GSD Alumni Council

Alumni Council is a voluntary representative board of the Harvard GSD. With the fundamental goal to promote the GSD and alumni community. 13.5 K strong

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Nominations open until Dec 31, 2021.
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Eva Leung, co-founder and CEO of non-profit Terra Cura Inc. challenges us to question "What are we in service to?" #GSDImpact_Regeneration

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Janie Benyus: "We first need to quiet our human cleverness to that we can learn something. Then we need to start listening. The third step is echoing, and the final step is to give thanks - to be a part of and not apart from."#GSDImpact_Regeneration

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Victoria Kindred Keziah: "When we go into a development environment, we assess the inherent generosity of the natural systems of that place." #GSDImpact_Regeneration

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Victoria Kindred Keziah of Biomimicry 3.8 takes the stage. "Biomimicry is the conscious emulation of nature's genius." #GSDImpact_Regeneration

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"Mother earth wants her carbon back. It's our job to make that happen." Tom Newmark, The Carbon Underground #GSDImpact_Regeneration

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Tom Newmark, founder of The Carbon Underground takes the stage. "Globally 50% of all productive soil has been eliminated." #GSDImpact_Regeneration

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Atossa Soltani: "How do we reverse the tipping point? It requires a full re-thinking of our relationship to the natural world." #GSDImpact_Regeneration

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Atossa Soltani, Indigenous Rights and Rainforest Campaigner takes the stage. #GSDImpact_Regeneration

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Panel 2 begins: Walter Meyer, Atossa Soltani, Tom Newmark, Victoria Kezya & Eva Leung take the stage. #GSDImpact_Regeneration

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Bill Reed: "Shift from transaction to reciprocity. Shift away from the building to a new relationship where we look at the life-shed of the ecosystem that the building sits within to understand the potential around the project" #GSDImpact_Regeneration

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Bill Reed asks "Places have inherent potential. They are unique. What is our inherent potential?" (How are we unique) #GSDImpact_Regeneration

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Bill Reed, Principal of Regenesis and founder of IDC begins his remarks. #GSDImpact_Regeneration

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Carol Sanford: "Regeneration means to evolve capacity and joining with capacity. Grow your own being to connect with wholes." #GSDImpact_Regeneration

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Carol Sanford Inspires: "A whole has an aspiration. We come to it as a whole and bring ourselves to the whole." #GSDImpact_Regeneration

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Carol Sanford begins her talk on Regenerative Design Paradigms. "Western culture is an extractive culture. We have a greater opportunity to live with." #GSDImpact_Regeneration

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Tiokasin Ghosthorse begins his remarks. "Mother earth has always been an alive being." #GSDImpact_Regeneration

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Carol Sanford takes the stage, inviting us to embrace a more regenerative approach to our life. Inviting ourselves to be disrupted by, to be open to new reflections. #GSDImpactRegeneration

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Professor David Moreno Mateos begins his keynote, underscoring the impact of human development on the richness of natural ecosystems. #GSDImpactRegeneration

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Architect and Design Change Agent Jaya Kader welcomes speakers #GSDImpactRegeneration.