Regenerative Design Consulting and Strategy
Hello, I'm Jessamie.
I make ideas feel possible.
We are living through profound transitions.
The old ways of living, working and relating are not enough to
I believe more beautiful futures emerge when people reconnect with themselves, each other, place, and the living systems they are part of.
So, I'm interested in what helps people, communities, and ideas thrive.
Much of my work explores belonging, transition, culture, lineage, and the futures that become possible when people reconnect to themselves, one another, and the places they call home.
My background spans civil engineering, sustainability, community organising, regenerative design, climate adaptation, facilitation, and the creation of spaces that bring people together.
These days, I'm less interested in expertise than participation.
Less interested in having the answers than creating the conditions for new possibilities to emerge.
I work with people, communities, and organisations navigating change and experimenting with more life-giving ways of living, working, creating, and belonging.
What I do
I help people, communities, and projects navigate change and move towards futures that feel more alive.
My strength is helping people, organisations, and communities bring their values and aspirations into practical reality.
How I do it
Through conversation, lineage mapping, systems thinking, regenerative design, and the creation of spaces where new possibilities can emerge.
Why I do it
I believe the futures we create are shaped by the quality of our relationships: to ourselves, to each other, and to the places we belong.
And when people are connected to their own nature, they make better decisions for themselves, their communities, and the living world.
Lineage of Influence
Books
Teachers
Projects
Places
Communities
Questions
Practices
Artists
Ancestors
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philosophy
eco-anthro connects ecology - the environment, our home with anthropology - what it means to be human
‘Eco’
Ecology is the study of the relationships between living organisms and their physical environment. This word comes from oikos, meaning home or the place which is inhabited.
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‘Anthro’
Rooted in anthrōpos, meaning human being, anthropology is the study of humans, human behaviour and culture, past and present.
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For centuries humans have centred their livelihoods amongst healthy, thriving environments. Today still, faced with a pandemic, people have sought streams, rivers, grass, trees, fields, hills with a view, streets with flowers... not to mention how popular veggie growing has become. Healthy, natural ecologies are in our self interest.
Until recently we have been living in an Anthropocene, in which unprecedented human activity has been the dominating influence over the climate, geology and ecosystems. By accelerating towards expansion and infinite growth, so much of the Earth has been damaged that our only life-support system is now breaking down, and we are witnessing the true extent of pushing planetary limits, transforming the Anthropocene into a Pyrocene, an age of fire, heat and extreme temperatures.
Luckily for us, we already have a roadmap and a compass to guide us through the challenging times to come. For thousands of years indigenous communities around the globe have lived in reciprocity with the Earth, supporting biodiversity, maintaining natural resources and managing climate extremes in their own unique way, using what is now called ‘systems thinking’. And while it would be impossible to go back to living in the exact way that indigenous communities have,
we can’t respond to challenges with the same thinking which created them.
In times of crisis, regenerating the earth and living with climate change will require a deep shift in our current ways of thinking; from seeing humans as separate from nature to seeing ourselves as a part of it, with nature's state as inseparable from ours. Climate-resilient, regenerative design can be achieved using indigenous, place-based, nature-based technologies, paired with contemporary materials and construction.
It is time for humans to rethink our anthropology, regenerate our ecological systems and a reestablish a symbiotic relationship with nature.
The role eco-anthro would like to play on this path is as a facilitator of regenerative projects that reconnect humans with nature and creates a culture of belonging to support the health and vitality of all living systems.