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LOCAL WHIDBEY WITH MAGSYReimagining Real Estate: Alissa & Neal Collins on Building Regenerative CommunitiesWhat if real estate wasn’t just about transactions—but transformation? What if the way we buy, sell, and steward land was less about square footage and more about soil health, community connection, spirit, and story?
Today’s guests, Alissa and Neal Collins, are doing just that. As co-founders of Latitude Regenerative Real Estate, they specialize in life-giving, ecologically rich properties that challenge the conventional real estate model. Think permaculture compounds, forest farms, land trust models, biophilic design, and homes built with both community and the cosmos in mind.
They didn’t just choose Whidbey Island—the...
2025-10-081h 02
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastBuilding With Whole Trees: Rethinking Timber With Amelia BaxterWhat if we could build with trees without milling them into straight, uniform boards? On this episode, Neal Collins is joined by Amelia Baxter, co-founder and CEO of WholeTrees Structures, a company reimagining timber construction by using unmilled, round timber as structural elements in buildings.Together, they explore how WholeTrees transforms the often overlooked “cull trees,” trees that would otherwise be removed as excess byproducts, from well-managed forests into beautiful, durable building components. The conversation goes beyond architecture and design to touch on stewardship, entrepreneurship, and how to invest for sector-wide growth of bio-based and natural building mate...
2025-10-011h 02
Infinity Podcast with Zeus Hernandez#23 Neal Collins: Regenerative Real Estate & Investing with PurposeIn this episode of The Infinity Podcast, Zeus Hernandez interviews Neal Collins, a pioneer in regenerative real estate and host of The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast. Together, they explore how development can evolve beyond sustainability — toward models that restore ecosystems, uplift communities, and redefine how we measure value.Neal shares his personal journey from community development to leading a regenerative investment movement. The episode dives into capital stacks for sustainable projects, the role of AI in shaping healthier built environments, and how developers can create multidimensional ROI through intentional, place-based design.Topics discussed include:Fi...
2025-08-0441 min
Productive PassionsBuilding Thriving Communities with Neal Collins: From Farm‑Centered Neighborhoods to Inclusive Housing | Ep. 37Today's Takeaways:
Purpose-Driven Work Creates Meaningful ROI Consider how your daily work contributes to community wellbeing and environmental stewardship—sustainable development and social impact can deliver strong financial returns while creating lasting positive change.
Designing Community Spaces That Foster Natural Connection Healthy community spaces should encourage organic interactions rather than forced socialization. Smart real estate development can significantly reduce social isolation by creating environments where neighbors naturally connect.
Mixed-Income Housing: The Foundation of Thriving Communities Sustainable communities require both affordable housing and market-rate options. A thriving neighborhood needs teachers, healthcare workers, service professionals, and residents across al...
2025-07-101h 04
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastDesigning for Abundance: A Permaculture Vision with Penny LivingstonWhat if the future of real estate was rooted in regeneration, not extraction?In this episode of The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast, Neal sits down with legendary permaculture designer Penny Livingston, whose work has spanned continents and inspired a generation of land stewards, builders, and community weavers.Penny shares her journey from conventional landscape design to studying under permaculture co-founder Bill Mollison—and how that shift redefined not just her profession, but her entire worldview.Together, they explore:What it means to design human environments with nature, not against itHow pe...
2025-07-0255 min
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastWhere Farming Meets Community: Inside the Middlebrook Agrihood with Steve BruereFor years, we’ve seen the rising demand: people looking for more than just a home. They want community. They want connection. They want to live where food, farming, and stewardship are part of daily life.But while the vision for agrihoods has gained attention, real-world examples that fully integrate regenerative agriculture, diverse housing, and a true sense of place are still few and far between.In this episode, Neal sits down with Steve Bruere, President of Peoples Company — one of the nation’s leading agricultural brokerages — to explore both the current state of regenerative agricult...
2025-06-1252 min
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastThe Agrarian Future Is Here: Judith Horvath on creating homesteads and compelling agricultural communitiesWhat if the future of housing isn’t high-rises or cul-de-sacs—but homesteads, gardens, and walkable villages where food is grown just steps from your door?In this episode Neal sits down with Judith Horvath of Fair Hill Farm—a former corporate professional turned agroecologist who’s helping reimagine how we live, grow, and build community.Judith’s journey began humbly with a few backyard chickens and tomato plants—but after facing resistance from her suburban HOA, she chose to go all in. Trading suburban restrictions for rural freedom, she and her family embarked on a bold journ...
2025-05-2250 min
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastBuilding a New Model: Geoship's Vision for Dome-Based Housing with Micha MikailianIn this episode, Neal sits down with Micha Mikailian, CEO of Geoship, to explore a bold attempt to reimagine housing at a time when affordability, resilience, and ecological design are more urgent than ever.Geoship is reviving Buckminster Fuller’s iconic geodesic dome—not as a nostalgic throwback, but as a scalable, bioceramic solution to today's housing and climate crises. But this episode goes deeper than domes. Neal and Micha unpack the organizational model behind Geoship, how the company is being built around community, and why its mission is resonating so strongly before a single unit has even...
2025-05-0753 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastBuilding a New Model: Geoship's Vision for Dome-Based Housing with Micha MikalianIn this episode, Neal sits down with Micha Mikailian, CEO of Geoship, to explore a bold attempt to reimagine housing at a time when affordability, resilience, and ecological design are more urgent than ever.Geoship is reviving Buckminster Fuller’s iconic geodesic dome—not as a nostalgic throwback, but as a scalable, bioceramic solution to today's housing and climate crises. But this episode goes deeper than domes. Neal and Micha unpack the organizational model behind Geoship, how the company is being built around community, and why its mission is resonating so strongly before a single unit has even...
2025-05-0553 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastRethinking Housing Through Community-Led Development with Wendy Reid FairhurstWhen we talk about housing innovation, our minds usually go to big cities buzzing with new ideas. But in this episode of The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast, host Neal Collins sits down with Wendy Reid Fairhurst of Reclaim CDO to explore a groundbreaking approach taking root far from the usual hotspots—in St. John’s, Newfoundland.An architect-turned-community-builder, Wendy shares how her own challenges as a single parent searching for co-housing led her to develop a radically different model: Community-Led Development. Together, Neal and Wendy unpack how this approach is rewriting the script on affordability, belonging, and neig...
