Outcomes
At your own rhythm, guided by inspiring video tutorials, you’ll learn to design not just for humans, but with the planet in mind—shifting from extractive to life-giving practices. You’ll explore how to:
- Map your product’s wider web of impact across cultures, species, and environments
- Redesign with circular, inclusive, and sustainable principles
- Identify invisible impacts on marginalised communities, environments, and non-human kin
- Use non-user and non-human personas to spark regenerative solutions
- Connect your work to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Apply futures thinking to uncover and address long-term ripple effects
- Set meaningful, data-informed metrics for systemic change
- Build your voice, credibility, and influence as a regenerative innovator
Your course project
Each step of the way, you’ll apply your learning to a real or imagined product-based business of your choice—culminating in a powerful blue-sky innovation summary.
You’ll be supported with a toolkit and setup guidance to organise your work in online collaboration spaces like Miro or Mural. (Don’t worry—intro videos are included if you’re new to those platforms.)
Duration
The course is designed to move between concise learning and immersive doing. Each activity will take around an hour, but feel free to stretch your time—especially when walking in nature, engaging communities, or researching ripple effects. The deeper you go, the richer your outcomes will be.
Course Flow: 5 Steps to Regenerative Impact
After learning about what life-centred design is, you’ll start your course project work:
- Map Your Ecosystem
Zoom out from your design subject to uncover the wider system it’s embedded in—humans, animals, environments, and all. - Do Less Harm
Learn how to reduce extraction, exclusion, and waste through circular, inclusive, and sustainable redesign strategies. - Do More Good
Use non-human personas to reimagine your product and business as active stewards—healing what they once harmed. - Give the Future a Voice
Engage in futuring techniques to anticipate long-term impacts and create safeguards through thoughtful metrics. - Forge Ahead
Gather your insights into a compelling innovation case study and develop strategies to champion change in your work and beyond.
