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How can restoring nature become the preferred economic choice?
We sat down at NY Climate Week with Tom Crowther, chair for the UN Decade of Restoration. He’s a professor of Ecology at ETH Zurich and founder of Restor.eco.
Restor supports land stewards with site mapping and impact stories, backed by measurement tools and scientific data.
Tom shares about the launch of Restor Enterprise, Costa Rica’s nature revival story, the limits of agriculture from deforestation, the paradox of counting nature, and more.
Watch/listen: https://youtu.be/CNewedjDMlE
We sat down at NY Climate Week with Tom Crowther, chair for the UN Decade of Restoration. He’s a professor of Ecology at ETH Zurich and founder of Restor.eco.
Restor supports land stewards with site mapping and impact stories, backed by measurement tools and scientific data.
Tom shares about the launch of Restor Enterprise, Costa Rica’s nature revival story, the limits of agriculture from deforestation, the paradox of counting nature, and more.
Watch/listen: https://youtu.be/CNewedjDMlE
Matthew Monahan sat down with Holke Brammer from Hypercerts Foundation after New York Climate Week to discuss their reflections from the event, and some emerging initiatives in the web3 regenerative finance space. #ecocerts
Watch: https://youtu.be/zItLlNMeDP0
Watch: https://youtu.be/zItLlNMeDP0
Ma Earth Grants Round 2 is now open for applications. Learn more here: https://maearth.com/grants
We are saying prayers for those enduring the recent storms around the world. We seek to channel our despair into authentic alternatives. In that spirit, we bring you our recordings from New York Climate Week.
First up is Jojo Mehta, Executive Director of Stop Ecocide International, the advocacy organization and driving force behind the Stop Ecocide movement.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/mNYX8ylikeE
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2eBr2Fm1kW0XYCyWp4CVhR?si=6e6ae58ab30a4d4a
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-regeneration-will-be-funded/id1706728107?i=1000671976824
Ma Earth Website: https://maearth.com/episodes/stop-ecocide-international-jojo-mehta-icc
First up is Jojo Mehta, Executive Director of Stop Ecocide International, the advocacy organization and driving force behind the Stop Ecocide movement.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/mNYX8ylikeE
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2eBr2Fm1kW0XYCyWp4CVhR?si=6e6ae58ab30a4d4a
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-regeneration-will-be-funded/id1706728107?i=1000671976824
Ma Earth Website: https://maearth.com/episodes/stop-ecocide-international-jojo-mehta-icc
Ma Earth Grants Round 2 is now open for applications. Learn more here: https://maearth.com/grants
Melanie Mark-Shadbolt is CEO of Te Tira Whakamātaki (TTW), a Māori environmental not-for-profit that translates to “the watchful ones” in English, working with Indigenous peoples and solutions in the fight to protect nature.
In this episode we discuss holistic worldview approaches towards biosecurity, including reconnecting with our stories and mythology, the language and culture around conservation, and community-led approaches to resilience and disaster response. Melanie offers rich perspectives and practical alternatives to the climate change / biodiversity as usual conversation. We hope enjoy this conversation with Melanie Mark-Shadbolt.
Watch: https://youtu.be/w4qNSnEDoEI
In this episode we discuss holistic worldview approaches towards biosecurity, including reconnecting with our stories and mythology, the language and culture around conservation, and community-led approaches to resilience and disaster response. Melanie offers rich perspectives and practical alternatives to the climate change / biodiversity as usual conversation. We hope enjoy this conversation with Melanie Mark-Shadbolt.
Watch: https://youtu.be/w4qNSnEDoEI
Bill Kermode was the CEO of NEXT Foundation, a New Zealand philanthropic group that recently wrapped up a 10-year spend-down fund of $100 million. He is also the establishment Chief Executive of the Centre for Strategic Philanthropy (CSP).
We sat down with Bill to discuss his lessons and insights from deploying catalytic grant capital, covering topics like leadership, environmental and education priorities, running effective fellowships, and giving in New Zealand.
Watch/listen now: https://youtu.be/QziYYJH436k
We sat down with Bill to discuss his lessons and insights from deploying catalytic grant capital, covering topics like leadership, environmental and education priorities, running effective fellowships, and giving in New Zealand.
Watch/listen now: https://youtu.be/QziYYJH436k
Siddharth Sthalekar is the founder of Neighbourhoods, an open source infrastructure project seeking to enable new social coordination patterns. Sid is bringing together his inspiration from Ghandian Economics with a decentralized web approach. He also recently moved to New Zealand. We discuss these topics and more in this recent episode on The Regeneration Will Be Funded.
https://youtu.be/SVf0fY4ZCDQ
https://youtu.be/SVf0fY4ZCDQ
Rose Challies is the CEO of Terra Nova Foundation, and host of the Earth Talks podcast in Aotearoa New Zealand.
