Designers of Paradise with Erik Van Lennep

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Chad Thiessen - Live the Life We Love
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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