2025-04-2457 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastMerging Natural Building & Modern Manufacturing with Evan Ryan of CroftThe construction industry is at a turning point. Pre-manufactured housing seeks to disrupt conventional building methods due to labor shortages, weather delays, and material waste, as a faster, more efficient alternative. But efficiency shouldn’t come at the cost of health or sustainability.In this episode, Neal Collins sits down with Evan Ryan, a founding member of Croft, a company pioneering a new approach to homebuilding. By integrating the speed of manufacturing with the benefits of natural building, Croft is able to produce homes that are actually carbon negative. Their homes use locally sourced straw fo...
2025-03-0257 min
Small Business "Backbone" PodcastRepresentative Neal Collins discusses his many bills addressing public educationPublic education is very important to Representative Neal Collins, who has filed numerous bills addressing the subject. His bills include focusing on racial disparity in academic performance, substituting statewide funding for K-12 schools instead of local property tax, abolishing the State Board of Education, and consolidating all school districts in a county into one county school district. Rep. Collins also talks about the problem of affordable childcare as well as his work preparing the state for the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution and South Carolina's role.
2025-02-0325 min
Casa De Confidence Podcast | Grow Your Business, Life and ConfidenceHow to Increase Emotional Wellness and Navigate Caregiving with Mischelle O'NealI want to hear your thoughts about the show and this episode. Text us here...In this lively episode, Julie DeLucca-Collins chats with Mischelle O'Neal, a military veteran turned emotional wellness coach. They explore the blend of military discipline, cognitive behavioral techniques, and the nuances of generational caregiving. Mischelle shares her journey from the Air Force to becoming a wellness coach, emphasizing the importance of mindfulness and setting personal boundaries. They discuss the challenges caregivers face, including feelings of guilt and the need for self-care. Mischelle introduces her podcast, "The Caring Corner," and leaves listeners with a...
2024-10-271h 01The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastBuilding Life-Centered Organizations with Tre' CatesTre' Cates is an entrepreneur and regenerative thought leader with over 25 years of experience. His work focuses on the importance of building healthy, regenerative organizational environments that support long-term goals without compromising the integrity of society or the environment. As the former COO of the Savory Institute, Tre' played a key role in shaping regenerative agriculture around the globe. For the past decade, he has served as director of nRhythm, which strives to bring life to the systems that connect us all. Tre' is focused now on developing a methodology and approach that brings a life-centered approach to organizations...
2024-09-191h 04The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastBuilding An Impact Investment Cooperative with Blake JonesBlake Jones is a founder of several cooperative enterprises, including Namaste Solar and Kachuwa Impact Fund. He’s a pioneer in his marrying of the cooperative model and impact investing. Kachuwa Impact Fund is democratically owned and operated by its members. They invest in companies that have a positive impact on the environment and society, and real estate that does the same—such as organic farms and affordable housing. They invest in Main Street as opposed to Wall Street, and impact is their number one priority with financial return being second. In this episode, Blake and show host...
2024-08-2955 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastMaster Planning With the Land As Brand With Kris MaherKris Maher is an architect and developer. For over 20 years, she’s worked for the Rancho Mission Viejo community in Orange County, California, where she is currently senior vice president of community development. The master planned community lies on a former cattle ranch, and currently they are developing a 23,000 acre entitlement that will have 14,000 homes in six non-contiguous villages. Almost three-quarters of that land will remain open space surrounding the villages. Kris leads urban planning and community design, with the natural, preserved landscape at the heart of her efforts. “The land is our brand,” she says. In this e...
2024-08-1649 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastInspiring Regenerative Economies with Jenny AnderssonJenny Andersson is a regenerative strategist and educator, and the founder of the Really Regenerative Centre in the UK. With over 30 years of experience working alongside brands, organizations, and communities to inspire sustainable and regenerative initiatives, Jenny believes in "harnessing the power of the collective intelligence of organizations and communities to create visions for the future they want." She believes the world has undergone profound shifts—more billionaires than ever, microplastic pollution, ill soil health—and people are sensing it consciously and unconsciously. They are ready for change. But real change, including creating regional and regenerative economies, requires not only...
2024-07-291h 17The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastPurpose-Driven Sustainable Housing and Education with Emily NiehausEmily Niehaus is a former mayor and a leader in both affordable housing and education. She is the founder of Community Rebuilds, a nonprofit that constructs affordable straw bale homes, and more recently, she’s also the founder of Heron School, a micro-school for gifted neurodiverse students. In between those ventures, she found the time to be the mayor of Moab, Utah, where she was able to advocate for housing policy with a larger platform. Throughout her impressive, varied career, she has been driven by purpose and a “doer” attitude, she says “if I see something that needs fixing, I just t...
2024-07-0959 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastHigh Performance Natural Building with Jacob Deva RacusinJacob Deva Racusin is a natural building designer, builder, and educator. He is a longtime leader in the field of sustainable building and the co-founder of New Frameworks, a worker-owned cooperative committed to a “kinder sort of building.” Using natural materials such as native hardwood, clay, and stone, they are developing data-driven and scalable solutions for cost-effective, non-toxic, plant based building that can substantially impact our urgent ecological and health crises. Starting as a young person in the punk rock scene, Jacob got involved early on with forward thinking movements around sustainable agriculture and building, and he hasn’t looked...
2024-06-211h 11The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastNet Positive Capital with Paul RabinovitchPaul Rabinovitch is an impact investor, sustainable developer, and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Net Positive Capital, a fund that seeks to build a channel for capital to flow into net positive real estate. He has decades of experience investing in healthy vibrant places and his career is built on the principle that social benefit and profit are not mutually exclusive. He’s been on the leading edge of the impact investing movement in the United States and is hopeful that the rest of the investment community is finally ready to catch up. Recently he put his years of...
2024-06-0654 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastUnlocking the Potential of Place with Sean McLeanSean McLean is a visionary in the field of regenerative development. He is a managing partner of MPact Collective, an impact real estate development firm that takes an innovative, long-term approach toward place-based investing. Sean believes that the best way to build a resilient community is to spend months there full-time learning the issues and addressing them in a sustainable way, working on the scale of decades rather than years. He’s creating opportunities to support underserved and underinvested communities that offer impressive returns that can compete with and even exceed those of traditional real estate developments. Sea...
2024-05-221h 02The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastRaising A $100m Impact Fund with Analise RolandAnalise Roland is an impact entrepreneur, neuroscientist, and movement leader in the field of regenerative development. She is the CEO of Anura, a real estate fund that aims to generate financial, social, and environmental returns. She has a deep belief that developments based on regenerative principles can produce substantial returns that benefit the investor, but also the local community and natural environment. With this mindset, we can foster a regenerative economy and a system of regenerative capitalism, that challenges the extractive capitalism which has dominated our era. Analise and show host Neal explore her diverse background, from h...
