{"id":5604,"date":"2025-12-04T16:52:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T16:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/london\/?p=5604"},"modified":"2025-12-17T16:48:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:48:27","slug":"ways-into-regeneration-what-our-recent-public-dialogue-event-taught-us-about-sustainability-and-ambiguity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/london\/media-and-creative-industries\/ways-into-regeneration-what-our-recent-public-dialogue-event-taught-us-about-sustainability-and-ambiguity","title":{"rendered":"Ways into Regeneration: What Our Recent Public Dialogue Event Taught Us About Sustainability and Ambiguity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Hannah Lyons-Tsai<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rethinking regeneration through dialogue, creativity and wisdom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On an unusually mild October afternoon, conversations about what it means to \u2018become regenerative\u2019 filled the Loughborough University London campus. Voices from the UK, US and Japan contributed to a rich dialogue exploring more personal engagements with regenerative values and leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through workshops and discussions, our recent event Ways of Becoming Regenerative: Learning from ecological thinkers, artists and Indigenous wisdom invited participants to explore regeneration through intercultural, creative and relational lenses. Part of our research at Becoming Regenerative (B-Regen) investigates how innovative regenerative ideas emerge, evolve and gain traction within entrepreneurial contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From reflective workshops to an evening of talks and discussion, the event created space to question, listen and reconnect – not just to new ideas, but to one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Uncovering the many meanings of regeneration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A collective dialogue exploring how regeneration is understood and practised across cultures laid the foundations for a day of open curiosity. Dr Tuukka Toivonen<\/u><\/a> briefly outlined B-Regen\u2019s research and interest in unconventional approaches to regeneration. We\u2019re interested in how regenerative paradigms in art and design education shape the emerging landscape of regenerative innovation and more-than-human relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Event collaborator Yasuhiro Kobayashi<\/u><\/a>, Founder of Ecological Memes<\/u><\/a>, touched on a project mapping a rural watershed ecosystem in Japan and reconnecting people with traditional animistic stories. B-Regen\u2019s Project Manager, Hannah Lyons Tsai<\/u><\/a>, noted how, in their practice, Ecological Memes were \u201cthe weaving of old and new stories,  and how this sparked a conversation about the etymology of nature from our more Western perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This reflective opening set the tone for the afternoon\u2019s embodied, dialogic exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Words of Suiten: Reconnecting with nature\u2019s wisdom through dialogue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Suiten no Kotoba (The Words of Suiten) are described as practical wisdom rooted in nature. The cards, inspired by Buddhist philosophy and Ecological Memes\u2019 exploration of living ecosystems in practice, invite reflection and offer wisdom on life patterns, emotions and our relationships with the more-than-human world. B-Regen was honoured to host the first English-language version of the workshop facilitated by Yasuhiro. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comprising 27 cards of practical wisdom (each called a \u2018seed\u2019), the deck spans four distinct themes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n