Dr. Daniel Christian Wahl

"A regenerative human impact on Earth is not only possible but has been the norm for most of the deep history of our species. Oral traditions of indigenous cultures that pre-date agricultural or fossil fuel-based societies describe how human beings used to nurture abundance and diversity while actively regenerating the health of local and regional ecosystems.

"Our indigenous ancestors predominantly lived as bioregionally based regenerative cultures. Scientific evidence suggests that entire forest ecosystems in the Colombian Amazon, the old growth forests of the Pacific North West and the ‘lost forest gardens’ of Europe were shaped by our distant ancestors, who nurtured these ecosystems into increased diversity, biological productivity and abundance. To this day 80% of global biodiversity is found within these ‘hot spots’ of indigenous territories around the world. To create a regenerative future we must value and humbly learn from the indigenous knowledge and practices that informed our regenerative past.

"We must ask ourselves: how do we become healing expressions – rather than owners – of place? How do we participate appropriately as we aim to align ourselves with life’s evolutionary pattern of creating conditions conducive to life? How can we better discern which modern technologies and innovations truly support us in co-creating diverse regenerative cultures everywhere?" - Dr. Daniel Christian Wahl

Article: Regenerative Action: Constructing a Regenerative Future