Using the principles of good soil health to define regenerative design practice
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Eric Benson teaches graphic design and is a partner at Re-nourish, a nonprofit organization that "provides online tools and advocates for awareness and action for sustainable systems thinking in the visual communication design community." He has been considering how we might learn from nature to inform our design thinking. He's outlined five principles of regenerative design:
- Maximize inclusion throughout the process and ensure diverse ideas and perspectives are considered
- Integrate Life-Centered Systems Thinking into the design process to follow nature’s model of creating and locating the best solution(s) to the root cause of a problem
- Create with communities and cultures that are intended to benefit
- Make Earth a stakeholder in the project. Remove negative impacts and maximize positive impacts
- Do not expose our ecosystems and humanity to health risks from the design process or solution
He invites comment.
Article: Redefining Regenerative Design