GSD Alumni Council

Nominations open until Dec 31, 2021. bit.ly/GSDAA2022 More at: alumni.gsd.harvard.edu/gsd-alumni-awa… @HarvardGSD #DesignImpact

Eva Leung, co-founder and CEO of non-profit Terra Cura Inc. challenges us to question "What are we in service to?" #GSDImpact_Regeneration

Janie Benyus: "We first need to quiet our human cleverness to that we can learn something. Then we need to start listening. The third step is echoing, and the final step is to give thanks - to be a part of and not apart from."#GSDImpact_Regeneration

Victoria Kindred Keziah: "When we go into a development environment, we assess the inherent generosity of the natural systems of that place." #GSDImpact_Regeneration

Victoria Kindred Keziah of Biomimicry 3.8 takes the stage. "Biomimicry is the conscious emulation of nature's genius." #GSDImpact_Regeneration

"Mother earth wants her carbon back. It's our job to make that happen." Tom Newmark, The Carbon Underground #GSDImpact_Regeneration

Tom Newmark, founder of The Carbon Underground takes the stage. "Globally 50% of all productive soil has been eliminated." #GSDImpact_Regeneration

Atossa Soltani: "How do we reverse the tipping point? It requires a full re-thinking of our relationship to the natural world." #GSDImpact_Regeneration

Atossa Soltani, Indigenous Rights and Rainforest Campaigner takes the stage. #GSDImpact_Regeneration

Panel 2 begins: Walter Meyer, Atossa Soltani, Tom Newmark, Victoria Kezya & Eva Leung take the stage. #GSDImpact_Regeneration

Bill Reed: "Shift from transaction to reciprocity. Shift away from the building to a new relationship where we look at the life-shed of the ecosystem that the building sits within to understand the potential around the project" #GSDImpact_Regeneration

Bill Reed asks "Places have inherent potential. They are unique. What is our inherent potential?" (How are we unique) #GSDImpact_Regeneration

Bill Reed, Principal of Regenesis and founder of IDC begins his remarks. #GSDImpact_Regeneration

Carol Sanford: "Regeneration means to evolve capacity and joining with capacity. Grow your own being to connect with wholes." #GSDImpact_Regeneration

Carol Sanford Inspires: "A whole has an aspiration. We come to it as a whole and bring ourselves to the whole." #GSDImpact_Regeneration

Carol Sanford begins her talk on Regenerative Design Paradigms. "Western culture is an extractive culture. We have a greater opportunity to live with." #GSDImpact_Regeneration

Tiokasin Ghosthorse begins his remarks. "Mother earth has always been an alive being." #GSDImpact_Regeneration

Carol Sanford takes the stage, inviting us to embrace a more regenerative approach to our life. Inviting ourselves to be disrupted by, to be open to new reflections. #GSDImpactRegeneration

Professor David Moreno Mateos begins his keynote, underscoring the impact of human development on the richness of natural ecosystems. #GSDImpactRegeneration

Architect and Design Change Agent Jaya Kader welcomes speakers #GSDImpactRegeneration.