Journal
Stories of Transformation
Natural Capitalism with Hunter Lovins
Charting the course to a regenerative economy is one of the most important work facing humanity. It requires a reimagining of energy, agriculture, design, finance, stewardship, and how we work.
Charrettes and the Edge of the Frontier with Steve Beshara
When we shift our perspective from solving problems to harnessing potential, there is a real opportunity to create incredible change in the world.
Creating Cohousing with Katie McCamant
Katie McCamant is an author, architect, and the co-creator of the term "cohousing"—a community of private homes clustered around shared communal spaces.
Agrihoods and Field Building with Daron "Farmer D" Joffe
Daron Joffe, a.k.a. Farmer D, is a farmer, designer, and ambitious field-builder promoting the idea of agrihoods and conservation-focused land development. He believes in the "village" model, where housing development is clustered, while large swaths of surrounding land is conserved for nature and agriculture.
Book Review: Sacred Economics with Charles Eisenstein
Charles Eisenstein is at the forefront of the regenerative movement. His writings strike at the heart of who we are as a civilization, and they so poetically yet critically examine our relationship to culture, story, place, ecology, and politics.
Designing with Play with John Kamp
How we can use engaging, playful community-based methods to design more safe, sustainable, and equitable neighborhoods and communities.
Reflections on the First-Ever Regenerative Real Estate Gathering at River Bend Farm
This August, more than 40 professionals from across the country met at River Bend Farm in Saco, Maine, for the first-ever Regenerative Real Estate Gathering.
Bottom Up Solutions with Alison Sant
As the world looks for new ways for cities to adapt to climate change, design expert Alison Sant believes that potential solutions lie at the front lines and with the people most directly impacted.
From Street Lad to Biosphere-Inspired Entrepreneur with Dr. Vincent Walsh
Dr. Vincent Walsh is a designer and serial entrepreneur living and working in Manchester, England. He is inspired and fascinated by the biosphere's natural inclination toward circular systems and "upcycling"—taking components and creating from them something of equal or greater value.
Seeing Hope Differently with Aaron Fairchild
Aaron Fairchild has leveraged his own background in finance to lead the way in deep green housing development in the Pacific Northwest. He's applied pressure to the whole market, inspiring developers to make more sustainable housing in order to keep up.
The Five Stages of Transition with Don Hall
Transition or Transition Towns, is a movement that has been growing since 2005 across the globe. Community-led Transition groups focus on a low-carbon, socially just future with resilient communities, and active participation in society.
Biophilic Cities
Biophilia was first introduced as a term in 1973 by Erich Fromm in The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, which put forth that biophilia is “the passionate love of life and all this is alive.” The term was later used by legendary biologist E.O. Wilson in his 1984 work Biophilia, in which he proposed that humans tend to focus on and affiliate with nature and other life-forms because of a genetic basis.
Pursuing Purpose and Service with Mark Voss
Passion, service, community, and curiosity are the threads that weave the story of Mark Voss. Mark is a consummate educator, farmer, and real estate professional residing in Madison, Wisconsin. He is the founder of Voss Organics and is a Latitude Change Agent.
Community-Based Finance with Eve Picker
Learn about Small Change, a real estate crowdfunding platform that both enables ordinary people to invest in transformative projects in their own communities, as well as supports local developers accomplish incremental development projects.
Intentional Communities with Cynthia Tina
From off-grid and sustainable agrihoods to urban ecovillages and income sharing communes, "intentional community" is quickly growing in popularity as a housing concept.
Deinfrastructuring with Steven Baumgartner
The infrastructure that our society is built upon is large and complex. Outside of roads, bridges, and buildings the we can see, much of the infrastructure is out of sight. We know that there is an electrical grid, sewer systems with waste water treatment plants, and hundreds of thousands of fiber optic cables, but most people don't know how it all works.
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.
The Ecology School with Drew Dumsch
For twenty-two years The Ecology School has been teaching people how to tune into and read the pattern language of nature. The school aims to transform how people think about science, food, the environment, and themselves through joyful, hands-on learning for all ages.
Sustainable Real Estate Investing with Seth Nowak
In a world with millions of rental properties, very few landlords are thinking beyond the single bottom line. The mainstream dogma of the industry teaches new investors to just focus on the numbers, yet ignores the potential impact that an investor can make by infusing sustainability into their properties and portfolios.
Regeneration for Social Change with Ashley Colby Fitzgerald
Ashley Colby’s life is one in which passion meets purpose. She dared to take the road less traveled; the road that many of us only glimpse in bleary-eyed daydreams. To venture into the unknown, guided by a burning question of “What could be?” takes a leap of faith. It is an act that tests your resolve, questions your motives, grades on your patience, and thus, builds your resilience.