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Neal Collins 10/28/23 Neal Collins 10/28/23

Regenerative Development with Mel Meagher

From artists in residences to community placemaking, Mel Meagher encourages us to think beyond the binary when approaching development.

Neal Collins 10/5/23 Neal Collins 10/5/23

Building An Ambitious Agrihood with Scott Snodgrass

From urban food forests to the development of agrihoods, Scott Snodgrass infuses agriculture as a solution for thriving communities.

David Todd (he/him) 9/20/23 David Todd (he/him) 9/20/23

Reverent Selling and Success(ion)

Reflections from Change Agent David Todd on the process of transitioning from land and home ownership and the sacredness that can inform the sales process.

Neal Collins 9/12/23 Neal Collins 9/12/23

ReGen Villages with James Ehrlich

While we can design for circularity and closed loop systems, there isn’t such thing as a “Regenerative building.” That’s because regeneration is about evolution and aliveness. But does the rise of A.I. change this if buildings can learn?

Neal Collins 9/11/23 Neal Collins 9/11/23

Green Healthy Places with Matt Morley

As more individuals and businesses express a growing interest in embracing sustainability and regeneration, we often hear the question, "How can we achieve this?" This inquiry has its roots in my personal journey, which began several years ago when I found myself at a crossroads in my real estate career.

Alissa Collins 9/8/23 Alissa Collins 9/8/23

Reflections from The Gathering

Alissa Collins, co-chair of the 2023 Gathering, reflects on the planning efforts to bring the 2023 Regenerative Real Estate Gathering forward and why the Gathering was so potent.

Latitude 8/1/23 Latitude 8/1/23

Ecological Landscaping with Tres Crow

Landscaping is a multibillion dollar a year industry. It’s predicated upon fossil fuels, non-native ornamental plants, synthetic fertilizers, and heavy water use. For Georgia-based company Roots Down, they see this industry as ripe for change.

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.

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.

Neal Collins (he/him) 4/6/23 Neal Collins (he/him) 4/6/23

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.

Neal Collins (he/him) 3/4/23 Neal Collins (he/him) 3/4/23

Affordable Green Homes with DesignBuildBLUFF

The innovative DesignBuildUTAH program teaches architecture students design and building skills while working alongside the communities in the Navajo Nation to deliver needed affordable and sustainable homes.

Neal Collins (he/him) 3/4/23 Neal Collins (he/him) 3/4/23

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.

Neal Collins (he/him) 2/8/23 Neal Collins (he/him) 2/8/23

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.

Neal Collins (he/him) 1/10/23 Neal Collins (he/him) 1/10/23

Infusing wellness into real estate with Peter Scialla

Peter Scialla is the CEO of the wellness real estate company Delos that uses science to drive innovation in the building industry for things such as clean indoor air and potable drinking water. They are the parent organization of the International WELL Building Institute.

Neal Collins (he/him) 12/29/22 Neal Collins (he/him) 12/29/22

Regenerative Agrotourism with David Rust

David Rust is the founder and CEO of Sagra, an agro-tourism company that works with farms across the country. He believes that a trip to a regenerative farm can be a revelation for people, inspiring them to shift the way they shop, eat, and see the environment.

Neal Collins (he/him) 11/15/22 Neal Collins (he/him) 11/15/22

Examining Regenerative Real Estate with Izumi Tanaka

Izumi is a practicing Buddhist and sees how the impacts that we make within our daily lives have impacts that go beyond ourselves. She sees the practice of inhabiting our homes as a spiritual endeavor where we must first transform ourselves before we can begin transforming the world.

Neal Collins (he/him) 10/26/22 Neal Collins (he/him) 10/26/22

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.

Neal Collins (he/him) 10/11/22 Neal Collins (he/him) 10/11/22

Rewilding the World with Hannah Lewis

The Miyawaki Method is a unique approach to reforestation devised by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki. Author Hannah Lewis explains how tiny forests as small as six parking spaces grow quickly and are much more biodiverse than those planted by conventional methods.

Neal Collins (he/him) 9/23/22 Neal Collins (he/him) 9/23/22

Affordable, Sustainable Housing with Dylan Lamar

People tend to think that affordability and sustainability are at odds with each other. Even new market-rate homes fall far short on sustainability metrics. Yet for Oregon architect turned developer Dylan Lamer, he is willing to show the way.

Neal Collins (he/him) 9/7/22 Neal Collins (he/him) 9/7/22

Making an Enchanted Forest with Dani Baker

Dani Baker is the owner of Cross Island Farm in New York. After spending long hours in her annual market garden, she turned to permaculture principals to help transform her property into a perennial edible food forest.

Neal Collins (he/him) 8/9/22 Neal Collins (he/him) 8/9/22

Big Change Through Not So Big Actions with Sarah Susanka

Sarah Susanka is an architect, prolific author, and visionary thinker credited with starting the tiny house movement. She’s changed the way huge amounts of people see the world, but she insists the way to create change is by thinking small and attending to the everyday challenges you see in front of you.

Neal Collins (he/him) 7/27/22 Neal Collins (he/him) 7/27/22

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.

Neal Collins (he/him) 7/18/22 Neal Collins (he/him) 7/18/22

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.

Neal Collins (he/him) 7/1/22 Neal Collins (he/him) 7/1/22

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.

Neal Collins (he/him) 6/23/22 Neal Collins (he/him) 6/23/22

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.

Latitude 5/26/22 Latitude 5/26/22

Join us at the Inaugural Regenerative Real Estate Gathering at River Bend Farm

Saco, Maine — It's time to see Real Estate as an opportunity for people and the planet to thrive together. Join us for 3 nights/4 days at the scenic River Bend Farm for an intimate gathering. Get to know the players of Regenerative Real Estate and come ready to deepen your life and work.

Neal Collins (he/him) 5/16/22 Neal Collins (he/him) 5/16/22

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.

Neal Collins (he/him) 4/26/22 Neal Collins (he/him) 4/26/22

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.