Regenerative Futurist

We catalyzes inclusive, equitable, and regenerative local solutions to meet global climate goals.

Regenerative frameworks go beyond sustainable compliance and the built environment to envision systems designed to limit extractive practices, expand nature-based solutions, and challenges us to prioritize meeting the needs of all people while respecting the limits of planetary boundaries.

Foresight strategies are creative tools of futurists to envision preferred futures. These tools stretch our sights out 10 years to dislodge the limitations of business-as-usual in the present and often result in, often surprising, innovative solutions, approaches, systems, and processes.

We contribute to urban and rural planning initiatives and climate action plans, real estate development and non-profit affordable housing projects, think tanks, and organizations working at the neighborhood scale for resilient communities.

Approach

Integrating Doughnut Economics, Equity, diversity, and inclusion, and transformational applications of Theory U, we ground our regenerative approach to transformational change, policy, engagement and communication urgent optimism, belonging, and right relationship.

With a variety of award-winning creative engagement and tactical urbanism approaches to catalyzing local economies, planning, and real estate development projects focused on social equity, inclusion, collaboration, we integrate regenerative approaches to urban development. We enjoy consulting with affordable housing, contributing our EDI and Doughnut Economic experience to regional planning initiatives like Climate Action Plans, and developing engaging climate communication strategies for institutions and organizations.

Mission

Catalyze inclusive, equitable, and strategic climate solutions for regenerative cities of the future.

Vision

We envision an abundant and resilient future with restored and thriving biodiversity, connected habitats, and abundance for all living beings on the planet.

Values

We value nature-based solutions, Indigenous knowledge systems, and science-based narratives which celebrate ecology and systems based thinking.

Services

Let's work together.

We welcome collaborators and the opportunity to contribute to your organizational transformation, initiatives, and strategic plans.

Strategic Climate Communications
Regenerative Placemaking
District and city specific and regional planning initiatives, including Climate Action Plans
Policy toolkits for Local Climate Action

Interested in exploring working together? Reach out to Sarahrfilley [at] gmail [dot] com

We work at various scales across sectors to create a roadmap for the 21 century ahead providing tools and insight to engineer civic strategies for prosperity.

We are committed to implementing radical and urgent regenerative approaches to affordable housing, regional climate action plans, and local policies which support ambitious global climate goals.

Through discovery, planing, strategic climate communications, research, analysis, and multi-sector collaboration we contribute a strategic and creative perspective to organizations and projects through regenerative transformation with climate-ready solutions, 21st century tools, and insights to engineer civic strategies for prosperity.

Clients

Climate context

Great Lakes

Located on the shores of Lake Michigan in Western Michigan we serve clients nationally, however, we recognize the opportunities here at home which have shaped our outlook and priorities around the unique role that the Great Lakes play in the global climate challenge.

Did you know that the Great lakes represent 20% of the Earth's freshwater? In the US, the state of Michigan is likely to be a major National focus for climate action, moving forward.

Global climate goals focus on the scale of National or State policies are challenging for local communities to translate. We urgently need local collective action and policy so we have made it our mission to downscale neighborhood solutions for regenerative communities.