🎙️ ABC Radio Announcement for Scenario 2 :

What if Tasmania wasn’t the Battery of the Nation,
but the beating heart of a Living Island of Renewal or maybe both?

Right now, $3 billion in concessional finance is set to flow offshore to two multinational energy companies. But there’s another path…

Scenario 2 offers a bold, regenerative pathway:
A Foundational Economy where long-term investment stays in Tasmania, creating real jobs, strong communities, and restored ecologies.

Imagine a 70/30 model, inspired by economist Michael Schuman:
Where 70% of economic activity is local and rooted in what we truly need:
Food. Energy. Care. Transport. Skills. Health.

Instead of centralised profit extraction, we propose 77 local hubs across the state:
Building solar microgrids, TAFE and Univeristy skills and services renewal, community batteries, seed banks, repair cafes, community farms, and care cooperatives.

Let’s paint this picture together.
Let’s break the spell.
Let’s make Tasmania a world leader in living systems, not dead wires.

Join the conversation. Choose Scenario 2.

Scenario 2 Pitch 

Scenario 2 : Community Energy for the Common Good

Emily Samuels Ballantyne | Regenera Commons

The Vision

Tasmania is undergoing a major energy transition but without deep community engagement and shared ownership, we risk repeating old patterns of extraction.

Scenario 2 is a bold and practical response:


A plan to co-design and implement two renewable energy prototype projects that bring communities, government, and industry together in creating energy systems for the common good.

The Proposal

Two place-based prototypes in Tasmania:

  1. Magical Farm (Southern Tasmania)
    A regenerative hub already underway combining solar, food production, water systems, education and care.
    This site demonstrates microgrid infrastructure embedded in a living landscape.

  2. Second Prototype (North-West Tasmania)
    To be co-developed with a local council, community, and industry partner.
    This site will explore diverse technologies and economic models in a new regional context.

Why Prototypes Matter

  • They build true social licence through lived community participation.

  • They model foundational economics keeping value local and circulating.

  • They invite practical engagement from schools, landholders, councils, and households.

What We Need

  • Policy space: enabling frameworks for community-owned models.

  • Investment partnership: philanthropic, industry, and government co-investment.

  • Collaboration: with agencies and enterprises willing to work on the bridge between scale and place.

What We Offer

  • 20 years’ experience across implementation, policy design, and regenerative systems.

  • A live site already in motion, and community relationships ready to engage.

  • A fresh, grounded vision that sees energy not just as electricity, but as life.

Conclusion

Scenario 2 is ready to find alternative pathways and visions.
Let’s not just power Tasmania.
Let’s power trust, belonging, and a future we all have a stake in.

I’m actively looking for collaborative partners in government, industry, and philanthropy to take this vision from prototype to reality.

email for collaboration Emily@regeneracommons.org

0473 378 445