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Can farming heal the planet? In this episode, we explore how regenerative agriculture and ecosystem restoration are reshaping the future of our landscapes and communities. Join us as we sit down with Willemijn De Jongh from Commonland, who shares insights into how we can restore degraded land, build resilient food systems, and reconnect with nature.Willemijn introduces the revolutionary Four Returns Framework: a practical model that delivers natural, social, financial, and inspirational benefits, proving that regeneration is not just possible but essential. Through compelling success stories and actionable insights, she demonstrates how farming, biodiversity, and community can thrive together.Here's what you'll learn in this episode:

Deze week is Céline van Asselt te gast bij de Leaders in Finance podcast. Céline is Managing Director bij Goldman Sachs Asset Management en hoofd fiduciair beheer Continentaal Europa.   Céline heeft meer dan dertig jaar ervaring in internationaal vermogensbeheer en financiële dienstverlening, en heeft diverse zakelijke en commerciële verantwoordelijkheden gehad. Céline begon haar carrière bij MeesPierson en werkte later ook bij Fortis, waar zij verschillende managementposities bekleedde. Ook was zij Adjunct-Directeur Risk Management bij a.s.r. In 2011 trad ze toe tot de directie van APG Asset Management als CFRO. In haar huidige functie bij Goldman Sachs Asset Management focust ze zich onder andere op het ondersteunen van pensioenklanten bij het investeren in oplossingen die bijdragen aan duurzaamheid. Verder heeft Céline meerdere commissariaten gehad, waaronder bij Menzis en Unigarant, en is ze bestuurder geweest van het VSB Fonds. Op dit moment vervult ze een nevenfunctie bij Commonland. Ze heeft bedrijfseconomie gestudeerd aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam en later in haar carrière verschillende managementtrainingen gevolgd, onder andere aan INSEAD en IMD.  Tot slot, Céline is 57, getrouwd, heeft twee kinderen en woont in Naarden.   ***  Leaders in Finance wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door EY, MeDirect, Zanders, Kayak en Roland Berger.   ***  Boeken Tricky Tijden - Jitske Kramer *** Op de hoogte blijven van Leaders in Finance? Abonneer je dan op de nieuwsbrief.   ***  Vragen, suggesties of feedback? Graag! Via email: info@leadersinfinance.nl en check de website leadersinfinance.nl   *** Eerdere gasten bij de Leaders in Finance podcast waren onder andere: Klaas Knot (President DNB), Robert Swaak (CEO ABN AMRO), Frank Elderson (directie ECB), David Knibbe (CEO NN), Janine Vos (RvB Rabobank), Jos Baeten (CEO ASR), Nadine Klokke (CEO Knab), Gita Salden (CEO BNG Bank),  Annerie Vreugdenhil (CIO ING), Geert Lippens (CEO BNP Paribas NL), Karien van Gennip (CEO VGZ), Maarten Edixhoven (CEO Van Lanschot Kempen), Jeroen Rijpkema (CEO Triodos), Chantal Vergouw (CEO Interpolis), Simone Huis in ‘t Veld (CEO Euronext), Nout Wellink (ex DNB), Onno Ruding (ex minister van financiën), Maurice Oostendorp en Martijn Gribnau (CEOs Volksbank), Olaf Sleijpen (Director DNB), Allegra van Hövell-Patrizi (CEO Aegon NL), Yoram Schwarz (CEO Movir), Laura van Geest (Bestuursvoorzitter AFM) Katja Kok (CEO Van Lanschot CH), Ali Niknam (CEO bunq), Nick Bortot (CEO BUX), Matthijs Bierman (MD Triodos NL), Peter Paul de Vries (CEO Value8), Barbara Baarsma (CEO Rabo Carbon Bank), Jan van Rutte (Commissaris PGGM, BNG Bank, vml CFO ABN AMRO), Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen (Chair Aon Holdings), Annemarie Jorritsma (o.a. Voorzitter NVP), Lidwin van Velden (CEO Waterschapsbank), Don Ginsel (CEO Holland Fintech), Mary Pieterse-Bloem (Professor Erasmus), Jan-Willem van der Schoot (CEO Mastercard NL), Tjeerd Bosklopper (CEO NN NL), Joanne Kellermann (Chair PFZW), Steven Maijoor (Chair ESMA), Radboud Vlaar (CEO Finch Capital), Karin van Baardwijk (CEO Robeco) en Annette Mosman (CEO APG).     

A conversation with Willem Ferwerda, one of the founders of the regeneration space, which barely existed 11 years ago when he started Commonland. How and why is it so fundamental to take a landscape view and get all the stakeholders to look at a map- yes, a physically printed large map- together? Because chances are they never have done that. The farmers, the real estate developers, the nature conversation professionals, the local politicians spent most of their time in their own silos and if they talk to each other often it isn't very friendly.How do you get them to develop a shared vision of what they want their landscape to look like in 20 or 30 years? How do you trigger that kind of inspiration? Nobody likes to live in a dying landscape where biodiversity has left, where people have left or are leaving, schools are closing, and shops as well. We are at the beginning of what was barely a space 11 years ago, of course holistic landscape management existed in indigenous circles and ecology silos, but barely outside of that. And now we see the financial space starting to dip its toe into this and we will need them, as we talk billions of real green infrastructures, not hard infrastructure made of concrete, but soft, healthy spongy soils, thriving ecosystems, beneficial keystone species including people coming back to the countryside and managing landscapes holistically.---------------------------------------------------Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and benefits on www.gumroad.com/investinginregenag. Support our work:Share itGive a 5-star ratingBuy us a coffee… or a meal! www.Ko-fi.com/regenerativeagriculture----------------------------------------------------More about this episode on https://investinginregenerativeagriculture.com/willem-ferweda.Find our video course on https://investinginregenerativeagriculture.com/course.----------------------------------------------------The above references an opinion and is for information and educational purposes only. It is not intended to be investment advice. Seek a duly licensed professional for investment advice.Thoughts? Ideas? Questions? Send us a message!https://foodhub.nl/en/opleidingen/your-path-forward-in-regenerative-food-and-agriculture/ Find out more about our Generation-Re investment syndicate:https://gen-re.land/ https://www.freshventures.eu/https://investinginregenerativeagriculture.com/2023/02/21/bart-van-der-zande-2/https://investinginregenerativeagriculture.com/2024/03/22/chris-bloomfield-daniel-reisman/Support the Show.Feedback, ideas, suggestions? - Twitter @KoenvanSeijen - Get in touch www.investinginregenerativeagriculture.comJoin our newsletter on www.eepurl.com/cxU33P! Support the showThanks for listening and sharing!

