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I had an amazing day at the IMPACT FESTIVAL at the enkelfähig stage. I was invited to talk about why the sustainable #narrative of „doing less harm“ will never be enough to activate the much needed behavior change. Instead for many it has become the frustrating equation of investing a lot of time plus money to only slightly reduce a hugely negative impact. This questionable benefit will never get people to change behavior. So I believe it is time to integrate foresights and behavioral research to truly envision behavioral change. Why? Because we all ( brands and companies) need to show people, how a regenerative future can be a #winwin for all, with beautiful aesthetics, amazing innovations, attractive narratives of a more fulfilling, healthy and self-efficient life. The climate crisis is not only environmental. It's also a crisis of imagination and shows a painful lack of #future-positive narratives and visions. Radical new and #regenerative solutions and narratives are needed- and luckily already available thanks to the great start ups and companies such as 1KOMMA5°, traceless materials Fund them, collaborate, and use the power of behavioral science to spark a „warm“ #transformation - beyond the much needed regulatory changes. Thank you, Patrick Zachries Axel Berger Stephan Grabmeier Dr. Martin Bethke and so many more bright minds I had the pleasure to meet for the exchange. Onwards with more Impact 🚀 #ImpactFestival #Sustainability #BehavioralScience #CulturalChange #Foresight #RegenerativeDesign

Why do we prioritise short-term benefits? ➡️ To effectively tackle pressing issues like #ClimateChange, #BiodiversityLoss, and #Inequality, we must adopt a more holistic, long-term approach. This requires thinking and acting in a more integrated way and getting ahead when it comes to how our actions today will impact future generations. This is key to achieving a just transition and a sustainable future for all ✅ as Leslie Johnston, M.Sc., CEO of the Laudes Foundation, explains at the #VillarsSummit. #ExpertInsights #IntergenerationalCollaboration #SystemsThinking

In a recent Regenerative Ripples workshop organised by Emily Lin, we took some time to dive into the Eco-cycle Planning by Liberating Structures and reflect on our various activities in a non-linear way, more natural way. Absolutely loved the approach! 💚 Eco-cycle planning helps people and teams 'analyze the full portfolio of activities and relationships to identify obstacles and opportunities for progress', drawing inspiration from nature's life cycle. This got me thinking: what if marketing teams applied this approach on the path to regeneration? For example, discussions could kick off with something like this: 🌱 In Gestation, a crucial question can be: How can we give nature a key seat at the decision-making table? 👉🏼 Check out the Onboarding Nature project recently launched by B Lab Benelux, Earth Law Center and Nyenrode Business University. 🌿 In the Birth phase, we could ask: Rather than pouring more and more resources into advertising, what if we focused on cultivating more conscious partnerships? 👉🏼 Take a look at initiatives like the CoPartnerUp community. 🌳 In Maturity, we can enjoy the holistic benefits of: Consistently mapping our ecosystem and delving into the needs and aspirations of the diverse communities within it to ensure everyone (directly and indirectly involved) can thrive. 🔥 In Creative Destruction: Ditching tactics fuelled by artificial scarcity, FOMO and fake urgency, replacing them with narratives that foster collective wellbeing and the realisation that we're all a part of nature, not apart from nature... 👉🏼 For example, check out the The Regenerative Marketing Movement & the Conscious Marketing Movement! Thanks Emily for the inspiration and Cezara Kiss for letting me know about the event! 💛 For anyone curious about the Regenerative Ripples workshops, the next one is taking place on 25 April at 2PM CET (link in the comments below). Highly recommend it! ✨ #regenerativemarketing #regeneration #ecocycleplanning #biomimcry #regenerativebusiness

