What does a regenerative street look like?

Every street is different so there's no one answer. What elements do you think are important in the streets where you live, shop, walk or drive?

Yesterday, I met the team from Regen Streets Melbourne, one of the projects of Regen Melbourne. Their goal is to generate “a wave of connected regenerative streets across Melbourne”. If you’re in Melbourne, you might want to check them out at https://www.regen.melbourne/regen-streets.

Verge Gardens and Regenerative Streets

Carefully-managed verge garden projects are a good way to take big concepts like Doughnut Economics, the Sustainable Development Goals, and the Regenerative movements, and apply them to local, tangible, and easy to understand examples within our daily lives. See more about verge gardens and Doughnut Economics here.

It used to be just grass. Now it’s like a park on my doorstep. Note the postie path in the foreground. The council street tree is thriving and there’s a new baby street tree next door. Local native plants, low maintenance. No more mowing!

What if your street was a regenerative street?

Imagine if your street became a regenerative street.

What would it look like?

What would it feel like to live there?

What effect would it have on you and others?

What contribution would your street make to the overall well-being of your community, and to the city or region?

Please share your thoughts in the comments.