Biophilia was first introduced as a term in 1973 by Erich Fromm in The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness , which put forth that biophilia is “the passionate love of life and all this is alive.” The term was later used by legendary biologist E.O. Wilson in his 1984 work Biophilia , in which he proposed that humans tend to focus on and affiliate with nature and other life-forms because of a genetic basis. Since then biophilia has been gaining in popularity amongst architects, designers, and even ur...
Mar 05, 2022•57 min•Ep 54•Transcript available on Metacast The world we design for is the world we get. That's why we are excited to share this episode with you featuring designer Ian Peterman. Ian's firm specializes more in the products that we fill our homes with than the actual design of a property, but the underlying design philosophy is one and the same: creating environmentally and socially just products, brands, and companies. In this episode Ian introduces listeners to the "conscious design" category and gives us highlights i...
Feb 20, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep 53•Transcript available on Metacast The cutting edge of regenerative technology is aligning market incentives with regenerative land stewardship. This is an area that Gregory Landua and his colleagues with the Regen Network have been pioneering since 2017 as they began asking questions of how to scale impact and help farmers and land managers switch to regenerative practices. By focusing on what Gregory calls a watershed view, the Regen Network was able to put the pieces together to monitor, value, and sell ecosystem services dire...
Feb 03, 2022•59 min•Ep 52•Transcript available on Metacast The world is beginning to go through an electric revolution, and real estate is at the epicenter. Sean Armstrong, principal at Redwood Energy , happens to be one of the revolutionaries of this movement and has designed over 10,000 residences in more than 200 developments that are 100% all electric, Zero Net Energy with many of those being low-income affordable housing. Sean is a rare combination of advocate and activist with sustainability, justice, and doing the right thing at his core. His pas...
Jan 05, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep 51•Transcript available on Metacast Passion, service, community, and curiosity are the threads that weave the story of Mark Voss. Mark is a consummate educator, farmer, and real estate professional residing in Madison, Wisconsin. He is the founder of Voss Organics and is a Latitude Change Agent . Like many young people, curiosity and the longing for adventure first lured Mark to venture far and wide from his humble youth in the Midwest. From paradigm-shifting lessons during a Peace Corps service in Africa, a pilgrimage to Masanobu...
Dec 27, 2021•54 min•Ep 50•Transcript available on Metacast At the core of every real estate project is finance. That’s why we are excited to share this interview with Eve Picker, founder of the real estate crowdfunding platform Small Change . With a focus on helping impact-driven real estate projects get funded, Small Change represents a shift towards community-based finance. This is significant as federal regulations have historically barred the majority of the American population—the 97% of people that are not accredited investors—from participating i...
Dec 15, 2021•54 min•Ep 49•Transcript available on Metacast Do you happen to be someone that thinks the dream of the white picket fence and the manicured lawn doesn't sound all that appealing? Maybe you are the kind of person that would rather live closer to nature? Or in a place with multiple generations living together with shared amenities? From off-grid and sustainable agrihoods to urban ecovillages and income sharing communes, " intentional communit y" is quickly growing in popularity as a housing concept. On this podcast episode, Cyn...
Nov 10, 2021•44 min•Ep 48•Transcript available on Metacast Do you feel like you have untapped potential to be an actor for positive change in this world? Then maybe you should consider becoming a Regenerative Practitioner. In this evocative and insightful interview, Pamela Mang of the Regenesis Institute shares her story and how her life experiences shaped her understanding of the role that humans can have in the co-evolution of our planet where all life can thrive. As a world renown organization that has been instrumental in the conception and spread o...
Oct 17, 2021•58 min•Ep 47•Transcript available on Metacast Instead of looking for hope, look for action. That is what resonates with the story of Dan Miller, the founder of the regenerative agriculture crowdfunding platform Steward . Combining his background in the creation of one of the world's first crowdfunding platforms for real estate, Fundrise, with his passion for regenerative agriculture, Dan Miller set his sights on helping farmers and food producers get access to necessary financing. Steward now helps to decommodify food while giving peop...
Sep 23, 2021•53 min•Ep 46•Transcript available on Metacast "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. Working for clients doesn't always mean you get the latitude to test out new ideas...
Aug 26, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep 45•Transcript available on Metacast 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. That's where Steven Baumgartner of Baumgartner Urban Systems Strategy (BUSS) sees tremendous opportunity. Steven advocates for a mor...
Aug 16, 2021•51 min•Ep 44•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Emmanuel is a Regenerative Practitioner through and through. From the way that he designs buildings to the regenerative leadership he instills in Green Living Projects, a European-based consultancy that he founded...
Aug 06, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep 43•Transcript available on Metacast What if real estate could be used as a force for good, rather than further degradation? It is no secret that the infrastructure our civilization is built upon is outdated, extractive, and harmful to our health and the environment. 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 . Aaron's background seeking to do good and make an impact has ro...
