[1] Regeneration includes widespread environmental practices such as reusing, recycling, restoring, and the use of renewable resources.
[citation needed] The concept of a generation that includes people of all ages who share a common interest in the environment was first introduced by Dell Chairman and CEO Michael Dell on World Environment Day 2007.
[citation needed] Many of the original theories of change came from writers, thinkers, and designers such as Wendell Berry, Buckminster Fuller, David Orr and Frank Lloyd Wright.
These individuals saw a shift happening in humanity toward a rekindled connection with nature and inspired monumental changes in our approach and perspectives on topics such as building community, our relationship with agriculture and architecture, as well as the disconnect between modern economics on a finite planet.
[citation needed] Thought leaders like Paul Hawken, Kate Raworth, Naomi Klein, David Suzuki, and Bill McKibben have modernized the discourse and given the environmental movement a new set of tools in the form of conscious capitalism and positive climate communication.