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MASTERING PRACTICAL LEARNING FOR REGENERATING CITY/BIOREGIONS

This session shares the applied activities of collaborators Integral City/Populus Planning, Ubiquity University and University International Cooperation, initiated by their Humanity Rising encounters on the topic of regeneration.

We were inspired in 2020 and 2021 by our week-long explorations of “Bouncing Beyond to a Regenerative World” focusing on 3^RD Horizon change in bioregions and “Cities Rising for a Regenerative World” focusing on transformation of human systems in the context of the living city.

As a collaboratory, we set out to create a global consensus around the imperative to move beyond sustainability to regeneration, while linking learning about regeneration with what students, activists and practitioners need on the ground for effective and informed action. Our goal in service to bioregional development and the regeneration of cities became a collaboration to co-create a “Masters in Regenerative Action”.

This workshop will share how in developing a globally informed curriculum for the Ubiquity University degree, we can all mobilize regenerative action in ways that serve the wellbeing of cities/communities, bio/ecoregions and the living system of Gaia.

We will share how we rapidly activated the curriculum with courses on: Fundamentals of Doughnut Economics; Global Survey of Regeneration; Foundation Soft Skills and UN SDGs; Integral City as a Living System; Integral City Regeneration; and How Citizens Serve Cities and Cities Serve Citizens.

We will engage the workshop audience in an exploration (and even sponsoring) of their suggestions for practicums for the degree, based on work in the field of regeneration, that students can pursue.

Supporting resources include recordings, blogs, e-books from collaborators Humanity Rising, Integral City Meshworks and others.