The Regeneration Lab
Welcome to The Regeneration Lab. The podcast of the Regenerative Thinking research group at the the Mission Zero centre of expertise at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, where we conduct integrated research to come up with regenerative solutions for a more sustainable future. Each episode features a leading educator, activist, professor, or researcher who is already engaging in more regenerative forms of higher education. Join us on this journey as we discover how these educational innovations emerged, how they are practiced, and the beautiful futures that are envisioned for more regenerative higher education. Along the way we will explore the systemic and personal challenges, barriers and opportunities that our awesome guests are facing to do this. You can reach out through mission-zero@hhs.nl to respond or connect to any of the episodes!
The Regeneration Lab
What If Nature Was Our Teacher? A Conversation with Trudie Murray
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Trudie's journey from humanitarian aid to entrepreneurship education was shaped by witnessing the limits of well-meaning interventions and the dangerous lack of systems thinking in development work. Fear for her children's future drove her to completely reimagine how she teaches - and biomimicry became the key. "When I started looking at entrepreneurial learning through the lens of nature, it really changed how I saw myself as an educator," she explains. Now her classroom is a living lab for regenerative thinking, where students use natural materials for prototypes, walk through parks for ecological awareness, and sometimes even write poetry after being among trees. As a fellow traveler on a forest path that changes with every season, Trudie emphasizes that teaching regeneration must begin with care - care for the planet, for learners, for ourselves, and for all the systems we're trying to change.
Key themes: Biomimicry, nature-based learning, sensory pedagogy, care as foundation, living lab classroom