I work as a Senior Lecturer and Researcher at Häme UAS, Finland. I found a definition "regenerative thinking" last year and since that I've been trying to find our the essence of the definition. More I read, more I understand, that I have something big in my hands. I have tried to organize my understanding so, that green elements, sustainability and circular economy hasn't fixed global eco crisis, we need more. I have been collecting bits and pieces together and bring that knowledge to my students. So far we have been having very interesting chats, because after all we all understand, that regenerative thinking or mindset is a wicked problem. I try to bring the element into my teaching, but at the same time I tell to my students, that I have just started my learning path.

Like mentioned above, bringing the awareness. Organizing teaching of the topic, at least trying to.

First of all, trying to understand the size and the essence of the definition. Trying to find my spot in this ocean and finding opportunities, what can I do for this. It would be lovely to find tools for teaching. And find relevant scientific discussions or critical mass of researchers, maybe belong to that too.

Oh dear 😀 If I can catch at least a drop of this, that would be great. If I could find my own spot, then I know, how I can grow so, that I can grow up my students. Because they are our future, they are younger and I have all hopes and trust, that they are so much clever than my generation.

Personal and professional growth are very linked to each other, so I can't separate them. I know only one thing: I live in an old house. I would love to think this as an experimental house, because this needs quite extensive reno within few years. I would like to get rid of the grid, but that is just a fantasy, because we live so up north, that we don't have enough sunlight for e.g solar panels, which would generate power for us. We don't have enough winds or possibility for hydro power either. But, what happens, if I take fresh water from the city but do our own waste management? And generate electricity mostly on my own, when we don't have dark months (we live very close to Arctic Circle, so 3-4 months of the year we live in darkness). How could I bring this personal know-how into teaching? It's a mindset too, and like said, professional growth goes hand-in-hand with personal growth.

Reading, reading, reading. Organizing time for reading (we have 5 kids). Thinking.

I have a problem, because I'm very curious. There are many fields I'm interested. My first profession is a nurse, but then I ended up in pharmaceutical industry for years. Upgraded my diploma to M. Sci (Econ and Administration) and found myself teaching entrepreneurship. History was my minor in university, but I see it as added value, because now I understand causes and affects. Now I'm teaching future thinking and thinking outside of the box (which is really hard), but I also work in tech projects and the latest was related to Extended Reality. I'm also responsible for our school's international connections, so working with different cultures is familiar. So my most important thinkers are a variety of different fields. Bruce Pascoe is the one, but the I follow very closely some Aussi researchers (this is also due to my family background). In addition, people like Michelle and Barack Obama are interesting, Ruth Ginsberg, Eleanor Roosevelt, NASA engineers...or young Jessica Watson, who sailed around the world alone at the age of 16. My list is endless. There are so many interesting people in history too, who made world so much better place, even though it was dangerous. Oscar Schindler, Martti Ahtisaari, Nelson Mandela...

First idea might be, that people are playing the key role here. But I don't think so. I think if we piss of mother nature, she will use her power after all. We humans just need to learn, how to live side by side with nature without harming it.