2024-05-071h 00The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastReflecting on 100 Episodes and the Evolution of Latitude with Neal and Alissa CollinsNeal and Alissa Collins are partners in business and life, and are co-founders of Latitude Regenerative Real Estate. As Neal recently passed the milestone of publishing the 100th episode of the Regenerative Real Estate Podcast, he and Alissa thought now was a great time for some reflection. Four years after starting the podcast and starting to build the field of Regenerative Real Estate, Neal and Alissa have accumulated a wealth of knowledge from guests and have enjoyed building a community of like-minded change agents. That learning has fed into their own business and profoundly influenced their efforts at feeding...
2024-04-111h 02The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastCombining Conservation and Development with Doug DavisDoug Davis is a conservation-based real estate developer, self-proclaimed adrenaline junky, and co-founder of The Farm at Okefenokee. It is a legacy project that Doug plans to work on for decades to come, one that combines development and conservation. The Farm is on 705 acres near Folkston, Georgia, and will ultimately have 250 sustainably-built cabins among crop fields and farm animals that will produce high-quality food for its residents. The development is based on principles of regenerative agriculture, conservation, and a belief that a vibrant community needs “body heat”—people interacting in a lively way with each other and the land. Do...
2024-03-271h 28The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastFinding Levers for Change with Lindsay BakerLindsay Baker is a movement leader, author, and podcast host. Currently, she is the CEO of the International Living Future Institute, and her path there has been surprising and impressive. She started her career working at the US Green Building Council developing early standards for LEED, subsequently she was a researcher at UC Berkley, global head of sustainability at WeWork, member of Google’s Real Estate Sustainability Team, and co-founder of a smart buildings company. Throughout her winding career, she has been driven not by a desire to have a particular role but by a desire to effect as mu...
2024-03-131h 06The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastBuilding a Passive House Community with Greg HaleGreg Hale is an expert on high performance and carbon-neutral buildings. He is one of the developers behind the Catskill Project, a 90-acre carbon-neutral community in upstate New York with homes designed to all passive house standards. The community, which is envisioned to eventually have 25 homes, sees itself as exemplifying the “future of living.” Greg has long been a forward thinker in the area of carbon neutral construction, and the Catskills Project is the culmination of a lifetime of environmentalism and sustainable development. Greg and show host Neal discuss Greg's path to starting a passive house community, from...
2024-02-2854 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastDesigning a Connected World with Peter BlockPeter Block is an author, organizational development consultant, and citizen of Cincinnati, Ohio. Among other books, he has written Flawless Consulting, Stewardship, The Answer to How Is Yes, Community, The Abundant Community, and An Other Kingdom. His work has centered around reclaiming our humanity in the relentless modern world. He has a deep belief in the central role that place and our relationship to it plays in our life—our happiness and our health. Peter and show host Neal discuss Peter's career from one of his earliest and most formative sparks of inspiration, as a graduate student th...
2024-02-1257 min
The Tournament Code081: Neal Shipley – From Harrisonburg to AugustaIn this episode, we are joined by Neal Shipley. Neal (@neal_shipley19) is a college golfer at Ohio State and runner-up in the 2023 US Am. Neal played his first three years of college golf at James Madison. Here is his shot in the semi-final match https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjBYZ95_vHA.---Follow us: Twitter - @TournamentCode Instagram - @thetournamentcode YouTube - The Tournament Code Hosted by: Cooper Collins (@coopercollins99) and Daniel Hamrin (@DanielHamrin)---(07:04) - finding the right college fit
2024-01-2651 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastMass Timber Construction with Nathan HelbachNathan Helbach is a sustainable developer and the CEO of The Neutral Project. When he was in school working on a degree in sustainability, he came up with the idea to build carbon-neutral developments. Today, with The Neutral Project, he is working to make that dream a reality. Key to reducing the embodied carbon in these buildings was moving away from steel and concrete to mass timber. Currently, Nathan is behind the construction of what will be the tallest mass timber building in the world. Nathan and show host Neal discuss Nathan’s path to starting The Neu...
2024-01-2558 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastCapital Conversation: Organic Financing with Brandon WelchBrandon Welch is the co-founder and CEO of Mad Capital, an investment fund dedicated to helping farmers transition from conventional to regenerative and organic agriculture. Brandon knew he wanted to do something to make a positive impact on society and the environment, and he found that the world of finance was the most powerful way for him to do so. Conventional practices are so deeply ingrained in the culture of agriculture and business of farms, that it takes a big leap of faith and lots of support for farmers to make the switch to adopt more regenerative practices. Welch a...
2024-01-0941 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastReviving Public Spaces with Mark LakemanMark Lakeman is an architect, placemaker, and urban planner. He is the founder and design director of Communitecture, and the co-founder of both the City Repair Project and Village Building Convergence. He believes that public spaces play a foundational role in human society. However with relatively recent colonial systems they have been subdued and replaced by a grid system that connects cars and commerce but not so much people. Now, he is working to revive them by breaking through the cultural inertia and bureaucracy that works to maintain the status quo. Mark and show host Neal discuss th...
2023-12-151h 13The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastCapital Conversation: Funding Regeneration with David Leon and Drew DumschDavid Leon is the Co-Founder & Executive Director at Farmer's Footprint and Drew Dumsch is the President & CEO of The Ecology School. They are both inspiring leaders in the regenerative movement and have taken innovative approaches to funding their projects. Although the topics of profit and capital can make many in the regenerative world queasy, the reality is that funding is a foundational element to most ambitious initiatives. And just like how society's ideas about food production and community can be revolutionized with the ideals of regeneration, so can its ideas about capital and financing.This is the...
2023-11-241h 02The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastOrganizing a Movement with David ToddDavid Todd is a longtime designer, green living innovator, and realtor. Now he is Partner and Co-Head of Community at Latitude Regenerative Real Estate. He began practicing regenerative real estate in Portland many years before that phrase entered anyone's vocabulary and he's passionate about bringing like-minded people together to accomplish big things. Now, he lives in Kingston, New York, where he is continuing his mission to empower agents and real estate professionals to be catalysts for healing our relationship to home, place, and planet.David and show host Neal discuss David's long and winding path to eventually...
2023-11-091h 05The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastRegenerative Development with Mel MeagherMel Meagher is the founder of Unfold Development, a values-driven design and development studio specializing in regenerative thinking. After spending a decade working in a more conventional real estate setting, Mel realized just how disconnected humans have become from our environment–in particular, the harmful impact that our built environments, materials and construction practices have on the earth and on our health. Mel and show host Neal discuss how Mel’s career led them to completely rethink real estate development, as well as their inspirations behind founding Unfold. Mel details Unfold’s current projects, and how they and the...
