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Stories of Transformation

Manchester, England, Community and Culture Neal Collins (he/him) Manchester, England, Community and Culture Neal Collins (he/him)

From Street Lad to Biosphere-Inspired Entrepreneur with Dr. Vincent Walsh

Dr. Vincent Walsh is a designer and serial entrepreneur living and working in Manchester, England. He is inspired and fascinated by the biosphere's natural inclination toward circular systems and "upcycling"—taking components and creating from them something of equal or greater value.

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Community and Culture Neal Collins (he/him) Community and Culture Neal Collins (he/him)

Biophilic Cities

Biophilia was first introduced as a term in 1973 by Erich Fromm in The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, which put forth that biophilia is “the passionate love of life and all this is alive.” The term was later used by legendary biologist E.O. Wilson in his 1984 work Biophilia, in which he proposed that humans tend to focus on and affiliate with nature and other life-forms because of a genetic basis.

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Community and Culture Neal Collins (he/him) Community and Culture Neal Collins (he/him)

Deinfrastructuring with Steven Baumgartner

The infrastructure that our society is built upon is large and complex. Outside of roads, bridges, and buildings the we can see, much of the infrastructure is out of sight. We know that there is an electrical grid, sewer systems with waste water treatment plants, and hundreds of thousands of fiber optic cables, but most people don't know how it all works.

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Community and Culture Neal Collins (he/him) Community and Culture Neal Collins (he/him)

Developing a Living Community with Matthew Grocoff

When the Living Building Challenge was launched in the early 2000’s many people thought that it was impossible. And in many places illegal. Two decades later developers, architects, contractors, and visionaries are pushing the envelope and designing entire communities based upon the aspirational and rigorous Living Building guidelines.

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Community and Culture Neal Collins (he/him) Community and Culture Neal Collins (he/him)

Regeneration for Social Change with Ashley Colby Fitzgerald

Ashley Colby’s life is one in which passion meets purpose. She dared to take the road less traveled; the road that many of us only glimpse in bleary-eyed daydreams. To venture into the unknown, guided by a burning question of “What could be?” takes a leap of faith. It is an act that tests your resolve, questions your motives, grades on your patience, and thus, builds your resilience.

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