Join us for Collaboration Lab: Creating a Regenerative Community, a two-part event designed to turn community-driven ideas into action. We’re gathering on two Saturday afternoons, January 11 and February 8, to explore neighborhood-scale projects to build a more just, resilient, and climate-friendly community in response to today’s global challenges. The event is made possible by a grant from the St. Anthony Park Community Foundation.

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Event Details​​

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Part 1: Brainstorming
When: Saturday, January 11, 2:00–5:00 pm
Where: Zvago Cooperative Living, 2265 W Luther Place, St. Paul

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Kick off the Collaboration Lab with our first session focused on idea generation and connection. Using the Group Concept Mapping (GCM) framework, we’ll brainstorm neighborhood-scale projects that address the many facets of climate resilience and community relationships. Participants will organize ideas into groups and rate them on their urgency and feasibility to help identify priorities for the community.

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Part 2: Embarking
When: Saturday, February 8, 2:00–5:00 pm
Where: Zvago Cooperative Living, 2265 W Luther Place, St. Paul

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In the second session, we’ll present visualizations generated by GCM software based on Part 1’s brainstorming. We’ll work together to select ideas for both short- and long-term action and launch action groups for one or more projects.

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Both sessions will include delicious food from Mim’s Cafe to fuel our creativity!

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Why get involved?​

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As we face the global “polycrisis” of climate chaos, ecosystem destruction, and the many injustices of extractive economic systems, we believe in the power of community to develop local solutions. Your ideas can help build a neighborhood that serves as a model of resilience and regeneration for others.​

Part 1:  We'll generate ideas and rate them on several scales.  
Part 2:  We'll see how the Group Concept Mapping software clusters and analyzes those ideas (schematic examples here). Which ones can we act on?