Designers of Paradise with Erik Van Lennep

Designers of Paradise with Erik Van Lennep


Latest Episodes

Chad Thiessen - Live the Life We Love
September 08, 2021

It started with the wisdom of a four-year-old and has led to a quest to support and spawn regenerative communities. In this conversation with Designers of Paradise host Erik Van Lennep real estate in

Kevin Maher – Get Roots In The Ground
July 06, 2021

Crann Mr, from Gaelic, means "Big Tree" and Kevin Maher, founder of CrannMor Advisors is thinking big about trees. Partnering with permaculture designer and author Mark Shepard to create CrannMor Adv

Jeff Goebel Round 2 – This Is Our Home
June 02, 2021

More than 25 years ago, Jeff Goebel started working with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation to help improve finances from their timber management program. Over time,

Matt Candeias – Plants Make a Living
April 19, 2021

What happens when a couple of plant nerds get together for a chat? This conversation between botanist and author Matt Candeias and Designers of Paradise host Erik van Lennep. Candeias, author of the r

Jeff Goebel - All of Our Voices
March 03, 2021

Changing belief structures, holistic grazing, financial stability, and overcoming community opposition are all topics touched on in the first few minutes

Willemijn de Iongh – Seeing With New Eyes
January 26, 2021

Inspiration, social capital, natural capital, and financial capital are the 4 Returns that motivate ecosystem restoration in the Commonland framework. Commonland works with local landscape partners

Ian McSweeney – The Agrarian Commons
January 11, 2021

As US farmers age, up to 400 million acres of farmland will transfer over the next two decades. How can farmland be held centered in community to assure regenerative agriculture and food production in

Roman Krznaric – Bridge to the Future
November 16, 2020

It may surprise nobody, but humans are internally conflicted, parts of our nature pulling in opposite directions: immediate gratification vs. longer term security. Or as Roman Krznaric and others have

Judith D. Schwartz – Reindeer Chronicles
November 04, 2020

The story gelled on a trip to Norway says author Judith Schwartz. She went there to talk about indigenous knowledge and, in return, learned about reindeer. She explains to Designers of Paradise host E

Jorne Langelaan – Salt Water on Your Lips
October 04, 2020

Born into a seafaring family in The Netherlands, Jorne Langelaan was working at sea by the time he was 12. In this conversation with Designers of Paradise host Erik van Lennep, Jorne explains how his