Synthegrative Blog

This "word" synthegrative reflects our approach. It combines real words, synthesis – "a combination of ideas to form a theory or system", and integrative – "serving or intending to unify separate things"; to create a systemic vision of wholes which are greater than the sum of their parts, reminding us that our work in regenerative design must begin with working on whole living systems and not just the parts and pieces. Our synthegrative posts explore the intersection of green building design, regenerative practice and personal development. We will tell our story and the stories we find along the way.

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Evolving the Field - Part 2

Continuing the final chapter excerpt from our book, The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building: Redefining the Practice of Sustainability.

Thinking

Process

Evolving the Field - Part 1

The excerpt below comes from the final chapter of our book, The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building: Redefining the Practice of Sustainability. This chapter foreshadows where we were headed then and speaks to what it is we are really working on now.

Process

Does LEED add Value to your Projects?

In your previous experience with LEED has it added value to the project beyond attaining the owner’s goal of achieving certification and receiving a plaque? Or in your previous experience has LEED felt like more of a paper shuffling exercise with a convoluted set of rules and requirements? We hold the strong conviction that LEED has the potential to add considerable value to the project’s design if engaged with the right mindset and process.

Thinking

Exploring New Project Possibilities through a Beginner’s Mind: Omit the Checklist

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.”– Shunryu Suzuki

Learning

Story

The Thanksgiving Address: Remembering and Giving Thanks to the Natural World

We have taken it upon ourselves to share the vision of Jake Swamp by making the Thanksgiving Address an integral part of our work.

Thinking

Manifesting Quiddity

You are entirely unique. In the whole history of human kind there is no one like you. Even identical twins are absolutely idiosyncratic. One of one, unlike no other. All other living beings are also

Thinking

Process

Energetic Fields

"Every thought, action, decision, or feeling creates an eddy in the interlocking, inter-balancing energy fields of life. In this interconnected universe, every improvement we make in our private world improves the world at large for everyone." - David Hawkins

Learning

Thinking

Regenerative Evocation

Evocation: the act of bringing or recalling a feeling, memory, or image to the conscious mind.

Thinking

Story

Manifesting Potential

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates

How can every project and person involved contribute to the vitality of their unique place?

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