Mornington Peninsula R3.0 Bioregional Regeneration Meet Up

Share what you’re working on. Meet others contributing across the Peninsula. Explore what communities around the world are learning — and what could help your work go further.

Across the Mornington Peninsula, people are already caring for land and water, strengthening communities, growing food, running enterprises, teaching, researching, creating and finding new ways to support local wellbeing.

This September, as part of the 2026 r3.0 International Conference on Bioregional Regeneration, Regenerating Mornington Peninsula is hosting a free local gathering for people contributing to the future of the places they care about.

Bring your place, your work and a question

Come to:

• Share what you’re working on

• Hear what others are learning

• Make useful connections

• Discover new ideas and approaches

• Explore what becomes possible when local knowledge and efforts are better connected

We’re interested in:

• What place or community are you connected to?

• What are you working on, and why?

• What are you learning?

• What’s getting in the way?

• What knowledge, connections or resources could help?

• What could you contribute to others?

What might you take away?

You may leave with:

• New connections and collaborators

• Greater visibility for your work

• Ideas and approaches from other places

• Knowledge, resources or support

• Opportunities to learn and exchange

• A clearer sense of how your work connects across the Peninsula

Who is this for?

People working across:

• Community and environmental groups

• Landcare

• Local businesses

• Social enterprises

• Educators

• Researchers

• Growers

• Creatives

• Historians

• Practitioners

• Advocates

• Funders

• Rotary

• Chambers of Commerce

• Anyone working towards the wellbeing of people and place.

Most importantly, we’re looking for people who are curious, open to learning and interested in strengthening connections between people, places and practices over time.

Connecting local and global knowledge

The international r3.0 Conference brings together influential thinkers and practitioners including David Abram, Arturo Escobar and Ashish Kothari to explore how communities around the world are strengthening relationships with place, sharing knowledge and building the capacity to shape their own futures.

Our gathering brings these ideas into conversation with what is already happening here.

What can we learn, adapt and contribute from the Mornington Peninsula?

Help shape what comes next

The gathering will also explore the possibility of creating a free, ongoing local learning and engagement network where people can:

• Share stories and learning

• Connect around common challenges

• Promote aligned local events

• Discover places and projects to visit or support

• Exchange knowledge locally and internationally

What happens next will be shaped by the people who participate.

Part of a global conversation

The Mornington Peninsula gathering forms part of the 2026 r3.0 International Conference on Bioregional Regeneration, connecting local experience with communities and bioregions around the world exploring similar questions about place, resilience and regeneration.