WINTER 2022 / REAL-LEADERS.COM 33 Flourish: Design Paradigms for Our Planetary Emergency Can indigenous knowledge help us design amore sustainable future? What will it take to restore balance to our world, repair past injustices,and support future generations’ survival? Reaching beyond sustainability, “regenerative” practice is increasingly named as a new goal,but what does this emerging term really mean? And which key mindset shifts might enable truly regenerative transformation? Looking deeply into the web of life that created and supports us and drawing inspiration from diverse cultural traditions and perspectives,spirited thinkers Michael Pawlyn and Sarah Ichioka propose a bold set of regenerative principles with the potential to transform how we design,make,and manage our buildings, infrastructure,and communities. Whether you’re a built environment professional or client,an activist, or a policymaker, Flourish offers an urgent invitation to inhabit a new array of possibilities through which we can build a thriving future together. “Rather than seeing the future as something that happens to us, we need to decide on the future we want and then set about creating it,” says Ichioka. n READING LIST “A BRILLIANT AND TIMELY SUMMARY OF REGENERATIVE PRACTICE, AIMED AT EVERYONE INVOLVED IN SHAPING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. ESSENTIAL READING FOR DESIGNERS, COMMISSIONERS, FUNDERS AND POLICY MAKERS” — STEVE TOMPKINS, DIRECTOR, HAWORTH TOMPKINS Sarah Ichioka is an urbanist, curator, and writer. She currently leads Desire Lines, a strategic consultancy for environmental, cultural, and social-impact organizations and initiatives. In previous roles, she has explored the intersections of cities, society, and ecology within leading international institutions of culture, policy, and research. Michael Pawlyn established Exploration Architecture in 2007 and has built a reputation as 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.
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