Mycelial Law LLC, Northeast Healthy Soil Network
BioCultural Guild Steward
Greenwich, CT
Josie’s North Star is the manifestation of systems that more easefully nourish human communities, whilst connecting them intimately with their plant kin and ecological spirit of their place. She was raised in a household deeply influenced by Buckminster Fuller and the Dawnland bioregion.
She is a regenerative agriculture transition think-tank coordinator, and convert from global governance (UN level) to Northeast bioregional level climate resilience strategist. Her JD/Masters focuses spanned dynamic federalism, adaptive management and nested commons governance by State and local government layers in the United States, and the integration of Tribal Partnerships into climate resilience development strategies. In support of all those building a new system that will render our existing one obsolete, Josie founded the movement law firm Mycelial Law LLC to serve all dimensions of resourcing bioregional-scale governance pathways, integrating earth law and regenerative economic principles into legal forms.
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Call-to-Action
We live in a time of immense upheaval within the centralized political systems of developed nations. As a U.S. citizen, member of Gen Climate, and young attorney, I hear my generation being challenged to reform our national reliance on governance from Washington, d.c. and the Supreme Court hierarchy. My CTA to Earth One is to embrace our opportunity to reform U.S. democracy by investing in strong mechanisms of local governance, starting in the rural Northeast, and expanding down the east coast. The first mechanisms we are invited to design together relate to governing the elements of life that are most intimate to communities and local ecosystems: their water, agrifood system, natural healthcare system, their housing infrastructure and local business/industries. These elements can/must all arise out of healthy ecosystems, rendering governance according to earth law principles essential. They also can harmoniously arise from proper participation in governance processes according to principles of direct democracy. The Northeast states of VT, ME, NH, NY and CT are fantastic pilot states for local governance infrastructure strategy due to an abundance of wealth; in academia, generating research that now simply needs to be deployed, and in the social sector generating abundant existing local regenerative ag & economy networks, markets, gatherings - through philanthropic and governmental programming alike. All that’s needed is wise coordination across silos. We have the chance to build local governance hubs in partnership with Soil Water Conservation Districts, Tribal Governments, the recent BioFi Bioregional Finance Facility Initiative and existing state initiatives to build climate resilience infrastructure such as Food Hubs and Green Banks. Now is the time to ideate partnership, governance and fund flow strategy! Earth One is the place!