In this conversation with Rose we discuss: the state of environmental philanthropy, how to find and support change-makers, the value of fellowship programmes, and grounding climate solutions in behavioural change.
https://youtu.be/F_l3CVgcwbg
In this conversation with Rose we discuss: the state of environmental philanthropy, how to find and support change-makers, the value of fellowship programmes, and grounding climate solutions in behavioural change.
https://youtu.be/F_l3CVgcwbg
Barry Coates is the founder of Mindful Money, a New Zealand charitable enterprise that aims to make money a force for good, by divesting from funds that contribute to social and environmental harms.
New Zealand’s retirement scheme KiwiSaver has ~$100 billion dollars under management, most of which is invested overseas, and presents a significant opportunity for impact in NZ.
Latest episode now available on Ma Earth.
https://youtu.be/s8iNtA1BMPo
New Zealand’s retirement scheme KiwiSaver has ~$100 billion dollars under management, most of which is invested overseas, and presents a significant opportunity for impact in NZ.
Latest episode now available on Ma Earth.
https://youtu.be/s8iNtA1BMPo
Maria English is the CEO of ImpactLab, an analytics company measuring positive social change in New Zealand. ImpactLab uses a data-driven methodology to help make investment work for communities, to improve the SROI: Social Return on Investment.
Learn how it works in this latest episode on Ma Earth’s interview series, The Regeneration Will Be Funded:
https://youtu.be/h7o15b6XWh4
Learn how it works in this latest episode on Ma Earth’s interview series, The Regeneration Will Be Funded:
https://youtu.be/h7o15b6XWh4
David McConville and Dawn Danby are the co-founders of Spherical, an integrative research studio. They are working to regenerate the LA basin watershed through strategic design and “ontological repair”.
We discuss these efforts and philosophies in this latest episode on Ma Earth. Check it out.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/0Xh71Z_V_7k
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/19OBDXHb5VsfVOHAa9GqYG?si=b33e6621982346cc
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-regeneration-will-be-funded/id1706728107?i=1000668981613
Ma Earth: https://maearth.com/episodes/david-mcconville-dawn-danby-watersheds-ontological-repair
We discuss these efforts and philosophies in this latest episode on Ma Earth. Check it out.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/0Xh71Z_V_7k
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/19OBDXHb5VsfVOHAa9GqYG?si=b33e6621982346cc
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-regeneration-will-be-funded/id1706728107?i=1000668981613
Ma Earth: https://maearth.com/episodes/david-mcconville-dawn-danby-watersheds-ontological-repair
Alex Gyr is the COO of Daffy, a startup donor advised fund aiming to make it easy for more people to be more generous with their giving.
Through features like social campaigns, crypto assets, and a flat fee model, Daffy is bringing tech innovation into philanthropy. Learn more in our conversation with Alex:
https://youtu.be/nn2JhLzzvGk
Through features like social campaigns, crypto assets, and a flat fee model, Daffy is bringing tech innovation into philanthropy. Learn more in our conversation with Alex:
https://youtu.be/nn2JhLzzvGk
Stuart Cowan is the Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI). In this conversation, Stuart shares about the work BFI is tackling, including bioregionalism, abundance design, indigenous knowledge systems, and planetary civics.
We explore what it means to honor and learn from the legacy of Buckminster Fuller in this time, and the role of regenerative finance for a brighter future.
Watch: https://youtu.be/vwICa4K8pXY
We explore what it means to honor and learn from the legacy of Buckminster Fuller in this time, and the role of regenerative finance for a brighter future.
Watch: https://youtu.be/vwICa4K8pXY
Neha Sharma is the co-founder of the Center for Ethical Land Transition, exploring ways to decommodify, rematriate, and increase accessibility to land.
In this conversation, Neha orients us to the land justice movement using the center’s compass framework, and shares recent examples of successful campaigns.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/vQkTRMyow1U
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2nxs2r7joI7Po9G4e4GTsb?si=8f970968eeec41ae
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-regeneration-will-be-funded/id1706728107?i=1000666825894
In this conversation, Neha orients us to the land justice movement using the center’s compass framework, and shares recent examples of successful campaigns.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/vQkTRMyow1U
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2nxs2r7joI7Po9G4e4GTsb?si=8f970968eeec41ae
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-regeneration-will-be-funded/id1706728107?i=1000666825894
Erin Axelrod is a partner and worker owner at LIFT Economy, an impact consulting firm whose mission is to create, model, and share a locally self-reliant economy that works for the benefit of all life.
In this conversation, we discuss learnings from Erin’s time at LIFT Economy, their collaborations with Winona LaDuke, steward and employee alternative ownership models, “philanthropy as usual”, social justice and climate repair.
