This document summarizes a presentation on rethinking sustainability towards a regenerative economy. It is supported by the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020 and COST Action CA16114. The presentation discusses moving beyond sustainability to restoration and regeneration by enabling social and ecological systems to remain healthy and evolve. It provides definitions of sustainability, restoration, and regeneration. It also summarizes the work of Working Group 1, including their visions, themes, and triggers for moving towards a regenerative future built environment.

1. COST is supported by
The EU Framework Programme
Horizon 2020
This presentation is based upon work from COST Action RESTORE CA16114, supported by COST
(European Cooperation in Science and Technology).
www.eurestore.eu
Martin Brown, Fairsnape
Sustainability:
from Restorative to Regenerative
Budapest, 13/02/2018
Vice Chair
Working Group One Lead
UK Training School Director
fairsnape@gmail.com
@fairsnape

2. Rethinking Sustainability Towards a Regenerative Economy
SUSTAINABILITY: FROM RESTORATIVE TO
REGENERATIVE

3. Rethinking Sustainability Towards a Regenerative Economy
>>> RETHINKING SUSTAINABILITY TOWARDS A
REGENERATIVE ECONOMY
>>> TO AFFECT A PARADIGM SHIFT IN EDUCATION
AND PRACTICE

4. D O N O T H I N G T O D AY
T O C O M P R O M I S E
T O M O R R O W ’ S G E N E R AT I O N
B R U N D T L A N D 1 9 8 7
Source: Our Common Ground 1987

5. D O N O T H I N G T O D AY
T O C O M P R O M I S E
T O M O R R O W ’ S G E N E R AT I O N
B R U N D T L A N D 1 9 8 7
Source: Our Common Ground 1987

7. BUILDING PLASTICS only 19% recovered / recycled
BPA present in 86% teenagers

8. SOLASTALGIA distress and illness from environmental change
CARBON 410 ppm
BUILT ENVIRONMENT 40% SECTOR SourceSource: FutuREstorative 2016
Our Earth Was Once Green

9. W E S H O U L D N O T U S E T H E
W O R D ‘ S U S TA I N A B L E ’ U N T I L
W E G I V E A S M U C H B A C K A S
W E TA K E
Y V O N C H O U N A I R D @ PATA G O N I A
Source: Responsible Business Y Chounaird and S Vincent

10. B U S I N E S S A S U S U A L
S U S TA I N A B L E
R E G E N E R AT I V E
W E N O L O N G E R H AV E T H E
L U X U RY O F B E I N G L E S S B A D
R E D U C I N G I M PA C T
P O S I T I V E G O O D
R E S T O R AT I V EG R E E N
Source See FutuREstorative

11. SUSTAINABILITY - are we just reducing impact when
we can ‘enable’ a regenerative future? SourceSourceSource: Martin Brown

12. A less bad version of
the built environment
we have
A built environment
that makes the
world a better place

13. “You never change
things by fighting the
existing reality …
… to change
something, build a
new model that makes
the existing model
obsolete.”
B U C K M I N S T E R F U L L E R

14. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
The new POSITIVE thinking for SUSTAINABILITY

16. Rethinking Sustainability Towards a Regenerative Economy
Working Group One: sets the scene
for other RESTORE working groups and asks three questions
1.What is the state of the art for Regenerative Sustainability?
2.Moving beyond the state of the art: Where do we want to be?
3.How do we get there, What are the ‘triggers’?

