INTRODUCING THE REGENERATIVE DESIGN SERIES!
In these webinars, Honey Sweet Harmony will guide ANBE participants in learning to create educational materials, curricula, events, and more using regenerative design and nature's cycle as a template to bring your visions into form!
In our first series, Honoring Ancestors of All Species, we’ll explore how autumn is a natural time to honor ancestors in many forms, and specific elements we can weave into designing events on this theme.
What’s “Regenerative Design”?
Moving beyond the goal of sustainability, regenerative design takes a holistic systems approach with the intention to not only continue what already exists, but design in cycles through which we compost our prior ideas and experiences in order to birth new inspirations and innovations. Continuously revitalizing ourselves and our communities/ecosystems, we take into consideration the impact on future generations, the influence of those who have gone before, and the needs of our own particular time/place. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are natural elements in this process. In addition to educational programming, regenerative design is showing up in a wide variety of contexts that the children of today will grow into, such as: rewilding, food systems, community development, restorative justice, engineering, architecture and landscape design.
Why “The Natural Cycle”?
We all share the Sun and Moon, so the natural cycle is a pattern found everywhere on Earth. It can serve as a template to make anything we design maximally effective AND enjoyable - regenerative!
Why "Ancestors of All Species"?
Regenerative design considers human beings to be part of nature, sharing kinship with all species. Children often experience this instinctive feeling of connection, including when encountering death as a part of the natural cycle. In this series, we’ll explore how we can design larger events, or smaller everyday moments, in which we honor those who have gone before, whether they had leaves, bark, scales, feathers, fur, or human form.
Session #1:
Wednesday, October 23rd 7PM - 9PM (EST)
Intro to Regenerative Design & The Natural Cycle as a Universal Template, Cross-Cultural Examples of Celebrations Honoring the Ancestors
Session #2:
Wednesday, November 6th 7PM - 9PM (EST)
Exploring Elements of Design: Honoring Ancestors of All Species
Session #3:
Wednesday, November 13th 7PM - 9PM (EST)
Practicing the Design Together, Applications Throughout the Year, Series Harvest
*Recordings of all sessions will be available after the webinar. The practice portion of the third session will NOT be recorded for privacy reasons. Participants will be eligible for a certificate of completion with live attendance of all three sessions.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This webinar series is designed for anyone who facilitates nature-based education and outdoor learning, which may include: teachers and administrators in school and childcare settings; naturalists, environmental educators, outdoor educators; wilderness survival enthusiasts; parents/grandparents/aunts/uncles.
MEET YOUR GUIDES
Honey Sweet Harmony is an interspecies creativity-catalyzing mentorship constellation. McCadden is the human spokesperson, collaborating with dog and cat helpers. Together kin* are committed to remembering regenerative cultural patterns, and have decades of experience with all ages from toddlers to seniors as deep nature connection mentors and ancestral skills facilitators specializing in stories, music, and movement, eco-spiritual healing arts, ceremony facilitation, and grief / peace tending. For 25 years kin have taught enrichment programs in a diverse range of public and private schools, camps, community centers, spiritual-based and nature-based organizations. McCadden has served as a facilitator for ANBE webinars, Village Talk (a weekly phone conference for adults committed to nature connection), Community Song Circles and Story Circles, Ancestor Suppers, solar and lunar phase ceremonies, and many more forms of multigenerational community events inspired by nature’s rhythms. You'll find seasonal Song Groves and activity ideas that kin have cultivated for ANBE in our Blog pages.
(*nature-kinship pronouns ki/singular, kin/plural come from Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass and Gathering Moss)
