Rachel Beth Egenhoefer

Rachel Beth Egenhoefer is a design educator, sustainability and systems researcher, strategy consultant, and critical maker who uses design as a tool for social change. Her work focuses on shifting the narrative from sustainable to regenerative design that creates intersectional, systems change for the masses. She encourages regenerative actions to restore, rejuvenate, and reenergize ourselves, our communities, and our planet. Egenhoefer is a full professor in Design and Environmental Studies at the University of San Francisco, as well as an affiliate faculty at the Presidio Graduate School. The 2nd Edition of her book The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Design was just published in April 2024. Working to bridge academic speak, the design industry, and climate science to create lasting change for the everyday, she also writes Regenerative Conversations on Substack.