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Post POP Reflections: Does regenerative place making require the dismantling of civilisations?
REFLECTIONS FROM RACHEL CAKEBREAD, participant in POWER OF PLACE 2023 Rachel is exploring what it means to be regenerative. Her career to date has been focused on creating a more sustainable built environment. But her passion lies in working with others to deliver regenerative projects and...
Power of Place: A celebration of 2023 cohort.
Today was a special day on the Power of Place 2023 journey. A few of the cohorts presented their project work, illustrating just how awesome this learning can be. We heard from six teams who presented a diverse range of projects around urban and rural community engagement. Three teams had chosen...
Dancing with Donella’s Systems in DESIRE
What would Donella Meadows advice to the EU New European Bauhaus project DESIRE be?
Farming our Future: Towards Evolutionary Potential
The farming community has come in for a lot of flack recently.. It's a hard job and an unforgiving one at times. It’s a traditional community that isn’t known for welcoming change, although it has proven in the past that when change is required it can embrace it. The post WW2 dramatic change in...
Regenerative Resourcing: Engaging ‘different’ mindsets.
I have been privileged to ask to join The RSA of which I am a Fellow in a regenerative learning inquiry this year. Our opening spark session included a q&a session. I'm always nervous about these because it essentially creates a position of 'expert' and 'learners' which isn't really...
Regenerative Resourcing: Dancing with questions.
I have been humbled and honoured to be asked to be part of the regenerative learning inquiry that the staff at The RSA have just embarked on. The regenerative futures team have designed an fascinating pathway over three months in this introductory period, where each monthly flow of interactions...
An Economy of Place – Part 16
WHEN STANDARDISATION IS THE ENEMY OF LIFE One of Life’s key design principles is Uniqueness. We can see this Uniqueness through nature’s pattern literacy. There are only a handful of forms that appear throughout time in nature — waves, streamlines, clouds, spirals, scatters, branches, nets, and...
An Economy of Place – Part 15
FOOD SYSTEMS Ecological, Economic & Social Benefits of Local Food Systems What then, is the role that localising food systems can play in delivering regenerative economies? How can a focus on food help to regenerative urban communities and their economies, and reconnect the city with the...
An Economy of Place – Part 14
FOOD SYSTEMS 2 The Story of SCOOP Situated between the south coast of England, close to the French coastline lies Jersey — the largest of the Channel Islands, a self-governing dependency that is part of the United Kingdom but still uniquely independent. It is well known for its beaches, hiking,...
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Breaking down the Story of Separation with Communities of Conversation
Can we tackle global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, or inequality without breaking down the story of separation? Is creating communities of conversation a starting point? There is a growing awareness that humankind is facing unprecedented challenges. Although climate...
What is a Bioregion?
A good definition is provided by the World Resources Institute: “A bioregion is a land and water territory whose limits are defined not by political boundaries, but by the geographical limits of human communities and ecological systems. Such an area must be large enough to maintain the integrity...