Julia Watson

#LoTEKWater ‘Floating’ taro islets, called ma’a, are found on Puluwat and Ulithi Atoll. These nature-based innovations produce yields higher than commercial farms and are constructed by older women and young mothers without artificial fertilizer. Photo credit: Harley I. Manner

#LoTEKWater Japanese farmers' Tatamiishi style of wasabi cultivation mimicks its natural stream habitat; layered terraces and pipes provide nutrients and oxygen to wasabi plants and return water to mountain streams, reducing soil erosion and flooding. Image credit: ©FAO

An excerpt from @AudiOfficial Conversations on Progress featuring a conversation between @WSpencerReeder and myself: "I don't think it's about changing the culture inside of the company; you need to change the culture of the industry" Watch the video here: progress.audi/progress/en/ju…

Moments from the Design/Space series panel Radio Park featuring the place making creatives of @rockcenternyc including @StudioMellone , Matt Kliegman of The Smile, Pebble Bar @thejanenyc , and Samuel Cochran of @ArchDigest. Thanks to @tishmanspeyer , ZO, @ArchDigest & @CondeNast

Excited to share latest work with @AudiOfficial Conversations of Progress series, which features sustainability experts sharing their perspectives towards the future. I spoke with @WSpencerReeder about sustainability, systems change and innovation. progress.audi/progress/en/ju…

Grab your copy of @CondeNast Traveller 25th Anniversary Issue: Looking to the Future of Travel! The issue features an article on people who are changing the future of travel. cntraveller.com/article/people…

@nextnature in print has launched! Check out the interview I did with Ruben Baart focused around natural technology. nextnature.net/magazine/visua…

The @KlostersForum 2022 "Habitat For Earth: How To Design And Build For A Regenerative Future" brought together architects, designers, material experts, scientists, developers, environmentalists, investors, and artists to discuss regenerative futures. youtube.com/watch?v=yHM1Gm…

Check out the BIO27 Super Vernaculars — Design for a Regenerative Future Biennial before it ends on October 23rd. See how designers and architects are revisiting vernacular traditions and value systems largely ignored in the modern era, like Lo—TEK. 27.bio.si/exhibition

#Barbara Issue 02 magazine asks about "landscape, in this moment, from this place?" Great to contribute to a magazine born in my home town of Brisbane, by an alumni cohort from UQ. Available #OCCUPY2022 launch event in Brisbane, AUS, and online soon. barbara-journal.com

More from dieDAS walk+talk 2022, "Designing Metabolic Relations – how can we build Regenerative Systems?" Inspired, & grateful to have given a lecture on Lo-TEK moderated by @alicerawsthorn , alongside @henrystephens (Snøhetta), @MarcinRusak & Ronald Rael die-das.de

The new @nextnature launched on September 24 and includes my interview with Ruben Baart on 'A New Mythology of Technology.' We explore how the creative ideas our climate demands are already in existence and available to us through Lo-TEK. nextnature.net/magazine/visua…

Launching today @KlostersForum Ep.7 "How to create a Sustainable Built Environment In Line With Nature," featuring my discussion with @hannahmacinnis on the need to rethink current norms in construction in order to design a sustainable built environment. #_in-line-with-nature" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theklostersforum.com/podcasts/#_in-…

The latest @CreativeReview magazine is out now and features an article 'The Merging of Technology and Spirituality' by Anna Gerber on "how emerging technologies led by ancient wisdoms and spiritual practice are proving for a brighter future." creativereview.co.uk/technology-spi…

#LoTEKWater The Phumdis of the Manipuri people on Lake Loktak in India form a floating meadow system of vegetation, decomposing matter & black soil. These fish farming infrastructures recycle nutrients, purify water, recharge groundwater & control runoff. Photo: Adobe © Somnath

The Museum of Design Atlanta #MODA exhibit #FullCircle 'Design Without End', featuring Lo—TEK, closes this Sunday, September 25th. If you haven't been by, check out the regenerative design for climate change challenges before its ends! museumofdesign.org/full-circle

Planting our Fall Channel Gardens @rockcenternyc this past Saturday. Stop by to see the native fall colors!

Great to speak last night alongside @maxbenato , @yeampierre , Executive Director of @UPROSE , and Danielle Bissett, Director of Restoration, @BillionOyster for the @guardianeco event "Wildest Dreams: Reclaiming New York's Nature and Green Spaces."

A peak into the TKF22 Report, a product of the @KlostersForum 2022, which includes illustrated and written accounts of the conference on tackling environmental issues. #TKF22 Full report: drive.google.com/file/d/1nzvzga…

Check out the culmination of the @Design_Hotels Arena* Crete 2022 Circle Back Circle Forward weekend, capturing this conference where the past and present met to explore how the bonds of infinite circularity connect us all. Shot by: @eldonvanaswegen designhotels.com/culture/furthe…