Planetary Regeneration Podcast

On this episode of the Planetary Regeneration Podcast, host Gregory Landua sits down with philosopher and poet Bayo Akomolafe during a Regen Network retreat at Race Brook Lodge. Together they explore AI as trickster, the sacredness of incompleteness, and what it means to build tools for ecological governance in a world unraveling. From Yoruba cosmology to Karen Barad's agential realism, this conversation weaves themes of decoloniality, relationality, and the possibility of new rituals in the cracks of modernity. Bayo Akomolafe (PhD) is an author, speaker, and founder of the Emergence Network. Trained as a clinical psychologist and rooted in Yoruba tradition, his work invites us to meet the world differently. X: @gregory_landua LinkedIn: @bayoakomolafe

On this episode of Planetary Regeneration Podcast, host Gregory Landua discusses planetary tipping points and sustainable development with Owen Gaffney. They explore the Earth4All model, regenerative finance, and the current state of carbon markets. Tune in to uncover insights into renewable energy growth, food security, and the crucial role of trust in science and institutions for a sustainable future. Owen Gaffney is a global sustainability writer and analyst at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Stockholm Resilience Centre. He co-founded the Future Earth Media Lab and he is on the faculty of Singularity University. Owen trained as an astronautic and aeronautic engineer and he is a qualified journalist, filmmaker and writer. For a decade he has worked in Earth system science communication. His work focuses on policy, media and business impact of global sustainability research and visualizing humanity's impact on the planet through concepts such as the Anthropocene and planetary boundaries, and transformation processes. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the BBC and the world's leading academic journals Science and Nature. His work on visualisations with Felix Pharand Deschenes have been shown at the UN Rio+20 Summit and the World Economic Forum in Davos. – futureearth.org X: @owengaffney // @gregory_landua

On this episode of Planetary Regeneration Podcast, host Gregory Landua explores the history of money theory and the potential for regenerative finance with Per Espen Stoknes. They discuss the Jaguar Biocultural Credit pilot in Achuar Territory, Ecuador, showcasing its transformative impact. Tune in to uncover the intersections of economics, ecology, and culture, and discover how initiatives like this are shaping a more sustainable financial future. Per Espen Stoknes is a TED Global speaker, a psychologist with PhD in economics, and serves as the director of Centre for Sustainability and Energy at the Norwegian Business School in Oslo. An experienced foresight facilitator and academic, he's also serial entrepreneur, including co-founding clean-tech company GasPlas. Author of several books, among them Money & Soul (2009) and the award-winning book: What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming (2015). His latest books are Tomorrow's Economy (2021) on MITPress, and Earth For All (2022) with the Club of Rome. Per Espen has served as member of Norwegian Parliament, and on the EU Commission's mission board on Horizon Europe's Climate Change and Societal Adaptation. He has been project lead for the Club of Rome's www.Earth4All.life project. X: @estoknes // @gregory_landua

On this episode of Planetary Regeneration Podcast, host Gregory Landua chats with Josiah Hunt about the groundbreaking work of Pacific Biochar, a Benefit Corporation committed to balancing profits with societal and environmental benefits. They explore the potential of biochar in transforming food systems and its role in mitigating climate change. Tune in to learn more about how biochar production could revolutionize soil health and carbon sequestration, paving the way for a more sustainable future. Josiah Hunt has, since 2008, helped to innovate methods for biochar production, processing, and application in carbon sequestering pathways. He is founder and CEO of Pacific Biochar Benefit Corporation. - Website: pacificbiochar.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josiah-hunt-07918329 Twitter: https://twitter.com/josiahhunt11 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pacificbiochar

On this episode of Planetary Regeneration Podcast, host Gregory Landua engages in a captivating conversation with Christopher Goes about the transformative power of blockchain technology. Dive into insightful discussions exploring blockchain's potential for multi-asset privacy, decentralized operating systems, and its disruptive impact on various industries. Tune in to learn how these innovations are shaping the future landscape of decentralized systems, offering new perspectives on trust, credit management, and responsible AI development. Links, as mentioned: • Internal Peer Review System – https://research.anoma.net/t/the-anoma-research-topics-community/200?u=cwgoes • Promise Graph – https://promisegraph.heliax.click/ Socials: • X – @cwgoes // @gregory_landua

