PUBLICATIONS
Advancing regenerative design and innovation through publications and international recognition
“The Fifth Industrial Regenerative Revolution (5IRR) – Ontological, Pedagogical and Entrepreneurial approaches”
Delfina Fantini van Ditmar, Katie Pfeiffer and Amina Abbas-Nazar
Cumulus Conference, Cape Town, conference paper November 2025
“Becoming Regenerative: Navigating values, systems, and imagination in design education and entrepreneurial practice”
Delfina Fantini van Ditmar, Katie Pfeiffer and Laetitia Forst
World Design Congress, London, September 2025. Published page 29 proceedings 2025
“‘Becoming regenerative’ and the challenge of planning for value-led research on transformative futures”
Katie Pfeiffer, Onyaglanu Idoko, Tuukka Toivonen and Delfina Fantini van Ditmar
41st EGOS Colloquium, Athens, conference paper July 2025
“The mark of the more-than-human maker: valuing nature’s labor within regenerative materials”
Katie Pfeiffer
Energy in Motion: Climate Emotion, Energy Futures, and The Arts, Dundee, conference paper June 2025
“Cultivating a Regenerative Imagination at Art and Design Universities”
Tuukka Toivonen and Delfina Fantini van Ditmar
Relating Systems Thinking and Design, RSD13 October 2024. Article 65, proceedings 2025
“Towards Regenerative Material Design and Innovation: Overcoming Multi-Level Barriers”
Tuukka Toivonen and Melenie Hecker
Journal of Innovation Management Vol. 12, No.2 October 2024
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EVENTS
Hosting spaces for dialogue, imagination and regenerative futures
Becoming Regenerative Launch Event
October 2024
Keynote Speakers, Panel Discussion and Music Performance
Introducing the B-Regen team, our aims and vision to an audience of 100+ in-person attendees (and similar online registrations). Keynote speakers James Bridle and Heather Barnett delivered two thought-provoking sessions on developing more-than-human sensibilities followed by an expert panel discussing the current challenges and opportunities in implementing regenerative practices across various contexts.
The event also featured a music performance by artist Jamie Perera.
Watch a playlist of the event recordings here.
And read Tuukka Toivonen's reflective article "Mediating Planetary Co-Existence" here
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Ways of Becoming Regenerative: Learning from ecological thinkers, artists and indigenous wisdom
October 2025
Public Dialogue Event and Workshop series
Hosted by Becoming Regenerative with support from the Climate and Ecological Transitions Research Hub at Loughborough University London, this event offered a unique opportunity to rethink regeneration and regenerative futures from a fresh intercultural perspective.
The event brought several prominent Japanese regenerative activators into dialogue with leading regenerative design thinkers, researchers and practitioners in this area. The full day event uncovered novel insights and potent interrelations beyond disciplinary boundaries and entrenched dualisms.
From intercultural discussions on the meanings of regeneration to a profound Suiten no Kotoba card workshop with Ecological Memes, the day invited participants to explore regeneration through multiple lenses: creative, ecological and relational. These paved the way towards a culturally enriched understanding of how regenerative traditions can be fostered and built upon in the 21st century.
The evening’s talks and panel with Yasuhiro Kobayashi, Michael Pawlyn, Saori Ogura, and the Becoming Regenerative team (Dr Tuukka Toivonen and Dr Ida Telalbasic) sparked inspiring conversations that continued well into the networking reception.
Watch a recording of the evening dialogue here
And read the blog post for our event reflections here