What does building capacity for regenerative communities mean to me? This is my perspective in brief. Regenerative systems development focuses not solely on reducing resource extraction and its impact (on Earth and each other), but -above all- on (re)connecting and…
Toward Sustainable Communities: Solutions for Citizens and Their Governments, 5th edition Mark Roseland, Margaret Stout, and Maria Spiliotopoulou ISBN: 9780865719743 The book is now available to order as paperback and ebook. See photos from the book launch here and a one-minute…
Reposted from https://www.urbanagenda.urban-initiative.eu/urban-agenda-eu My commentary Although the European Urban Agenda (EUA), co-funded by the European Commission, could be better embedding holistic/systems thinking, it is currently one of the most advanced frameworks for the transformation of cities for the 21st century….
By Elena Kosolapova and Lynn Wagner. Reposted from IISD SDG Knowledge Hub, Jan 10, 2024. “Humanity is strongest when we stand together.” This was the gist of the UN Secretary-General’s message for New Year 2024. Describing 2023 as the year…
Why so much is going wrong at the same time Lots of things are going wrong. Does that make it a polycrisis? By Thomas Homer-Dixon. Published in Vox, Oct 18, 2023 Is the world facing a “polycrisis”? Is there even…
Check out the new, open access website I developed and curated with the support of an amazing SFU student! This website contains freely available resources for sustainability teaching and learning: most material is transdisciplinary but some is field-specific. You will…
In this blog post, I’d like to highlight the All We Can Save project, an initiative who’s mission is “to nurture the leaderful climate community we need for a life-giving future”. Offerings:
In this post, I briefly explore the concept, principles, and practices of holistic urban productivity or regenerative sustainability as an emerging theory in Sustainable Community Development (SCD) and I introduce a conceptual framework for regenerative urban sustainability. The full paper…