People frequently inquire about the essence of Regenerative Thinking and Regenerative Development. However, offering a direct answer proves challenging, as it transcends a singular framework, belief, or definition. It is not a concept easily encapsulated by mere reading and intellectual comprehension. Regenerative Thinking is an experiential journey that defies straightforward understanding and needs time to grow-up in ourselves. This is something Leen Gorissen, Lénia D. Rato, Karla Akemy B. and pIEt Haerens experienced when they were developing the report “Regenerative development and design – Its origins, essence, practice and potential as a meta-discipline to elevate governance, innovation and planetary health”, now published. See: https://lnkd.in/gayCPBVq. In this report, we illustrate that regenerative development has been practiced and evolved through the discipline of regenerative development and design with roots going back 50 years and more, and that its uniqueness lies in the fact that it is not about sustaining what is or restoring what was. Rather, it is about creating thriving living systems­ that have the capacity to evolve toward increasing states of health, vitality and abundance over time. This work has been a collaborative endeavor, characterized by the inevitable struggles and tensions, but also pleasant moments and fulfillment. We are enormously grateful for the support we have received from people in places all around the world. We give thanks to the many knowledge lineages we have drawn from, kept alive and evolving by Indigenous wisdom keepers and scientists; to the forward-thinking researchers and practitioners of modern Western science on whose shoulders we stand; to our resources Pamela Mang and Ben Haggard for challenging and uplifting our thinking; to the BeBiodiversity team for swift communication and flexibility and giving us the opportunity to dig into the subject. Seeds are planted, thanks to the dedication of the team and the perseverance of Stephanie Langerock. It is now up to all of us to create the condition that allow regenerative development and design to develop and flourish. #regenerativedevelopment #collaboration #nature #regenerativeleadership

Always deeply #inspiring. If you do not follow the work of Laudes Foundation and the amazing #woman that #leads the #team, you are missing on great #impact, #pioneering work and #philanthropy that works for #systemic #change. 👇 #climatechange, #nature #people #finance #impactful #generations #sustainabledevelopment

We’ve supported market-leading corporations in their successful climate innovation initiatives. This wouldn’t have been possible without understanding the latest climate innovations. 👇 Thus, we mapped the top 10 funded European startups for each of our 5 Pioneers.Climate areas of sustainable innovation. Here a preview of the full map: 1. Clean Energy and Electrification  Aira HH2E  Voltan Lähienergia 2. Resources and Circularity Woola Cling Systems YASAI 3. Green H2 and Clean Molecules NovaMea Nium Eternal Power GmbH 4. Greenhouse Gas Management  BeZero Carbon  Carbonfuture Dioxycle   5. Green Living and Mobility ecoplanet Monta Predium Want the full map with 50 cutting-edge startups in the climate space? ✉️ 𝗗𝗠 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 “𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘” 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲. #climateinnovation #sustainability #climatetech #innovation Keen on diving deeper into Climate Innovation? 👉 Download Pioneers.io’s latest Climate Tech Landscape Report: https://lnkd.in/dMEK4CHh

Have a look at the second short video teaser of our upcoming CO2NTACT Summit 2024 - a celebration of  IDEE family's 30 years Anniversary and a place to discuss the ways to drive together the #sustainable transformation, #nowandtomorrow. #strongertogether

