Bioregional Participatory Action Research guide

The Bioregional Participatory Action Research (BPAR) framework offers guidance to take action for bioregional regeneration: improving socio-ecological conditions of your life-place. While the framework deliberately minimal, the guide offers more in-depth information.

Contents

Learn more about Bioregional Participatory Action Research:

• An introduction to Bioregioning and Participatory Action Research.
• A deep dive into the DRAW-steps and BPAR-principles.
• Additional models and methods to extend and adapt the framework.
• Further reading and resources to continue learning.

Learn how to use BPAR to:

• …find the next best action in an existing initiative.
• …structure an initiative from start to finish.
• …as a frame to explain to others what you are doing.
• …improve your strategy.

Read the BPAR guide

• Read a digital copy
• Print your own copy (print double-sided on A4 paper to get an A5 booklet)
• Order a physical copy (Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal)

Supporting materials

• Research Paper Template (to do)
• Canvas (to do)
• Illustrations (to do)
• Presentation (to do)

Request for case studies

This guide is a beta-version.

Please read the framework and guide and apply it to your situation. We are looking for case studies and feedback from users to improve this guide.

Contributing to the guide

We hope BPAR supports you in taking action for bioregional regeneration. We use a participatory approach for the framework and guide: let’s apply BPAR on real-world cases and use our experiences to improve this work, together.

You can share feedback, propose changes and share case studies using this link. We value feedback from using the framework above all. We also appreciate feedback from deep expertise.

We will review and include your contribution when it improves this guide. We release a new version on the first friday of every month.