2023-10-2549 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastMaking Permaculture Mainstream with Greg PetersonGreg Peterson is a green-living innovator, educator, and podcast host. His life vision, which has guided him for more than 30 years, is "I am the person on the planet responsible for transforming our global food system." Greg was introduced to permaculture in the 1990s and was quickly inspired to spread its basic ideals of sustainability and working with nature. In 2001, Greg created the Urban Farm, a real world environmental showcase home in Phoenix, Arizona, where people could learn about permaculture principles and see first hand how they can be applied to homes. Greg and show host Neal...
2023-09-201h 00The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastBuilding an Ambitious Agrihood with Scott SnodgrassScott Snodgrass is an entrepreneur, farmer, and land developer. He's started a number of businesses, including Edible Earth Resources, a productive landscapes company; Agmenity, a community farm developer; and most recently Meristem Communities, a real estate development firm focusing on "places for people." He and his business partner Clayton Garrett are working on their first big community project near Houston, called Indigo. Scott and show host Neal discuss Scott's path to "places for people"-focused real estate, including how he first stumbled into farming after coffee growers in Nicaragua asked him for help with their crops. They t...
2023-09-071h 06The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastReGen Villages with James EhrlichJames Ehrlich is a technology and media entrepreneur. He's the founder of ReGen Villages, a tech-driven company that seeks to design regenerative communities focused on food, water, energy, and circular waste management. He's also the director of compassionate sustainability at Stanford University's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research. James uses his lifetime of experience with video games, television story-telling, and tech to create engaging software that can help people build resilient and integrated villages that make the best use of their unique land.James and show host Neal discuss how James background in media set the stage fo...
2023-08-151h 10
Listen to Trending Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MilitaryNavy Dog: A Dog's Days in the US Navy by Neal J. Kusumoto Captain Us Navy (ret)Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/694258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Navy Dog: A Dog's Days in the US Navy Author: Neal J. Kusumoto Captain Us Navy (ret) Narrator: Chris Monteiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date: August 15, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Having Seaman Jenna as the mascot on the USS Vandegrift was never meant to be a statement or symbolic act, or to put the crew on the radars of four-star admirals. Jenna came aboard unannounced, a Christmas gift that brought instant joy to the crew and transformed a gray ship into a home for 225 sailors...
2023-08-1530 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastGreen Healthy Places with Matt MorleyMatt Morley is a Europe-based biophilic designer, entrepreneur, and podcaster. He is the founder of Biofilico and Biofit Health & Fitness, and the host of the Green Healthy Places podcast. He’s passionate about biophilic, healthy spaces and finding and bringing together other people leading innovative initiatives in the world of sustainability—which he gets to do with his podcast. As this interview is also being published on Matt’s podcast, he and show host Neal interview each other. They both talk about their background and what led them into a life of fusing entrepreneurship and sustainability. They talk ab...
2023-08-021h 15The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastEcological Landscaping with Tres CrowTres Crow is a writer, artist, and designer. He's the president of Roots Down, an environmental education firm dedicated to helping governments, non-profits, and communities transform their expensive, labor-intensive green areas into productive urban landscapes. Tres and his colleagues at Roots Down argue that, with the right education, landscapers can change their practices, save money and make landscapes more sustainable.Show host Neal and Tres discuss how the landscaping industry has largely been left out of larger conversations about sustainability and regeneration. Tres dispels the misconception that ecological landscaping costs more than traditional landscaping, and he describes...
2023-07-191h 07The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastColiving Entrepreneurship with Jay StandishJay Standish is an entrepreneur and co-founder of OpenDoor Coliving. For nearly ten years with that company, he was a pioneer in the business of professionally-run community housing. OpenDoor started by leasing a single home and eventually came to operate over 400 units in three states. In December of 2022, Jay and his business partner Ben Provan closed the business after a challenging, but successful run. Jay and show host Neal discuss Jay's first major experiences with nature and the outdoors—40 day canoe expeditions in Canada that he did as a teenager. Since then, Jay has lov...
2023-07-051h 07The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastListening to Your Land with Jo PetroniJo Petroni is an architect based in rural France, and she is the founder of Permarchitecture. She believes in "listening to your land," which is a way to observe the land where we live and build with curiosity and humility—and ultimately reconnect with nature. Jo is also an illustrator and climate change communicator. She is a co-creator of and contributor to the Carbon Almanac and she has an "Epistolary" of letters to imaginary friends published on Substack. Jo and show host Neal discussed how Jo aspired to be an architect since she was a young child, th...
2023-06-2059 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastRegenerative Teas and Homes with Michael Don HamMichael D. Ham is an entrepreneur and the co-founder and president of Wild Orchard Regenerative Teas and RePure. He sees the pandemic as culturally transformative and believes that now is the time to move beyond "sustainable" and "net-zero" to "regenerative" and "net-positive." With his tea company, he wants to make the highest quality tea available, grown on a regenerative farm and free of all the toxins that contaminate industrial produced teas. And with his new venture, RePure, he wants to provide an in-home "OS" that can monitor the air, water, and light health of our indoor spaces. M...
2023-06-091h 05The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastTechnology and Regeneration with Dorn CoxDorn Cox is a regenerative farmer, technologist, and the research director for the Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment in Freeport, Maine. He is the author of The Great Regeneration: Ecological Agriculture, Open-Source Technology, and a Radical Vision of Hope. Dorn believes that technology's incredible ability to distribute information at little to no cost holds immense power to change our relationship to the environment for the better. By harnessing the power of open source technology, regenerative solutions can spread at a global scale. Show host Neal and Dorn talk about his family's multi-generation farming tr...
2023-05-2259 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastBlack Girl Country Living with Hillarie MaddoxHillarie Maddox is an entrepreneur, homesteader, and the creator of Black Girl Country Living—a magazine and podcast. Her work is all about helping people "return home to Mama Nature," through media, storytelling, and re-wilding experiences. Moving to the country and growing food during the pandemic was a life-changing experience for her and her family, and now she wants to give that to others.Hillarie and show host Neal discuss their shared home of Whidbey Island in Puget Sound and how Hillarie's family adjusted to life there during the pandemic. They discuss how empowering it's been for Hi...
2023-05-0854 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastNatural Capitalism with Hunter LovinsHunter Lovins is an environmentalist and author, the co-founder of Rocky Mountain Institute, president of Natural Capitalism Solutions, and managing partner of NOW Partners. For decades, she has worked with communities and companies to encourage them to implement regenerative solutions that are not only sustainable but profitable. She is the author of many books, including Factor 4: Doubling Wealth - Halving Resource Use and Least Cost Energy, Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, and A Finer Future: Creating an Economy in Service to Life.Show host Neal and Hunter discuss her family upbringing, which brought her into...
