Daniel Christian Wahl
“To make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological offence or the disadvantage of anyone” – R. Buckminster Fuller
Daniel is an international consultant and educator specialising in biologically-inspired whole systems design and transformative innovation. He is a biologist (University of Edinburgh and University of California), holds an MSc in Holistic Science (Schumacher College) and a PhD in Design (CSND, University of Dundee, 2006).
Daniel has worked with local and national governments on foresight and futures, facilitated seminars on sustainable development for the UNITAR affiliated training centre CIFAL Scotland, consulted companies like Camper, Ecover and Lush on sustainable innovation, and has co-authored and taught sustainability training courses for Gaia Education, LEAD International and various universities and design schools.
He is a member of the International Futures Forum, a fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA), co-founder of Biomimicry Iberia, and brought Bioneers to Europe in 2010. Daniel currently works for Gaia Education and the SMART UIB project of the Universidad de las Islas Balears. Triarchy Press published his first book, Designing Regenerative Cultures, in 2016.
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| Country: Spain |
| Academic Titles: PhD |
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Website: http://danielchristianwahl.com/ |
| Teaching language: English (preferred), German (mother tongue), Spanish (fluent) |
| EDEs Facilitated: Findhorn (Scotland) Wongsanit Ashram (Thailand) Son Rullan (Spain) co-authored all four dimensions of the GEDS |
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Publications: Designing Regenerative Cultures, PhD, Triarchy Press, May 2016
Creating Sustainability? Join the Re-Generation!, The Ecologist, April 2016 Ian L. McHarg and the emergence of natural design, Daniel C Wahl, Annals of Earth, Vol XXIII, No1, 2005 |
| Academic Papers: Bionics vs. Biomimicry: from control of nature to sustainable participation in nature in WIT Design & Nature Paper The Designer’s Role in Facilitating Sustainable Solutions in Design Issues: Volume 24, Number 2 Spring 2008, pp.72-83 Design for Human and Planetary Health – A transdiscipPress articles: Book Preview: Designing Regenerative Cultures in Kosmos Journal, March 2016. Hacia una conciencia ecologica in EcoHabitar No.7, 2005. Somos de Gaia – Unidos a un planeta vivo en crisis in EcoHabitar No.4, 2005.linary approach to sustainability in WIT Press, 2006 |
| Press articles: Book Preview: Designing Regenerative Cultures in Kosmos Journal, March 2016. Hacia una conciencia ecologica in EcoHabitar No.7, 2005. Somos de Gaia – Unidos a un planeta vivo en crisis in EcoHabitar No.4, 2005. |
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