In this Planetary Regeneration Podcast episode, Gregory Landua and John Fullerton discuss the potential of a regenerative economy, emphasizing alignment with nature, mindset shifts, and technology like blockchain and AI. They delve into resource management complexities and highlight the role of education. Their optimism about a regenerative future is grounded in collective efforts to address complexities. John Fullerton is the founder of Capital Institute, a recognized New Economy thought leader, an active impact investor, and public speaker. John is also the director of New Day Farms, a co-founder of Grasslands, LLC, and a member of the Club of Rome. Previously, he was a Managing Director of JPMorgan managing multiple capital markets and derivatives businesses globally. Twitter: @capinstitute Website: https://capitalinstitute.org/

In this episode of the Planetary Regeneration Podcast, host Gregory Landua welcomes author Chris Smaje to discuss his recently published book, "Saying NO to a Farm-Free Future." Chris engages in a dialogue with Gregory, which was sparked by their interactions on Twitter, to delve deep into various thought-provoking topics and discuss his current life's work. Chris Smaje is a homesteader, sometime commercial vegetable grower, writer and social scientist by background. He mostly writes about the intersections between ecology, agriculture, energy and politics. He has two recent books – ‘A Small Farm Future' (Chelsea Green, 2020) and 'Saying NO to a Farm-Free Future' (Chelsea Green, 2023). Twitter: @csmaje Website: https://chrissmaje.com

Today Gregory is joined on the podcast by Daniel Schmachtenberger and Jason Snyder. Daniel is the founder of the Civilization Research Initiative focused on finding a way through the twin attractors of increasing global catastrophic risks and control dystopias, addressing the underlying drivers of each and the unanticipated effects of our aggregate choices. Jason is a professor in Sustainable Development at Appalachian State University, a homesteader, permaculturist, and producer/host of the Doomer Optimism podcast. What is “high nature,” and what is its relation to high-tech? Can both co-exist? Gregory, Daniel and Jason discuss how to apply tools of coordination and technology in a way that regenerates the planet rather than depletes it, the urgency to create local resilience, and the importance of improved coordination around carbon credits. Follow Daniel's work at civilizationemerging.com Find Jason on Twitter @cognazor This episode of the podcast will be co-released with the Doomer Optimism podcast—be sure to tune in and support. Learn more about the Doomer Optimism podcast at www.doomeroptimism.com.

Today Gregory is joined on the podcast by Carol Sanford. Carol is a #1 Amazon Best-selling, multiple award-winning author, business educator, Summit Producer, podcaster, and designer of Membership Community events. Her books are required readings in multiple-departments from Stanford to Harvard. For 40 years Carol has collaborated with leaders to develop people and businesses to express their singular capabilities. Carol's clients include companies like Colgate, DuPont, and Seventh Generation. Google's Innovation Lab uses her Responsible Business Framework. Learn more at CarolSanford.com and check out the Business Second Opinion podcast.

Today Gregory is joined on the podcast by Tim Rann, Managing Partner at Mercy Corps Ventures (MCV). MCV is an early-stage impact VC that backs startups increasing the resilience of underserved individuals and communities in emerging markets. Follow MCV on Twitter @MCSocialVenture. Tim brings 15+ years of experience as a founder/operator and fund manager across Asia, Africa and LatAm, along with extensive experience in AgTech, Web3, Climate Finance and ClimateTech. He sits on the boards of multiple MCV portfolio companies, and is an advisor to Goldfinch, MightyAlly, and [Empowa.io](http://empowa.io/). When not running MCV, he's chasing around after his two small kids or rock climbing. Find Tim on Twitter @timrann.

