Regenerative Transformation - Stewarding places across generations

​What changes when we see places as living systems - and take responsibility for what we leave behind? 

​Join Alexanda Whitcombe and Devorah Block for a participatory learning workshop applying tools from place literacy. foresight, systems thinking, and regenerative practice to a place-futures scenario. 

​This workshop is for policymakers, practitioners, community organisers and others working to shape more just, resilient futures. If you’re trying to shift systems, this is for you.

​You can expect to come away with new perspectives on:  

• ​the relational dynamics shaping our places 

• ​how these patterns are maintained and reproduced 

• ​our role within the systems we inhabit 

• ​our responsibility toward those who will follow 

• ​regenerative futures and pathways for place 

​The core session runs from 9:30–13:00, followed by a shared lunch for anyone who would like to stay on, continue the conversation, and connect more informally with others interested in regenerative futures. 

​This experiential workshop offers an introduction to some of the key tools and processes that are developed in our multi-part laboratories. 

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT US:
Alexanda Whitcombe
Alexanda is a strategist and programme lead working at the intersection of futures, regeneration, and place-based systems change across New Zealand and Europe. As Founder of Kootuia, he designs and delivers initiatives supporting long-term transformation across social and ecological systems. His work spans urban regeneration, food systems, and community-led development, focused on turning complexity into adaptive programmes. Grounded in Māori and Pacific knowledge systems, he brings a relational, systems-informed approach to regenerative co-design and intergenerational impact.

Devorah Block
Devorah is an educator, researcher, and strategist working across place, learning, and the built environment. As co-founder of IF/ Design Labs, she leads the Place Literacy Lab, developing frameworks and methods that support how place is understood and acted upon across disciplines. Her work spans education, cultural institutions, and systems change, focusing on how different forms of knowledge can be brought into relation to inform more equitable and place responsive decision making.She brings a constructivist, practice based approach to regenerative work.

​Thank you to our location hosts, Be The Earth Foundation.