Regenerative Construction - and why sustainability doesn’t cut it anymore
Sustainability as a word has been overused to the point of no meaning. If we think logically, sustainability, to sustain, can be seen through a variety of lenses - especially when we think of the construction industry.
Sustainability in the financial sense.
Sustainability in the environmental sense.
Sustainability in the practical sense.
It has become a word so lorded that it actually makes no sense at all. But, we’re not talking about the shortcomings of the word, we’re talking about building a better future, and that looks like regenerative construction, rather than sustainable construction.
Regenerative construction presents a glittering opportunity, to consider giving back, and restoring what has been taken, all while still creating and curating.
In construction, regenerative practices look to give back through social and environmental avenues, with economic benefit alongside that, too.
Net Positive practice
Giving back more than we take and implementing practices and principles that guard that approach to building and construction.
For stakeholders not shareholders
Consulting those who will use and spend time in the space. The communities, the people, the neighbourhoods you are building in, as opposed to only considering the shareholder perception and opinions that have long been business practice.
In reverence of the Natural world
Working with what is already there. Building around trees, natural resources and occurring systems, caring for what came before instead of taking at whatever cost.
There’s a whole catalogue of other ways that regenerative construction makes a difference, and it is through positive action rather than inaction. It is about giving, rather than sustaining.
Because, if we sustain what we already have, the future doesn’t look so shiny.
It’s not a tale of doom and gloom, it is an opportunity to not only shift gears, but change the engine that is powering us, and that sounds like a pretty exciting proposition.