Today Gregory is joined on the podcast by Stanley Boots, Co-Founder of Silta Finance. The Silta mission is to direct finance towards sustainable infrastructure. Silta connects DeFi and TradFi lenders with sustainability-focused developers of real-world assets, with the purpose of funding renewable energy, clean water and other forms of sustainable infrastructure for a better world. Find out more about Silta at silta.finance, and follow them on Twitter @silta_fi. Stanley is a UK qualified project finance lawyer with over 20 years of experience in renewable energy and infrastructure. He is the co-founder of Frontier Law & Advisory and has worked as an infrastructure lawyer with Hogan Lovells and DL Piper. Find Stanley on Twitter @web3stanley. Find the transcript for this episode here: bit.ly/060_Silta

Today Gregory is joined on the podcast by Aneel Kumar and Sanne van den Dungen from Grameena Vikas Kendram Society (GVK Society), as well as by Rebecca Harman, Land Steward Project Manager at Regen Network. A Regen Network Community Fund grantee, GVK Society is a nonprofit organization working in the Andhra Pradesh region of South India. They work directly with small marginal and tribal women farmers on the ground to grow regenerative organic cotton: regenerating the environment around vulnerable farming communities, improving and strengthening livelihoods while regenerating, and working to develop ecocredits with Regen Registry. Aneel is a serial social entrepreneur and has more than 20 years of experience in working with small and marginal farming communities. He has an MSc degree in Organic Agriculture from Wageningen University, The Netherlands, and is a Master Trainer certificate holder (FAO of the UN) in conducting Farmer Field Schools. Sanne is the Senior Manager of Circular Supply Chains and Agriculture at YasasreeViroha Impex Pvt Ltd, the marketing arm of GVK Society. She has spent many years working as a consultant in India on a diverse range of topics all related to circular economies. Find out more about their work on Twitter @gvksociety.

On today's episode of the Planetary Regeneration podcast, Gregory speaks to Alan Ransil, PhD, of the Filecoin Green team at Protocol Labs. Alan and Gregory discuss voluntary carbon markets, improving methods for carbon accounting, and building informational infrastructure for carbonizing web3. Through Filecoin, Alan is building web3-native tools to pull verifiable environmental information through the economy in real time. He has worked to accelerate the transition to renewable energy for more than a decade, approaching this as an academic and industry researcher, and startup co-founder. During his doctoral research at MIT focused on energy storage systems, he worked on projects for ARPA-E and DARPA. You can find Alan on Twitter @rransil. Find the transcript for this episode here: bit.ly/058_PRP

Today on the Planetary Regeneration podcast, tune in as Gregory meets with Alyson Fearon, Vice President of Land Conservation, and Lindsay Dill, Marketing Communications Director for Allegheny Land Trust. They discuss Allegheny Land Trust's Buena Vista Heights Conservation project, protecting 124 acres of native forests and habitats and maintaining clean drinking water for Pittsburgh residents. Learn about how this project meets Regen Marketplace's standards for generating high quality, transparent & nature-backed ecoassets, and consider purchasing and retiring some yourself at: bit.ly/regenmarketplace_ecocredits Find out more about Allegheny Land Trust at alleghenylandtrust.org, or on Twitter @AlleghenyLandTR. Find the transcript for this episode here: bit.ly/057_PRP

On this Community Series episode of the Planetary Regeneration Podcast, Gregory talks with Alex Czayka, Chief Conservation Officer of the Western Reserve Land Conservancy. The Western Reserve Land Conservancy is a nonprofit organization that works with landowners, communities, government agencies, park systems and other nonprofit organizations to permanently preserve natural areas and working farms throughout northern and eastern Ohio. Ecocredits for their Sandy Cross Forest Preservation Project are available for purchase and retirement on Regen Marketplace under the City Forest Credits program. Tune in to get some firsthand insight from the Western Reserve Land Conservancy team about work that you can directly support by purchasing City Forest Credits on Regen Marketplace. Western Reserve Land Conservancy Twitter: @WRLConservancy Alex's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alex-czayka-71a019a9/ Purchase credits on app.regen.network

On today's episode of the Planetary Regeneration podcast, Gregory speaks to Victoria Loorz, author of Church of the Wild. Victoria and Gregory discuss reimagining religious practices in light of our modern understanding of humanity, technology, and nature. Victoria Loorz, MDiv, is a "wild church pastor," an "eco-spiritual director" and co-founder of several transformation-focused organizations focused on the integration of nature and spirituality. After twenty years as a pastor of indoor churches, she launched the first Church of the Wild, in Ojai CA, and went on to co-found the ecumenical Wild Church Network. You can find Victoria on Twitter @LoorzVictoria. Find the transcript for this episode here: bit.ly/055_VictoriaLoorz

