Sheila Alston is part wellness professional, part real estate agent. She deeply cares about people's health and well-being and sees an emerging trend of people infusing wellness into their personal spaces. For Sheila, she knows that the environments that we live and work in are critical for our success and well-being. Through her work with clients in San Diego as both a designer and an agent, she realized that there is a tremendous need to demystify wellness and help give people actionable ...
Dec 03, 2020•30 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, host Neal Collins interviews Natalia Szyk-Trocha, the creator behind popular YouTube channel Savagaya . Natalia talks about how she overcame her fear of putting herself out there and her lack of video editing skills to go on to produce beautiful videos that showcase sustainable properties around the world. Natalia is an architect by training, however after working in the industry for a few years she became disenchanted with the work. She decided to take a bold leap to quit her j...
Nov 27, 2020•44 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast Bill Reed is an internationally recognized planning consultant, design process facilitator, lecturer, teacher, and author in sustainability and regeneration. He has been a leading figure in the green building movement as a founding Board of Director of the US Green Building Council and one of the co-founders of the LEED Green Building Rating System. His work and that of Regenesis has been to pioneer regenerative development—an approach to land use, community development, and the built environmen...
Nov 17, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast Many people dream of creating a new kind of community. One that is both sustainable and beautiful. A place where they can raise their kids, connect with neighbors, yet still rejuvenate in nature. Most of these dreams remain just that. On this episode Steven Nygren, the visionary and developer, shares his story about creating the community of his dreams. A place outside of Atlanta called Serenbe. There are not many people in the world like Steve. His creation is truly a feat that many would deem ...
Nov 03, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast Oliver Ogden has set out to tell stories. His medium was through film and photography. That is until he found that stories about sustainability, resilience, and stewardship were being told in different ways. He became enamored with natural building and is now founder of Placecraft Design & Build. Oliver sees natural building as a building method that can provide sustainable solutions in a world predicated upon extraction and destruction. On this episode learn how he and his company are combi...
Oct 26, 2020•42 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast Will and Terry Kosloski had made a home on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. They had a garden, were active in the outdoors, and involved in the community. But they had a dream. A dream to get closer to the land—to connect, to listen, and to restore and regenerate, In this episode of The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast, Will recounts the story of selling their belongings and heading out on a road trip in search of a farm. They drove a month to the opposite side of the continent to a little ...
Oct 18, 2020•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jason McLennan calls himself a "professional troublemaker." For his entire career Jason has been pushing the boundaries on what is possible in the built environment. To him, sustainable and regenerative design shouldn't be something we need to have a label for--it should just be the way. Jason is the principal of McLennan Design and is considered one of the world’s most influential individuals in the field of architecture and the green building movement today. He is the founder of...
Oct 05, 2020•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Water is one of life's most precious resources, yet abuse and mismanage it. That's not surprising because we have created a system and society that divorces ourselves from where we get our water. We take for granted the potable water in our sinks, and are ignorant about where it goes after it flows into our drains. On this episode, Laura Allen of Greywater Action helps to demystify greywater and how we can take practical steps to integrate water systems into our lives, our homes, and o...
Sep 24, 2020•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Martin Brown is a sustainability provocateur and regenerative practitioner that combines decades worth of construction background to help advance the built environment by looking holistically at practices that restore, revitalize, and offers hope. Martin is a Living Future Ambassador out of the U.K. and is the founder of Fairsnape. His company does consultancy and advocacy work for regenerative sustainability, built environment improvement, social responsibility and social media. ———————- This p...
Sep 10, 2020•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Carol Sanford is consistently recognized thought leader that works side by side with Fortune 500 and new economy executives to design and lead systemic business change and design. She is a leading voice in the Regenerative movement and has authored many award-winning books on the subject. On this episode of The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast, Carol goes in depth about how to develop awareness and a mindset that goes beyond "doing less bad" and into one of regeneration. This is a fasc...
Aug 26, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast, Al Tozer of Tozer Design comes on to talk about his experience of blending ecology with architecture. Al and his firm are credited as designing the world's first Living Building Certified residence, which is an incredible feat as the first mover and shaker to take on such a rigorous challenge. We talk about Al's experience in the regenerative design space as well as his experience working with the International Living Future Inst...
Aug 17, 2020•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mark Shepard is widely known as an agroforestry and permaculture expert that is the CEO of Agriculture Restoration Development and the owner of New Forest Farm, a commercial-scale perennial agricultural system that uses the oak savanna as an ecological model. In this fascinating talk, Mark gets into the real estate side of things and how he has been successful at improving degraded real estate through restorative practices that mimic nature, and then stacking synergistic businesses that will inc...
Jul 24, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Austin Tunnell is an emerging developer that designs and builds stunning, community-oriented, and masonry framed homes. His work extends from pocket neighborhoods to custom homes with his sights on more urban infill guided by a new urbanism philosophy. Austin decided at an early age that being a CPA at a big four accounting firm was not the path for him. He quit his job and began getting immersed into sustainable building/living in Panama before joining the Peace Corps in Uganda. He then teamed ...