2023-04-261h 04The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastThe Regenerative Real Estate Story with Neal and Alissa CollinsAlissa Collins is the co-founder of Latitude Regenerative Real Estate, alongside her husband, show host Neal. On this special episode of the podcast, Neal and Alissa tell their own life story, which culminates in their development of regenerative real estate: an approach to the built environment that considers health and wellness, sustainability, ecology, community, and spirit. Alissa and Neal discuss their separate childhoods in Alaska and Louisiana, where they both developed a deep connection to nature. After they met, they embarked on a global adventure which took them to India and the Maldives where they learned about t...
2023-04-131h 18The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastCharrettes and the Edge of the Frontier with Steve BesharaSteve Beshara is a developer, entrepreneur, and designer. He is the founder of Vista Growth, which does place-branding, community design, and strategic planning. Beshara loves to be innovative, on the edge of the frontier, and he believes that community-planning magic can come from charettes, meetings where a diverse group of people come together to brain storm freely. Steve and show host Neal discuss Steve's upbringing, how he learned how to see all sides of an issue from his parents and how he learned to love nature as a child. They also discuss his insights into creating ripe e...
2023-03-3159 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastFreedom Movement Permaculture with Jim GaleJim Gale is the founder and chief storyteller of Food Forest Abundance, an organization that aims to provide people with freedom and independence through food forests. After selling his successful real estate company and retiring at 35, Jim thought he would relax for his remaining years. But after he had children, he started thinking obsessively about the future of humanity and came to a revelation: the solution to our society's biggest problems is permaculture. Jim and show host Neal discuss how Jim started a real estate company in his mother's basement which reached over $1 billion in revenue in...
2023-03-1545 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastAffordable Green Building with Hiroko YamamotoHiroko Yamamoto is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the College of Architecture at the University of Utah and runs the DesignBuildUTAH program. The program allows students from around the world to live in the Navajo Nation in Utah to design and build affordable homes using green build techniques. The homes are designed in accordance with Navajo culture and use local materials in a way that is cost effective and harmonious with the surrounding landscape.On this episode, show host Neal Collins is joined by Hiroko and two of her students, Maja Tacchi and Tom Mckean. They join...
2023-03-0155 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastCreating Cohousing with Katie McCamantKatie McCamant is an author, architect, and the co-creator of the term "cohousing"—a community of private homes clustered around shared communal spaces. In the 1980s, she and Charles Durrett published the authoritative book on the subject, Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves. McCamant is now focused on promoting cohousing communities across the United States by working with individuals interesting in living in them and supporting professionals like developers and architects interested in building them. Katie and show host Neal discuss how Katie discovered cohousing as a student in Denmark and became inspired to bring the con...
2023-02-201h 17The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastAgrihoods and Field Building with Daron "Farmer D" JoffeDaron Joffe, a.k.a. Farmer D, is a farmer, designer, and ambitious field-builder promoting the idea of agrihoods and conservation-focused land development. He is the author of Citizen Farmers: The Biodynamic Way to Grow Healthy Food, Build Thriving Communities, and Give Back to the Earth, and the leader of Farmer D, an organization that creates agrihoods by collaborating with developers, nonprofits, and governments. He believes in the "village" model, where housing development is clustered, while large swaths of surrounding land is conserved for nature and agriculture. Farmer D and show host Neal are joined by Latitude...
2023-02-011h 09The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastCommunity Land Trusts with Julie BrunnerJulie Brunner is the housing director at OPAL, a community land trust on Orcas Island in Washington state. Julie has worked in the field of affordable housing since the mid-90s and today OPAL is responsible for housing 200 families on an island with a population of just 5,000. Over the years, both through hot and cold real estate markets, they've found innovative ways to finance and offer housing, both through home ownership and renting. Julie and show host Neal discuss the mechanics of community land trusts, the huge benefits to those housed through the program, and the important...
2023-01-1940 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastInfusing Wellness into Real Estate with Peter SciallaPeter Scialla is the Chief Operating Officer and President of Delos, a company that is infusing wellness into real estate. We spend 90% of our time indoors and increasingly scientific research has shown that our indoor environment has a major impact on our health. Delos is working to make buildings healthier by improving the air, light, and drinkable water within them. Peter and show host Neal discuss Peter's background on Wall Street, where both he and his brother Paul worked for Goldman Sachs. They realized that as a wellness revolution was taking over markets across the world, there...
2023-01-0446 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastA New Story for Land Access with Ian McSweeneyIan McSweeney is the director of Agrarian Trust, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support land access for the next generation of farmers. He believes that we need to create a new story about how land ownership works in our society, innovating new and more just ways for people of all walks of life to have access to land. Ian and show host Neal discuss their shared background working as social workers, their shared frustration by the rigid systems that can act as impediments to progress, and how big changes can come to those systems from...
2022-12-131h 27The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastRegenerative Agrotourism with David RustDavid Rust is the founder and CEO of Sagra, an agro-tourism company that works with farms across the country. He believes that a trip to a regenerative farm can be a revelation for people, inspiring them to shift the way they shop, eat, and see the environment. David and show host Neal discuss the path that led to founding Sagra, including David’s time at Lyft during its meteoric rise. They also touch on David’s upbringing and his family’s experience with farms in Europe, where agro-tourism is common. And they dissect the Sagra business model, which i...
2022-11-3047 min
Icons of Real Estate PodcastCommunity, Healthy Homes, Future of Real Estate: Tips And Tricks From Neal Collins - Episode 159🎙️Episode 159: Community, Healthy Homes, Future of Real Estate: Tips And Tricks From Neal Collins
👨💼Guest Bio:
Neal Collins is the co-founder of Latitude—a regenerative focused real estate sales, consulting and development firm that works across North America. He is laser focused on combining his business and investing experience with his values to create a more sustainable, just and resilient world.
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🗣️Notable Quotes:
“Put out a property on Instagram, it can captivate their attention for micro-second but maybe that’s all it...
2022-11-2242 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastRainwater Harvesting with Jesse SavouJesse Savou is the founder of the BlueBarrel Rainwater Catchment System. Her company offers people across the United States the opportunity to restore the natural hydrological cycle that modern developments and hard pavements have disrupted. They provide a kit with all the parts and instructions that anyone can use to build their own system. And, most critically, they connect customers with suppliers of recycled blue barrels used to store rainwater. Jesse and show host Neal discuss her path to starting BlueBarrel, including a false start in the corporate world which did not share her values, a formative ex...
