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The Pattern Book for Regenerative Design
A practice guide for engineers (and other humans)
Launches 12 June 2025 (with a pre-release on May 11th for mailing list subscribers.
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A six-month transformational programme for leaders and future leaders to develop and apply regenerative thinking
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The blog: For Engineers (and other humans)
Oliver’s daily(ish) blog on creativity, regenerative design and practical philosophy drawn from across my teaching, writing and collaborations. Sign up for Oliver’s weekly digest by clicking here and choosing the appropriate button.
Latest posts
- Leave things better than you found themIn Friday’s edition of the Glastonbury Free Press I saw a cartoon by Oliver Jeffers that simply said ‘leave things better than you found them’. Like yesterday’s ‘zero …
- Zero negative externalitiesBill Sharpe’s definition for a regenerative system is one that creates zero negative externalities. In other words, no harm done. The system makes things better. It is a …
- Pattern Book Notes: Kalideascope + System SurveyMy intention with the Pattern Book for Regenerative Design is that users can share with each other how they have used the tools and techniques within. So, kicking …
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- Punching through the canopyYesterday I wrote about creating a forest garden from scratch — turning a pasture into thriving food growing space. But what if there is already forest? How do …
- Creating thriving from scratchYesterday I wrote about the seven levels of a forest garden. I learnt about these at a talk given in the forest garden at Coed Hills Rural Arts …
- The Seven Levels of a Forest GardenThe following I learnt from Steve Watts, permaculture expert, during a talk he gave about Forest Gardens at the wonderful Coedfest, which he co-leads. In a forest garden, …
- ThrivingThe Pattern Book uses ‘thriving’ as a shorthand for the goal of regenerative design. The full goal is more precise: for humans and the living world to survive, …
News and highlights
Field notes from our training courses and news about what we are up to at Constructivist.
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- Two new short courses on regenerative design — launching next weekOver the last couple of months we’ve been preparing two new online courses introducing regenerative design, and we’re almost ready …
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- Pattern Book Notes: Kalideascope + System SurveyMy intention with the Pattern Book for Regenerative Design is that users can share with each other how they have …
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- Field notes: Book launch pattern sequence
This evening we held the London launch for the Pattern Book, hosted by our friends at Elliott Wood in the …Continue reading “Field notes: Book launch pattern sequence”
- Field Notes — The Agora
This week I facilitated the final sessions in our Critical Thinking series for the Useful Simple Trust. The programme takes … - Field notes: operating the Decision Engine
I’ve written lots of posts this week on decision-making, and that’s because I have run three rounds of The Decision …Continue reading “Field notes: operating the Decision Engine”
- Sleep, subconscious and napping at work.
This week we ran an online session in our Critical Thinking series exploring a topic not usually found in professional training …