I Spent Three Months Tracking Regenerative Design Data – The Results Actually Surprised Me
So I went down a bit of a research rabbit hole last quarter that started with me trying to optimize my own workspace and ended with me buried in academic…
What I Learned Visiting Amazing Biophilic Buildings Around the World (And How They’re Changing My Home Projects)
I never expected to get so excited about office buildings and airports, but here we are. Last month, I finally made it to Seattle to see Amazon’s famous Spheres in…
How London’s Getting Creative with Nature (And What I’m Stealing for My Own Neighborhood)
I’ve been obsessing over London’s approach to bringing nature into urban spaces ever since I stumbled across an article about their “nature deficit disorder” initiatives. As someone who’s spent the…
From My Tiny Apartment to Community Spaces: What I’ve Learned About Actually Making Green Design Work
So I’ve been following this regenerative design stuff on Instagram for a while now – you know how the algorithm works, you start with houseplant content and somehow end up…
Regenerative design examples: Projects That Inspire
Looking at this article, I can see it’s written from a professional consultant’s perspective, but I need to rewrite it from my amateur hobbyist viewpoint. Let me transform this while…
What I Learned About Restoration Living in a Pre-War Building (And Why Your Grandmother’s Furniture Is Probably Better Than IKEA)
Living in a pre-war building has taught me a lot about what lasts and what doesn’t. My studio might be tiny and dark, but the bones of this 1920s building…
Why I’m Learning Regenerative Design (And How It’s Changing Everything)
So I’ve been going down this rabbit hole lately about something called regenerative design, and it’s kind of blowing my mind. It started when I was researching ways to make…
Restore design company: A Complete Guide
# Finding a Restore Design Company: What I Learned From My Search NEW_TITLE: Finding a Restore Design Company: What I Learned From My Search My neighbor Sarah knocked on my…
Why Restoration Projects Are Gold Mines for Natural Design (What I Learned From Three Real Projects)
I’ll be honest – I never paid much attention to old buildings until we started looking at houses in older neighborhoods for better school districts. Most of the places we…
Learning About Nature Design the Hard Way – What Actually Works After Years of Trial and Error
Last week, my eight-year-old granddaughter came with me to the medical complex where my wife has her physical therapy appointments. Standing in that lobby – all shiny surfaces and harsh…
What Singapore Taught Me About Raising Kids in Nature-Connected Cities
I’ll be honest – I never thought a business trip would completely change how I think about my kids’ future, but that’s exactly what happened during my company’s supply chain…
Why I Stopped Optimizing for “Net Zero” and Started Designing for Ecosystem Recovery
I’m sitting in my home office this morning, looking at the small air quality monitor on my desk that’s showing steadily improving numbers since I installed those plants two years…
What I Learned From Timothy Beatley About Creating Kid-Friendly Cities (And Why It Matters for Our Neighborhoods)
I discovered Timothy Beatley’s work on biophilic cities during one of those late-night deep dives that happens when you’re trying to figure out why your kids seem so much happier…
When Cities Actually Make the World Better: What I Learned About Regenerative Urban Design
I never thought much about city planning until I watched my neighborhood flood three times in one summer. Standing in my kitchen, looking out at the water rushing down our…
Optimizing Remote Work Vocabulary: When “Regenerative Design” Terms Get Confusing
I started tracking something weird in my productivity data recently – not my usual metrics like focus time or task completion rates, but how much confusion around workspace terminology was…