Our mission is to build bridges between people from different disciplines and cultures. We facilitate collaboration to co-develop regenerative projects, knowledge and farms. By providing holistic Collaboration, Management, Research, Education, Evaluation and Design services. To development organizations, mission-driven businesses, universities, governments, farmers and landowners.
Edhen is a collaborative ecosystem to manage complexity & improve lives
Edhen is a brand-new regenerative consulting company, active both in Switzerland and internationally. The goal of our start-up is to meet and exceed the expectations of our customers & development partners. With regenerative solutions that are in line with permaculture ethics: people care, earth care and fare shares.
WHY DO WE NEED A HOLISTIC & COLLABORATIVE APPROACH?
“A supply chain is only as strong as its weakest link”
THE FRUITS OF HOLISTIC & COLLABORATIVE MANAGEMENT
Manage complex systems, increase the production potential and restore the environment
DOES EDHEN OFFER THE SERVICE YOU NEED?
Our holistic and science-based approach allows us to identify the best solutions for your context. With consulting and coaching services online and in real life. Regenerative development needs regenerative – projects, knowledge & farms.
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COLLABORATION SERVICES
Edhen facilitates the collaboration process in a neutral & structured way. We also offer individual coaching.
MANAGEMENT & COMMUNICATION
Edhen supports an optimized development and management of your regenerative projects.
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SYSTEMIC R&D SERVICES
Edhen contributes to conducting and coordinating interdisciplinary research.
EDUCATION SERVICES
Edhen offers lectures & workshops for various stakeholders and events. Online, on-farm and in classrooms.
R-FARMS
HOLISTIC DESIGN SERVICES
Edhen provides holistic evaluation and design services, thanks to her strategic partnerships with world-class experts.
We facilitate the co-development of agroforests, organic farms and eco-villages as well as multi-functional spaces for living and learning.
Edhen is a collaborative ecosystem. Hence, we apply the best available collaboration methods & technologies. With online consulting and collaboration based on a secure cloud and workspace based in Switzerland.
IS EDHEN A GOOD FIT FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION?
Join the growing number of organizations and businesses investing in regenerative development. Our services can benefit many types of businesses and organizations. We also facilitate collaboration among organizations, to support each other grow.
DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS
Development organizations benefit from Edhen’s holistic solutions to advance their regenerative development work
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UNIVERSITIES & SCHOOLS
R&D institutions collaborate with Edhen to advance social and ecosystemic innovations
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FOOD COMPANIES
Mission-driven food companies consider Edhen’s services to support farmers, restore landscapes and co-develop regenerative food systems
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FARMER & LANDOWNER
Landowner are happy with design made by Edhen, due to increased quality of life and higher value of the land and related assets
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PUBLIC AGENCIES
Public agencies trust Edhen for her integrated services, to support farmers and to co-develop public landscapes in a participatory way
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ECOTOURISM BUSINESSES
Ecotourism providers value Edhen services, thanks to the holistic design of their regenerative and popular ecotourism paradise
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GET INVOLVED
Edhen is a brand-new regenerative consulting network. Our start-up is hence counting on like-minded people like you, to make a regenerative impact. You are welcome to read further, or to simply contact us and explore fresh opportunities for win-win collaboration. We are looking forward to hear your story!
You are welcome to contact us all day, every day by E-mail info(at)edhen.ch or the contact form.
FIRST PROJECTS
These are the first projects and partners we have selected, after evaluating the regeneration potentials both for people and environment. And more projects are in the pipeline. We’re happy of the fact that our advisory service is welcomed and we are looking forward to further win-win partnerships.
COVID-19 CRISIS
Socio-economic and agroecological challenges & opportunities
“The coronavirus pandemic is not only a health crisis. It is also an economic crisis and will develop into a financial and social crisis.” Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is causing widespread concern and hardship for many families and businesses across the globe. Despite the extraordinary challenges we are facing, there is reason for hope. We can use the crisis as a window of opportunity to regenerate the earth and her people. By evolving ourselves and our communities, restoring our landscapes, growing healthy food and transitioning towards a circular economy.
The ecological transition requires a broad range of services and innovations. Which opens a window of opportunity for private and public organizations, as well as for regenerative start-ups. However, the development of economic solutions should also consider non-monetary driving forces, such as cultivating emotional balance and organizational resilience.
This is our general perspective on the current situation. If you think it’s high time to co-develop your own regenerative strategy, contact us today.
INSIGHTS
The interdisciplinary blog and exchange platform is in development. Stay tuned! Here we will present and discuss publications and news, related to regenerative development & design.
“Agroecological production is a comprehensive framework for the sustainable use of biodiversity that also supports productivity and resilience…”. T.C. Wanger, F. DeClerck, L.A. Garibaldi, J. Ghazoul, D. Kleijn, A.M. Klein, C. Kremen, H. Mooney, I. Perfecto, L.L. Powell, J. Settele, M. Solé, T. Tscharntke, W. Weisser. Integrating agroecological production in a robust post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Nature Ecology & Evolution (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1262-y
Trees can help us to stay mentally balanced. “The study suggests that unintentional daily contact to nature through street trees close to the home may reduce the risk of depression…”. M.R. Marselle, D.E. Bowler, J. Watzema, et al. Urban street tree biodiversity and antidepressant prescriptions. Sci Rep 10, 22445 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79924-5
Characterizing the drivers of forest succession and regional ecological processes, can provide vital information to guide systemic restoration efforts… . P. Macek, C. Schöb, F.I. Pugnaire, M. Núñez-Ávila and J.J. Armesto. Shrubs mediate forest start-up and patch dynamics in a semiarid landscape. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics (2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2018.09.002
“UBUNTU – I am because we are” (African Proverb)
„Living systems are units of interactions, they exist in an ambience.“ Prof. Humberto Maturana (1928-2021)
“The crucial challenge to be mastered in order to work successfully in the 21st century is complexity” Prof. Freudmund Malik, Malik Management
First Partners
