Regenerative Development and Design
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Article Outline Definition of Regenerative Design and Its Importance Introduction Regenerative Development and Design: Redefining Sustainability Overview: Ecological Sustainability and Regenerative Development and Design Regenerative Approaches to Sustainable Development and Design: Key Framework Premises and Methods Overview Future Directions Bibliography
Glossary Biomimicry Sometimes called biomimetic design; an emerging design discipline that looks to nature for sustainable design solutions [1]. Cradle-to-cradle Framework for designing manufacturing processes “powered by renewable energy, in which materials flow in safe, regenerative, closed-loop cycles,” and which “identifies three key design principles in the intelligence of natural systems, which can inform human design: Waste Equals Food; Use Current Solar Income; Celebrate Diversity” [2, 3] Ecoliteracy The ability to understand the natural systems that make life on earth possible, including understanding the principles of organization of ecological communities (i.e., ecosystems) and
using those principles for creating sustainable human communities [4, 5]. Ecological sustainability A biocentric school of sustainability thinking that, based on ecology and living systems principles, focuses on “the capacity of ecosystems to maintain their essential functions and processes, and retain their biodiversity in full measure over the long-term”; contrasts with technological sustainability based on technical and engineering approaches to sustainability [4]. Ecology The interdisciplinary scientific study of the living conditions of organisms in interaction with each other and with the surroundings, organic as well as inorganic. Ecosystem concept “A coherent framework for redesigning our landscapes, buildings, cities, and systems of energy, water, food, manufacturing and waste” through “the effective adaptation to and integration with nature’s processes.” It has been used more to shape an approach than as a scientific theory [6, 7]. Ecosystem “The interactive system of living things and their non-living habitat” [6]. Living systems thinking A thinking technology, using systemic frameworks and developmental processes, for consciously improving the capacity to apply systems thinking to the evolution of human or social living systems [8]. Locational patterns The patterns that depict the distinctive character and potential of a place and provide a dynamic mapping for designing human structures and systems that align with the living systems of a place. Pattern literacy Being able to read, understand, and generate (“write”) appropriate patterns. Permaculture A contraction of permanent agriculture or permanent culture, permaculture was developed as a system for designing ecological human habitats and food production systems based on the relationships and processes found in natural ecological communities, and the relationships and adaptations of indigenous peoples to their ecosystems [9].
© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020 V. Loftness (ed.), Susta
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