Since taking over his family farm, Alfonso Chico de Guzman has transformed La Junquera

This month we bring you a conversation Abby convened at Groundswell Festival back in June, focused on Landscape Scale Regeneration. We hear from three people involved in different ways in an initiative in Waterford, Ireland. This discussion expands upon the Commonland initiative in Southern Spain we featured back in Episode 68, highlighting the power of a common vision and the benefits of working across a whole region.

Daniel Christian Wahl is my guest on Episode 177 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Daniel Christian Wahl is one of the catalysts of the rising reGeneration and the author of Designing Regenerative Cultures - so far translated into seven languages. He works as a consultant, educator and activist with NGOs, businesses, governments and global change agents. With degrees in biology and holistic science, and a PhD in Design for Human and Planetary Health, his work has influenced the emerging fields of regenerative design and salutogenic design. Winner of the 2021 RSA Bicentenary Medal for applying design in service to society. Awarded a two year Volans-Fellowship in 2022. Daniel Christian Wahl holds degrees in Biology (BSc. Hons., Univ. of Edinburgh, 1996), HolisticScience (MSc., Schumacher College, 2002), and a Ph.D. in Design (Univ. of Dundee 2006) on 'Design for Human and Planetary Health. Daniel lives in Mallorca where he helped to set up SMART UIB and works locally and internationally as a consultant, educator, and activist. Among his clients have been Ecover, Forum for the Future, Camper, and Balears.t, Save the Med, Lush, UNITAR, UK Foresight, Cloudburst Foundation, and many universities and NGOs. He has been on the academic working group of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) and has been linked to GEN for almost 20 years. Daniel has worked closely with Gaia Education since 2007 and contributed to the development of their Design for Sustainability online course and co-authored the current versions of all four dimensions of the curriculum. He also wrote the content and developed the concept of Gaia Education's SDGs Flashcards which with the support of UNESCO are now translated into 7 languages. His 2016 book 'Designing Regenerative Cultures' has helped to define the field of regenerative design and has been translated into 8 languages so far. In 2021 the Royal Society for Arts, Manufacture, and Commerce - founded in 1754 - awarded Daniel with the Bicentenary Medal for "an outstanding and demonstrable contribution, through ... design practice, towards an equitable and regenerative world." He has been awarded a Volans Fellowship for 2022 and 2023 by John Elkington in support of past and ongoing work. Daniel trained as a biologist and holds degrees in Biology (BSc. Hons., Univ. of Edinburgh), Holistic Science (MSc., Schumacher College), and Natural Design (PhD., Univ. of Dundee). He was the director of Findhorn College from 2007 to 2010, is a member of the International Futures Forum and H3Uni, an advocation partner of r3.0, and on the advisory councils of Ecosystems Restoration Camps, Commonland, the Ojai Foundation, Future Planet Europe, the Centre for the Future and the Overview Institute of Australia, as well as a Findhorn Foundation Fellow. Daniel teaches regularly on the MA in Ecological Design Thinking at Schumacher College. Daniel's 2016 book 'Designing Regenerative Cultures' has quickly gained international acclaim, his Blog on Medium is followed by over 20,000 people and his social media advocacy has a combined audience of over 450,000 people around the world. https://www.danielchristianwahl.com

Overal in de wereld worden landschappen door toedoen van mensen naar de gallemiezen geholpen. Natuurbeschermer Willem Ferwerda ontwikkelde met Commonland een model om dit tij te keren. Het gaat om plekken waar de bodemvruchtbaarheid zodanig omlaag is gebracht dat de productiviteit eraf is. Zelfs met technologie en toevoeging van kunstmest is de grond nauwelijks nog aan de praat te krijgen. Met Commonland ontwikkelde Ferwerda het zogeheten 4 returns-model: een evenwicht vinden tussen de inspirerende, natuurlijk, sociale en economische opbrengsten van een stuk aarde. In Spanje wordt op deze manier weer leven geblazen in een droog en uitgeput gebied van 1 miljoen hectare maar liefst. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vandaag gaat Kees in gesprek met Willem Ferwerda, ecoloog en ondernemer. Zijn bedrijf Commonland herstelt landschappen op een manier dat iedereen daarvan kan profiteren, de mens én de natuur. In deze aflevering vertelt hij meer over de aanpak, maar vooral ook over de kracht van biodiversiteit en hoe Willem ziet dat mensen de connectie met de natuur zijn verloren. Wil je nog meer weten over Commonland? Check dan de PURPOSE MINDS video en het artikel over de 4 returns en de zoneringsaanpak. https://circl.nl/update/willem-ferwerda-over-economie-en-ecologie  

