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An introduction to some dimensions ofRegenerative Development & DesignIntegrating the Whole System
Bill Reedwww.regenesisgroup.com
The major problems of the world are the result of the difference between the way nature works and the way people think.
- Gregory Bateson
Harmonize
Activating
Compromise
Restraining
Potential(future states)
Problems(existence)
Problems vs. PotentialNo problems in Nature; only potential
The social technology of anti-rivalry?
Life: the process of becoming (always full of potential)What are we sustaining with sustainability?
Life is regenerative (it runs up) vs. the Second Law of Thermodynamics
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Biohabitats, IncBaltimore, MD
The Loess Plateau in ChinaArea the size of France, 2.5 million people, New livelihoods, quality of life, carbon sequestration
Greening the Desert, Geoff Lawton
Potencial
�grasses can't graze themselves�Alan Savory‘s insight: grasses can’t graze themselves
Fragments orPieces of Green :: are not the whole of sustainability
An EcologyHabitat – People – Buildings – Infrastructure
A Whole Living System
MoreEnergy
required. Greater
cost
LessEnergy required.Less initial cost; Less operating cost.
Degenerating
Regenerating
Conventional Green Sustainable Restorative Regenerative
Living Systems / Consciousness
Buildings Infrastructure
Trajectory of Ecological Design© All rights reserved. Regenesis 2000-2018 - Contact Bill Reed, [email protected] for permission to use
Sustainable
Qualitative
Pattern thinking
Living & Whole systems
Effective – doing the right things
Living System Design
Technical System DesignEfficiency – doing things right
Technologies & techniques
Fragmented thinking
Quantitative
Every-thing and every-being are connected . . .
Brattleboro Co-op
Staying in the game of evolutionBrattleboro Coop
“ . . . the building doesn’t matter . . .”Buildings are acupuncture points for Regeneration
Any human activity is an opportunity: • To be an acupuncture point . . .• For massive change• To re-engage our co-evolutionary role
Only life regenerates, ‘develops,’ or evolves The development process can be a major catalyst
• Regenerative
• Generative • Degenerative
To Regenerate:
To be borne of a new spiritTo bring into renewed existenceTo bring new and more vigorous life to realization
Every Place is a unique and whole living organism
Working in “Place” – negates Tragedy of the Commons
Begin with the WholeExpand Place: How big is ‘here’
Site /Self
Neighborhood / Group
Community / Lifeshed
If you can't solve a problem, enlarge it.Dwight Eisenhower
A whole :: not understandable from its parts
Technical & Living
Purpose / Function
Systems
ElementsInterconnections
Working with Places
Essence: Patterns and Purpose
Harmonize
Activating
Compromise
Restraining
Potential(future states)
Problems(existence)
Fragments vs. Wholes
Essence Essence
The social technology of anti-rivalry? Unique neurons in a neural network?
Las Salinas
Transactional(Rewards / Cost-benefits)
Old Relationship
Las Salinas
Viña del Mar - community and ecological system
Reciprocal - (a dance of mutual benefit and greater potential)
New Relationship
Municipal PlannersRitoqueJuan Mastrantonio
Luis OlmoJaime Varas
Carmen PiñaMarisa Kausel
Luis AlvarezRodrigo FigueraParicia ArellanoGanzolo Villar
Lucas MolinaAlejandra San Miguel
Rosa (Junta Veginal)Don Rafael (Junta Veginal)
Naval FacilityMiguel Garcia
Harken Jensen
Building a Field of Trust and Reciprocity
Enthusiastic Supportive Neutral Not Interested Negative
Patterns made visible indicate potential:
Building Fieldsthrough relationships with meaningful purpose
Basic Principles
• The health of home (essence of place) is a unifying driver.
• People want to be in relationship with each other (essence to essence).
• People want to be engaged around a meaningful Purpose around Potential
• It takes Practice to do this.
Regenerative Development • Determining the right phenomenon to work on with
greatest potential for evolution• Building the capability, commitment, and sense of
caring
Regenerative Design • Reversing the damage• Establishing the basis for self renewing systems
Achieving a healthy system is not a one time event.
Information & Copyright
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