Amanda Sturgeon

‍Amanda Sturgen is an architect, author, speaker and consultant, passionately paving the way for our reconnection to nature using regenerative principles and frameworks. As CEO of the Biomimicry Institute, a global non-profit dedicated to promoting nature-inspired innovation, Amanda is leading a team of change-makers to bring about a world that works in harmony with nature and natural systems. Moving beyond the sustainability approach, at the core of her work is the belief that our built environment should foster our relationship with the natural world and that addressing climate change and biodiversity loss requires whole-systems thinking and biophilic (or ‘love of life’) design.

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Amanda has previously worked as the CEO of Built by Nature, as the Regenerative Design lead at global consultancy Mott MacDonald, and as CEO of the International Living Future Insititute. In 2015 Amanda was named one of the top 10 women in sustainability with the Women in Sustainability Leadership Award.  

You can listen to her Ted Talk here. If you’d like to learn more of Amanda’s regenerative approach, you can read about biophilic design here.  

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