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Setting Inspirational Examples with Ben Falk

Ben Falk is one of the most prominent figures in the world of ecological design but he didn't always see that path as his future. At a young age, he was drawn toward acts of dramatic protest, like sleeping in trees. But eventually he had an epiphany: the best way to inspire change is not to yell at or shame people, but to show them a better way to live.

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Regenerative Real Estate Podcast Neal Collins (he/him) Regenerative Real Estate Podcast 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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From Ecological Collapse to Thriving with Jesse McDougall

There is a utopic vision that farmers will put down their pesticides, herbicides, and other chemical cocktails conceived and peddled to eradicate pests and weeds in order to save the planet. However the challenge is that the land can become so degraded that once you go cold turkey and stop applying chemicals, everything seems to collapse around you.

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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.

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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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Regenerative Real Estate Podcast Neal Collins (he/him) Regenerative Real Estate Podcast Neal Collins (he/him)

The Regen Network with Gregory Landua

The cutting edge of regenerative technology is aligning market incentives with regenerative land stewardship. This is an area that Gregory Landua and his colleagues with the Regen Network have been pioneering since 2017 as they began asking questions of how to scale impact and help farmers and land managers switch to regenerative practices.

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Regenerative Real Estate Podcast Neal Collins (he/him) Regenerative Real Estate Podcast 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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Regenerative Real Estate Podcast Neal Collins (he/him) Regenerative Real Estate Podcast 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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Regenerative Agriculture Financing with Dan Miller

Combining his background in the creation of one of the world's first crowdfunding platforms for real estate, Fundrise, with his passion for regenerative agriculture, Dan Miller set his sights on helping farmers and food producers get access to necessary financing. Steward now helps to decommodify food while giving people like you the ability to invest in their local food chain while earning a healthy return.

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