These workshops explored how listening to non-human perspectives might inform regenerative design in practice. The walkshops were the first workshops I designed as part of my PhD in Design at the Lancaster University. Participants for the Brighton walkshop were postgraduate students from architecture, sustainable designand urban design at the University of Brighton. The Lisbon walkshop was part of Gentler Futures Festival organised by BY THE END OF MAY.
Participants were taken on a guided sound-walk, listening to a familiar place through unusual perspectives through silent disco headphones and specialised microphones that detect sounds outside typical human hearing ranges, such as trees, soil, and underground water flows. Particular focus was put on "listening in" to the lesser-noticed nutrient and water cycles that happen all around, such as photosynthesis in ponds, as well as listening from the "point of view" of soil organisms.

Through curiosity and playful prompts, participants were invited to re-imagine their creative practice with a non-human collaborator by recording and sharing observations. By the end of the workshops, each participant took home a personalised booklet with regenerative inspirations for their own future practice, plus access to a ‘More-than-Human sound track list’ on Soundcloud featuring sounds that were heard on the day. The workshops were tailored to the specific locations' ecosystems and habitats and for designers, architects, and makers curious about ecology and sensory practice. Photos by Emily Jean Vanweydeveld, Beatriz Esteves, Marta Ferreira and Sally Sutherland.