Jul 16, 2020•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sonja Bochart is an inspirational thought-leader with 20 years of experience creating meaningful and healthy spaces in the built environment. She is an avid speaker, facilitator, leader, and writer. Her design work promotes thoughtfulness and leading-edge innovations of holistic design with a focus on human health and wellness. This is an incredibly moving episode that will make you walk away feeling inspired and hopeful for the future of our world. ———————- This podcast isn’t just about ideas—i...
Jul 09, 2020•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Amanda Sturgeon is an award-winning architect, author, speaker, and thought-leader in the regenerative design space. She is an expert in biophilic design and her work helps to connect the thought that people are nature are part of one living system. She is now setting her sights on to how to make regenerative design mainstream with large-scale project integration. ———————- This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s about action. From these conversations, two organizations have emerged to bring reg...
Jun 28, 2020•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Paula Baker-Laporte is an author, architect, and visionary. She has been named one of the top 10 green architects in the US and is a principal at EcoNest Architecture. When Paula found herself getting chronically ill she discovered that it was her home that was the cause. She then went on to integrate non-toxic building materials into her work in order to help her and others with chemical sensitivities live in healthy atmospheres. She and her partner Robert Laporte founded EcoNest Architecture, ...
Jun 12, 2020•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Eli Spevak has been developing affordable housing communities in Oregon for over 20 years, starting as a volunteer construction supervisor with Habitat for Humanity. In 2006, he launched Orange Splot, LLC to build new models of community-oriented, affordable, green housing development – ideally within an easy bike ride of his house. Eli was awarded a Loeb Fellowship in Advanced Environmental Studies at the Harvard GSD, co-founded www.accessorydwellings.org , co-founded Portland for Everyone, and...
May 22, 2020•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 2005 Jake Fry left his carpentry job building luxury homes in Vancouver BC to chase a dream of building small structures tucked away in people’s backyards and on alleys. Since then Jake and his firm Smallworks Studios has gone on to build over 300 laneway houses (also known as accessory dwelling units) and is arguably one of the most prolific design/builders of beautifully designed and meticulously built small houses in North America. Jake is a builder, change maker, and progressive housing p...
May 15, 2020•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Michael Mehaffy is an urbanist, architectural theorist, urban philosopher, researcher, educator, and executive director of Sustasis Foundation. He is a prolific figure that is working to promote regenerative communities by looking at how planning and development work can connect suburbs and cities to work together. ———————- This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s about action. From these conversations, two organizations have emerged to bring regenerative real estate to life: Latitude Regene...
May 08, 2020•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Listen to the transformative story of Stephen Aiguier on how he became one of the leaders of the sustainability movement in real estate. His company, Green Hammer, is an award-winning design/build firm that has completed projects that range from LEED homes to Living Building Challenges. ———————- This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s about action. From these conversations, two organizations have emerged to bring regenerative real estate to life: Latitude Regenerative Real Estate is the world’s...
Apr 30, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this insightful interview on The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast, Neal talks with environmental wellness expert Michelle Bexelius about the not-so-well-known things about our homes and lifestyles that impact our health. Michelle is the founder of designWell Studios, which helps people test their homes for toxicities, mold, and electromagnetic frequencies. This is a very eye opening conversation that is a must-listen to help people become aware of the issues we are collectively facing, as wel...
Apr 23, 2020•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this stimulating interview, we talk to Ross Chapin, the world renown architect that popularized pocket neighborhoods, about his life experiences that led to his concept of community-oriented and nourishing housing. Learn Ross' take on what the future of housing will look like in a post COVID-19 world. ———————- This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s about action. From these conversations, two organizations have emerged to bring regenerative real estate to life: Latitude Regenerative Rea...
Apr 13, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast In this exciting interview with visionary leader and regenerative agriculture practitioner, Ann Forsthoefel talks about the evolution of her life and how she created her urban farm to promote beauty, bounty, and biodiversity. ———————- This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s about action. From these conversations, two organizations have emerged to bring regenerative real estate to life: Latitude Regenerative Real Estate is the world’s first regenerative-focused real estate brokerage, dedicated t...
Mar 26, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Alex Joyce is the managing principal at Cascadia Partners, a Portland-based urban planning and real estate services firm. He works with municipalities and developers from across the country create urban environments for the future. ———————- This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s about action. From these conversations, two organizations have emerged to bring regenerative real estate to life: Latitude Regenerative Real Estate is the world’s first regenerative-focused real estate brokerage, dedic...
Mar 09, 2020•46 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast Learn about our new show, The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast. Ultimately, the show is designed to explore our built environment and sets out to inspire impactful ideas, change, wellness, and prosperity through easy to digest conversations with well-known industry leaders and iconoclasts guests to everyday people. This is a show for people that are looking for ideas, insights, and hope during unprecedented times of change. For more, listen... ———————- This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s ab...
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