Jul 29, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep 42•Transcript available on Metacast When the Living Building Challenge was first conceived in the early 2000's many people had their doubts. Lauded as the world's most rigorous and aspirational green building standard, the challenge was deemed almost impossible. And in many places illegal. Living Buildings have design and performance imperatives like the building needing to produce more energy than it consumes; all the water used is harvested on-site; materials come from local sources and are non-toxic; the project makes...
Jul 13, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast 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. The residential real estate industry has been pushing out repetitive platitudes for a long time. Agents tout that they can help a buyer find their dream home; or they promise a homeowner that they can help sell a property for the most amount of mone...
Jun 27, 2021•57 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast 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. They approach the science of ecology through wide-eyed, hands-on exploration of the ecosystems outside their doors, making nature’s lessons memorable with play, humor, and games, and applicable with real life models of sustainable...
Jun 12, 2021•1 hr•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast 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. For the entirely of our species and those that we evolved from, our bodies have been nourished from the earth, and then returned to the earth. An eloquent quote from the Christian bible in the book of Genesis 3:19 sums this up with the passage...
Jun 03, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast 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. On this episode of The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast, we take a deep dive into the life and work of architect Kate Hamblet. Kate's firm, Balanced Architecture , emerged from the intersec...
May 17, 2021•1 hr•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Andrew Faust is one of the premiere permaculture teachers and designers in North America. In this podcast episode, Andrew talks about his back...
May 02, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast Across the globe we have witnessed mass environmental degradation take place. Along with the rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide, desertification has also proliferated. Local economies, ecosystems, and populations are impacted by these shifting landscapes that turn fertile grasslands into barren wastelands. 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 framewor...
Apr 22, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast 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 . Justin's story is nothing short of incredible. After sustaining a debilitating injury while on the job as a police officer, Justin turned to real estate as a path forward. First it was buying a cheap property he could afford in order to build a wheelchair ramp an...
Apr 08, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Seth Nowak is a real estate investor that has a long history in the environmental movement. He is aligning his investing business with his values and his expertise to blaze a tr...
Apr 01, 2021•55 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast “Your life is your story. Write well. Edit often.” - Susan Statham Ashley Colby Fitzgerlad’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. With the burning desire to learn th...
Mar 23, 2021•57 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast 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. This episode the The Regenerative Real Estate is a captivating life story full of passion and purpose by the enigmatic Hobbs Magaret, founder of Sisters Cattle Co . Once a professional musician living in Los Angels, Hobbs became inspired by a TED talk by Allan Savory on the a...
Mar 10, 2021•59 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast Place is unique. It defines and shapes culture, food, architecture, and communities. On this episode of The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast, Ryan Wallace, the founder and CEO of The Solar Village Company , talks about how the places we've lived shapes our lives. This is a fascinating episode that gets into climate change adaptation, migration, building triple-bottom-line companies, net-zero and off-grid properties, modular construction, and so much more. Ryan discusses lessons learned and ...
Feb 21, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Humans have altered, sculpted, and impacted every ecosystem on the planet. What once was will no longer be. That's why the work of revitalizing ecosystems is harder than rocket science. There is no mechanical solution to working with systems that are evolving. Looking to the past can only give so many clues as we struggle with the concepts of n...
Feb 09, 2021•50 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast The construction industry does not have a sterling reputation when it comes to sustainability. In fact, some studies show that the construction sector contributes to 23% of air pollution, 50% of climate change, 40% of drink water pollution, and 50% of landfill waste. There is an organization, however, that is pushing the industry forward to meet pressing 21st century challenges by adopting regenerative practices into their work. The Center for Infrastructure and Society (CIS) brings together con...
Jan 28, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast Did you ever have fantasies about living in a tree house when you were a kid? If so, you're not alone. Meet Django Kroner, the founder of the company Canopy Crew out of the Red River Gorge in Kentucky. Django had a dream to be a professional rock climber, and to make it work financially he worked in the construction industry for a timber frame builder. He was living out of a tent at the time, and it wasn't until he looked up at the tree canopy did he realize that it appeared to be a mu...
Jan 19, 2021•36 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast Matt Daigle is the founder of Rise , an online authority in sustainable home improvement. It all started when Matt and his wife decided to renovate their home. After spending six figures remodeling the property, he had failed to lower the property's utility bills. That's when he set his sights on learning what it really takes to build with sustainability in mind. Along the way Matt saw the need to demystify this information and help other homeowners make better decisions. With his back...
Jan 09, 2021•36 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Amira Ayoub, an architect out of Cairo, Egypt talks about her passion to change the world and create a resilient future for her kids and future generations. She is an architect that specializes in biophilic and regenerative design. Amira is USGBC® LEED & WELL Faculty™, a Living Future and Fitwel Ambassador, and has designed the first Fitwel and Living Building Challenge projects in North Africa and the Middle East. She is the founder of the Living Future Cairo Collaborative ...
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