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Regenerative Civilization Strategy

Create the
conditions for
life to thrive.

I work with leaders, institutions, and communities to apply living systems thinking to economics, governance, development, and human learning.

Together, we turn regenerative principles into decisions and practices supporting a world where all life thrives.

Marc Earth · Marc Buckley
Ecological Economist & Regenerative Futurist

Marc Buckley speaking at Boma Germany
A life dedicated to regenerative futures
Living systems thinkingEconomics & governanceHuman learningPlace-based regeneration

Work with Marc

From shared vision
to living practice.

Choose the pathway suited to your context. Every engagement begins with the challenge, the people involved, and the conditions needed for meaningful change.

01 / STRATEGY

Strategic advisory

Make complex decisions with a living systems perspective. Develop a system map, clear priorities, governance choices, and an action sequence.

Discuss advisory ↗

02 / SPEAKING

Speaking &
executive briefings

A tailored keynote or leadership briefing connecting regenerative economics, resilience, and possible futures to your audience.

Invite Marc ↗

03 / LEARNING

Workshops &
leadership learning

Build a shared vision, map opportunities, agree responsibilities, and leave with a practical 30-day action plan.

Plan a workshop ↗

04 / DEVELOPMENT

Regenerative development

Connect ecological conditions, resource flows, community, governance, and capital readiness in a place-based diagnostic or blueprint.

Explore a project ↗

05 / CONVERSATION

Podcast & media

Bring living systems thinking into public conversation. Shape an editorial discussion around a clear purpose, audience, format, and publishing plan.

Propose a conversation ↗

Regeneration in practice

Restore the conditions
supporting life.

Regeneration means renewing the capacity of living systems to thrive. It connects the health of people and communities with the places and ecosystems supporting them.

The seven Regenerative Living Principles from Homo Universalis: The Regenaissance offer a practical starting point. Open a principle to explore its application.

01   Remember interbeing

Begin with relationships. Map who and what your decisions affect, including people, places, and other living beings.

02   Regenerate the source before the output

Care for the conditions supporting life. Restore soil, water, trust, health, and learning before asking for greater production.

03   Live in rhythms rather than routines

Work with cycles of activity, rest, reflection, and renewal. Adapt the pace to the living system.

04   Design for reciprocity

Ask what is received and what is returned. Build fair exchanges and shared responsibility into every partnership.

05   Choose symbiosis over control

Create conditions for mutual benefit. Invite diverse knowledge and let decisions emerge from the relationships closest to the work.

06   Let creativity become a compass

Use curiosity, experimentation, and cultural expression to discover possibilities. Make space for learning before scaling.

07   Orient toward wholeness

Consider the ecological, social, economic, and personal dimensions together. Evaluate the health of the whole system.

Selected work

Ideas made tangible.

Marc Buckley delivering a keynote at MHP Festival 2023

Speaking / MHP Festival 2023

Opening a conversation
about regenerative futures.

Explore Marc’s existing event and media archives for talks, interviews, and the ideas behind the work.

Explore event archive ↗

Book / 2026

Homo
Universalis

The Regenaissance

Marc’s book connects human possibility with regenerative living. A starting point for thinking, learning, and acting in relationship with life.

Book & edition updates ↗

Books & Writings

A body of work.
A continuing inquiry.

Alongside Homo Universalis, Marc contributes to collaborative books exploring innovation, climate, leadership, and regenerative futures.

Read contributions to Moonshots for Europe, Before This Decade Is Out, and Leadership for Sustainable Futures, plus essays and the UN SDG Manifesto.

Explore books & writings ↗

Inside Ideas

Conversations for
possible futures.

Marc hosts Inside Ideas, exploring the ideas, people, and practices shaping our shared future.

Listen, reflect, and bring the conversation into your own work. For editorial invitations and media partnerships, share your audience and intended theme.

Start here

What wants to
come alive?

Tell me about your organization or place, the challenge, and the outcomes you seek. Include your preferred pathway, timing, and available budget.

For speaking, include the date, location, audience, format, and travel needs. Scope and fees are agreed after an initial conversation.

Speaker photos & bio ↗

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