The lab

A playground for bioregional innovation

The Lab is where we experiment, explore, and develop new ways to shape resilient actions in South Devon and beyond. It’s a space for collaboration, curiosity and creativity – where ideas take shape, partnerships flourish and solutions take root.

Explore our areas of focus
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Art + ecology

We have begun an enquiry into the role of art + ecology within our work and within the bioregion. The impetus comes from The Saltmarsh Artist Collective; 6 artists collaborating within the container of a BLC ecosystems restoration project, The Saltmarsh Project, working alongside 13 partners. We are creating a space for this enquiry in the Lab, currently hosting creative meet-ups to discuss and open up possibilities.

Bioregional banquet

Evolving from a report researched and written by BLC Associate Samson Hart, we are bringing the concept of a Bioregional Banquet into The Lab to move it from planning to ideation to producing. More than just a celebratory meal, within it will be a process for discussion, connecting and planning ahead. We will facilitate it so a pathway to action and a network emerges. Our role will be to hold the network in partnership with others.

Bioregional governance

Effective governance is essential for bioregional health. This category explores innovative models of collaboration, participatory decision-making and policies that align human systems with ecological realities.

Bioregional health

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Ecosystem restoration

Restoring ecosystems is at the heart of creating a regenerative future. This category covers projects from saltmarsh restoration to urban green space regeneration, highlighting our efforts to repair and reconnect the vital natural systems that support biodiversity and community well-being.

Learning network

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South Devon strategies

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Storytelling

We have been unveiling facts, data, images and stories about the bioregion since BLC emerged back in 2017. It's how you reach people. Now, in The Lab, we are getting to know our bioregion better, starting by pooling all the ways we have envisioned or implemented to understand, explain, question, understand, sense or embody the bioregion.

Art + ecology
2.21.25

Artist Beth Heaney explores the saltmarsh edge

Art + ecology
2.21.25

Artist Beth Heaney explores the saltmarsh edge

Beth's river
Bioregional banquet
2.17.25

This is how to celebrate! Cilento, Italy

Bioregional banquet
2.17.25

This is how to celebrate! Cilento, Italy

Celebrating the Mediterranean diet
Storytelling
12.19.24

Take strength from the granite

Storytelling
12.19.24

Take strength from the granite

Dartmoor mist
Art + ecology
2.21.25

Where will Art + Ecology take us next?

Art + ecology
2.21.25

Where will Art + Ecology take us next?

Mary and boot
Storytelling
12.19.24

Is this what happens to stories?

Storytelling
12.19.24

Is this what happens to stories?

Nailed to a hoarding
Learning network
12.19.24

How do you know you're in your bioregion?

Learning network
12.19.24

How do you know you're in your bioregion?

Dart reflections