New WOrks REgeneration
An eight conversation stack that reveres the complexity of Regeneration through the dimensions of Futures, Reporting, Cultures, Economics, Cities, Agriculture, Design, and Leadership.
WHY REGENERATION?
Occasionally a concept with massive socio-cultural significance emerges whose future is not yet cast. We’re in a transitionary moment between systems with a growing recognition of the imperative to change the direction of social and planetary travel. As we let go of sustainability as an insufficient paradigm shift for our flourishing planetary future, Regeneration offers the promise of life-giving rather than life-sustaining ways to inhabit the planet.

Rebecca Henderson on Regenerative Leadership
Join Solvable & Magnolia Moonshot 2030 for a conversation with Rebecca Henderson on Regenerative Leadership in the context of her book, Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire. Can leaders reimagine and implement a capitalism that regenerates living systems and supports democratic institutions while being an engine for the prosperity of all?

Arturo Escobar on Regenerative Design
Join Solvable and The RSA for a conversation with Arturo Escobar on the changing social role of design to navigate regenerative futures rather than further exacerbate intensive resource use and vast material destruction at the core of degenerative economies. His work and context are uniquely situated within the history of decolonial efforts of Latin American Indigenous peoples that recognize a plurality of responses suitable to the very localized contexts in which they emerge.

Nicole Masters on Regenerative Agriculture
Join Solvable & the Social Gastronomy Movement for a conversation with Nicole Masters on Regenerative Agriculture. Together we’ll explore the answers that lie in the soil through the practical applications of projects around the world by farmers, ranchers, and growers.

Dominique Hes on Regenerative Cities
Join Solvable for a conversation with Dominique Hes to explore cities as living systems and as possibility spaces for regenerating net gains to ecological and social health through their designs. Hes continues to be an important critic in asking why after decades of so-called advancement, sustainable development continues to underperform.

John Fullerton on Regenerative ECONOMICS
Join Solvable & nRhythm for a conversation with John Fullerton to discuss how a living systems approach can restructure how we see, think, and practice economics and finance. What are the alternatives to perpetual growth that expand the possibilities of long-term prosperity for all life? What needs to be done to shift our financial systems from degeneration and extraction to the principles of regenerative economics?

Andri Snær Magnason & MELANIE GOODCHILD on Regenerative Cultures
Join Solvable & Turtle Island Institute for a conversation with Andri Snær Magnason on Regenerative Cultures. We'll share stories from Anishinaabe and Icelandic peoples as we look backwards into future cultures.

Bill Baue on Regenerative REPORTING
Join Solvable and Anthesis for a conversation with Bill Baue on Regenerative Reporting. While reporting is typically understood within the context of finance or marketing, Baue seeks to expand the possibility space in defining what the next era of reporting can be. How can reporting transition companies, governments, and communities to a multicapitals approach to regeneration? Who are the rightsholders to multicapitals and how are they integrated into reporting? How might reporting quantify true social and ecological impact within a planetary, not just organization-specific context?

Tyson Yunkaporta on Regenerative Futures
Join Solvable & New Stories for a conversation with Dr. Yunkaporta on how our perspectives of and relationships to time affect our capacities to be custodians of a regenerative future. How do different cultural conceptions of time impact behaviours and futures? How are concepts of time interrelated with models of stewardship? What could a regenerative depth of field about time shift in our cultural condition? How is the capacity to imagine regenerative futures connected to equity & power?

Steve Kempster on Leadership for what?
Join us for a conversation with esteemed professor, researcher, and writer Steve Kempster to discuss his recently published anthology, Good Dividends: Responsible Leadership of Business Purpose.

Peter Newell on the Business of Climate Transition
Join us for a conversation with esteemed professor, researcher, and writer Peter Newell to discuss his recently published article, “The business of rapid transition.”
Leslie Davenport on Emotional Climate Resilience
Join us for a conversation with integrative psychotherapist, climate psychology educator, and writer Leslie Davenport to discuss building resilience and creativity by addressing our emotions around climate change.

Julia Kim on Well-being & Gross national happiness
Join us for a conversation with global health practitioner and sustainable development specialist Julia Kim to discuss what a consciousness shift combined with systems change could do to advance companies, economies, and society.

Sophie Rifkin & the Return on Sustainable Investment
Join us for a conversation with seasoned sustainability professional, researcher, and educator Sophie Rifkin to discuss methodologies that bridge the gap between sustainability strategy and financial performance.

Andrew Hoffman on Sustainability Leadership
Join us for a conversation with esteemed professor, researcher, and writer Andrew Hoffman to discuss his recently published book, Management as a Calling.
Why Conversations?
New Works Regeneration is a knowledge commons that uses conversations as a space for emerging the myriad dimensions of radical improvement. Together we will hold the tensions and paradoxes of this new paradigm.
The conversations are free and open to all with the intentions of strengthening connections, expanding perspectives, and championing important contributions. Each conversation in the series is co-hosted with an organization we deeply admire to bring a broader depth of experience into the space as well as a community that shares a passion for these topics. Esteemed writers volunteer to spend time with us, sharing their works as prompts for discussion amongst participants in breakouts. We request that registrants arrive ready to engage with the content and with others around the globe. With New Works Regeneration, we invite you to join us to help define what is emerging.
New Works spring 2021
Over the course of six conversations, we gathered with over 300 sustainability professionals from around the world holding three intentions: 1) strengthen connections 2) shift perspectives and 3) champion important works of others.
Recordings of the conversations can be found on YouTube.