Time: Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Registration ends Monday, June 29, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Regenerating Learning: Permaculture for Sustainability Learning at Business Schools and Beyond
Join us as we explore how permaculture can support student engagement with nature
Permaculture gardens are hands-on holistic regenerative opportunities for more life-centred business education. Community gardening is a growing movement worldwide, offering multiple environmental and social benefits, including greater energy efficiency in buildings, enhanced biodiversity in cities, production of locally grown, organic vegetables, integration of local community both as producers and consumers, enhanced wellbeing, and learning opportunities.
Regenerating Learning offers a fascinating exploration of the challenges and opportunities of hands-on sustainability learning in a business school context through the development of a permaculture garden on the campus. Blasco and Froes chart the process of ideating and creating “Permahaven – a permaculture garden designed to function as a hub for learning and disseminating knowledge about regenerative social and environmental practices inspired by permaculture principles and as a restorative space within the campus.
Exploring the opportunities and challenges of undertaking such a project at a business school, Regenerating Learning provides a template for other schools to follow.
You can find the book and explore it’s content here: Regenerating Learning: Permaculture for Sustainability Learning at Business Schools and Beyond | Books Gateway | Emerald Publishing
Event structure:
14.00 We start at Permahaven with an introduction to the event, followed by an interactive activity to explore a key permaculture principle: ‘Observe and interact’
14.30 Return to Kilen and presentations from authors and guest speakers
15:00 Student panel on their experiences with Permahaven
15:15 Questions/discussion
15:30 Reception
Please note that meeting place and location might change according to the weather conditions on the day.
About the authors:
Maribel Blasco is Associate Professor in the Department of Management, Society and Communication at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. Her primary research areas include responsible management education, sustainability learning and transformation in organizations and higher education as well as academic careers and activism.
Isabel Fróes is Senior Advisor at Department of Management, Society and Communication, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. Isabel’s primary research interests include sustainable innovation and systemic transitions, circular economy, regeneration and policy innovation, experiential learning, design thinking and sustainability pedagogy.
Albina Dioba is a postdoc researcher in the Department of Management, Society and Communication at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. She kindly provided the beautiful bird illustrations for the book.
