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Neal Collins (he/him) 8/26/21 Neal Collins (he/him) 8/26/21

The Construction Process with Adam Sgrenci

"It's not about the product, it's about the process." This is the mantra that Adam Sgrenci extols when he talks about applying regenerative values and principals to the field of construction management. Adam's work as the co-founder of the Center for Infrastructure and Society often put him in project management roles to help advance large-scale regenerative projects around the globe.

Neal Collins (he/him) 8/17/21 Neal Collins (he/him) 8/17/21

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.

Neal Collins (he/him) 8/6/21 Neal Collins (he/him) 8/6/21

The Regenerative Way with Emmanuel Pauwels

Imagine a deep ecological thinker that lives in the breathtaking Spanish Pyrenees in a 700 year old hand-built house that captures all of its own energy from the sun, harvests all the water it needs from the rain, and invites nature into the heart of the home. That is Emmanuel Pauwels.

Neal Collins (he/him) 7/29/21 Neal Collins (he/him) 7/29/21

Scaling Green Developments with Aaron Fairchild

Buildings account for nearly 40% of all energy consumed globally and are notorious for wanton waste. One person that has answered that question is Aaron Fairchild, co-founder and CEO of Green Canopy.

Neal Collins (he/him) 7/13/21 Neal Collins (he/him) 7/13/21

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.

Neal Collins (he/him) 6/27/21 Neal Collins (he/him) 6/27/21

Changing the Real Estate Industry with Craig Foley

In an ever changing and complex world, the real estate industry must change. The change needs to come from all levels: from designers and architects, builders and developers, planners and policy makers. This is especially true for real estate agents.

Neal Collins (he/him) 6/14/21 Neal Collins (he/him) 6/14/21

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.

Neal Collins (he/him) 6/3/21 Neal Collins (he/him) 6/3/21

Natural Burials with Jodie Buller

On this tiny spec we call home in the universe, matter is neither created nor destroyed. Every living thing is created from the Earth. Death and life are the two sides of the same coin. They are both constant and infinite, yet we experience them as finite.

Neal Collins (he/him) 5/18/21 Neal Collins (he/him) 5/18/21

Healthy Home Design with Kate Hamblet

As life has drastically changed for many of us in the past year, we begin to look at our spaces differently. We not only spend the majority of time within our homes, but also in the spaces between our homes. For most of us, however, these spaces were not designed in order to promote health and wellbeing.

Neal Collins (he/him) 5/1/21 Neal Collins (he/him) 5/1/21

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.

Neal Collins (he/him) 4/22/21 Neal Collins (he/him) 4/22/21

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.

Neal Collins (he/him) 4/9/21 Neal Collins (he/him) 4/9/21

Permaculture Disc Golf Country Club with Justin Dolan

Living in Costa Rica close to the beach in a tropical paradise is a dream many people have, but seldom pursue. That's not the case for Justin Dolan, the visionary and developer behind St. Michael's Sustainable Community.

Neal Collins (he/him) 3/31/21 Neal Collins (he/him) 3/31/21

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.

Neal Collins (he/him) 3/23/21 Neal Collins (he/him) 3/23/21

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.

Neal Collins (he/him) 3/9/21 Neal Collins (he/him) 3/9/21

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.

Neal Collins (he/him) 2/21/21 Neal Collins (he/him) 2/21/21

Building Solar Villages with Ryan Wallace

The Solar Village Company develops residential homes for sale and rent in sustainable communities that produces their own energy, food and water. They also build semi-custom Net Zero modular homes for clients wanting off-grid housing options.

Neal Collins (he/him) 2/7/21 Neal Collins (he/him) 2/7/21

Ecosystem-based Approaches with Keith Bowers

Well into our way into the era of the Anthropocene, the defining work of the 21st century will be on revitalizing and regenerating land and habitat. Tune into an insight interview with Biohabitats founder Keith Bower as he talks about his life’s work restoring ecosystems.

Neal Collins (he/him) 1/27/21 Neal Collins (he/him) 1/27/21

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.

Latitude 1/20/21 Latitude 1/20/21

Book Review: Braiding Sweetgrass

It’s a sad view that to “save” the earth, we need to eliminate ourselves. There is another viewpoint, however, that we highly recommend you look into. That is from author and botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer.

Neal Collins (he/him) 1/17/21 Neal Collins (he/him) 1/17/21

Life in the Canopy with Django Kroner

Nested in the forest canopy in Red River Gorge in Kentucky one can find treehouses that are straight out of a magical storybook. Django Kroner founded The Canopy Crew after combining skills he picked up working for a timber frame home builder and his life’s passion for climbing.

Nathan Reimer (he/him) 7/12/23 Nathan Reimer (he/him) 7/12/23

Nathan’s Letter

Change Agent Nathan Reimer of Portland, Oregon shares a letter he wrote to the future owners of his first home Sweet Home Chateau.

Latitude 7/3/23 Latitude 7/3/23

Listening to Your Land with Jo Petroni

The way we build our homes is a mirror of our perceived relationship with nature. Our homes today are an embodiment of separation. The first step on a path of reconnection is to find nature and tune into the elements of sun, wind, and rain.

Latitude 6/12/23 Latitude 6/12/23

Regenerative Teas, and Homes with Michael Don Ham

Regeneration isn’t siloed into any one particular industry. For businesses, it’s about adopting practices which improve and transforms the systems in which it operates. For entrepreneur Michael Don Ham, this happens to be in the arenas of tea and technology.

Latitude 6/12/23 Latitude 6/12/23

Technology and Agriculture with Dorn Cox

Farmer and technologist Dorn Cox believes we are living through extraordinary times when open source technology can be spread for little to no cost to help people revolutionize how we practice agriculture and steward land.

Latitude 5/17/23 Latitude 5/17/23

Who is Latitude?

At the core of our work lies the belief that by collaborating with individuals to create resilient and beautiful habitats, we can cultivate a sense of strength through connection.

Latitude 5/16/23 Latitude 5/16/23

Latitude Regenerative Real Estate Announces 2nd Annual Regenerative Real Estate Gathering Event

Attend the 2nd Annual Gathering Event in partnership with The Ecology School and River Bend Farm in Saco, Maine.

Latitude 5/12/23 Latitude 5/12/23

From Ownership to Stewardship

As stewards of the land, it is our responsibility to manage real estate with a deep commitment to regeneration and the well-being of future generations.

Latitude 5/3/23 Latitude 5/3/23

Why We Gather

Deep planning is unfolding behind-the-scenes at Latitude. We are discussing the purpose of gathering. Why do we gather? And how can it be a catalysts for energizing the regenerative movement.

Neal Collins (he/him) 5/2/23 Neal Collins (he/him) 5/2/23

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.