In this episode of Talkin' After Hours we talk to south west farmer and grass fed beef producer Warren Pensini. Warren is a a 4th generation cattle farmer &, together with his wife Lori, manages ‘Paraway', a 664 ha property in Boyup Brook. Warren & Lori's philosophy is to produce quality food ethically in a manner that has minimal impact and stress on their animals, community and environment, while creating a positive financial outcome for their family. Up until 2018 the Pensini's sold their beef direct to customer via their beef brand, Blackwood Valley Beef, now they do so in partnership with Wide Open Agriculture and Dirty Clean Food. Jo & Kate chat to Warren about his most recent venture - a landscape rehydration project he has started in partnership with the Mulloon Institute and Commonland. Warren's farm is the first of four demonstration sites for Mulloon's landscape rehydration model in WA and aims to showcase a method to reverse salinity and restore unproductive &/ or degraded land through restoring natural ecosystem function.

Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Yanniek Schoonhoven, a regenerative farmer, co-founder of the Regeneration Academy, coordinator of the Re-Generation Festival, and trainer for the regenerative agriculture research program in Murcia, Southern Spain. Holding a master degree in Environmental Sciences, Yanniek has worked with farmers throughout Southern Spain for several years as part of Commonland and AlVelAl, two projects that aim to initiate, catalyse and enable large-scale and long-term restoration initiatives. With a shared mission to transform degraded landscapes into thriving ecosystems and communities, these projects take a practical, holistic approach to developing viable solutions based on social and ecological needs, science and entrepreneurship. The folks at Commonland have been working tirelessly since 2013 to build a universal proof of concept that brings farmers, landowners, entrepreneurs, communities, nature organisations and legislators together to create real returns on investment per hectare. Called 4 Returns, this framework is capable of initiating, organising and following through on large-scale and long-term restoration initiatives that integrate ecology, land use and business - a framework we'll be exploring in greater depth a bit later. I'm really delighted to be having this particular conversation today, not least because I've seen the work they're doing on the farm, and experienced their passion, determination and open-heartedness first-hand. I'm also excited to be sharing this with you, because it offers a practical example of the transformation we can achieve, at a large scale, when we're able to envision a different, more regenerative path forward, and work collaboratively with others to make it happen. Recorded on 5th May 2022.

In this episode we dive into: > How Charly's work with Steve Jobs in Silicon Valley informs his path to challenging the status quo and what is needed for true systems change > Defining success from having it all to being who you are meant to beThe essence of consciousness at the beginning and end of life > Intentionality and the choices we make on a daily basis > Practices of mindfulness that contribute to impact > Systems change and the Deep Impact Movement > Why ESG is not Impact Investing (ESG is 'the not contributing to harm (maybe)' in the three bullets above when investing. It considers environmental, social and governance factors in investment decisions vs. Impact Investing which is about contributing to solutions), and > Impact investing as a path to awakening consciousness About Charly Kleissner Charly Kleissner is an impact investor. He believes that the fundamental and real meaning of wealth is to make a positive contribution to humanity and the planet. He is a leader of the deep impact movement which is not only treating the symptoms of our failing economic system, but its root causes – with a level of awareness and consciousness that is non-anthropocentric, acknowledging that humanity is part of the evolutionary process, not outside of it. He sees impact investing not as an intellectual exercise, but as an expression of who he really is. Dr. Kleissner co-founded KL Felicitas Foundation, Social-Impact International, the Central European Investment Ready Program, and Hawai'i Investment Ready, which help social entrepreneurs worldwide accelerate and increase their impact. Dr. Kleissner co-founded Toniic, a global network for impact investors and Toniic's 100% Network, a global group of asset owners dedicated to 100% impact, currently representing over $6 billion in assets that are actively moving into impact. Dr. Kleissner serves as a full member of The Club of Rome, as Chairman of the Board at ImpactAssets, on the Board of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and Proof of Impact, and on the Advisory Board of Chi Impact Capital, Industree Foundation, Impact Hub Tirol, MCI Business School, Commonland, 4L Capital and Rainfall. Dr. Kleissner has over twenty years of experience as a senior technology executive in Silicon Valley. He held executive and senior engineering management positions at Hewlett-Packard, NeXT, RightPoint, and Ariba. Dr. Kleissner earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Technology, Vienna. Learn more about Charly: charlykleissner.com LinkedIn Connect with Stephanie: ▶︎ WEBSITE | https://www.stephanietrager.com ▶︎ YOUTUBE | https://www.youtube.com/c/stephanietragercatalysttalks ▶︎ INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/stephanietrager ▶︎ LINKEDIN | https://www.linkedin.com/stephanietrager ▶︎ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/stephanietrager --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catalyst-talks/message

