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First Name	Darren
Last Name	Zal
Username	darren
More About Myself	I live in Victoria, BC. I am inspired by the bioregional way of living and am grateful to live in such a beautiful place here on Vancouver Island. I want to build a flourishing and resilient life for myself and my community, in balance with the natural world we depend upon. I like the cosmo-local philosophy of combining global networking technologies for sharing knowledge and coordination at higher levels while cultivating a strong local community and economy
About The Work I Do	I am working on a new way to financing the stewardship of forests, particularly old growth forests. My team is working on a pilot project on the coast of BC in partnership with a First Nation. I am also working on knowledge management tools for the regeneration movement
Why do you feel like your work or bioregionalism is important for the future of the Cascadia Bioregion?	My work in financing regenerative forestry is important to shift the extractive logging industry of Cascadia towards regenerative landscape management. My work in knowledge sharing is helpful for people to better organize and make sense of what is going on. Bioregionalism is important in general for creating a shared identity for people living in a shared place. It is important to get people to organize with respect to how the land needs to be cared for, in a whole systems way that scales up to allow for planetary health
LinkedIn Profile	https://www.linkedin.com/in/zaldarren

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