Regenesis Institute Seminar Series: Becoming Regenerative in Times of Collapse
Join Regenesis for a free, online public seminar on Thursday, April 23rd on the work of regenerative practitioners during times of systemic, global destabilization.
"We are already in collapse. The question is not, can we fix it? The question is: who do we become?" -Bill Reed
The polycrisis isn't coming--it has arrived. The question facing regenerative practitioners isn't whether to respond, but how we grow the capabilities required to lead transformative work in the systems we care about and create the futures we collectively desire.
Join Regenesis Institute Associate Director Avery Hardy in conversation with Bill Reed, pioneer of regenerative development, co-founding faculty at the Regenesis Institute, and principal of Regenesis Group.
Intrigued by what a regenerative approach actually entails? The session will open with a short introduction to the principles behind the Regenesis approach to regeneration--what it means to work with life rather than simply for it--followed by a fireside conversation exploring how we build "fields of care," model different ways of being, and allow life to self-organize even as familiar systems unravel around us. Together, we'll also look at and discuss real-world case studies that illuminate these principles in practice.
This seminar is an invitation to harness the energy of this moment rather than retreat from it in fear of what these times require of us. Are you yearning to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with others grappling deeply with what's at stake for the future of life on Planet Earth? The futures we yearn for ask us to do more than simply figure out how to survive collapse; they ask us to consider who we must become to meet it.
Bill Reed is an internationally recognized proponent and practitioner of regenerative development and integrative design. He has been a founding board member of the USGBC, a co-founder of LEED and a thought leader in the sustainability movement over the past three decades. He is a principal at Regenesis and has been a lead faculty member at the Institute, delivering The Regenerative Practitioner series since its inception in 2013. Bill has consulted on over two hundred projects across six continents. He is the author of the book The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building: Redefining The Practice of Sustainability as well as dozens of articles and papers, and has delivered keynote addresses throughout the world.
Avery Hardy is a socioecological systems regeneration practitioner, educator, and advocate based in Mexico City. For the last 15 years she has studied, applied, researched, and taught on regenerative land stewardship, permaculture, agroecology, and ecological design across a wide variety of projects, including overseeing land stewardship research for academic institutions, designing regenerative farms, leading science-based programs on these and related topics, and more. She has a B.S. in Natural Resource Management and Forestry, two minors in Sustainable Environmental Design and City & Regional Planning, and a certificate in urban agroecology research, all from UC Berkeley. She has worked for the Institute since 2020 and serves as the Associate Director.
You’re invited to join our global community through participating in our flagship course, The Regenerative Practitioner Series. Launched in 2013, The Regenerative Practitioner Series was created to support committed change agents in developing their capacity to bring regenerative approaches to the unique contexts in which they work and live. Today, a global graduate community of nearly 2,000 practitioners across 40+ countries is actively working together to regenerate life, culture, and place worldwide.