Hoe draag je als ondernemer betekenisvol bij aan onze maatschappij en leefomgeving? In deze aflevering van Koplopers duiken Liesbeth en Werner in de wereld van de betekeniseconomie. Volgens Kees Klomp moeten radicale veranderingen in ons huidige economische systeem plaatsvinden om verduurzaming te kunnen realiseren. Klomp is lector betekeniseconomie aan de hogeschool van Rotterdam en heeft meerdere boeken geschreven over ondernemen in de betekeniseconomie. Hoe zit het met de zwarte cijfers? Willem Ferwerda is CEO van Commonland en herstelt landschappen volgens de zogenaamde four returns. Inspiratie, sociaal kapitaal, natuurlijk kapitaal en financieel kapitaal laten een groot gebied weer opleven, stelt Ferwerda. Wat drijft hem? Je luistert Koplopers op BNR.nl, in onze BNR-app en op jouw podcast platform naar keuze.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hoe draag je als ondernemer betekenisvol bij aan onze maatschappij en leefomgeving? In deze aflevering van Koplopers duiken Liesbeth en Werner in de wereld van de betekeniseconomie. Volgens Kees Klomp moeten radicale veranderingen in ons huidige economische systeem plaatsvinden om verduurzaming te kunnen realiseren. Klomp is lector betekeniseconomie aan de hogeschool van Rotterdam en heeft meerdere boeken geschreven over ondernemen in de betekeniseconomie. Hoe zit het met de zwarte cijfers? Willem Ferwerda is CEO van Commonland en herstelt landschappen volgens de zogenaamde four returns. Inspiratie, sociaal kapitaal, natuurlijk kapitaal en financieel kapitaal laten een groot gebied weer opleven, stelt Ferwerda. Wat drijft hem? Je luistert Koplopers op BNR.nl, in onze BNR-app en op jouw podcast platform naar keuze.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Age Stereotyping and how to not - Mature Movers (S2:E5)In today's episode I had the pleasure of discussing the future of ageing and how design can help improve lives with George Lee, founder of The Commonland and Chief Community Officer for This Age Thing. We talk the negatives of designing for stereotypes and how to begin the difficult job of breaking down product marketing discrimination and accessibility. In collaboration with The Design Age Institute, George has been working on This Age Thing, a community where people can share their stories which celebrate lived experience and age. Do make sure to check it out and join what is a fantastic community project!To find out more about George and her projects see:This Age Thing : https://thisagething.co/The Commonland : https://www.thecommonland.co.uk/LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/georginajlee Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month we speak to Cumbrian sheep farmer and celebrated author James Rebanks about the collective discovery of aligned interests of farmers as they are regenerating their landscapes together. And Abby has visited, Erica ten Broeke, Landscape Manager at Commonland, a Dutch NGO that bring a holistic approach to landscape restoration as initiator, catalyst and enabler of large-scale, long-term restoration initiatives.  This episode of Farmerama was made by Jo Barratt, Abby Rose and Olivia Oldham. A big thanks to the rest of the Farmerama team Katie Revell, Fran Bailey, Annie Landless, Eliza Jenkins and Dora Taylor. Our theme music is by Owen Barratt. We're very grateful to those of you that support us and allow us to bring you these stories every month. Even the smallest contribution makes a big difference to us. If you'd like to become a supporter, visit patreon.com/Farmerama Links: James Reanks @herdyshepherd1 La Junquera lajunquera.com/ Common Land https://www.commonland.com/

