The Regeneration Journal
Root Causes
Cooling Cities: What Can be Done? (App included)
Here’s a small mystery, the sort that hides in plain sight until some fact stops the observer cold on the sidewalk: heat, unlike almost every other…
“Reggae Against Racism – Then and Now” – An interview with David Hinds of Steel Pulse
Rock Against Racism (RAR) was born in 1976 at a moment of moral urgency in the United Kingdom—when racist violence was rising on the streets and…
A Framework for Community-Led Dryland Regeneration – James Godfrey-Faussett
Across many dryland and Mediterranean landscapes, long periods of agricultural pressure, deforestation, and climatic variability have gradually reduced soil fertility, water infiltration, and ecological resilience. As…
“Towards an Economy for the Common Good” – An Interview with Christian Felber
Christian Felber is an Austrian activist, book writer, university lecturer, international speaker and contemporary dancer. He initiated the Economy for the Common Good movement and the project Bank for…
“Saving the Planet with AI” – Daniel Erasmus
Daniel Erasmus explains how ClimateGPT can make a difference at this late stage of the game. Watch: NOTE: we used ClimateGPT to dig deeper into the…
“Democracy in the Workplace” – An Interview with Jaz Brisack
Jaz Brisack, nationally known as a co-founder of Starbucks Workers United, is a practitioner in residence at the UC Berkeley Labor Center. During their year-long residency, Brisack…
“Zeedling: Community Action for the Common Good” – An Interview with Filip Geuens
Filip Geuens is a seasoned business transformation consultant and manager. With over three decades of experience, he specializes in developing revenue strategies, leading sales and marketing…
Regenerative Leadership: What the World Needs Now
In this time of permacrisis—where climate breakdown, economic inequality, democratic erosion, cultural fragmentation, and war crimes converge—we recognize that the systems and leaders governing our lives are…
“On Leading through the Polycollapse” – An interview with Alice Kalro, Claudia Gasparovic, and Julio Campos
On the occasion of an approaching publication of arkH3’s latest systemic projections and a resource for business leaders, we sat down with some of its authors and…
“Love, Anger & Betrayal” – An Interview with Jonathon Porritt
Jonathon Porritt is an eminent writer and campaigner on sustainable development. For the last 30 years, Jonathon has provided strategic advice to leading UK and international…
Regeneration and Spiritual Tradition
All the world’s spiritual traditions have deeply embedded regenerative principles – especially in relation to leadership, stewardship, and sustainability. So why is it that our economic…
13 Weapons of Mass Destruction of the Common Good
In this accelerating Age of Collapse, we are witnessing the wholesale destruction of the Common Good. Our misleaders have abandoned their responsibility to creating a society…
“The Post-Growth Business” – An Interview with Marcus Feldthus
Marcus Feldthus and Oscar Haumann created the Post Growth Business 101 course to help us explore how businesses can align with the leading science on planetary…
How do we Regenerate the Common Good?
Politics holds no meaning if our planet dies. We have poisoned the air, the water, the land, and our thoughts. Toxic leaders guide us to extinction.…
“Is Intergenerational Equity possible?” – An Interview with Rahul Basu
Rahul Basu works on implementing intergenerational equity, beginning with minerals in Goa. With a background in the world of finance and economics, Rahul proposals have resulted…
“Beyond the Petri Dish” – An Interview with George Tsakraklides
George Tsakraklides has a diverse background in the sciences, having trained in molecular biology, chemistry, food science, and Earth sciences. He has also worked in data…
Oren Lyons: “Nature’s the Boss.”
It’s time to stand for the seven generations. We can all see the Earth is heating up, that polar ice and glaciers are melting, and that…
“Wealth Supremacy” – An Interview with Marjorie Kelly
Marjorie Kelly is Distinguished Senior Fellow at The Democracy Collaborative (TDC), a nonprofit working to catalyze the creation of a democratic economy, where people reclaim control from extractive capital, and…
“Planetary Boundaries” – Kevin Anderson interviews Johan Rockström
At a certain point, this fight for the Planet becomes personal. ASK: Who or what is stopping us from addressing the most urgent challenges we face…
Climate Deniers Should Not Assume They Will Never Face Justice
BY STEVEN DAY If you’re a reasonably young person who is opposing measures to address climate change for reasons of financial or political gain, be afraid.…
“The Epic Ethical Failure” – an interview with Guido Palazzo
Guido Palazzo is a professor of business ethics at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. His research analyzes the conditions and causes of corporate scandal. With…
The Destruction of the Common Good: Laying the Foundation of a Zero-Trust Society
Adapted from the book REGENERATION: The Future of Community in a Permacrisis World IDEA BITE PRESS (May, 2023) The USA, and increasingly the rest of the world, is…
What is a flash drought? An earth scientist explains
One explanation for the fires in Hawaii is the “flash drought.” We wanted to understand what that means, so we republished this article with permission. BY…
“Beyond Growth, to Wellbeing” – An Interview with Robert Costanza
Robert Costanza is Professor of Ecological Economics at the Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP) at University College London (UCL). He is also currently a Senior Fellow…
In a Barbie world … after the movie frenzy fades, how do we avoid tonnes of Barbie dolls going to landfill?
BY Alan Pears, RMIT University It made headlines around the world when the much-hyped Barbie movie contributed to a world shortage of fluorescent pink paint. But…