Fundamentally reimagine your relationship with water—not as a passive resource, but as an intelligent, living system that shapes our health, communities, and planet.
Laura Korčulanin is a design anthropologist and deep ecology practitioner who has spent years studying water — not merely as a resource, but as a living intelligence woven into the fabric of all life. Her work bridges ancient wisdom traditions with cutting-edge molecular science to reveal what water is actually doing inside our bodies, our ecosystems, and our collective future. In this talk, Laura will show us that water is not passive. It stores information, responds to its environment, and mirrors the health of the systems it flows through — including us. She’ll introduce the concept of structured, activated water and explain why up to 70% of us are chronically dehydrated in ways that standard hydration advice completely misses. Most importantly, she’ll give us a practical framework: three concentric rings of water stewardship — our inner waters (the body), our outer waters (the environment we inhabit), and our collective waters (the systems we design and inherit). Through life-centric design thinking, Laura connects personal health, ecological regeneration, and systemic change into a single, coherent practice. Come ready to see something you drink every day in a completely new way.
About the speaker
LAURA KORCULANIN is a sustainable design and impact innovator with a PhD in design anthropology. Her Croatian heritage and lifelong connection to water drive her work restoring humanity's sacred bond with this life-giving force. She's the creator of the IK-WI-AI framework, which integrates Indigenous Knowledge, Water Intelligence, and Artificial Intelligence to foster holistic solutions for planetary regeneration, and founder of GIVE A SHIT, an interdisciplinary initiative that reimagines urban sanitation and water systems.
ABOUT HER TALK
Fundamentally reimagine your relationship with water—not as a passive resource, but as an intelligent, living system that shapes our health, communities, and planet. Laura will reveal water's hidden molecular technology, its role as nature's blueprint for regeneration, and why 70% of us are chronically dehydrated without knowing it. Through the lens of design anthropology and deep ecology, Laura bridges ancient wisdom with cutting-edge science to unlock water's technological blueprint for healing ourselves and our world.
WE'LL LEARN TO:
• Recognize how water stress reflects human stress
• Understand water as structured, activated, living intelligence
• Apply a 3-pronged approach to water stewardship: inner waters (body), outer waters (environment), and collective waters (systems)
• Unlock water's regenerative potential through life-centric design thinking
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Impact Hub Penha de França
Rua Neves Ferreira, 13, "The Impact Hall" [Ground Floor]
Lisbon, Portugal 1170-070
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