Hoe stap je in het bedrijf dat al generaties in de familie zit?Hoe vernieuw je binnen een bestaand bedrijf?Hoe innoveer je in een sector die doorgaans zo klem zit?In deze aflevering is Joost van Schie te gast. Joost is 6e generatie Boer op Boerderij De Eenzaamheid.De boerderij waar hij opgroeide en waarvan hij op z'n 12e besloot er juist niet z'n toekomst in te zien.In dit gesprek hebben we het over opgroeien op de boerderij en de wijde wereld in gaan; en over startups opzetten in grote corporates.Natuurlijk hebben we het over het keuzeproces om toch een toekomst op en voor de boerderij te gaan bouwen; en praten we over regeneratieve landbouw.Wat ik zo mooi vind is hoe Joost al zijn ervaringen in het bedrijfsleven, innovatie en persoonlijke ontwikkeling nu weet in te zetten voor de boerderij.En wat me inspireert aan hem is hoe diep hij zich is gaan verdiepen en hoe professioneel hij het traject nu aanpakt; inclusief begeleiding inschakelen en deelnemen aan bijvoorbeeld een versnellersprogramma.Dank je wel Joost voor dit mooie gesprek.Vond je dit nou een leuk gesprek en denk je "dit deel ik graag online". Tag dan De Gebakken Peren even. Onder degenen die het delen, verloot ik als bedankje een exemplaar van Joost's boekentip - 'Holistic Management' van Alan Savory. Of als je liever een ander boek uit m'n online Boekenkast hebt dan kan dat natuurlijk ook.Veel plezier met luisteren! Hier is Joost van Schie.Show NotesJoost van SchieBoerderij De EenzaamheidBijbehorende blog: Innovate SmallShots of Strategy in je inboxMijn boekenkastMail me (tijmen@studiogeorge.nl) over de aflevering. Vind ik leuk.LessenOp m'n twaalfde zat ik een keer aan de keukentafel. Ik zag links de koeien en rechts over het water keek ik de weide wereld in. Ik dacht "mijn toekomst ligt ergens daar verderop."Ik heb vroeger nooit een impliciete verwachting gevoeld dat ik het bedrijf zou moéten overnemen.Ik heb altijd een nieuwsgierigheid gehad om nieuwe dingen te ontdekken. M'n jeugd was ik content met wat er was. De opties voor verkenning dienden zich toen niet zoveel aan. Toen ik ging studeren in Amsterdam openbaarde zich opeens een hele wereld.Ik vond het altijd moeilijk om voor 1 ding te kiezen. Ik moest dan altijd eerst alles een beetje doen voordat ik voor 1 ding kon gaan.In een startupteam heb je altijd een Pauw en een Pinguïn nodig. De pauw gaat naar buiten, heeft mooie praatjes en verkoopt de boel. En heeft een pinguïn nodig die er achteraan loopt om alle rotzooi van de pauw op te ruimen.Bij Aim ervaarde ik dat je toewijden aan een doel en daar op afgerekend worden zorgt voor resultaat. Daarvan leerde ik dat het belangrijk was om niet continu van richting te veranderen.Een corporate startup heeft meer resources tot z'n beschikking dan een startup. Maar het is ook een two-sided battle. Je moet én je propositie in de markt bewijzen en je moet intern bewijzen dat er geld en tijd naar het project gaat. Als startup kun je ook radicaler zijn dan binnen een corporate omdat er niks interns is waar het aan moet voldoen.Er bleek nog niet echt nagedacht te zijn over de toekomst van de boerderij. Dat zou vanzelf wel komen. Maar ik mijn wereld gebeurde er niks zonder er actief aan de slag mee te gaan.Ergens vond ik het ook raar dat de boerderij opeens naar 5 generaties zou stoppen. Ik voelde een drang om er iets mee te doen. Ik ging onderzoeken wat er nodig is in de landbouw en te verkennen wat een kleine boerderij daarin zou kunnen betekenen.Ik wist dat ik met mijn werk wilde bijdragen om mens en natuur dichter bij elkaar brengen.Als ik de boerderij zou gaan overnemen dan wilde ik wel een vorm die voor mij ook zou werken. Dat betekent ook in een team werken en dat het niet van mij afhankelijk is.Opeens realiseerde ik me dat de innovatiemethode van Aimforthemoon ook op de boerderij van toepassing was. Ik moest eerst iets kleins en nieuws (naast de kernbusiness van de boerderij) proberen en later integreren.Hoewel m'n besluit om het te gaan doen opeens viel, heb ik wel een overbruggingsperiode gecreëerd. Ik was nog niet klaar met het plan voor de boerderij en ik was nog niet klaar bij Aimforthemoon.Ik had wel het initiatief, maar in een familiebedrijf doe je het wel met elkaar."We verkopen verdomme helemaal niks!"Als je een keer iets nieuws neergezet hebt doe je het meestal niet nog eens. Het is vaak aan de nieuwe generatie om dat weer te doen.Koeien en kaas blijven de kern. Maar er komen nieuwe dieren en planten bij om de problemen van biodiversiteitsverlies, veenoxidatie, stikstofuitstoot en waterkwaliteit te doen.We willen de biodiversiteit op de bodem vergroten om die onder de bodem te vergroten. Een vitale bodem houdt meer water vast.We moeten telkens kijken naar wat er past in onze agro-ecologische omstandigheden (de condities van ons land- en watersysteem) en bij de cultuur van de omgeving. Voorbeelden zijn een moestuin, een theehaag, de kippencaravan en nog meer.De urgentie voor transformatie in de landbouw is nu heel hoog, maar de ruimte is heel laag.Ik zie niet 1 oplossing voor dé landbouw. Wij zijn gaan handelen vanuit de regeneratieve principes. Er zijn voorbeelden die laten zien dat je een prima boterham kan verdienen als je op een andere manier boert en (vaak) via directe kanalen naar de consument brengt.Er is altijd werk. En af en toe moet je het een beetje naast je neerleggen.LinksAimforthemoonNiek, Jesse en LeonardBohemian BirdsJasper MutsaertsDocu: A Farm for the FutureDocu: Kiss the GroundTom Elffers (coach)DGP Aflevering 12. Tom Elffers over depressie en zelfonderzoek, zijn visie op visie, en het opbouwen van een klantenkring.CommonLand - 4 Returns FrameworkBoerenversnellerJoel Salatin (VS), Richard Perkins (Zweden), Adam Grant (Oostenrijk), Geoff Lawton (Australië)Boek: Joel Salatin - You can Farm & Your Succesful Farm BusinessBoek: Alan Savory - Holistic ManagementBoek: Yuval Noah Harari - Sapiens & Homo Deus

This is an excerpt from episode 87 featuring the last 20 minutes or so of my conversation with the CEO of Commonland, Willem Ferwerda. We pick up our conversation with a question I've been looking forward to delving into with Willem for a while – how do we create a regenerative economy that fosters healing of country and restoration of landscapes by its very nature, in the face of cultures and systems going the other way (think shareholder value, GDP as a measure of progress and investment expectations)? We go on to talk about Willem's “big dream” and how it's taking another significant step as part of the recently launched UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration. And we close by coming full circle to the words of Oral McGuire: “Biodiversity is the manifestation of spirit” (along with the challenge he lays down) - with some stirring words from Willem himself, alongside his choice of music. You can hear the rest of our conversation in the main episode, ‘COVID & the Wolf: Willem Ferverda on making landscape restoration & Spirit the heart of economy' - https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/087-covid-and-the-wolf Title slide pic: Willem Ferwerda, all grown up (supplied). Music: Faraway Castle, by Rae Howell and Sunwrae. Thanks to the generous supporters of this podcast, for making it possible. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by heading to our website at https://www.regennarration.com/support. Thanks for helping to keep the show going. Get in touch any time by text or audio at https://www.regennarration.com/story And thanks for listening!