2022-11-151h 10The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastExamining Regenerative Real Estate with Izumi TanakaIzumi Tanaka is a green realtor, podcast host, and change agent with Latitude Regenerative Real Estate. Izumi moved to the U.S. from Japan when she was 21 years old and for her whole life has used ikigai as a driving force—a Japanese concept that's often associated with the intersection of a four part Venn diagram: what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. In her work, she combines mindful living with the built environment in an effort to create thriving communities healthy for both people and the env...
2022-11-0257 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastDesigning with Play with John KampJohn Kamp is an urban and landscape designer with PRAIRIEFORM and the co-author of the book Dream, Play, Build. For the sake of the environment and our own happiness, it is essential that we design urban spaces thoughtfully—and that requires honest input from community members. For this purpose, John and his colleagues have innovated new ways to do community meetings that minimize conflict and stress, and encourage creativity and play. John and show host Neal discuss John's younger days starting a design firm in his parents' basement, his breakthrough with the idea of an irrigation-free yard, an...
2022-10-191h 17The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastRewilding the World with Hannah LewisHannah Lewis is a writer interested in conservation and the intersection of sociology and sustainable agriculture. Her most recent book, Mini-Forest Revolution, is about planting dense forests that can sequester carbon, increase biodiversity, address urban heat, and bring communities together. In this episode, Hannah and show host Neal discuss her academic background and the path that led her to discover the Miyawaki Method. This is the subject of Hannah's recent book and she explains how even small, 200 square yard forests can have huge benefits, such as linking wilderness areas together and improving water retention. See more of H...
2022-10-0453 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastAffordable, Sustainable Housing with Dylan LamarDylan Lamar is an architect, developer, and the founder of the firm Cultivate. He believes that affordability is an essential part of sustainability and he is on a mission to address America's housing crisis. Dylan's new mantra is "form follows finance" and he is particularly interested in housing cooperatives as a way to de-commodify the housing market and provide sustainable living to more people.In this episode, Dylan and show host Neal discuss Dylan's path to sustainable architecture and passive homes, the current challenges with the housing market, the history of housing cooperatives, and the trade offs bet...
2022-09-2058 min
Stu Murray PodcastRegenerative Real Estate W/ Neal Collins #17This episode with Neal Collins really made me consider my beliefs around real estate… a place I’ve had mixed feelings about for quite awhile. As Neal says, real estate is the commodification of land and as such has become the epitome of the transactional world. He is doing amazing work with his company Latitude, where he and his team are attempting to re-imagine real estate as a relational model. We go far beyond the housing market, however, and dive deep into philosophy about our purpose and place on this planet, how the stories we hold shape our actions, our...
2022-09-051h 25The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastBrand Essence Through Action with Jasmine TakanikosJasmine Takanikos is an international branding specialist and principal of Brand Human. She believes that marketing should be less about words and amplifying a message, and more about providing exceptional service. Her career and life experience has led her to a deep appreciation for mindfulness and living with nature and that led her to regenerative real estate. Jasmine and host Neal Collins spoke about how her childhood on Whidbey Island shaped her into the person she is today, how the pandemic has forced us all to re-evaluate our priorities, and how she understands land stewardship a...
2022-08-1952 min
Conscious Design Podcast™Interview with Neal Collins of Latitude on His Innovations in the Real Estate MarketToday Ian introduces Neal Collins into the show. Neal starts off by talking about his innovations in the real estate market and how he exactly got the idea. Neal then explains the concept of regenerative real estate and how it connects to the global mission of preservation. He further talks with Ian also about the future prospects and why it is more important than ever before. Neal then explores how to start persuading the real estate market to share his vision and perspective. Neal then explains how the consumer should approach this idea when buying their dream home. In...
2022-04-1538 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastThe Regenerative Practitioner with Pamela MangDo you feel like you have untapped potential to be an actor for positive change in this world? Then maybe you should consider becoming a Regenerative Practitioner.In this evocative and insightful interview, Pamela Mang of the Regenesis Institute shares her story and how her life experiences shaped her understanding of the role that humans can have in the co-evolution of our planet where all life can thrive.As a world renown organization that has been instrumental in the conception and spread of Regenerative development, the Regenesis Institute believes that human beings have the potential to...
2021-10-1757 min
Become a Writer TodayUsing Influencer Marketing to Find Clients and Promote Your Writing with Neal SchafferSocial media is an excellent way of finding readers and finding clients if you’re a freelance writer. And, if you create content for social media platforms like Quora, you can build up a library of content that you can use and refer to over time.But, how exactly should you spend time on social media, what tools should you use, and how can you do it?Neal Schaffer has the answer to these questions and more. He is an expert in influencer marketing and has written more than five books, including his latest which fo...
2021-07-2924 min
The WellLIFEEp. 29 What is Regenerative Real Estate? Special interview with thought leader, Neal Collins from Latitude Real EstateTheres a movement happening right now in real estate - it’s about developing residential neighborhoods that are more sustainable, energy efficient, and designed with community and connection in mind and it’s also about bringing more wellness education into the real estate transaction side of things. In today's interview we talk with a thought leader in the industry, Neal Collins from Latitude. The question on his mind was, how do we help clients create a more energy efficient, sustainable home that gives back to the planet? and the idea of Regenerative real estate was born.
So if you...
2020-12-0727 minThe Regenerative Real Estate PodcastWellness Real Estate with Sheila AlstonSheila Alston is part wellness professional, part real estate agent. She deeply cares about people's health and well-being and sees an emerging trend of people infusing wellness into their personal spaces. For Sheila, she knows that the environments that we live and work in are critical for our success and well-being.Through her work with clients in San Diego as both a designer and an agent, she realized that there is a tremendous need to demystify wellness and help give people actionable advice to create healthy habitats. By focusing on this mission she has created...
2020-12-0329 min
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastShowcasing sustainable properties around the world with SavagayaIn this episode, host Neal Collins interviews Natalia Szyk-Trocha, the creator behind popular YouTube channel Savagaya. Natalia talks about how she overcame her fear of putting herself out there and her lack of video editing skills to go on to produce beautiful videos that showcase sustainable properties around the world.Natalia is an architect by training, however after working in the industry for a few years she became disenchanted with the work. She decided to take a bold leap to quit her job, pick up a camera, and then begin making videos of properties she visited.
