Review and Evaluation of Sydney Harvey Griffith’s “The Field Is Ready” — and its relationship to the development of Planetary Intelligence Ref: https://substack.com/home/post/p-186228343 What Sydney is arguing Sydney’s essay uses her time at World Economic Forum in Davos not as an endorsement or critique of elites per se, but as a contrast lens. Davos becomes diagnostic. It reveals two worlds… Read more →
Category: Bioregional Intelligence
Enhancing the Bioregional Operating System
Tijn Tjoelker writes (Linkedin, 28 Jan 2026: “What if our bioregions had an “Operating System” designed for life? 🌍 We often talk about individual projects, but systemic regeneration requires relational infrastructures—a “connective tissue” that binds stakeholders, finance, and ecology into a coherent whole. Drawing on emerging research in bioregionalism, here is a blueprint for what an Interconnected Bioregional Operating System… Read more →
Design School Session on AI and Bioregional Intelligence
Thanks to all who attended! Here’s my Fathom recording: https://fathom.video/calls/542184867 And the saved Chat file, with links to items mentioned during the discussion. themed-dialogue-meeting_saved_new_chat And the slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yHdEb4yoC8DzEmDA3pyo3RsodvpGmtDuz6h0G4KpGME/edit?usp=sharing The official recording: Read more →
Outline for DSRE Presentation (1/11/2026)
Looking at https://possibleplanetlab.org, summarize the key points about (a) planetary intelligence and (b) bioregional intelligence for a slide presentation to the Design School for Regenerating Earth. Then suggest a series of slides addressing bioregional health using the Genesee Finger Lakes Bioregion as an example, addressing different aspects and showing how the framework can be helpful for earth regenerators. Below is the… Read more →
3-D Dynamic Visualization
Imagine a 3-D immersive environment where planetary intelligence is displayed in different domains that are likevisual markers shown unfolding dynamically, similar to the Climate Clock (https://climateclock.world). In each domain, the information can be displayed at multiple scales where it is available. Individuals walking around can focus on particular domains (e.g., water, soil, albedo factor, public health, etc.) but inside an… Read more →
The GFL “Living Bioregion Model”
Let’s have a go at this, using clear and simple language understandable to the layperson: If you want one flagship that makes the idea undeniable, build: The GFL “Living Bioregion Model” (MVP → full platform) A public bioregional health dashboard spanning ecological/economic/social/cultural dimensions (explicitly consistent with your GFL articulation). (Genesee Finger Lakes Bioregion) A scenario room: 5–10 “what if” levers… Read more →
Planetary & Bioregional Intelligence (2026 Brief)
State of the Field and an Invitation to Build What Comes Next Possible Planet Lab — 2026 Brief Executive summary Humanity has entered a phase shift in its relationship with Earth. For the first time, we possess the technical capacity to perceive planetary change in near-real time and the cognitive tools—via artificial intelligence—to synthesize, simulate, and coordinate responses at unprecedented… Read more →
The Near-Future of Planetary Intelligence
Looking at Allie K. Miller, and considering my role at Possible Planet Lab, suggest what’s next for us. Then create an infographic of the key elements of planetary intelligence, taking into account the work of Michael Haupt and Alex Steffen. After producing the infographic, provide a detailed but succinct written commentary on where things stand in the field of planetary… Read more →
How Can We Understand Ourselves Better?
I’d like to think about planetary intelligence as getting to know and understand ourselves better, from the planetary down to the bioregional, local, and personal level. If we can make available to everyone a sense of the whole—of Gaia, a miracle even without the fake spiritual trappings that some claim to have special access to—of the planet and all her… Read more →
An Outline for a Themed Dialogue at DSRE
Looking at https://youtu.be/op3ZP5RwS_M, help me refine an outline for a “themed dialogue” at the Design School for Regenerating Earth on planetary and bioregional intelligence, highlighting the important questions that the conversation should address. Here’s my thinking: (1) Background (working with AI on the Possible Planet book, wanting to understand AI’s highest potentials, David Grinspoon et al on “planetary intelligence”); (2)… Read more →