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Continue reading →: How do we build a regenerative brain? Early musingsWe have all heard about brain plasticity. The ability to change our brain by training it no matter what age we are. We as a society might have to use this capacity over the next 10 years if we are to enable our regenerative future.
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Continue reading →: Regenerative placemaking – what could it look like in practice? Case study the PaddockWhat does Regenerative placemaking look like when its low to medium density – in this case study I explore how to heal country to provide a healthy place for people and the environment. In a recent article with the Future of Cities and Bill Reed, we introduced a set of…
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Continue reading →: Contributive Practice learning from place-based Indigenous methods – thoughtsAt the recent Regenerative Songlines launch, I came away with a deep sense of awe and potential that could be in a braiding together, the weaving of Indigenous science and Western science. The deep connection and presence that is needed to engage with the Oral knowledges of Indigenous science and…
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Continue reading →: Shifting to the Benefit mindsetA brief reflection on the work of Ash Buchanan and colleagues on the shift from the Growth to the Benefit mindset. To start with it isn’t a shift really, is it more of a broadening of the mindset. Part of the mindset shift, is a move away from ‘either or’…
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Continue reading →: Regenerative development in action – short videos from the Designing for Hope book researchRegenerative development creates the capacity within a system for it to be vital, viable and able to constructively adapt to change. Critical to this is the engagement of people. This series of five short videos made by award winning videographer Alexander Melck demonstrates regenerative development in action in design, business…
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Continue reading →: Nunduk – learning to apply regenerative developmentSeacombe West is proposing to create Nunduk, a new spa retreat using regenerative and sustainable principles. The proposed land for this project is located on the southern shores of Lake Wellington in Gippsland, Victoria. Using architecture to contribute to the potential restoration and evolutions of this site. The project will…
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Continue reading →: Give a ‘man’ a fish or teach ‘him’ to love the ocean – a shift in worldviewFilmed in 12 Sep 2019 at the University Of Melbourne in a series of videos explaining the approach at Seacombe West, now Nunduk. It argues a shift from teach extractive relationships with the earth and its systems to a contributive relationship where we understand the systems and learn to appreciate…
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Continue reading →: Documentary – the RegeneratesThis film was composed by award winning film maker Alexander Melck. He used our footage from the research for the book Designing for Hope. The film traces some of the key aspects of regenerative development and the people who are practicing it – the regenerates, see: https://vimeo.com/120837455
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Continue reading →: Humming birdThere is a Quechuan fable about a great forest fire. All the animals rushed from the forest, watching helplessly as it is consumed by the fire. All but the little hummingbird, who flew to the river, picked up a few drops of water in its beak and dropped it on…
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Continue reading →: Book Review 2 –Ladies, My pre-ordered book showed up today and I quickly found myself trying to devour it in one sitting. Even though I sort of knew what it was going to be about, i was inspired and humbled to have been included in such a beautiful story. Thank you! It is…
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