2020-11-2744 min
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastDeveloping the practice of regeneration with Bill ReedBill Reed is an internationally recognized planning consultant, design process facilitator, lecturer, teacher, and author in sustainability and regeneration. He has been a leading figure in the green building movement as a founding Board of Director of the US Green Building Council and one of the co-founders of the LEED Green Building Rating System.His work and that of Regenesis has been to pioneer regenerative development—an approach to land use, community development, and the built environment that has defined the leading edge of sustainability--across the globe. Bill has been an outspoken advocate that is com...
2020-11-171h 05
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastSerenbe: A pioneering community model connected to nature with Steve NygrenMany people dream of creating a new kind of community. One that is both sustainable and beautiful. A place where they can raise their kids, connect with neighbors, yet still rejuvenate in nature. Most of these dreams remain just that.On this episode Steven Nygren, the visionary and developer, shares his story about creating the community of his dreams. A place outside of Atlanta called Serenbe.There are not many people in the world like Steve. His creation is truly a feat that many would deem too large to even attempt. From rural hamlets run...
2020-11-031h 13
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastStorytelling through Natural Building with Oliver OgdenOliver Ogden has set out to tell stories. His medium was through film and photography. That is until he found that stories about sustainability, resilience, and stewardship were being told in different ways. He became enamored with natural building and is now founder of Placecraft Design & Build.Oliver sees natural building as a building method that can provide sustainable solutions in a world predicated upon extraction and destruction. On this episode learn how he and his company are combining the efficiency of the conventional building world with the elements of the natural building world to t...
2020-10-2741 min
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastSelling everything, moving across the continent and starting a farm with Will KosloskiWill and Terry Kosloski had made a home on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. They had a garden, were active in the outdoors, and involved in the community. But they had a dream. A dream to get closer to the land—to connect, to listen, and to restore and regenerate, In this episode of The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast, Will recounts the story of selling their belongings and heading out on a road trip in search of a farm. They drove a month to the opposite side of the continent to a little place called Cape Breton in...
2020-10-1841 min
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastRegenerative Design Pioneer Jason McLennanJason McLennan calls himself a "professional troublemaker." For his entire career Jason has been pushing the boundaries on what is possible in the built environment. To him, sustainable and regenerative design shouldn't be something we need to have a label for--it should just be the way. Jason is the principal of McLennan Design and is considered one of the world’s most influential individuals in the field of architecture and the green building movement today. He is the founder of the International Living Future Institute, which launched the Living Building Challenge to the world in 2006....
2020-10-0537 min
The Real Estate Raw ShowOregon eXp Agent & investor Neal Collins - What is regenerative real estate on Real Estate Raw ShowToday featured on The Real Estate Raw Show: Oregon eXp Agent & investor Neal Collins - What is regenerative real estate on The Real Estate Raw ShowNeal Collins - Co-Founder | Chief Vision OfficerChoose AltitudeNeal’s work has brought him around the globe working on community development and climate change adaptation projects. He has a dynamic background that combines investment analysis with marketing and communications. Neal is the host of The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast.About Joe: Mr. Mendoza has a lo...
2020-09-2536 min
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastDemystifying Greywater with Laura AllenWater is one of life's most precious resources, yet abuse and mismanage it. That's not surprising because we have created a system and society that divorces ourselves from where we get our water. We take for granted the potable water in our sinks, and are ignorant about where it goes after it flows into our drains. On this episode, Laura Allen of Greywater Action helps to demystify greywater and how we can take practical steps to integrate water systems into our lives, our homes, and our yards. She provides low cost and low tech solutions that everyone...
2020-09-2445 min
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastHealing the future through the built environment with Martin BrownMartin Brown is a sustainability provocateur and regenerative practitioner that combines decades worth of construction background to help advance the built environment by looking holistically at practices that restore, revitalize, and offers hope. Martin is a Living Future Ambassador out of the U.K. and is the founder of Fairsnape. His company does consultancy and advocacy work for regenerative sustainability, built environment improvement, social responsibility and social media.———————-This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s about action. From these conversations, two organizations have emerged to bring regenerative real estate to life: Lati...
2020-09-1057 min
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastRegenerative thinking with Carol SanfordCarol Sanford is consistently recognized thought leader that works side by side with Fortune 500 and new economy executives to design and lead systemic business change and design. She is a leading voice in the Regenerative movement and has authored many award-winning books on the subject. On this episode of The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast, Carol goes in depth about how to develop awareness and a mindset that goes beyond "doing less bad" and into one of regeneration. This is a fascinating listen from a leading authority in the business world that has worked closely with...
2020-08-261h 04
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastDeep Green Architecture with Al TozerIn this episode of The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast, Al Tozer of Tozer Design comes on to talk about his experience of blending ecology with architecture. Al and his firm are credited as designing the world's first Living Building Certified residence, which is an incredible feat as the first mover and shaker to take on such a rigorous challenge. We talk about Al's experience in the regenerative design space as well as his experience working with the International Living Future Institute. His firm has gone on to win architectural design awards and they are now...
2020-08-1755 min
The Green PodcastThe Future of Sustainable Real Estate - Neal CollinsThe real estate industry is worth trillions of dollars, and effects every single person on the planet. We all need a place to safely live, and millions of people around the world travel to an office or a building to spend their day. Going Green had a chance to talk with Neal Collins, the president of Latitude, to learn about the future of sustainable real estate.Support the show
2020-08-1327 min
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastMimicking nature for infinite returns with Mark ShepardMark Shepard is widely known as an agroforestry and permaculture expert that is the CEO of Agriculture Restoration Development and the owner of New Forest Farm, a commercial-scale perennial agricultural system that uses the oak savanna as an ecological model. In this fascinating talk, Mark gets into the real estate side of things and how he has been successful at improving degraded real estate through restorative practices that mimic nature, and then stacking synergistic businesses that will increase the value of the property so that he can refinance his capital out and get infinite returns. ...
2020-07-241h 01
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastBuilding Culture through intentional design with Austin TunnellAustin Tunnell is an emerging developer that designs and builds stunning, community-oriented, and masonry framed homes. His work extends from pocket neighborhoods to custom homes with his sights on more urban infill guided by a new urbanism philosophy. Austin decided at an early age that being a CPA at a big four accounting firm was not the path for him. He quit his job and began getting immersed into sustainable building/living in Panama before joining the Peace Corps in Uganda. He then teamed up with Clay Chapman to learn how to be a builder in Oklahoma...
2020-07-1748 min
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastInspiring mindfulness and wellness into the built environment with Sonja BochartSonja Bochart is an inspirational thought-leader with 20 years of experience creating meaningful and healthy spaces in the built environment. She is an avid speaker, facilitator, leader, and writer. Her design work promotes thoughtfulness and leading-edge innovations of holistic design with a focus on human health and wellness. This is an incredibly moving episode that will make you walk away feeling inspired and hopeful for the future of our world.———————-This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s about action. From these conversations, two organizations have emerged to bring regenerative real estate to life: Latitude Re...