On today's Community Voices episode of the Planetary Regeneration podcast, Gregory speaks to Felix Fritsch and Giulio Quarta, founders of the Crypto Commons Association (CCA). The CCA promotes the development of digital common goods and infrastructure for blockchain technology through events, publications, adult education courses, and the Crypto Commons Hub. The Hub is a retreat center in Austria, offering Crypto Commoners a permanent physical focal point for events, shared working spaces, and other opportunities to meet in person and exchange ideas. On this episode Felix, Giulio, and Gregory take a deep-dive into understanding what capitalism means and how it plays out in our current global system, and the definition of common goods. Felix Fritsch is currently working on his PhD thesis on Crypto Commons under the faculty of Political and Social Sciences at Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy. Follow him on Twitter @FelixFritsch2. Giulio Quarta has a background in sociology, and focuses on merging the traditional sphere of nonprofits and social economy with advanced tech and financial tech tools. You can find Giulio on Twitter @GeneralQonnect.

On today's Community Voices episode of the Planetary Regeneration podcast, Revathi, Executive Director of Regen Foundation, and Gregory talk about the intricacies and challenges of anchoring the governance of Regen Nework into the lived reality of land stewards and scientists around the world. Revathi is an ethical technologist with a focus on digital and social inclusion believing in the power of collective systems. She is passionate about sustainable living and draws on personal experiences of cross-cultural living to tackle the climate emergency while creating a more joyous and more equitable world. You can follow Revathi on Twitter @RKollegala, and follow Regen Foundation @RegenFdn. Find the transcript for this episode here: bit.ly/053_Revathi

On today's Community Voices episode of the Planetary Regeneration podcast, Gregory speaks to Kyle Birchard of Integrative Economics. Regen Network's Land Steward Project Manager Rebecca Harman joins the conversation. Listen as they explore the work that Kyle is doing to bring pollinator ecocredits to Regen Network. Kyle Birchard is the Principal Analyst at Integrative Economics LLC, and the Founder/CEO of Open Sensory: a company building optical and environmental sensing tools to help growers monitor, model, and measure insects in agricultural landscapes. Follow Kyle on Twitter at @IntegrativeEcon. Find a transcript for this episode here: bit.ly/052-integrativeeconomics

On this episode of Built on Regen, a community voices series of the Planetary Regeneration podcast, host Gregory Landua speaks to Martin Wainstein of Open Earth Foundation. Listen to their conversation about Open Earth's partnership with Regen Network to create a new class of eco-credits linked to the conservation of a marine protection zone in Costa Rica's Cocos Island Reserve. Martin Wainstein is the Executive Director of Open Earth Foundation, with a background in astrobiology, renewable energy, and disruptive technology. He combines theory and entrepreneurial practice to create innovative solutions for the clean energy revolution. Follow Martin on Twitter @WainsteinM. Learn more about Open Earth on their website, openearth.org, and follow them on Twitter @Open_Earth. Find a transcript for this episode here: https://tinyurl.com/051-openearth

On this episode of Built on Regen, a community voices series of the Planetary Regeneration podcast, host Gregory Landua speaks to Hannah Simmons and Joao Daniel of ERA Brazil. Listen to their conversation about developing eco credits for jaguar conservation in Brazil. Learn more about ERA Brazil on their website at erabrazil.com, and follow them on Twitter @ERABrazil. Find the transcript for this episode here: https://tinyurl.com/eraBrazil

On this episode of Built on Regen, a community voices series of the Planetary Regeneration podcast, host Gregory Landua speaks to Rex St. John, Head of Developer Relations at Saga.xyz. Listen to their conversation about edge computing, validator nodes, and the mechanics behind proof of stake processes. Find Rex St. John on Twitter @rexstjohn, and learn about Saga at saga.xyz. Find the transcript for this episode here: https://tinyurl.com/049-rexstjohn

On this episode of Built on Regen, a community voices series of the Planetary Regeneration podcast, host Gregory Landua talks with Cyrus of Eden, leading the development of Eden Dao: a new form of decentralized economic incentive system for carbon sequestration. Listen in to learn about how Eden Dao is on a mission to increase the GDP of carbon removal and their innovative approach. You can find Cyrus on Twitter @cyrusofeden, and Eden Dao @theedendao. Find the transcript for this episode here: https://tinyurl.com/048-edendao

