Persona: Landscape Steward

Purpose:
Tend to the living land and regenerate place-based vitality.

Description:
The Landscape Steward works hands-on with the Earth—restoring ecosystems, managing land, and guiding others in bioregional practices. They bridge ancient wisdom and modern ecology to regenerate the places we call home.

Origin Story:
Often rooted in farming, permaculture, Indigenous lifeways, or ecological restoration. They’ve spent time with the land, witnessed its wounds, and chosen to become a guardian of its renewal.

Key Skills and Experiences: - Land tending and ecological observation - Bioregional mapping and caretaking - Water/soil/forest restoration - Facilitating land-based learning

Likely Weaknesses / Self-Doubts: - Feeling disconnected from digital or networked systems - Under-resourced or undervalued labor - Frustration with bureaucracy or slow results

What Lights Them Up: - Seeing degraded land come alive again - Sharing embodied ecological literacy - Grounding community in place and cycle

What This Persona Most Needs (to step into their agency): - Geospatial tools that align with bioregional logic - Support networks for mutual aid and knowledge exchange - Cultural validation of land-based knowledge and timeframes