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Stories of Transformation

Land and Stewardship Neal Collins (he/him) Land and Stewardship Neal Collins (he/him)

Driving Change Through Agriculture Investing with Chris Rawley

Agriculture is not a typical investment category that one may think about when they think of real estate investing. Yet if we are going to have more regenerative farmers, they are going to need access to capital. Harvest Returns is an online platform that connects small farmers and producers with agriculture-specific investors.

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Design and Living Neal Collins (he/him) Design and Living Neal Collins (he/him)

Conscious Design

The world we design for is the world we get. That's why we are excited to share this episode with you featuring designer Ian Peterman. Ian's firm specializes more in the products that we fill our homes with than the actual design of a property, but the underlying design philosophy is one and the same: creating environmentally and socially just products, brands, and companies.

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Home and Wellbeing Neal Collins (he/him) Home and Wellbeing Neal Collins (he/him)

Net Zero Energy Affordable Housing with Sean Armstrong

The world is beginning to go through an electric revolution, and real estate is at the epicenter. Sean Armstrong, principal at Redwood Energy, happens to be one of the revolutionaries of this movement and has designed over 10,000 residences in more than 200 developments that are 100% all electric, Zero Net Energy with many of those being low-income affordable housing.

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Spirit of Place Neal Collins (he/him) Spirit of Place Neal Collins (he/him)

The Regenerative Practitioner with Pamela Mang

Do you feel like you have untapped potential to be an actor for positive change in this world? Then maybe you should consider becoming a Regenerative Practitioner. In this evocative and insightful interview, Pamela Mang of the Regenesis Institute for Regenerative Practice shares her story and how her life experiences shaped her understanding of the role that humans can have in the co-evolution of our planet where all life can thrive.

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Community and Culture Neal Collins (he/him) Community and Culture Neal Collins (he/him)

Developing a Living Community with Matthew Grocoff

When the Living Building Challenge was launched in the early 2000’s many people thought that it was impossible. And in many places illegal. Two decades later developers, architects, contractors, and visionaries are pushing the envelope and designing entire communities based upon the aspirational and rigorous Living Building guidelines.

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Home and Wellbeing Neal Collins (he/him) Home and Wellbeing Neal Collins (he/him)

Permaculture Design for Metropolises with Andrew Faust

Permaculture is a creative design process based on whole-systems thinking informed by ethics and design principles. This approach seeks to mimic the patterns and relationships we can find in nature and can be applied to all aspects of human habitation, from agriculture to ecological building, from appropriate technology to education and even metropolises.

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Land and Stewardship Neal Collins (he/him) Land and Stewardship Neal Collins (he/him)

Holistic Management with Bobby Gill

As we all collectively search for solutions to address the large, complex problems we are facing in the 21st century, The Savory Institute is taking a bold lead with a land management framework that is helping to regenerate land, sequester carbon, reconnect the hydrological cycle, and springboard biodiversity across continents.

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Land and Stewardship Neal Collins (he/him) Land and Stewardship Neal Collins (he/him)

The Regenerative Hustle with Hobbs Magaret

When we stop viewing nature as something we dominate, yet instead work with, transformation will happen. The land manager becomes a steward that is in partnership with nature to build soil biology so that life can flourish. The enigmatic Hobbs Magaret, founder of Sisters Cattle Co, was once a professional musician living in Los Angeles.

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Design and Living Neal Collins (he/him) Design and Living Neal Collins (he/him)

Regenerative Real Estate with Adam Sgrenci

The construction industry does not have a sterling reputation when it comes to sustainability. In fact, studies how that the construction sector contributes to 23% of air pollution, 50% of climate change, 40% of drink water pollution, and 50% of landfill waste. One organization, fortunately, is seeking to change that.

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Cairo, Egypt, Land and Stewardship Neal Collins (he/him) Cairo, Egypt, Land and Stewardship Neal Collins (he/him)

Advancing Regenerative Design Around the Globe with Amira Ayoub

We are facing truly global issues in the 21st century that are causing people to raise the alarm to design differently. Amira Ayoub from Cairo, Egypt is one of those people. Amira is USGBC LEED & WELL Faculty, a Living Future and Fitwel Ambassador, and is is the founder of the Living Future Cairo Collaborative and was also awarded as a Living Future Hero for 2019.

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