17. PARIS:
Limiting temperature increases to 1.5 DegC
will re-set built environment codes,
standards, strategies and targets.
HEALTH AND WELLBEING:
Sustainability is no longer only considered
through resource and energy lens, but
increasingly and significantly human-centric.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS:
The UN SDG's are igniting sustainability with
proactive, global social goals, moving us away
from the ‘do nothing today’ paradigm
CONTEXT

18. DEFINITIONS
SUSTAINABLE:
Limiting the damage caused.
RESTORATIVE:
Restoring social & ecological systems to
a healthy state.
REGENERATIVE:
Enabling social & ecological systems to
remain healthy and to evolve.
Source : RESTORE WG1 Language of Sustainability

19. 02 RESTORE DEFINITIONS ‘Within the Built Environment, we
have many many tools, approaches and
strategies that seek sustainability,
limiting the damage caused by
buildings,
We have fewer strategies, standards
and tools that seek to do better, be
net-positive & restore our eco, social,
people health and economic systems to
a healthy state.
We have even less approaches that
holistically enable
the regeneration of these systems.
This is the state of the art.”
SUSTAINABLE:
Limiting the damage caused.
RESTORATIVE:
Restoring social & ecological systems to
a healthy state.
REGENERATIVE:
Enabling social & ecological systems to
remain healthy and to evolve.
Source : RESTORE WG1 Language of Sustainability

20. Source: glancesideways com

21. BREEAM
WELL BUILD
LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE
DGNB SYSTEM
CRADLE TO CRADLE
NATURAL STEP
LEED
BIOMIMICRY BIOPHILIA
PASSIVE HOUSE
SUSTAINABLE RESTORATIVE REGENERATIVE
SALUTOGENESIS
CIRCULAR ECONOMY REGENERATIVE ECONOMY
CARBON REDUCTION PROJECT DRAWDOWN
RED LIST MATERIALS
LINEAR ECONOMY
RESTORATIVE ENTERPRISE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALSBRUNDTLAND DEFINTION
ONE PLANET LIVING
Source : RESTORE WG1 Publication

22. RESTORE WG1 THEMES
Source: WGI Publication

23. VISIONS A LANGUAGE FOR SUSTAINABILITY:
that removes confusion
WELL BEING AND LOVE:
through awareness of the planet
A LIVING HERITAGE:
with sustainable function, materials and accessibility
ACTIVE BUILDINGS:
Restorative Buildings that do More Good
SUSTAINED GROWTH:
from regenerative circularity
Source: WG1 Publication

24. Inspiring the
next generation
(RE)Connecting
through
Biophilia
Human-centric,
culturally rich
and ecological
sound
Linear to
Regenerative
Economies
RESTORE TRIGGERS
EDUCATION ECONOMYPLACENATURE
Source: WG1 Publication

25. SOCIAL, WELLBEING AND
PARTICIPATION
Wellbeing and Love through awareness
of the planet
RESTORATIVE BUILDINGS
Less Bad Restorative Buildings for More
Good
RESTORATIVE HERITAGE:
Reintegrated, Lively Heritage: Learning
from the Past, Sharing for the Future
REGENERATIVE ECONOMY
Sustainable Economic Development
through Regenerative Economy
WORKING GROUPS
& PAPERS
Source: WG1 Publication

26. TRAINING SCHOOL “I believe this was the beginning
of something bigger and totally
revolutionary”
Salutogenesis: The
“sustainability” of the people
living/working inside a building
could be more important than the
sustainability of the building
itself”
“I received clear definitions and
deep understanding of three basic,
but important words:
sustainability, restoration and
regeneration”
“… teach the student to see the land, to
understand what he sees, and to enjoy what he
understands ” ALDO LEOPOLD
Source: UK Training School Nov 2017

27. Diana Apro HU Buildings Lead
Martin Brown UK Definitions, TS Director & Chair
Edeltraud Haselsteine AT Heritage & Vice Chair
Diana Kopeva BU Economics Lead
Egla Luca AL Heritage Lead
Katri Pulkkine FI Social Co-Lead
Blerta Vula AL Social Co-Lead
WG1
LEAD
PEOPLE

