bits of wisdom: regenerative development and effectiveness

Renowned sustainable architect and designer, Bill Reed, gives a presentation entitled

 "From Sustainability through Regeneration: 

Whole and Living System Design"

 at the Pittsburgh Green Building Alliance's Green, Healthy Schools conference 

on November 4, 2010

"Building on the visionary work of John T. Lyle and many others, Bill Reed and the team at Regenesis have developed a coherent design framework for regenerative development. It describes the progressive integration of deeper levels of learning from nature, to the imitation, restoration and tending of nature. There is a step-change in our effectiveness as we shift our perception towards participation, and we become fully conscious again of the fact that we are nature and as such, capable of design as nature. I believe that this re-conciliatory step of acknowledging our participatory agency in the complexity of nature is absolutely crucial if we hope to create a regenerative human presence on planet Earth." 

Daniel Christian Wahl

"If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask. For once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes."

 Albert Einstein

"To make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological offence or the disadvantage of anyone."

R. Buckminster Fuller

"To simply design for sustainability is no longer enough; we need to design for regeneration. Collectively, as a species, we already have done too much damage to simply aim for sustainability — what William McDonough calls "100 percent less bad." We have to undo the damage done over centuries — in some cases over millennia. We have to regenerate healthy ecosystems functions everywhere. To be able to do this well, we have to become good at designing as nature."

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ABETENIM SECONDARY SCHOOL PROJECT: Updates

The preliminary design of Abetenim Community Secondary School is completed. Please, take a look!

THE BUILDING CHALLENGE! 

Next step is the building workshops to begin the construction of the units of the rural community school with community labor. To do this, Nka Foundation is issuing a building challenge to architecture schools/firms, building workshop leaders, service learning school teams, humanitarian organizations, construction volunteers and others around the world to join hands with us to make this community school project happen for the village of Abetenim. Some of the units in the preliminary site plan are not finalized, each building workshop may refine or create own design. Together, we will help 600 rural youths gain access to quality education and a better future.

Now, we are crowdfunding to cover costs of building materials and tools to get some of the units up. See it: https://www.gofundme.com/bxbzyjfy Please, spread the word as far as you can and tell your friends and others in your networks about this project on Facebook, Twitter, Email and everywhere else. It’d be great if you could consider writing a post about the school building, sharing it with your followers, or even donating. Everybody can help, donation amount starts from $1. Donate what you can. If you are interested in leading a building workshop or volunteering on the construction, email us via info@nkafoundation.org / www.nkafoundation.org

Architecture for Humanity . Cameron Sinclair

Architecture for Humanity