Regenerative design goes beyond sustainability and calls for a systemic approach to restoring and renewing damaged ecosystems as part of the process. It requires we design for net-positive impact by working with nature to create resilient and equitable systems that ensure long term planetary health and community well-being.
While the term is often used in a built environment context, the concept can be applied to any kind of design.
9 Principles of Regenerative Design ****by ****Zahara Chetty - A quick 3 minute overview.
Six fundamental perspectives of regenerative design from Ellen MacArthur Foundation, pioneers of circular design.
Regenerative design: meet the creatives taking a rooting interest in learning from nature - On biomimicry, indigenous design, and working with nature.
This is a great place to start for idea generation and inspiration. Nature already has regenerative design figured out. When evolving extractive systems back to regenerative ones, we can learn from existing natural systems on how to do so in a holistic ecosystem serving way.