Application period for its 2nd edition in June ‘25: CAS ETH in Regenerative Systems: Sustainability to Regeneration
This CAS is the first of the three DRRS series CAS, leading to the MAS Master of Advanced Studies ETH in Regenerative Systems.
Global crises and local interventions: The CAS explores global crises and local interventions through a designerly approach to sustainability, regeneration, and resilience. It begins with a scientific update on the interconnectedness of global crises and how local interventions can grow a movement where everyone has agency to reach tipping points.
Sustainability to regeneration: We emphasize the origins of sustainability and expand our notion of regeneration as the expression of life.
Worldviews: Participants are invited to “learn to unlearn” established notions, embracing new perspectives and ways of knowing beyond dominant Western worldviews.
Reframing complexity: Instead of simplifying, participants explore systems thinking, relational data, tacit knowledge, and the role of artificial intelligence in supporting regenerative practices.
Design as nature: Emphasizing humans as part of nature, the program examines design practices like permaculture, deep ecology, and regenerative economies.
Mind and movement: Highlighting the importance of mental and physical flow, participants build inner capacities for navigating uncertainty and fostering organic emergence.
A highlight of the programme is a week-long immersive field design trip to the partnering MonViso Institute in the Italian Alps, a living systems lab blending theory with practice. Participants engage with regenerative practices, collaborate with the local community in Ostana, and partake in a systemic cycling tour of the Po River Valley, fostering bioregional connections and governance insights for new economic practices. The journey integrates virtual learning, expert dialogues, and personal QUEST projects as participants navigate the intersections of sustainability, regeneration, and resilience.
Status: The second iteration of CAS#1 opens for application in June 2025 and takes place in autumn 2025. DRRS MOOC#1 needs to be taken prior to the CAS start.
Application period: 01.06.-30.06.2025
Start: September 9th 2025
Duration: 5 months until end of January ’26, with breaks 6.-10.10., 3.-7.11., 5.12.-7.1.26.
Credit points: 12 ECTS
Format: Hybrid, virtual and flexible, with a parallel physical stream and a field design trip to Italy (physical and mandatory)
Field design trip: 26.09.–05.10.2025
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