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Kevin Jones – Act Your Way Into a New Way of Thinking
In this episode Designers of Paradise host Erik van Lennep talks with Kevin Doyle Jones who is, among other roles, one of the organizers of next month's Regenerative Economics conference in San Francisco - Regen18. (Disclosure: RASA is a partner on this event - use...
Mimi Hillenbrand – They’re Hard on Fences
In this episode Designers of Paradise host Erik van Lennep talks with Mimi Hillenbrand of 777 Bison Ranch in South Dakota. In the Hillenbrand family for over 40 years, the ranch has been home for American Bison for over 30 years. Erik & Mimi discuss a recent...
Steve Rivard – Looking Over the Fence
In this episode Designers of Paradise host Erik van Lennep talks with co-founder and Chairman of Iroquois Valley Farms, Stephen Rivard. Not the "usual suspect" for working in either funding or real estate, nor farming itself, Steve is a doctor who used to run an...
Simone Senogles – Past, present, future, all connected
"Relationship is the Key" Food is so much more than "just food". This week Designers of Paradise host Erik van Lennep explores the concept of food sovereignty with Simone Senogles of the Ojibwe nation and the Indigenous Environmental Network. Erik and Simone discuss...
ReGen18: Gathering the Tribe
Intuitively, it feels like the concept of regeneration is gaining traction. More people are talking about it (such as presentations at the recent Natural Products Expo); more projects invoking it; more companies are adopting it; interest from donors and investors...
Wanda Stewart – Free to Dig in the Dirt
In this inspiring episode Designers of Paradise host Erik van Lennep talks with Life Educator, Wanda Stewart of Oakland California. Wanda is a social innovator, community builder and garden activist. She runs garden-based education programs for schools in Oakland...
Emily Oakley – Everybody Eats
Erik talks with Emily Oakley of Three Springs Farm in Oklahoma about her farm, farmer-to-farmer exchanges, organic certification, and food as a bridge to understanding.
Peter Byck – The Power of Being Heard
Peter and Erik’s discussion moves from stories about telling stories to the story and science mix needed to explain the potential of healthy soil and the repercussions of new soil management approaches.
Designers of Paradise: The Sizzler
This is the first episode, the teaser, for the podcast series “Designers of Paradise with Erik van Lennep”. Please listen, subscribe, and tell your colleagues.
Regenerative Future Planning – Bay Area (9/15/17)
We know the wisdom is in the room. We just need a bigger room! People across the Bay Area are working to create a regenerative future - one that protects the planet while improving the lives of the beings (people & otherwise!) living on it. Our projects and ideas...