Willem Ferwerda has an extraordinary background as an ecologist and international policy leader. But a little over a decade ago, after backing over 1,000 conservation projects, he decided to face down the fact that they weren't making a dent in our slide into mass extinction and ecosystem collapse. He turned towards business and economics, and has since dedicated himself to building practical bridges between ecology and economy. Since founding Commonland in 2013, his team has been applying its holistic ‘4 Returns' framework to restoring landscapes at scale globally, across a range of ecosystems, and with brilliant success (including in my home state of Western Australia). Yet, the overall picture continues to worsen. So with 8 years of learning in hand, they're gearing up a notch, and inviting us to join them, as a key element of the newly launched UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Willem and I first met on Ballardong country in the wheatbelt of Western Australia, at Oral McGuire's place. It was a special few days spent with the Indigenous-led WA collaboration they've engaged with, that has been pivotal to Commonland's evolution in recent years. We had a couple of open, warm and penetrating conversations about the state of things, and our respective observations about what is possible together. Willem says he's been watching ideas and talk of natural solutions move from marginal to mainstream over 30 years - that a transformation is afoot - across business, finance and economics, and above all in people's search for meaning, purpose and spirit. This conversation was recorded online on Tuesday 29 June 2021, with Willem speaking from home in the Netherlands. Title slide image: Willem Ferwerda in the Costa Rican forest in 1992 (supplied). You can see more photos from Willem on the episode web page. Music: Faraway Castle, by Rae Howell and Sunwrae. Get more: Commonland - https://www.commonland.com/ Willem's personal post that prompted this conversation, on our path towards restoring landscapes and a regenerative economy - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/covid-wolf-willem-ferwerda/ The footage of the wolves returning to the Netherlands, featured in the post above - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMIzpnK_aNc The Commonland 4 Returns Framework report launched with the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration last month - https://clicktime.symantec.com/35ZQWMDWqzsXWU8PsFLabKx6H2?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.commonland.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F06%2F4-Returns-for-Landscape-Restoration-June-2021-UN-Decade-on-Ecosystem-Restoration.pdf The launch event in full, featuring Oral McGuire with the closing words, and a series of short clips of landscape restoration from around the world: ‘A common language to accelerate landscape restoration' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgDp4SIkPbw Willem's personal video explanation of the 4 Returns Framework for that event - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huFDUT12jqM 4returns.earth, the 4 Returns online community platform - www.4Returns.Earth UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration - https://www.decadeonrestoration.org/ Willem also recommended the new film Breaking Boundaries, featuring David Attenborough and Johan Rockstrom. Here's the trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb6wQtNjblk Green Gold, a documentary by John D Liu on the extraordinary story of the Loess Plateau in China - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBLZmwlPa8A Here's the 5 minute teaser, also featuring Willem - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rpe8RbO-q4 And Aluna, a movie on indigenous wisdom from the Kogi Indians in Colombia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftFbCwJfs1I Thanks very much to the generous supporters of this podcast, for making it possible. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by heading to our website at https://www.regennarration.com/support. Thanks for helping to keep the show going! And thanks for listening.

A dive into a model which shed some light on the potential returns of landscape scale regeneration and how we can begin to measure and calculate themwith Jasper Bertels of Commonland, Senior Landscape Finance Specialist at Commonland.-----------------------------------------------------Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and benefits on www.gumroad.com/investinginregenag. Other ways to support our work:- Share the podcast - Give a 5-star rating- Or buy us a coffee… or a meal! www.Ko-fi.com/regenerativeagriculture. ------------------------------------------------------ Very few people would argue we shouldn't scale up regeneration to a landscape scale, but the immediate question always is: what are the returns? Both financial and non financial. With Jasper we also talk about the difficulty in calculating returns, the importance of discount rates and investing and leveraging investment funds, among others. More about this episode on https://investinginregenerativeagriculture.com/jasper-bertels.Find our video course here:https://investinginregenerativeagriculture.com/course/----------------------------------------------------------- For feedback, ideas, suggestions please contact us through Twitter @KoenvanSeijen, or get in touch through the website www.investinginregenerativeagriculture.com. Join our newsletter on www.eepurl.com/cxU33P. The above references an opinion and is for information and educational purposes only. It is not intended to be investment advice. Seek a duly licensed professional for investment advice.Support the showSupport the show (https://www.gumroad.com/investinginregenag)

I am so happy to introduce you to Sarah Queblatin - the co-founder of Green Releaf in the Phillipines in this episode of Sense-making in a Changing World.  Sarah and I met as part of Re-Alliance - a global permaculture humanitarian initiative, we are both permaculture teachers, Global Ecovillage Network Ambassadors and members of Permaculture for Refugees.   We also have a connection because she is one of the key leaders of a brand new program for youth run by the Global Ecovillage Network Oceania and Asia - which my daughter, Permayouth co-founder, took part in just recently called ReGEN Nations. This is the kind of enabling collaborative ecosystem she designs - others include Re:Source Regeneration Labs with Green Releaf, and the 4 Returns Labs with Commonland.We also share our activism roots in peace and both work towards whole systems change through education.Sarah is passionate about transforming the narrative of Disaster Risk Reduction or DRR, into that of Designing for Resilience and Regeneration for communities affected by disasters, displacement, and unsustainable development.  Her passion project, Living Story Landscapes, weaves traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and permaculture using the arts and culture in designing places of remembrance, resilience, and regeneration in climate and conflict vulnerable communities. Sarah is also an artist, using creativity as a pathway for personal and collective transformation. You can learn more about her work via www.soilsoulstory.comYOUTUBE VERSIONWatch this episode on Sense-Making in a Changing World Youtube & Subscribe.FIND OUT MORE ABOUT PERMACULTUREJoin me to learn more about permaculture. Come and explore the many free permaculture resources my Our Permaculture Life Youtube  and blog .The world needs more permaculture teachers everywhere sharing local ways of one planet living, and working toward a climate-safe future through design, resilience and connection. I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents to explore what that might look like and how you can make the change. This is a comprehensive online course that includes the Permaculture Design Certificate and online Permaculture Teacher Certificate.Help us support free permaculture education for refugees. Donate to our charity to Ethos FoundationAnd for youth, we invite you to join the Global Permayouth Festivals and subscribe to weekly newsIf your main interest is getting a thriving food garden set up,  take a look at my online course The Incredible Edible Garden.With loveMorag Gamble I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people and pay my respects to their elders past and present.Audio: Rhiannon GambleMusic: Kim Kirkman

