  • Cultural Revival & Biodiversity Guardianship
  • Local resource mapping
  • Women's Leadership & Entrepreneurship
  • Regenerative Food & Seed Saving Systems
  • Youth & Elder Wisdom Weaving
  • Water & Landscape Healing
  • Invasive Species to Opportunity
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Five Pillars of Transformation

“The importance of the Bioregional Accelerator makes us as the Bushbuckridge community excited to engage as this is the vehicle that will be driving the indigenous knowledge system far much easier in the Bushbuckridge region”

— December Ndhlovu
Chairperson of Ratanang Colab

Natural Connection

Reclaim sacred bonds with the earth

Bioregional councils, land-based rituals and spiritual guidance from elders and wisdom keepers.

Socio-cultural Belonging

Strengthen community cohesion

Youth, women, traditional leaders and organisations forming collaborative clusters.

Cultural Heritage

Protect IKSS

Embed language, storytelling and traditional ecological practices in restoration projects.

Biodiversity

Preserve ecosystem complexity

Map and restore grasslands, savannas, forests and species corridors.

Biomimicry

Design adaptive human systems

Governance and community structures modelled on ecological self-organisation.

As we grow this ecosystem, Project Biome aims to support your pathways to growth with a generative design series that fosters stronger networks which support your organisations process-driven goals.

Whilst building coherent partnerships to cross-pollinate information.

You are part of something living.
Here's what comes next.

We are genuinely grateful for your presence, your voice and your willingness to step into this process with us.

Something worth exploring
Together

One of the most exciting offerings emerging from this programme is something we call a Biocultural Micro-Convening, a small, place-based gathering hosted on or near your site, bringing together a limited number of people from across the bioregion around a theme that matters to your work.

Book a conversation with us to learn more about how you and your organisation can get involved.