Ways of Becoming Regenerative: Public Dialogue Event

Hosted by the Becoming Regenerative Lab (Loughborough University London, Royal College of Art & University College London) with support from the Climate and Ecological Transitions Research Hub (Loughborough University London) this public event offers participants the opportunity to rethink regeneration and regenerative futures from a fresh inter-cultural angle.

Bringing a number of prominent Japanese regenerative activators into dialogue with leading regenerative design thinkers and researchers in this area, Ways of Becoming Regenerative seeks to uncover novel insights and potent interconnections beyond disciplinary boundaries and entrenched dualisms, on the way towards a culturally enriched understanding of how regenerative traditions can be fostered and built upon in the 21st century.

We invite designers, artists, innovators, researchers, policymakers and anyone passionate about regeneration to reserve their spot by selecting an in-person or online ticket.

Guest speakers will include:

The Becoming Regenerative Team (Dr Tuukka Toivonen, Professor Delfina Fantini van Ditmar, Dr Ida Telalbasic)

Yasuhiro Kobayashi: A founder of Ecological Memes, a cross-disciplinary collective of researchers and practitioners that explore human-nature interrelationality beyond dualistic, mechanistic and siloed perspectives. After engaging in creating a mission-driven community for social entrepreneurs, Yasuhiro has supported new business creation, purpose design, leadership cultivation and organizational transformation for companies across industries towards a co-thriving future. He also runs a community farm of regenerative agriculture in the urban area of Tokyo, Japan. Specialized in co-creative facilitation, art of hosting, vision design, and authentic leadership approach that integrates inner and outer living systems, he creates regenerative flow and conditions for emergence and catalyze transformation at individual, organizational and eco-systemic level. He is a Japanese Translator of Regenerative Leadership (Hutchins & Storm, 2019) and a co-founder of Regenerative Leadership Japan. “Flowing like clouds and water as it is (行雲流水)” is his motto. Father-of-one

Michael Pawlyn: Founder of Exploration architectural practice and consultancy company focused on regenerative design. Michael is a thought leader in regenerative design and the circular economy. He has lectured internationally and, in 2011, became one of only a small handful of architects to have a talk posted on TED.com which has since had over 1.8 million views. His book Biomimicry in Architecture has been the publisher’s best-selling title.

More to be announced soon!

Host or Publisher Becoming Regenerative Lab