On this episode of Built on Regen, a community voices series of the Planetary Regeneration podcast, host Gregory Landua chats with Howard Sharfstein, co-founder and Board President of Kulshan Carbon Trust: a non-profit that promotes and enables regenerative natural climate solutions. Tune in to learn about carbon trusts, and what it means to take a multistakeholder approach to regenerative agriculture. Learn more at kulshuncarbontrust.org. Find the transcript for this episode here: https://tinyurl.com/047-kulshanct

On this episode of Built on Regen, a community voices series of the Planetary Regeneration podcast, host Gregory Landua chats with Jonathan Ledgard. Jonathan has been a war correspondent, a novelist, a fellow at ETH Zurich, and is now an AI specialist working on a project called Dugong Dao. Tune in to learn more about Jonathan's fascinating life, and the potential to bring economic agency to endangered species like the East African dugong. Check out Jonathan's novels 'Giraffe' and 'Submergence,' and read his articles on Interspecies Money written for Wired and the Brookings Institution. Find the transcript for this episode here: https://tinyurl.com/046-JLedgard

045: TMO | BasinDAO On this episode of Built on Regen, a community voices series of the Planetary Regeneration podcast, host Gregory Landua chats with TMO, aka Thomas Morgan: chief instigator at basinDAO, a global DAO focused on solving the climate crisis. Tune in to learn more about “out-cooperating the competition” and the exhilaration of building in public in the emerging ReFi space. TMO has over twenty years and $1.5B worth of experience in commercial and investment real estate. He's now using this experience to structure and scale institutional grade climate and conservation investments as the founder of basin.global. You can find him on Twitter at @tmoindustries. Find a transcript for this episode here: https://tinyurl.com/045-TMO

EP 44: Jason Snyder and Matt Pirkowski Wagmi or ngmi? Hope, doom and metamodern homesteading.

Join SciFi author, Kim Stanely Robinson, and Gregory as they take a deep dive into Stan’s writing process, different theories of change, the financial and economic theories behind his most recent book, the ethical imperatives of our times and other fun stuff.

EP 41: Bill Plotkin |Regenerative Culture, Rites of Passage, and the Importance of Becoming an Adult by Gregory Landua

The Ethos and Praxis of Localism. Enjoy as Gregory and Jayson Snyder explore the ideas of localism, and Jason's path in becoming a metamodern homesteader.

Regeneration! From individuals to commons, from farms to landscapes, from learning to unlearning – Enjoy this conversation with Gaia University co-founder, Andrew Langford.

Richard and Gregory chat about technology and sustainability, ethics and the architecture of the future.

Enjoy this fun conversation between Gregory Landua and Frank Van Gansbeke. In Frank’s second appearance on the podcast, they discuss the details of Frank’s bold proposal for a new IMF backed global carbon reward currency, recently published in Forbes. Similar to Dr. Delton Chen’s proposal, with some differing elements. Emerging carbon pricing schemes and other fun eco-monetary policy stuff also discussed in this week’s episode. Note: Swiss re has a 100 per Ton carbon internal risk price Bank of England just put a price at 100 https://www.forbes.com/sites/frankvangansbeke/2021/01/17/time-for-imf-climate-coin-13/?sh=a3d6b96401da https://www.forbes.com/sites/frankvangansbeke/2021/01/17/time-for-imf-climate-coin-23/?sh=60e2b3681d07 https://www.forbes.com/sites/frankvangansbeke/2021/01/17/time-for-imf-climate-coin-33/?sh=5f9d713f501c

