The Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies and BLOXHUB invite you to a series of events where we embark on an exploration of a regenerative world.

The cities of the future will be larger and more complex, presenting a number of global challenges and opportunities for the 21^st century. Demographic shifts, new needs and expectations, technological development, environmental threats, economic (de)growth and (in)equality and political uncertainty are just some of the major changes taking place. Today, cities represent an emerging global governing power, crucial to addressing and solving some of the world's most pressing issues. This puts cities on the forefront of a regenerative transformation. By undertaking radical shifts and rethinking our current systems we can transform neighbourhoods, cities, and region, moving toward a regenerative transformation.  

To regenerate means not only to do less harm, but to become a positive force that restores, renews, regrows, and revitalises and that gives back more than we take, just like the many ecological systems we can find and experience in nature: from the cells in our bodies, to a forest after fire. Through these events, we will explore how we can create a regenerative world that works within the planetary boundaries and ecological systems to create a future where humankind, nature and our cities can all thrive and flourish.

REGENERATE NOW - Shifting perspectives

REGENERATE NOW aims to move beyond the narratives of sustainability and move into a space where we not only minimise the damages of the current path of environmental degradation and climate change, but where we give back more than we take to create a positive impact for all life on this planet. It will require thinking of our society as an ecosystem where everything is connected at all scales, shifting our value system, and reimagining our social, ecological, and technological systems, establishing a society where we live in symbiosis with the rest of the planet.  

Through this series of events, we will explore the shifting perspectives within three themes to REGENERATE 

→ CULTURE

→ ARCHITECTURE

→ FUTURE

We believe the time for this reimagination is now and we invite you on this exploration to REGENERATE NOW. 

BLOXHUB is an innovation hub for sustainable urbanisation. We bring together companies, organizations, and researchers to co-create solutions for better cities, because we believe in an interdisciplinary and collective approach. Through matchmaking, workshops and network programs, we create solutions to urban challenges, and produce, share and disseminate knowledge. BLOXHUB consists of a coworking space in Copenhagen with just short of a thousand members and a global community of companies, researchers, cities, and other hubs.