Regenerative Cultures, with Daniel Christian Wahl
Channel: Inside Ideas
Date: 2023-07-31

Daniel Christian Wahl is my guest on Episode 177 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley.

Daniel Christian Wahl is one of the catalysts of the rising reGeneration and the author of Designing Regenerative Cultures - so far translated into seven languages. He works as a consultant, educator, and activist with NGOs, businesses, governments, and global change agents. With degrees in biology and holistic science and a Ph.D. in Design for Human and Planetary Health, his work has influenced the emerging fields of regenerative design and salutogenic design. Winner of the 2021 RSA Bicentenary Medal for applying design in service to society. Awarded a two year Volans-Fellowship in 2022.

Daniel Christian Wahl holds degrees in Biology (BSc. Hons., Univ. of Edinburgh, 1996), HolisticScience (MSc., Schumacher College, 2002), and a Ph.D. in Design (Univ. of Dundee 2006) on 'Design for Human and Planetary Health. Daniel lives in Mallorca where he helped to set up SMART UIB and works locally and internationally as a consultant, educator, and activist. 

He has been on the academic working group of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) and has been linked to GEN for almost 20 years. Daniel has worked closely with Gaia Education since 2007 and contributed to the development of their Design for Sustainability online course. He also wrote the content and developed the concept of Gaia Education's SDGs Flashcards which with the support of UNESCO.

His 2016 book 'Designing Regenerative Cultures' has helped to define the field of regenerative design and has been translated into 8 languages so far. In 2021 the Royal Society for Arts, Manufacture, and Commerce - founded in 1754 - awarded Daniel with the Bicentenary Medal for "an outstanding and demonstrable contribution, through ... design practice, towards an equitable and regenerative world." He has been awarded a Volans Fellowship for 2022 and 2023.

Daniel trained as a biologist and holds degrees in Biology Univ. of Edinburgh), Holistic Science (Schumacher College), and Natural Design (PhD., Univ. of Dundee). He was the director of Findhorn College is a member of the International Futures Forum

Daniel teaches regularly on the MA in Ecological Design Thinking at Schumacher College. Daniel's 2016 book 'Designing Regenerative Cultures' has quickly gained international acclaim, his Blog on Medium has reached an audience of over 450,000 people around the world.

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https://www.danielchristianwahl.com/
https://www.innovatorsmag.com/these-new-habits-can-give-us-a-regenerative-world/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-christian-wahl-51a54616/
https://systemicdesignlabs.ethz.ch/
https://your2040.com/
https://www.triarchypress.net/drc.html
https://www.youtube.com/@danielchristianwahl
https://designforsustainability.medium.com/
https://ecovillage.org/
https://www.gaiaeducation.org/
https://www.programmes.gaiaeducation.uk/sdg-training-of-multipliers-sp
https://www.internationalfuturesforum.com/
https://www.findhorn.org/about-us/findhorn-fellows/
https://campus.dartington.org/schumacher-college/

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00:00 - Regenerative Cultures with Daniel Christian Wahl
00:50 - Introduction of Inside Ideas guest Daniel Christian Wahl
03:41 - Connection to Daniel
05:56 - What influenced "Designing Regenerative Cultures"
11:02 - 'Solving-problem thinking’ verses ‘Regenerative development mindset’ 
16:03 - Key questions to evolve and develop
22:52 - Becoming a regenerative species
28:08 - Historical concept of regeneration
31:40 - Indigenous knowledge in regeneration
37:01 - How Book was framed & reflections 
47:20 - Involvement with SDGs plus SDG Multipliers 
58:06 - Thoughts & misconceptions to achieve SDGs
1:00:00 - Local-bioregional Action & Challenges in Implementation
1:07:22 - Sustainability & Regeneration Perspectives
1:09:25 - Local approach to implement SDGs  
1:19:00 - Other Regeneration authors and thoughts on them
1:24:08 - "Regeneration" by Paul Hawken
1:27:08 - Regenerative approach a deeper perspective.
1:32:17 - Impact of Lynn Margulis
1:35:53 - Exploring the symbiotic nature of life
1:37:12 - Importance of measuring Systemic Health 
1:41:05 - Collaboration with Tobias Luthe on ETH courses & Certificate in Regenerative Systems
1:48:15 - Audio version & next publications in 8+ languages 
1:52:41 - What does a world that works for everyone look like for you?
1:55:15 - Closure