The Regenerative Design Institute (RDI) is a non-profit educational organization focusing on hands-on skills development. RDI is currently working in collaboration with the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and Commonweal, a cancer healing and retreat center.



RDI emerged out of the work of the Permaculture Institute of Northern California (see below) and is committed to re-establishing a collaborative connection between humanity and the Earth.



Achieving this goal requires a new model of education. RDI’s model of ecological education & training creates multi-disciplinary practitioners skilled in the art and science of regenerative design and construction practices and is offered through the Regenerative Design & Nature Awareness (RDNA) Training Program.