People frequently inquire about the essence of Regenerative Thinking and Regenerative Development. However, offering a direct answer proves challenging, as it transcends a singular definition. Regenerative Thinking is a concept that defies straightforward understanding and needs time to grow in ourselves. The course on “Introduction to Regenerative Business” by Butterfly School took Lénia D. Rato on a 10-week journey of reflections and discoveries. Through a path of increasing complexity and growing understanding of interconnectedness she was enabled the tools to start mounting this thought-provoking knowledge. Her own main question was often “How?”. How can we integrate regenerative development in our actions? How can we weave it into the business sector, from consulting to industries - big and small? How to enable the strength of it into each project and each partner? But at the same time: should we try to do that? Struggling with these questions lasted until the very end: until she understood that paving the way meant digging into the uniqueness of each case. Starting from the essence into the shared vision of its potential. But if potential is what is yet to be achieved, then she reached a bit closer to that insurmountable mark as a person. As a professional, it allowed her to perceive the nuances of how perception shapes our friendship, leadership, business models, professional work and – by consequence - our entire surroundings. Supported by this course her approaches to colleagues, partners and clients’ tailored needs can be more holistic, integrating the parts into the whole and the whole into the parts. It enables to discover the bio-cultural-spatial uniqueness of every project we are involved in. Yet on the same time Lénia D. Rato is fully aware that this learning is just a beginning and only opened new doors that hold more questions. At HAEDES we therefore keep exploring and pushing ourselves. That is also why pIEt Haerens is exploring ‘The Regenerative Practitioner’ at Regenesis Institute for Regenerative Practice, to further open up our mind, heart and will to develop HAEDES as a living system embedded in an ever changing dynamic world. We are daring to take steps into the unknown, while co-evolving towards more regenerative work. What about you? Do you dare to take the step into the unknown? #regenerativedevelopment #regenerativeleadership #nature #daring

3 things that I really loved at B Corp Social Innsbruck, on my B Corp railroad 🚄trip, last week! 👉#1 We have environmental and social #conscious founders! Yes, they exist and they are not afraid to instill their values into their business values. They inner goals and business goals are totally aligned in complete authenticity. 👉#2 Doing the B Impact Assessment and becoming a #BCorp company demands commitment! Yes, it is not everybody's cup of tea. These founders were brave enough to take out the old lens and see their business in clear light. Acknowledge the good, the less good and the missing, with the full speed into finding the right solutions to do a better business, than before. 👉#3 Tradition matters, not only for the few! Yes, business tradition, environmental and people tradition are ingredients blended in #impactful #businessmodels without loosing profitability. Doing good business for the common good and staying on traditional values. 🌞Totally impressed with the openness of the insights from Jasmin Hadorn, Norbert Niederhauser and David George, perfectly galvanized by Alice Elliott under the Impact Hub Tirol roof. Great atmosphere with people full of skills! 🏔️Much to learn from their business models, as they manage conscious travelling, blended insurance services for bikers and automated coffee roasting processes. 👆Something to give as inspiration to other communities outside #Austria as well! And I cannot wait to do this at our next community meetings at Impact Market Romania. 👉Are you interested in your potential B Corp Journey? 👉Then do what seemed the perfect advice of that evening: just start! Bikmo ASI Reisen Cropster #bcorp #bcorpcertified #sustainability #impactgoals #BIA #bcorpmonth #growth #impactmeasurement #betterbusiness

Exciting News from NC EcoTech! 🌱 🌊 We are thrilled to share that NC EcoTech has officially submitted our pre-proposal to the National Science Foundation for the NSF Engines Grant that will help us further our mission of driving innovation that integrates economic community and ecological sustainability. This milestone would not have been possible without the hard work and dedication of our incredible team, partners, and advisors. A huge thank you to everyone on our leadership team who contributed to this effort including David Cerino, Jerry Coleman, D. Reide Corbett, William N. Ferris, Ph.D., Rachel Gittman, Ken Halanych, Jennifer Hurtgen, John Kizito, Sara Lawrence, Brian Silliman, Heather McWhorter, Paige Andros O'Neill, MBA, CGBP, EDFP, Eric Wade and Jessica Wilkinson as well as those on our Advisory Board including Matthew Campbell, Lavonda Daniels, Ruminder (Romi) Dhillon, Chris Freeman, PLS, Josh Hallingse, mark huang, Frank Lopez, Dana Newell, MS, MBA, Emil Runge and Ana Zivanovic-Nenadovic. Your expertise, passion, and commitment are what make our work possible. We’re excited about the opportunities this grant could unlock for advancing eco-friendly technologies and solutions. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to bridge nature and innovation!🌍 #NCET #NCEcoTech #NSFEngine #EcoTech #Innovation #Entrepreneurs #ScienceTechnology #ClimateTechnology #BlueEconomy