Cities / Urban

Built in 1974 with a nature sensitive and nature responsive design, we now have 50 years of proof of concept. What have we learned in these past 50 years that is relevant to us, as we face the challenges of climate change and global warming?

The Corbets, if they can be with us, will share the...

This event will be of interest to those in the regenerative development space as it provides an opportunity for government-supported, multi-stakeholder collaboration in balancing and weaving human and natural dynamics for regenerative economies.

From the website: "The Global Nature Positive Summit...

Chrisna du Plessis’ seminal work on regenerative design for the built environment has been widely cited more than 400 times in academic journals. Her identification of the diverging traditions driving sustainable development in the built environment provide a departure point for those advancing both...

Associate for Built Environment and Communities 

As Associate for Built Environment and Communities, Michael is pursuing his passion for researching regenerative development. Michael is an IB Diploma student at Ecolint in Geneva. He serves on the Foundation’s committee to develop a Global Citizenship...

The story of Tucson, Arizona-based, Brad Lancaster and his efforts to transform his own water use from one that drew on city sources to one that is entirely rainfed led to a process that ultimately set Tucson on a new path of water usage. While the technology used by Lancaster has been known for...

Excerpt: "It’s time we embraced science and viewed our cities as part of nature – as ecological systems whose survival is inextricably linked to the planet’s ecosystems. This shift in thinking will allow us to quickly decarbonise our cities and transform urban environments into healthier, vibrant...

Humankind is responsible for most of the crises we face today. It’s up to us to lead the change towards a regenerative future. We must re*signify leadership to RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP.

There is one crucial place where all comes together: Cities are where the big issues of our time are concentrated...

In 2003, Kamikatsu became the first municipality in Japan to make a zero-waste declaration. Since then, the town has transformed its open-air burning practices for waste disposal into a system of buying, consuming and discarding with the goal of reaching carbon neutrality. Now, the town estimates it...

"A core aspect of regenerative practice is the ability to move beyond the fragmentation that is inherent when clients, stakeholders and community leaders fix their minds on single issues or problems that they want addressed.

In our work, we accomplish this through a methodology that orients us to...

Regenerative development is about reweaving a co-evolutionary relationship between human beings and ecological systems–work that is even more urgent now than ever before in the face of the interrelated crises of climate disruption and biodiversity loss. But how do we work on this?

The interface...