DEFINING REGENERATION
Securing a shared language for regenerative practises
DEFINING REGENERATION
Securing a shared language for regenerative practises
DEFINING REGENERATION
Securing a shared language for regenerative practises
We believe that having a clear and shared understanding of what regenerative means is essential if we are to guide more people, projects, and organizations toward regenerative practices.
After a long and thoughtful process, drawing on our own project experience and knowledge from a wide range of fields, we have developed what we have learned into five core principles. These principles are designed to be practical, adaptable, and relevant across industries and contexts.
Now, we a inviting others to test them. Over the next 6–8 months, we want these principles to be used, challenged, and refined in as many settings as possible. By the end of 2025, we’ll review everything we've learned and revise the principles accordingly.
We welcome all feedback, whether the principles fall short, miss important areas, or could be expressed more clearly. Your input will help make this framework stronger, more inclusive, and more effective in inspiring regenerative change.
We believe that having a clear and shared understanding of what regenerative means is essential if we are to guide more people, projects, and organizations toward regenerative practices.
After a long and thoughtful process, drawing on our own project experience and knowledge from a wide range of fields, we have developed what we have learned into five core principles. These principles are designed to be practical, adaptable, and relevant across industries and contexts.
Now, we are inviting others to test them. Over the next 6–8 months, we want these principles to be used, challenged, and refined in as many settings as possible. By the end of 2025, we’ll review everything we've learned and revise the principles accordingly.
We welcome all feedback, whether the principles fall short, miss important areas, or could be expressed more clearly. Your input will help make this framework stronger, more inclusive, and more effective in inspiring regenerative change.
Our draft overview of principles
Our draft overview of principles
01
Integrity
Staying true to what supports life — in ourselves, in others, in nature and in the ecosystems we’re part of.
Do my actions reflect and support the well-being of the whole ecosystem?
02
Bio-logic
Letting nature’s wisdom guide how we live and create.
Am I aligning with nature’s patterns and working in harmony with them?
03
Infinity
Caring for the future by learning from the past.
Am I using lessons from the past to create a positive and lasting impact on the future?
04
Context
Acting with awareness of place, people, and patterns.
Am I respecting what’s already in place and ensuring my actions don’t disrupt the balance?
05
Conditioning
Setting things up today so life can thrive tomorrow.
Am I creating the conditions for lasting, positive growth and success for others and the future?
01
Integrity
Staying true to what supports life — in ourselves, in others, in nature and in the ecosystems we’re part of.
Do my actions reflect and support the well-being of the whole ecosystem?
02
Bio-logic
Letting nature’s wisdom guide how we live and create.
Am I aligning with nature’s patterns and working in harmony with them?
03
Infinity
Caring for the future by learning from the past.
Am I using lessons from the past to create a positive and lasting impact on the future?
04
Context
Acting with awareness of place, people, and patterns.
Am I respecting what’s already in place and ensuring that my actions don’t disrupt the balance?
05
Conditioning
Setting things up today so life can thrive tomorrow.
Am I creating the conditions for lasting, positive growth and success for others and the future?
Why the shared definition?
It will make it easier to align between various approaches, practices and formats in the regenerative field
It will make it easier to exchange and cocreate across contributors
It will build scientific compliance and strengthen the field and underlying disciplines
It will make it easier to apply regenerative approaches to new verticals
It will make regenerative practices easier to share, compare and adopt
It will help distinguish genuine regenerative efforts from misleading claims, maintaining integrity in the field
It will make it easier to measure progress and success
How you can use the principles
As a guide to set clear goals and understand what’s needed for your regenerative efforts.
To identify relevant actions that can support and lead to regenerative practise - what needs to change in order for us and our present practise to achieve these principles?
As a way to check or measure if a practice, organization, method, or action is long time beneficial in the regenerative sense.
To highlight and question projects or organizations that do not genuinely deliver regenerative impact through their work or approach.
The principles can also be used to guide decision-making:
When choosing suppliers, partners and clients
When selecting systems, methods, tools, approaches
When working to ensure regnerative leadership
How you can use the principles
As a guide to determine the goal and prerequisites for your regenerative efforts.
To identify relevant actions that can support and lead to regenerative practise - what needs to change in order for us and our present practise to achieve these principles?
As means to certify or assess whether a practise, an organisation, a method or an action is long time beneficial in the regenerative sense.
To call out projects and organisations that fall short of truly providing regenerative impact through their work and ways.
The principles can also act as criteria for decision making:
When choosing suppliers, partners and clients.
When choosing systems, methods, tools, approaches.
When working to secure a measure of regenerative governance.
How you can use the principles
As a guide to determine the goal and prerequisites for your regenerative efforts.
To identify relevant actions that can support and lead to regenerative practise - what needs to change in order for us and our present practise to achieve these principles?
As means to certify or assess whether a practise, an organisation, a method or an action is long time beneficial in the regenerative sense.
To call out projects and organisations that fall short of truly providing regenerative impact through their work and ways.
The principles can also act as criteria for decision making:
When choosing suppliers, partners and clients.
When choosing systems, methods, tools, approaches.
When working to secure a measure of regenerative governance.