Watch: https://youtu.be/9amG_eg-zMk
In this conversation, we discuss learnings from Erin’s time at LIFT Economy, their collaborations with Winona LaDuke, steward and employee alternative ownership models, “philanthropy as usual”, social justice and climate repair.
Watch: https://youtu.be/9amG_eg-zMk
A critical part of the business cycle is when a company “exits” and who controls the assets afterwards. Unfortunately, most small-to-medium businesses lack good options for succession, and as a result lose out to large corporates and private equity conglomerates.
This is especially important as baby boomers retire, and hundreds of billions of dollars in assets hang in the balance.
Derek Razo and the team at Common Trust have been working on a suite of practical exit alternatives, involving employee/steward ownership and “exiting with purpose”. These patterns were recently popularized by Patagonia, who used a purpose trust to make “Earth its shareholder.”
In this episode of The Regeneration Will Be Funded, Derek shares how these alternatives work. We also discuss their relevance to the climate tech space.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/vNkuX4ilZeY
Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
This is especially important as baby boomers retire, and hundreds of billions of dollars in assets hang in the balance.
Derek Razo and the team at Common Trust have been working on a suite of practical exit alternatives, involving employee/steward ownership and “exiting with purpose”. These patterns were recently popularized by Patagonia, who used a purpose trust to make “Earth its shareholder.”
In this episode of The Regeneration Will Be Funded, Derek shares how these alternatives work. We also discuss their relevance to the climate tech space.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/vNkuX4ilZeY
Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
We’re kicking off Season 3 of The Regeneration Will Be Funded with guest Josh Whiton, founder of MakeSoil, an open software platform designed to connect your food scraps with soil makers.
Josh also writes about artificial intelligence and recently published “The AI Mirror Test”, an experiment to gauge a machine’s self awareness. Tune into this fascinating conversation with Josh about soil, AI, and the pursuit of regenerative technologies.
https://youtu.be/5xQLJzM-K9k
Josh also writes about artificial intelligence and recently published “The AI Mirror Test”, an experiment to gauge a machine’s self awareness. Tune into this fascinating conversation with Josh about soil, AI, and the pursuit of regenerative technologies.
https://youtu.be/5xQLJzM-K9k
A compilation of sound bites from The Regeneration Will Be Funded interview series, exploring how we change our economic system in response to the climate crisis: https://youtu.be/JNrxE6Axyjg
A recap of Season 2 of The Regeneration Will Be Funded interview series, told through curated sound bites: https://youtu.be/JNrxE6Axyjg
A compilation of sound bites from The Regeneration Will Be Funded interview series: https://youtu.be/JNrxE6Axyjg
Season 2 of The Regeneration Will Be Funded is a wrap! Here’s a special episode of curated sound bites, as host Matthew Monahan shares a recap of the people, places, and topics explored.
Watch: https://youtu.be/JNrxE6Axyjg
Thank you to all of our guests and everyone who’s helped put this series together. We are here to elevate voices of the regenerative economy, and we appreciate you being a part of it.
Watch: https://youtu.be/JNrxE6Axyjg
Thank you to all of our guests and everyone who’s helped put this series together. We are here to elevate voices of the regenerative economy, and we appreciate you being a part of it.
We’re turning the tables and interviewing the interviewer! Brother Brian Monahan takes over the hosting role to ask Matthew Monahan @mjm about Ma Earth, his motivations and journey, and what’s ahead for the project - in what is our 100th interview on The Regeneration Will Be Funded series.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/Zrgaq_ZDW08
Watch here: https://youtu.be/Zrgaq_ZDW08
Dr. John Reid is the co-director of Eco-index, who has published a bold, research-backed vision for 100 years of ecological restoration in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Eco-index helps guide land management decisions with Ecosystem Reconstruction Maps, built with advanced AI and remote sensing tools like satellites and aerial imagery. These vital insights can support iwi, government, industry, farms, and community groups, especially around biodiversity opportunities and investment.
Learn more in our conversation with John Reid: https://youtu.be/_om3o1mD_1M
Eco-index helps guide land management decisions with Ecosystem Reconstruction Maps, built with advanced AI and remote sensing tools like satellites and aerial imagery. These vital insights can support iwi, government, industry, farms, and community groups, especially around biodiversity opportunities and investment.
Learn more in our conversation with John Reid: https://youtu.be/_om3o1mD_1M
Samantha Power has just released her new book, “Bioregional Financing Facilities: Reimagining Finance to Regenerate Our Planet”. Her research sets forth a bold, new blueprint for how to move capital into local, place-based regeneration.
Watch our interview with Samantha, sharing the book and its key messages: https://youtu.be/tCMq-8sfK5Y
Watch our interview with Samantha, sharing the book and its key messages: https://youtu.be/tCMq-8sfK5Y