Cosmic Aikido
Can we transform the way humans inhabit the Earth?
Regenesis seeks to design a built environment and human systems to harmonize with natural systems. Their approach to development proves that human activity does not have to be destructive — it can be a source of health & renewal. We speak with Pamela Mang and Joel Glanzberg, two of the founding members and principals of Regenesis. Together we explore the mindset and methods of regenerative development — a radically different way to think and act that has the potential to transform the way humans inhabit the Earth.
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“Nature doesn’t need our protection. She needs our collaboration.”
About Regenesis Group
Regenesis is a world leader in the field of regenerative development—an approach to land use, community development, and the built environment that has defined the leading edge of sustainability practice for more than two decades.
Founded in 1995 to bring together permaculture and ecological design with business planning and organizational development. Their early mission was to transform the development industry into one that would contribute to, rather than undermine, the health of the planet.
These pioneers are committed to proving that human activity can be a source of health and regeneration, rather than destruction and degradation. Living up to this promise will require humans to step up and develop a firm grasp of the complex working of natural systems in order to harmonize and evolve with nature.
Regenesis supports this work through client services—providing the foundational thinking and management support needed to engage in regenerative projects and community development initiatives worldwide—as well as through education programs for practitioners of architecture, planning and community development.
Regenesis Institute
The Regenesis Institute creates education programs that enable regenerative practitioners to work in a disciplined way on the inner development that’s required in order to become an effective agent for transforming the way humans inhabit the earth.
The Regenerative Practitioner Series
The Regenerative Practitioner Series (TRP) provides a deep dive into the fundamental shifts in how we think and how we work that underlie a regenerative approach to development of all kinds. The series introduces and explores proprietary regenerative development concepts and frameworks that have been developed and extensively field tested by Regenesis over the last 25 years.
About our guests
Pamela Mang
Principal and co-founding member of Regenesis
Pamela works with project development teams and community groups to build critical systems thinking skills and holistic planning processes and designs that can address complex systems problems and opportunities. She also works as a faculty member for The Regenerative Practitioner series.
Pamela’s work draws on 30 years’ consulting experience specializing in living systems thinking and educational and human development processes. She has decades of experience in managerial and consulting capacities in both the public and private sector, serving a wide variety of nonprofit organizations, governmental agencies and businesses. Her experience includes community relations, leadership and team development, design and implementation of effective meeting processes, strategic and operational planning, marketing and public relations, and union, community and cross-cultural relations in government, non-profit and corporate settings.
She is a member of the Institute for Developmental Processes, which has provided the architecture for developmental business organizations around the world, some of which have served as models of meaningful work and competitive effectiveness for over 40 years.
Connect with Pamela on LinkedIn
Joel Glanzberg
Principal at Regenesis + founder of Pattern Mind
Joel contributes over 25 years’ experience as an applied naturalist to land and community development projects throughout the United States. Through assessing, understanding, and communicating the inherent patterns present in natural systems, Joel helps clients identify principles and guidelines for appropriate and healthy development.
An active author and educator in the fields of permaculture and ecological design, Joel is skilled in cross-cultural communication and teaching. He has taught throughout the United States as well as in Africa and South America, and worked with a variety of Native American tribes and communities. He also acts as a faculty member for The Regenerative Practitioner series. His research has focused on the application of traditional land-use practices to the design of modern infrastructure.
Joel has worked for a diverse client base, including communities, colleges and universities, government agencies, and private developers. Recent projects include a new student campus for the Winston Preparatory School in Norwalk, Connecticut and a regional sustainability planning project in the Finger Lakes region of New York.
Links & resources from this episode:
Links:
Water Harvester: An Invitation to Abundance
Tucson resident Brad Lancaster believes that cities around the world can live off rainwater. This is the story of how he transformed his neighborhood by experimenting with water harvesting, worked with the city to legalize those methods, and empowered others by proving that abundance rooted in sustainability is possible.
Regenerative Development and Design: A Framework
for Evolving Sustainability by Pamela Mang, Ben Haggard, and Regenesis
Quote Attributions:
“Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing Over and Over Again and Expecting Different Results”
― Usually credited to Albert Einstein
“The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think”
― Gregory Bateson
“We might think we’re thinking our own thoughts. We’re not. We’re thinking our culture’s thoughts.”
― Paraphrasing Krishnamurti