28. We are faced with increasingly unques-
tionable evidence of the impact that
human activity and the built environ-
ment has on the environment. Label-
ling our current era as anthropogenic is
giving a sense of urgency to addressing
a new ‘sustainability beyond sustain-
ability’
The built environment is currently a
significant contributor to wider and
global sustainable impacts, but can
be a significant contributor to sustain-
ability success. However, as Naomi
Klein commented in This Changes
Everything, “there are no non-radical
solutions available to us” and as
Martin Brown noted in FutuREstorative
“we no longer have the luxury of being
less bad”
Working Group One sets the scene for
other RESTORE working groups and asks
three questions:
1. What is the state of the art for
Regenerative Sustainability?
2. Moving beyond the state of the art:
Where do we want to be?
3. How do we get there, What are the
‘triggers’?
HOW DO WE CHANGE
THE SUSTAINABILITY PARADIGM
TO A ENABLE A FUTURE BUILT
ENVIRONMENT THAT MAKES THE
WORLD A BETTER PLACE
PARIS
Limiting temperature increases to
1.5 DegC will re-set built environment
02 RESTORE DEFINITIONS01 CONTEXT
SUSTAINABLE
Limiting the damage caused.
Sustainability,
Restorative to Regenerative
COST is supported by
the EU Framework
Programme Horizon
2020
Diana Apro. HU
Buildings Lead
Martin Brown. UK
Definitions & Chair
Edeltraud Haselsteiner. AT
Heritage & Vice Chair
Diana Kopeva. BU
Economics Lead
Egla Luca. AL
Heritage Lead
Katri Pulkkinen.
FI Social Co-Lead
Blerta Vula. AL
Social Co-Lead
Salutogenesis: The “sustainability”
of the people living/working inside a
building could be more important than
the sustainability of the building itself”
10 COST RESTORE
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09 PEOPLE
Everything, “there are no non-radical
solutions available to us” and as
Martin Brown noted in FutuREstorative
“we no longer have the luxury of being
less bad”
TO A ENABLE A FUTURE BUILT
ENVIRONMENT THAT MAKES THE
WORLD A BETTER PLACE
PARIS
Limiting temperature increases to
1.5 DegC will re-set built environment
sustainability codes, standards,
strategies and targets.
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Sustainability is now longer only
considered with resources and energy,
but increasingly and significantly
human-centric.
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
The UN SDG's are igniting
sustainability with pro-
active, global social goals,
moving us away from the
‘do nothing today’ paradigm
02 RESTORE DEFINITIONS
03 TOWARDS A REGENERATIVE FUTURE
a future built environment that makes
the planet a better place
a less bad version of the
built environment we have
01 CONTEXT
04 RESTORE THEMES
NET ZERO
ENERGY
RELATIONSHIP
WITH PLACE
HEALTHY,
RESPONIBLE
RESOURCES
NET POSITIVE
WATER
BIOPHILIC AND
SALUTOGENIC
WELLBEING
REIMAGINING
CARBON
CIRCULAR
ECONOMICS
REGENERATIVE
EDUCATION
EQUITY NOT
JUST
EQUALITY
SUSTAINABLE
Limiting the damage caused.
RESTORATIVE
Restoring social & ecological systems to
a healthy state.
REGENERATIVE
Enabling social & ecological systems to
remain healthy and to evolve.
Business As Usual
Reducing Impact
Green
Sustainable
Restorative
Regenerative
07 RESTORE TRIGGERS
Diana Apro. HU
Buildings Lead
Martin Brown. UK
Definitions & Chair
Salutogenesis: The “sustainability”
of the people living/working inside a
building could be more important than
the sustainability of the building itself”
10 COST RESTORE
SOCIAL, WELLBEING AND
PARTICIPATION
Wellbeing and Love through aware-
ness of the planet
RESTORATIVE BUILDINGS
Less Bad Restorative Buildings for
More Good
RESTORATIVE HERITAGE
Reintegrated, Lively Heritage:
Learning from the Past, Sharing for
the Future
REGENERATIVE ECONOMY
Sustainable Economic Development
through Regenerative Economy
Visit RESTORE web pages.
http://www.eurestore.eu
Training School Report
and Links:
http://bit.ly/2DF0d7J
09 PEOPLE
Inspiring the
next sustainable