Judith D. Schwartz is an author who tells stories to explore and illuminate scientific concepts and cultural nuance. She takes a clear-eyed look at global environmental, economic, and social challenges, and finds insights and solutions in natural systems. She writes for numerous publications, including The American Prospect, The Guardian, Discover, Scientific American, and YaleE360. Bringing insights from her latest book, “The Reindeer Chronicles”, Judith addresses the question of What Could Possibly Go Right? including:That “we are a part of nature and to keep ourselves separate from nature is really causing our own demise, as well as the demise of all that we love around us.”That increased interest in home gardening is a gateway to larger engagement in the natural world and environmental restoration.That mainstream news highlights when things go wrong, but “when something goes the way it's supposed to go, it isn't news, so we're never paying attention to how the natural world works or how communities function when they're going well and serving the people in them.”That slowing down and staying in one place during the pandemic has encouraged us to pay attention to smaller things and gives “permission to love where I am in a very different way, as opposed to that being the backdrop and then real life happens elsewhere when I leave.”That there is opportunity in the degraded landscapes throughout the world, including restoring the heartlands and rangelands of US.That regenerative agriculture projects, such as by Commonland, give people reasons to stay or come back to the land. These include 4 Returns: of finance, of nature, of social capital or community well-being, and of inspiration. That a connection to nature can happen anywhere, even a permaculture lesson around a city tree by a New York City sidewalk.ResourcesBook: “Cows Save The Planet” - Judith D. Schwartz (2013)Book: “Water in Plain Sight: Hope for a Thirsty World” - Judith D. Schwartz (2019)Book: “The Reindeer Chronicles” - Judith D. Schwartz (2020)Commonland, Netherlands - restoration projects www.commonland.comConnect with Judith D. SchwartzWebsite: judithdschwartz.comTwitter: twitter.com/judithdschwartzFacebook: facebook.com/judith.d.schwartzFollow WCPGR on Social MediaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhatCouldPossiblyGoRightPodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/postcarbonInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/postcarboninstitute/Learn more: https://bit.ly/pci-wcpgrseries***Join us in December for a special Zoom call with Vicki! When you donate any amount to support the show, we'll invite you to join a live, online call with Vicki on Thursday, December 10. ***Support the show (https://www.postcarbon.org/support-what-could-possibly-go-right/)

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Willem Ferwerda werd in 2016 door Trouw uitgeroepen tot duurzaamste Nederlander. Na lang werkzaam te zijn geweest in de internationale natuurbescherming heeft de tropisch ecoloog de organisatie Commonland opgezet en houdt zich bezig met grootschalig landschapsherstel. We bespreken zijn inspirerende visie waarbij hij vertelt hoe de natuur op de lange termijn geld kan opleveren. Willem en zijn team weet namelijk van aangetaste gebied en “man made” desserts weer levendige gebieden te maken. Dit doet zij door middel van de vier returns. Het begint door inspiratie en hoop weer terug te geven aan de plaatselijke bevolking en vervolgens werkgelegenheid te creëren. Met als resultaat een herstelde biodiversiteit en een financieel rendabel ecosysteem. Meer over Willem Ferwerda en Commonland: • Groen Goud 1 (Tegenlicht 2012) • Groen Goud 2 (Tegenlicht 2014) • Duurzame Troon rede 2017 Stem je mee? Project Ecosofie staat in de finale van de BNR Dutch podcast Awards. Stemmen kan via: https://podcastawards.nl/stem

Jake Claro is the Director of the Vermont Farm to Plate Program, widely regarded as the most comprehensive state-wide food system plan in the United States, and the only one with full government engagement. It is approaching the end of its first decade, and gearing up for the next, with a growing global reputation. The program takes a coordinated, long-term and collaborative approach with all parts of the food system - beyond a simple focus on agricultural output. Since 2010, and in the wake of the GFC, as so many communities and industries have struggled, the program has helped Vermont achieve enormous value – such as a rise in local food purchases of around 75%, 742 new businesses, over 6.5k new jobs in food-related industries, and a sharp reduction in the increasingly critical area of food insecurity. And that's just the quantifiable stuff - all on the basis of improving the health of people and country. Jake himself is a recipient of the Rachel Carson award at the Bard Centre for Environmental Policy, sits on a multitude of boards, and shares the story here of his instructive beginnings in this work. This podcast bookends our year, in a way, exploring the rewriting of our economic source code via the transformation of local economies. The first conversation recorded this year was with Michael Shuman, one of the architects of the crowdfunding reforms that became the “JOBS Act,” signed into law by President Obama in April 2012. In this episode, we hear about one particular local economic success story that's capturing international attention. Jake will be a special guest at the Food for Thought Festival in Albany, Western Australia, between the 19th and 23rd of March 2020. For that and other possible dates around Australia, stay tuned to our partners supporting the production of this episode. Episode #051 of The RegenNarration is produced with thanks to Community Food Events, the Food for Thought Festival, Sustain: the Australian Food Network, Commonland, and the Centre for Social Impact at UWA. Title slide pic: Jake Claro, Farm to Plate Director at the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund provides an update on the next 10 years of Vermont Farm to Plate, at the recent annual gathering. Get more: https://www.vtfarmtoplate.com - Vermont Farm to Plate Program https://www.vsjf.org - Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund https://www.foodforthoughtfestival.com - Food for Thought Festival Music: Food, by Land of Milk & Honey. Concluding tune by Jeremiah Johnson. Due to licencing restrictions, our guest's nominated music can only be played on radio or similarly licenced broadcasts of this episode. We hope podcast licencing falls into line with this soon. Thanks to our community of donors and partners for making the podcast possible. Please consider joining them by donating or becoming a podcast partner at https://www.regennarration.com/support And say hello & send us your comments by text or audio - https://www.regennarration.com/story Thanks for listening!

