How does “learning from nature” differ from “designing as nature” ? Can we overcome the “nature culture divide” ? What will it take for people to fall in love with the planet again?
These are some of the topics Designers of Paradise host Erik van Lennep discusses with author, speaker and educator Daniel Christian Wahl. Wahl is author of Designing Regenerative Cultures, head of Innovation and Design for Gaia Education, and runs a consultancy from Mallorca Spain.
Erik and Daniel cover a variety of topics including the potential for the Sustainable Development Goals to increase support for global regeneration, how regenerative development can be thought of as “re-indigenization”, thought-leaders and mentors in thinking about regenerative design, the emergence of earth jurisprudence, and the multiplicity of entry points for interest in regeneration.
Echoing some of the discussion Erik had with Kevin Bayuk, they emphasize the importance of bioregionalism, talk about people’s connection with nature and “interbeing“, ponder the interaction of human biomes, and warn against “carbon-myopia”.
Their energy and excitement is contagious – enjoy!
References:
- H3Uni – a University for the Third Horizon
- Wahl’s recent book Designing Regenerative Cultures
- His recent essay Planetary Health and Regeneration
- Three Horizons, The Patterning of Hope, Bill Sharpe
- Award-winning author, barrister & Ecocide Law expert Polly Higgins
- The Great Work: Our Way into the Future, Thomas Berry
- The Spell of the Sensuous, David Abram
- Saving Appearances, Owen Barfield
- Humans gardening the Amazon
- Human Microbiome
- United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Schumacher College
- Planetary Health platform, Univ. of Sydney
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