generation
Connecting
through
Biophilic Design
Culturally rich
and ecological
sound built
environments
From limited
growth to
Regenerative
Economics
06 WORKING GROUP
& PAPERS
08 TRAINING SCHOOL
A LANGUAGE FOR SUSTAINABILITY
that removes confusion
WELL BEING AND LOVE
through awareness of the planet
A LIVING HERITAGE
with sustainable function, materials and
accessibility
ACTIVE BUILDINGS
Restorative Buildings that do More Good
SUSTAINED GROWTH
from restorative circularity
05 RESTORE VISIONS
STATE OF
THE ART
GETTING
FROM
TO
VISION
EDUCATION NATURE PLACE
CIRULAR
ECONOMICS
… teach the student to see the land, to understand what he sees,
and to enjoy what her understands ” ALDO LEOPOLD
“I received clear
definitions and
deep understanding
of three basic, but
important words:
sustainability,
restoration and
regeneration”
“I believe this was
the beginning
of something
bigger and totally
revolutionary”
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29. CONTENT
01 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Martin Brown and Edeltraud Haselsteiner
02 DEFINITIONS THE LANGUAGE OF SUSTAINABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Martin Brown et al. (collective authorship WG1)
03 SOCIAL, HEALTH and PARTICIPATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“Well-Being and Love from the awareness of the planet”
Blerta Vula Rizvanolli, Katri Lissa Pulkinnen and Ana Paula Barreira
04 LIVING BUILDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"Less bad” – restorative buildings for "more good”
Diana Apró, Zvi Weinstein and Szabina Várnagy
05 REGENERATIVE HERITAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A gift from the human past - Re-Integrated Lively Heritage
Egla Luca, Ivan Sulc and Edeltraud Haselsteiner
06 CIRCULAR ECONOMY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sustainable economic development through Regenerative ECONOMY
Diana Kopeva, Thomas Panagopoulos, Zeljka Kordej De Villa,
Zaneta Stasiskiene , Nikolay Shterev, Milen Baltov
07 ACTIVITIES WG1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
UK Training School: Revolutionary, Regenerative Sustainability
Martin Brown
Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs)
08 EPILOGUE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Regenerative Sustainability Recommendations
Martin Brown and Edeltraud Haselsteiner
09 PEOPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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WG1 Publication
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Sustainability,
Restorative to Regenerative
An exploration in progressing a paradigm shift in built
environment thinking, from sustainability to restorative
sustainability and on to regenerative sustainability.
COST Action CA16114 RESTORE: REthinking Sustainability TOwards a Regenerative Economy,
Working Group One Report: Restorative Sustainability
Martin Brown (Chair), Edeltraud Haselsteiner (Vice-Chair),
Diana Apró, Diana Kopeva, Egla Luca, Katri Pulkkinen and
Blerta Vula (RESTORE Working group I, Eds.)
COST is supported by
the EU Framework
Programme Horizon
2020
Group SG Leads)

30. Rethinking Sustainability Towards a Regenerative Economy
“ I M A G E A B U I LT E N V I R O N M E N T T H AT
N O T O N LY P R O V I D E S F U N C T I O N , B U T
I M P R O V E S P E O P L E & P L A N E T H E A LT H ,
E N R I C H E S P R O S P E R I T Y F O R A L L A N D
I S M O R E B E A U T I F U L T H A N T H E O N E
W E H AV E T O D AY ”
Source: #imagineBetter Martin Brown

31. COST is supported by
The EU Framework Programme
Horizon 2020
This presentation is based upon work from COST Action RESTORE CA16114, supported by COST
(European Cooperation in Science and Technology).
www.eurestore.eu
Martin Brown, Fairsnape.
Sustainability:
from Restorative to Regenerative
Budapest, 13/02/2018
Vice Chair
Working Group One Lead
UK Training School Director
COST Action RESTORE
fairsnape@gmail.com
@fairsnape