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Andrew Talks with Environmental Writer Paul Hawken about How to Change the Climate Crisis in 1 Generation

In this episode Andrew talks with Guibert de Marmol about how a Regenerative Economy plays it's part in regenerative farming. 

Andrew chats with Andrew Beedy, a consultant, specialising in Biodynamic, Organic and Sustainable farming, on how best to set up your farm. 

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Andrew talks Swiss lawyer Antoine Goetschel, who has focused on animal rights law in cases involving animal abuse. We get his take on animal rights in farming. 

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Andrew talks with Otto Scharmer an author and educator about the global action required to achieve regeneration and how that starts with Soil, Democracy and Consciousness

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Andrew chats with Dalmas Tiampati of the Maasai Center for regenerative pastoralism

For more info: maasaiactionfordevelopment.org

Andrew chats with Riane Eisler Tennenhaus, a cultural historian, systems scientist, teacher, lawyer, orator and author, whose work on cultural transformation inspired scientists and social activists. 

Riane and Andrew turn their attention to soil activism 

Scott Russell Sanders defines himself as an "Earth Writer". He has a great passion for the earth and the land - which is perhaps due to the circumstance that his father comes from a family of cotton farmers. He spent his school and university years in Ohio, where he earned his PhD in English. His work as Distinguished Professor in English brought him to Bloomington, Indiana, where he still lives with his family. He has received numerous awards for his literary achievements.

The second generation winemaker Mimi Casteel from the US-state of Oregon is trying to make a point. She takes an abandoned, toxic and dry piece of land and turns it into a wild paradise for animals and plants. Her goal with the 80 acres project Hope Well : To show people that change is possible. Life rebounds as soon as we give it a chance.

According to Mimi, systemic change is necessary to guarantee the survival of humans on this earth. Nature will always rebound eventually. Humans on the other hand need to change to guarantee their survival. A first step would be to reconsider the kind of wealth and happiness they hold dear. In this system, natural resources are widely considered an asset to use and live off. But according to Mimi, they are actually a credit line that humans are to pay back over time. As such, natural resources need a regenerative approach.

A regenerative farm as well as any regenerative endeavor is not about endlessly increasing the financial outcome. It is about living in a comfortable and rewarding area, where the words "enough" and "content" experience a whole new dynamic and appreciation. A new dynamic that humans can define as their new goal in life. According to Mimi, we’ve detached ourselves, replaced hands, eyes and love with machines, chemicals and distance. Going forward, we should rethink our definition of success. Our daily efforts deserve to be more meaningful to build a better future while healing the land.

Find out more about Mimi Casteel and her work

Andrew Interviews a regeneration inspiration from the corporate world; David Bronner of the infamous Dr. Bronner soap company about their part in this life changing movement.  

Of late, Laura started to take regeneration a step further in her personal life. With the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, she and her family moved to a regenerative farm in central Portugal to start a life completely immersed in regeneration. They grow their own food and keep their own animals.

While not all regenerators need to move to a farm, Laura says, the nourishment of the soil on which human life depends on, is a core building block in understanding regeneration. According to Laura, regenerative leaders have an ecosystemic mindset and understand that they’re one part of a greater interconnected web of life. Their success depends on the vitality of the greater system they operate in.

While we have moved further and further away from nature and lost our ability to design with nature, Laura says, regeneration means to revitalize and reconnect to the wisdom of nature.

Andrew chats with Nikki Silvestri, the Founder and CEO of Soil and Shadow, a project development firm designing economic and environmental strategies. 

Economic Philosopher Frederic Laloux explains why we need to reinvent our organizations to accommodate regenerative practices.

Andrew interviews Isabella Tree, author turned conservationist about the Rewilding experiment on the Knepp Castle Estate in Horsham UK, and about her 2018 book 'Wilding' - the return of nature to a British farm.

In this episode we discover what we should do with farmland that doesn't work anymore. 

Andrew Keen explores Joel Salatin's background and finds out why regenerative farming is so important.