Age defines us. Simple. That's how it's always been, but it's a belief system that George Lee is setting out to challenge. With her organisation The Age of No Retirement, George and co-founder Jonathan aim to create a world where our age does not define us, by shattering age barriers and ageist stereotypes to create an inclusive future. George shares research findings and fascinating insights into ageism and the work she is doing at The Age of No Retirement. George Lee is a serial entrepreneur. With a background in psychology, George's first business was a design company, This is Real Art, founded with the aim of making radical change through the power of design and radical creative thinking.  In 2012 she launched Commonland, a studio dedicated to using design-thinking to tackle big social issues. In 2016, George was voted as one of the world's 50 Creative Leaders by the world's leading creative and innovation magazine, Creative Review. Tune in to hear George on episode 024 of The Retirement Café Podcast as she explains why and how we are thinking ourselves into illness. 

In which Amanda travels to the southwest to investigate a new WA agricultural company with the potential to inject new energy into the shrinking communities and tired earth of the WA Wheatbelt . She is introduced to the principled ideas of Agricultural investors Commonland and gets to listen to Charles Massey, author of The Call of the Reed Warblers and sit in the audience with some of WA's best Regen Ag farmers.

Today on Sourcing Matters ep. 28 we welcome Willem Ferwerda – CEO of the Commonland Group.  Based out of the Netherlands, Commonland believes that landscape restoration offers tremendous untapped opportunities for sustainable economic development.  To demonstrate this potential, they develop landscape restoration projects that are based on business cases, and proper monitoring of their successes using multi-dimensional returns.  With current projects in Southern Africa, Spain, Western Australia, and the The Netherlands – Commonland engages with multidisciplinary teams or investors, companies, and entrepreneurs in long-term restoration partnerships with farmers and land-users into an approach which has cast new expectation for what returns represent to these different stakeholders. The goal of Commonland is to realize large-scale landscape restoration with local farmers, land-users and experts based on sustainable business cases with each impact being assessed through a matrix monitoring diverse returns that connect natural and economic landscape zones through a multi-stakeholder initiative benefiting all parties. Willem founded Commonland with the idea the long-term commitment is important, as it takes approximately 20 years – or one generation – to restore a landscape.  Their holistic restoration approach focuses on the 4 key returns of Inspiration, Social, Natural, Financial.  Those returns combine to define a baseline for their long-horizon mission – which is to contribute to a large-scale landscape restoration industry, aligned with international policies and guidelines throughout a shrinking planet. Maybe Teddy said it best: “I recognize the right and duty of this generation to develop and use the natural resources of our land; but I do not recognize the right to waste them, or to rob, by wasteful use, the generations that come after us. I ask nothing of the nation except that it so behaves as each farmer here behaves with reference to his own children. That farmer is a poor creature who skins the land and leaves it worthless to his children. The farmer is a good farmer who, having enabled the land to support himself and to provide for the education of his children, leaves it to them a little better than he found it himself. I believe the same thing of a nation.” – Theodore Roosevelt: The 1910 New Nationalism Speech   www.SourcingMatters.show

Episode 2 consists of some fascinating interviews conducted by John Liu at the Global Landscapes Forum in Bonn, Germany.  I've arranged them into five parts. Part 1 focuses on Commonland Foundation, an organization that catalyzes regenerative projects around the word.  We heard of Commonland in Episode 1 at the ecosystem restoration camp in Spain, and how it had played a crucial role in the context that facilitated that project.  We hear from Willem Ferwerda, founder and CEO of Commonland Foundation.  I found his words to be clear and insightful, as John Liu's questions ranged from advice to youth seeking to enter the emerging regenerative economy to the relation between ecosystem health and social stability.  Willem and the Commonland Foundation have done much to facilitate better relations between economy and ecology, and to restore ecosystem function in degraded landscapes. We also hear from Eva Rood, Director of the Positive Change Initiative at Rotterdam school of Management, Erasmus University and project leader of the ENABLE-consortium (European Network for the Advancement of Business & Landscape Education).  She works with Commonland and Erasmus University to help create ways to educate folks on how to do business in a way that benefits ecosystem function.    

Working with farmers in Spain to bring back hope and inspiration through regenerative agriculture in farming communities. ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food. Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and exclusive benefits here: https://gumroad.com/investinginregenag Other ways to support my work: - Share the podcast - Give a 5-star rating - Or buy me a coffee… or a meal! www.Ko-fi.com/regenerativeagriculture ----------------------------------------------------------- I had the pleasure of interviewing Michiel de Man, strategy director of Commonland (www.commonland.com). We discussed how to unlock inspiration in one of the driest places is Spain, how farmers came together to take ownership of their future. How a regenerative almond business was started (plus many other business cases). What Commonland is doing with major companies and why Michiel is so passionate about regenerative agriculture. Enjoy! Find out more about the 4returns model of Commonland: www.commonland.com/en/4returns And about their current projects around the world: www.commonland.com/en/projects Feedback, comments? Please share via: www.twitter.com/koenvanseijen If you want to receive an email when a new episode is online, subscribe here eepurl.com/cxU33P The above references an opinion and is for information and educational purposes only. It is not intended to be investment advice. Seek a duly licensed professional for investment advice.