Systems Transformation
autopoiesis llc Principals Dr. Stuart Cowan and Kathryn Langstaff each bring 25 years of experience in designing, facilitating, and managing systems transformation initiatives ranging from The Economics of Change, an international effort to include ecological and social value layers in real estate to the Regenerative Communities Network, a global learning and action network devoted to a just transition to regenerative economies. Services include process design, convening, mapping and modeling, regenerative supply networks and research for trans-disciplinary systems transformation initiatives in the service of a regenerative world.
Regenerative Communities Network
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autopoiesis llc Principal Stuart Cowan is the Founding Convener and a Senior Advisor for the Regenerative Communities Network, a global learning and action network that launched in October 2018 and supports 14 bioregions on 4 continents on their journeys towards regenerative economies. The RCN has launched significant initiatives in the areas of regenerative education & leadership, systems mapping, bioregional to national scale regenerative roadmapping, systems-based evaluation, regenerative finance, and more. |
Interview with Daniel Christian Wahl: "Learning to be Human in a more-than-human world"
Bullitt Center Living Building: Urban Ecosystem Services
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autopoiesis, llc collaborated with Ecotrust on a groundbreaking study of the ecosystem services benefits of one of the world's most sustainable buildings, The Bullitt Center. Just a few of these benefits generate shared value equivalent to the incremental investment required for a Living Building. |
| Optimizing Urban Ecosystem Services: The Bullitt Center |
Ecological Design
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autopoiesis, llc Principal Stuart Cowan is the co-author of Ecological Design (Island Press 1996, 10th Anniversary Edition 2007), a visionary integration of ecology, complex systems, and design thinking. The book has been translated into Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin and widely used as a sustainable design textbook. |