Regenerative Economies

Conventional development and agriculture are built upon extractive principles. They take more from the land, ecosystems, communities and workers they touch than they return. In contrast, regenerative economic development and agriculture operate within regenerative principles of reciprocity, interconnectedness, nested systems, abundance and diversity. We engage in a wide range of projects that support the shift from extractive to regenerative principles in our economic activities, land stewardship and collective efforts to meet community needs, and those efforts begin with how we work together within our teams and collaboratives.

Regenerative Economies Projects and Insights

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Food and Agriculture, Wildlife and Biodiversity, Regenerative Economies, Community Resilience, Climate

Catch Together Collective

Food and Agriculture, Wildlife and Biodiversity, Regenerative Economies, Community Resilience, Climate

Since early 2022, LegacyWorks Group has been playing a central role in the evolution of Catch Together, a nonprofit program helping small-scale fishermen and heritage fishing communities ensure they retain access and continue to steward and conserve their local fisheries.

Food and Agriculture, Wildlife and Biodiversity, Regenerative Economies, Community Resilience, Climate

Land Conservation, Wildlife and Biodiversity, Climate, Community Resilience, Food and Agriculture, Regenerative Economies, Water

Sentinel Landscapes

Land Conservation, Wildlife and Biodiversity, Climate, Community Resilience, Food and Agriculture, Regenerative Economies, Water

Sentinel Landscapes are federally designated priority areas that contain high priority lands for multiple federal and state agencies along with military installations of national importance to the Department of Defense. LegacyWorks Group is supporting the evolution of the program at the national and local levels to better enable each Sentinel Landscape Partnership to set and achieve highly ambitious, landscape scale conservation, community and climate resilience goals.

Land Conservation, Wildlife and Biodiversity, Climate, Community Resilience, Food and Agriculture, Regenerative Economies, Water

Community Resilience, Wildlife and Biodiversity, Regenerative Economies

Cabo Pulmo and the Opportunity to Thrive

Community Resilience, Wildlife and Biodiversity, Regenerative Economies

For over two decades, almost as long as Cabo Pulmo National Park has existed, I have had the privilege of visiting and working with the community of Cabo Pulmo in Southern Baja California, Mexico, first with international conservation organizations like the World Wildlife Fund, then as a concerned citizen, and now with LegacyWorks Group.

Community Resilience, Wildlife and Biodiversity, Regenerative Economies

Wildlife and Biodiversity, Regenerative Economies

Boca Del Alamo Community and Resource Restoration Initiative

Wildlife and Biodiversity, Regenerative Economies

In Boca del Álamo, the community has adopted a collaborative and sustainable approach, building on and diverging from the Cabo Pulmo model. While Cabo Pulmo's marine park became a global symbol of biodiversity conservation, it cannot alone address the broader coastal needs. Boca del Álamo, understanding that prohibition isn’t always the answer, has implemented partial fishing refuges that balance ecosystem restoration with sustainable, low-impact fishing practices. LegacyWorks is proud to support this initiative, working alongside the community to integrate conservation with social and economic growth, fostering long-term self-management.

Wildlife and Biodiversity, Regenerative Economies

Regenerative Economies

Regenerative Development Working Group

Regenerative Economies

To support sustainable coastal development, LegacyWorks is facilitating a diverse working group of community leaders, environmental advocates and developers to dialogue toward consensus on a technically rigorous conservation-based vision for the East Cape.

Regenerative Economies

Public Policy

Regenerative Economies

Land use planning policies in both Los Cabos and La Paz municipalities (which overlap in Cabo del Este) lag behind the realities of current development and represent scant protection for critical environmental or social values.

Regenerative Economies

Water, Regenerative Economies, Wildlife and Biodiversity

East Cape Impact Expedition

Water, Regenerative Economies, Wildlife and Biodiversity

In November 2019, 60+ engaged actors explored Baja California Sur’s Cabo del Este region aboard the MV Sea Lion. The journey was designed to engage and harness the collective wisdom of participants.

Water, Regenerative Economies, Wildlife and Biodiversity

Climate, Regenerative Economies, Community Resilience

Landowner Carbon Farm Plans

Climate, Regenerative Economies, Community Resilience

In partnership with the Cachuma Resources Conservation District, LegacyWorks helps owners of working lands to plan and implement regenerative agricultural and grazing management practices to increase the rate at which carbon is captured and reduce the rate at which it is lost or emitted.

Climate, Regenerative Economies, Community Resilience

Water, Regenerative Economies, Food and Agriculture

Teton Groundwater Recharge Market

Water, Regenerative Economies, Food and Agriculture

It all begins with an idea.

Water, Regenerative Economies, Food and Agriculture