Building Regenerative Cities

Shifting towards healthy living models for urban citizens using green city design

What is a regenerative city?

A regenerative city focuses on creating a self-sustaining system, regenerating natural resources, and transforming the urban environment to restore and replenish the resources it consumes. It encompasses a holistic view of sustainability, not just environmental, but also social and economic.

It’s worthwhile reading?Jenny Anderson’s reflections?on the topic.

Regenerating our cities

When talking about regenerating our cities, it’s important to understand how we are all responsible for contributing to a continuous polluting cycle we need to break.

And what is the responsibility I take in driving change towards regenerative behaviour and way of being?

How can I contribute in changing my personal habits and influence the people around me in navigating such a transition?

The first step is to become aware of our own behaviour and check where we can make a difference. For example:

Are you aware of creating a healthy relationship with yourself and others (family, friends, neighbours, community)?

How are those relationships? Please take some time to do such important inquiries. It’s the first step in becoming regenerative.

And think about your behaviours, and your habits in your day-to-day life and work and how your neighbourhood functions.?

How is the quality of the…:

?? air you breathe?

?? water you drink (or import in plastic bottles)?

?? food (imported in plastic or local and organic)?

?? sanitation system and sewage management?

?? energy input (heating and cooling consumption systems, green/renewable or fossil fuel-ed)?

?? trash management and recycling?

?? transport in the city (public or private, shared and sustainable mobility)?

?? green spaces in the city?

?? building you live in (materials, sustainable, degradable, resilient, …)?

?? your consumption habits and patterns?

?? distribution of goods you consume in the city (is the way your goods come into the city sustainable)?

?? economy (recycling and circular systems of packaging and used materials)?

Am I aware I am contributing to a more polluting lifestyle? If so, am I taking responsibility for stopping such polluting behaviour? Or am I contributing to a more healthier lifestyle, positive relationships and a greener planet?

“How does nature sequester carbon here? How is housing supporting biodiversity, is water cooling the air, what would it mean if our place tried to mimic the way in which the nature around it works? How do we ensure that the clothes we’re wearing and the food we’re eating in the city isn’t doing ‘harm’ somewhere else? What are their wage and working conditions? Maybe they are just outside the reach of the city, but they may be on the other side of the world. How do we ensure the global procurement supply chains for cities respect the human and ecological conditions that the produce they suck into their city are respecting people’s human rights and the ecological boundaries of the planet?”?- Kate Raworth (Doughnut Economics)

How can we make our cities more regenerative?

Regenerating our cities involves applying a holistic approach to sustainability, including environmental, social, and economic factors, and emphasising regenerative design, circular economies, and social equity.?

The basis is to transition the existing resources towards wind and solar power, and the reduction of waste and pollution through integrating green spaces, public transportation, and the construction of new buildings with bio-degradable materials.

How can we shift towards more healthy living models for urban citizens using green city design is a question every city council should ask themselves. Something the city of Barcelona started years ago by radically redesigning the inner city and its traffic/transport based outdated model on late 19th century needs of bringing more people and cars into the city. Read?here?how Barcelona is boosting the city’s mental health by creating more green spaces for citizens to play and socialise.

The importance of regenerative technologies

The process will take years, probably decades to build real regenerative resilient cities, however with the advent of regenerative ethical technologies, and 3D printing of bio-materials and looking at the redistribution of our supply chains towards more local, organic food distribution, the concept of a regenerative city offers a promising framework for the future and actually is starting to happen already.

As we look to build more sustainable and resilient cities, the concept of a regenerative city offers a promising framework for the future.

Watch the dialogue on?Building Regenerative Cities?in our latest Linked Live event exploring the latest innovations including regenerative architect?Adib Dada, Utopians?Eda ?arm?kl??and?Markus Lehto, and a musical journey with?Marv Radio.

RegenerateX Ibiza & Heart Masters

Ibiza, May 27-31

Our?Heart Masters Ibiza?journey is just around the corner! We're thrilled to be gathering with our community in one of the most beautiful places on earth, embarking on a regenerative journey of self-rediscovery, mindfulness of the environment, and healing.

During this regenerative journey, you'll have the opportunity to:

?? Nourish your inner peace,

?? Meet fellow leaders co-creating systems of Peace across industries such as agriculture, urbanisation, tourism, technology, education, media and communications,

?? Develop your awareness of your inner feminine and masculine energies and harmonise them,

?? Engage with nature and practice ancient methods of well-being and wholeness,

?? Experience many other opportunities for spiritual growth and personal development through regenerative expert activations in multiple fields like technology, economy, arts, governance, design & innovation.

For more information and a detailed plan of the retreat, as well as to schedule a one-on-one appointment, click below.

I want to join Heart Masters Ibiza

Machine Learning Engineer opportunity at Memri

One of our?RegenerateX?AI ecosystem partners is looking for a Machine Learning (ML) Engineer to help them to build datasets, build ML pipelines, train and deploy models.?Memri?has a world-class product, engineering, and data science team, passionate about their mission of helping consumers take back the control of their digital life, by creating simple yet powerful and private solutions.

Read the full?job description.

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With love, joy & peace,

Canay?and?Rudy