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Kevin Bayuk – Promoting Uncommon Sense
What if we know what needs to be done ... but need help making it happen? Should we focus on urgency and fear or joy and connecting? What about the suffering that is happening right now? How does self-forgiveness and observation fit in? And what about those kitchen...
Rob Hopkins – Imagination may be the most crucial Regenerative strategy
Are we in the midst of a creativity crisis? How can we reclaim our Imaginative capacities? Could better care and feeding of our hippocampus help us move forward? In this episode Designers of Paradise host Erik van Lennep talks with his long-time colleague,...
On the Road: With Brian Hicks
A three-day conference in Albuquerque called “Regenerate” followed by a 10-day road trip in the land of the “Ancients” – A wonderful way to start my retirement: Information, inspiration, contemplation. If you plan to drive around or go on a road trip, be sure that...
Kathleen Draper – Biocharmed
How can we restore soil health, while locking away ever greater quantities of atmospheric CO2? An ancient method rediscovered in Amazonian soils has led to a proliferation of research over the last few decades. 'Biochar' is complex enough to satisfy the nerdiest soil...
Anna Luberoff – Touch A Plant A Day
In this episode Designers of Paradise host Erik van Lennep talks with Anna Luberoff, Garden Programs Manager at Community Grows. Community Grows' mission is to "cultivate healthy youth through growing gardens in low-income, diverse communities." Over the past decade...
Russell Wallack – Trees Call for Rain
In this episode Designers of Paradise host Erik van Lennep talks with Russell Wallack, Ecological Designer and Regenerative Business Consultant at Terra Genesis International. Russell describes his path from The Conway School (where he originally met Erik), how his...
Joshua Tosteson – It’s Hard to Learn from Success
In this episode Designers of Paradise host Erik van Lennep talks with Joshua Tosteson who is an impact investor and system change catalyst. Josh describes how he took a detour from college that led to a walkabout in Australia where he discovered Tagari Farm and Bill...
Eric Becker – A Money Person in the Room
In this episode Designers of Paradise host Erik van Lennep talks with Eric Becker, Partner and Portfolio Manager at Clean Yield Asset Management. Eric was also a founding member of the Slow Money movement and is a founding board member of Soil4Climate. Eric describes...
Jesse McDougall – We Lost that Crop
In this episode Designers of Paradise host Erik van Lennep talks with Jesse McDougall who, with his wife Cally, run Studio Hill, a regenerative farm in Vermont. Jesse tells a love story that leads to him becoming a farmer. It is a gravely field he walks with tragedy,...
Stephen & Gloria Decater – A Little Bit of Earth in All of Us
In this episode Designers of Paradise host Erik van Lennep talks with Stephen and Gloria Decater of Live Power Community Farm in Covelo, CA. They have been managing the farm for 45 years and during that time helped to pioneer CSA's, implemented an innovative...