2020-07-0955 min
Eco-Friendly HomesCommunal Development, feat. Neal CollinsNeal Collins dynamically takes us out of our homes and into the streets where the heart and soul of community are formed! Learn how Neal's path in the emerging market of regenerative real estate has helped him forge deeper relations with his hyper local community as well as expand this international movement.You can find more of Neal here:Personal IG: https://www.instagram.com/i_am_neal_collins/Company IG: https://www.instagram.com/latitude.realty/Website: https://chooselatitude.com/Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-regenerative-real-estate-podcast/id1500361677 which has a 5...
2020-07-0839 min
Buffalo Roamer Outdoors#8 Canoeing Oregon to NYC w/ Neal MooreNeal Moore is a journalist, author and adventurer. He is currently on a 2 year cross continent canoe trip from Astoria, Oregon to New York City, dubbed the 22 river project. He shares stories from seeing the country by canoe, grizzly bear encounters on a 60 mile portage, paddling up river, stories from characters met along the way and so much more. Follow Neals Trip Live Books by Neal Moore:"Down The Mississippi" Homelands: A Memoir Find out more a buffaloroamer.comFB @BuffaloRoamerInsta @Buffalo_Roamerbuffaloroamer@yahoo.comBrought to you by:SREgear.comSRE Outdoors is a Family Owned...
2020-07-0257 min
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastRegenerative and biophilic design with Amanda SturgeonAmanda Sturgeon is an award-winning architect, author, speaker, and thought-leader in the regenerative design space. She is an expert in biophilic design and her work helps to connect the thought that people are nature are part of one living system. She is now setting her sights on to how to make regenerative design mainstream with large-scale project integration.———————-This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s about action. From these conversations, two organizations have emerged to bring regenerative real estate to life: Latitude Regenerative Real Estate is the world’s first regenerative-f...
2020-06-2839 min
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastDesigning healthy, natural homes with Paula Baker-LaportePaula Baker-Laporte is an author, architect, and visionary. She has been named one of the top 10 green architects in the US and is a principal at EcoNest Architecture. When Paula found herself getting chronically ill she discovered that it was her home that was the cause. She then went on to integrate non-toxic building materials into her work in order to help her and others with chemical sensitivities live in healthy atmospheres. She and her partner Robert Laporte founded EcoNest Architecture, which goes beyond just non-toxic materials but integrates design and nature to help people r...
2020-06-1343 min
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastCreating vibrant, community-oriented housing with Eli SpevakEli Spevak has been developing affordable housing communities in Oregon for over 20 years, starting as a volunteer construction supervisor with Habitat for Humanity. In 2006, he launched Orange Splot, LLC to build new models of community-oriented, affordable, green housing development – ideally within an easy bike ride of his house. Eli was awarded a Loeb Fellowship in Advanced Environmental Studies at the Harvard GSD, co-founded www.accessorydwellings.org, co-founded Portland for Everyone, and now serves on Portland’s Planning and Sustainability Commission. In this episode of The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast, Eli gets into his evolution of his career and h...
2020-05-2243 min
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastBuilding Small for a Sustainable World with Jake FryIn 2005 Jake Fry left his carpentry job building luxury homes in Vancouver BC to chase a dream of building small structures tucked away in people’s backyards and on alleys. Since then Jake and his firm Smallworks Studios has gone on to build over 300 laneway houses (also known as accessory dwelling units) and is arguably one of the most prolific design/builders of beautifully designed and meticulously built small houses in North America. Jake is a builder, change maker, and progressive housing policy advocate.———————-This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s about action. From these con...
2020-05-1655 min
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastHow cities can design for regeneration with Dr. Michael MehaffyDr. Michael Mehaffy is an urbanist, architectural theorist, urban philosopher, researcher, educator, and executive director of Sustasis Foundation. He is a prolific figure that is working to promote regenerative communities by looking at how planning and development work can connect suburbs and cities to work together.———————-This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s about action. From these conversations, two organizations have emerged to bring regenerative real estate to life: Latitude Regenerative Real Estate is the world’s first regenerative-focused real estate brokerage, dedicated to aligning values-driven buyers and sellers. Wit...
2020-05-0951 min
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastHealthy and inspiring buildings with Stephen Aiguier from Green HammerListen to the transformative story of Stephen Aiguier on how he became one of the leaders of the sustainability movement in real estate. His company, Green Hammer, is an award-winning design/build firm that has completed projects that range from LEED homes to Living Building Challenges.———————-This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s about action. From these conversations, two organizations have emerged to bring regenerative real estate to life: Latitude Regenerative Real Estate is the world’s first regenerative-focused real estate brokerage, dedicated to aligning values-driven buyers and sellers. With a strong...
2020-04-301h 17
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastThe Importance of a healthy home with environmental wellness expert Michelle BexeliusIn this insightful interview on The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast, Neal talks with environmental wellness expert Michelle Bexelius about the not-so-well-known things about our homes and lifestyles that impact our health. Michelle is the founder of designWell Studios, which helps people test their homes for toxicities, mold, and electromagnetic frequencies. This is a very eye opening conversation that is a must-listen to help people become aware of the issues we are collectively facing, as well as get insightful suggestions we can do to help keep our families healthy and thriving.———————-This podcast isn’t just about ideas...
2020-04-2345 min
Recovery RisingUpstate Covid19 update - Rep. Neal CollinsI was able to interview the Pickens county State Representative Mr. Neal Collins. In the first half of the interview Neal gives us an update on where we stand with the Covid-19 virus and how it is impacting Pickens County and South Carolina. The latter half of the interview I ask Neal about his role as a state legislator.
For questions, comments or feedback on this or any episode of Recovery Rising please email me at recoveryrisingpodcast@gmail.com. Mr. Collins can be contacted via his SC governmnt official page (https://www.scstatehouse.gov...
2020-04-161h 00
The Regenerative Real Estate PodcastThe Importance of creating community with pocket neighborhood founder Ross ChapinIn this stimulating interview, we talk to Ross Chapin, the world renown architect that popularized pocket neighborhoods, about his life experiences that led to his concept of community-oriented and nourishing housing. Learn Ross' take on what the future of housing will look like in a post COVID-19 world.———————-This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s about action. From these conversations, two organizations have emerged to bring regenerative real estate to life: Latitude Regenerative Real Estate is the world’s first regenerative-focused real estate brokerage, dedicated to aligning values-driven buyers and sellers. Wi...
2020-04-131h 20