The Global Carbon Reward: Complementary Currency, Strategic Quantitative Easing, Thermodynamics and Evolving Economics to Account for Biosphere Health. We talk with Dr. Delton Chen for the second time to go a layer deeper into his work pioneering a plan for a global carbon reward currency denominated in tons of greenhouse gas mitigation and/or sequestration. Dr. Chen’s work was recently featured as a pillar of the strategy in Kim Stanley Robinson’s new book, "Ministry for the Future", receiving high praise from the award-winning and best-selling hard sci-fi author. This episode features an overview of these concepts and questions: • Global Carbon Reward through the lenses of economics, science, and politics. • What should and should not be considered part of a carbon reward (not extracting carbon for instance)? • Strategic pathways to adoption (new partnerships, international NGO, demonstration projects) • The relationship between these concepts, Regen Network and other notable projects' approach (Digital Earth, blockchains, decentralisation, satellite data, etc.) https://www.global4c.org/ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50998056-the-ministry-for-the-future https://www.drawdown.org/fellows/delton-chen info@globalcarbonreward.org

Join Gregory and Alnoor as they discuss transcending culture wars with nature connection, indigenous wisdom and compassion in the epoch of global weirding.

Episode 34: Lucas Gonzales and Vinay Gupta | COVID-19, What We’ve Learned, and Where We Are Going by Gregory Landua

Gregory Landua – Regen Network Chief Regeneration Officer and Finnian Makepeace – Co-founder, Policy Director & Lead Educator of Kiss the Ground. Tune in as these old friends discuss the new KTG film (available on Netflix), agriculture policy, and what it will take to regenerate our planet.

Planetary Regeneration Podcast | Episode 32: Andrew Baskin by Gregory Landua

Planetary Regeneration Podcast | Episode 31: Abby Rose by Gregory Landua

Planetary Regeneration Podcast | Episode 30: Nora Bateson by Gregory Landua

Planetary Regeneration Podcast | Episode 29: Greg Austic by Gregory Landua

Planetary Regeneration Podcast | Episode 28: Amanda Joy Ravenhill by Gregory Landua

Planetary Regeneration Podcast | Episode 27: Dan Kane by Gregory Landua

Planetary Regeneration Podcast | Episode 26: Shaun Conway by Gregory Landua

Planetary Regeneration Podcast | Episode 25: Jeff Emmett by Gregory Landua

Planetary Regeneration Podcast | Episode 24: Wenzl McGowen by Gregory Landua

Planetary Regeneration Podcast | Episode 23: Jim Rutt by Gregory Landua

Sense making in times of upheaval such as the social unrest and BlackLivesMatter protests of the past week is hard. I believe that long form, thoughtful conversations can help bring forth nuance and ground us in reality better than fragmented and hyped social media. Please enjoy this conversation about race, oppression and history with Rhamis Kent. Kent is a permaculturist based in Cornwall, UK. He grew up in the United States, and as a black man, has come to a nuanced understanding of racism and its perpetuation. This conversation explores the ways in which whiteness is a delusion based on a societal game of musical chairs, of which we've written the rules so that black people are disproportionately destined to lose. Another theme is the way in which, as Van Jones has recently called to attention, liberals and moderates are often those that undermine the Movement for Black Lives the most, in the ways that, when under pressure, they throw their black "allies" under the bus. Rhamis is well-read, and referenced a number of resources that may interest those interested in exploring this subject further. • "Permaculture and Slavery: A System Analysis" by Rhamis Kent: https://www.permaculturenews.org/2013/03/11/permaculture-and-slavery-a-system-analysis/ • Brittish compensation to slave holders: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200205-how-britain-is-facing-up-to-its-secret-slavery-history • "The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic" by Marcus Redkier and Peter Linebaugh: https://bookshop.org/books/the-many-headed-hydra-sailors-slaves-commoners-and-the-hidden-history-of-the-revolutionary-atlantic/9780807033173 • Bacon's Rebellion (1676-1677): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon%27s_Rebellion • Van Jones on the liberal threat: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/van-jones-a-white-liberal-hillary-clinton-supporter-can-pose-a-greater-threat-to-black-americans-than-the-kkk/ar-BB14MgOZ • "Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: The Surrealist Heart of New Russia" by Peter Pomerantsev: https://bookshop.org/books/nothing-is-true-and-everything-is-possible-the-surreal-heart-of-the-new-russia/9781610396004

Planetary Regeneration Podcast | Episode 21: Frank Van Gansbeke by Gregory Landua

Planetary Regeneration Podcast | Episode 20: Michel Bauwens by Gregory Landua

Planetary Regeneration Podcast | Episode 19: Tom Newmark by Gregory Landua