#Research-for-Action Seminar: Designing and scaling multilevel eco-projects

Welcome to the latest Doughnut Research-for-Action seminar, entitled Designing and scaling multilevel eco-projects, with Brian McConnell, convened by Doughnut Economics Action Lab.

📅 Tuesday, April 28, 16:00-17:00 PM (UK time)

Session Summary

This session explores how regenerative eco-projects can be designed and scaled through a multilevel approach to systems change. Building on prior discussions of resilience, it frames resilience not simply as an outcome, but as an evolutionary design principle that can strengthen adaptive capacity across individuals, communities, and institutions. The presentation will examine how regenerative initiatives can be prototyped, networked, and iterated across scales while remaining responsive to local context. Participants will be invited to consider how more integrated forms of systems thinking can help cultivate projects that are both resilient and regenerative.

Speaker Bio

Brian McConnell is an integrated tech-media designer, systems thinker, and creator focused on advancing “conscious cultural evolution.” His work brings together evolutionary science, regenerative design, systems thinking, and media strategy to explore new approaches to community development. He is the creator of the EcoRegen.org initiative and a course on Conscious Cultural Evolution, and has collaborated with networks including the Doughnut Economics Action Lab, MIT u-school, and Transition Network. His current focus is on designing multilevel frameworks that support the scaling of regenerative ecosystems across diverse cultural contexts.

How to register

Please use this Zoom link to register for the seminar (also pasted at the top of this page). Upon registration (via zoom) you will receive an email confirmation. Please use the link in the email to add the event to your calendar.

This online seminar series is co-hosted by Andrew Fanning, DEAL's Research & Data Analysis Lead, together with members of the network and invited guests. The aim is to connect scholar-activists worldwide in open and informal spaces around specific topics/initiatives related to Doughnut Economics research and action. Feel free to bring a snack. 🍩

Thank you for your interest in connecting with scholar-activist peers to explore research for action with Doughnut Economics -- we look forward to learning with you!

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