ReJenerate

Amanda Harris left the corporate world behind and found a passion for permaculture, resource management and regenerative living. She now is leading the way at Playa Viva, a Regenerative Resort in Mexico where every aspect of the business are considered and implemented with regeneration in mind. 

Rony is one of the world’s leading experts in permaculture and Mayan ancestral knowledge. Rony has spent the last 20 years teaching and implementing permaculture throughout Central, South, and North America focusing on promoting food sovereignty and preserving biodiversity for the survival of Indigenous communities. Through his extensive work with Indigenous communities on traditional ecological knowledge, seed saving, native plants, local/global food movements, livelihood security, and the interaction between communities and the environment, he has made a key contribution to the empowerment of Indigenous people around the world. Rony is a co-founder of IMAP.

Azra Talat Sayeed of Roots For Equity, Pakistan joins us to share her experience and research of the agricultural dominance and control taking place, especially in places like Pakistan. 

What an amazing opportunity to talk with Million Belay from Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa. An organization that spans across Africa developing networks from the ground up to shift the current state of agriculture to one that of agro-ecology. Million discusses the current state of agriculture in Africa today and how it's really being played out by a narrative and controlled by a system that doesn't support the people or the planet. From seed control, to chemical inputs to corporate partnerships funding this dysfunctional model. Million also describes some of the amazing initiatives taking place such as training for local farmers, food policy and nutrition programs. 

In this episode we meet up with Goodwell Thunga from Malawi who identifies the top three biggest environmental concerns taking place in Malawi today  (deforestation, soil erosion and biodiversity loss) and how that is significantly impacting the communities he works with. He shares why these issues are so common and the work he is doing on the ground to motivate and inspire the communities to become self-reliant and reconnected to nature. Understanding systems in place and the cycle that is created is the first step to start implementing change.

An amazing opportunity to speak with Lauren Nowell about her work in regenerative detoxification. Curious to understand what sorts of things might be lingering around in your body and how to properly eliminate? Lauren has been able to heal her body from "incurable" auto-immune diseases through looking at natures solutions such as living water, living foods and a wide variety of herbs to name a few. In nature, we need to understand how to remove waste and allow for proper decomposition in order for regeneration to take place. Similarly   detoxification in our bodies in an aspect of regeneration for our health. 

We meet up with water wizard Jenn Keddy to flow about Kangen water can also be refered to as electrolyzed-reduced water or living water. Jenn is a former professional volleyball player, cancer survivor and fellow entrepreneur who takes a full time role of spreading awareness about hydration. We dive into some of the science of Kangen water, how it originated from earths natural process of ionization, some amazing healing testimonials and some insights on the company behind it all creating a sacred economy.

If this episode interests you, get in touch at rejenerateco@gmail.com or get in touch with me on instagram @jennathornber.

To find out more about Jenn, you can find her on instagram @jennuinewaters

What a pleasure to have Leia join the podcast as a professional videographer and photographer working for Farmers Footprint. In this episode we talk about the power of storytelling and her work at sharing the powerful stories of farmers across America. We also discuss navigating information and discovering your own truth and the healing and energy you receive from having a relationship with nature. 

In this episode we go deep into what the regenerative movement looks like from a wide variety of perspectives. What is the opposite of regeneration? Well according to Ganga Devi, its the extraction culture we have built throughout the world today. Ganga Devi embodies regeneration from both a scientific and spiritual perspective. She is very passionate about our connection with the intelligent organisms that we share the planet with and has been able to use natures most effective systems in her practice. Tapping into your own unique genius through understanding convergent and divergent thinking , and understanding healing from natural systems we see everyday are some of the other topics we explore. 

It's not everyday you meet a real and raw explorer driven by passion and love. Today we meet ultimate adventurer Brando Yelavich who shares with us his incredible journey of self-healing and reconnection through his expedition around the New Zealand coastline on foot. We get into some great discussion around remembering our connection to nature, climate change, embracing your soul, facing fear and letting go of angst about the unknown.  Brando is truly one who lives authentically and inspiring others to do the same.

Today we head to the wild pacific west coast of Canada to chat with Lilly Woodbury. She is an environmental activist, speaker and writer with extensive experience with Greenpeace New Zealand and the Surfrider Foundation. She gives us perspective on the single-use plastics crisis, circular economy as well as some powerful words on interconnection and change. She is a true regenerative optimist and leader with amazing connections to the ocean, her community and the terrestrial ecosystems that surround her. She hops right out of the surf to join us and this episode should not be missed. 

Sanjay Rawal is a documentary film maker who directed the films Food Chains, 3100, Run and Become and most recently Gather. 

Gather intimately examines one intangible loss — food traditions — and its use in pursuit of Native sovereignty in the United States.

This episode we learn about some of the stories and learnings from the film as well as dive deeper into understanding the food supply chain and how it dominates our food choices and food prices as well as better understand what local food supply really means and looks like.

What's the difference between planting a tree and growing a forest? Todays' guest is all about re-greening Kenya one tree at a time. You'll understand why deforestation and soil erosion is such an issue across Kenya, and how Miti Alliance inspires the youth to regenerate their school grounds through growing forests. The other amazing work you will learn about is their growing movement in food security as they teach others how to grow food gardens on the smallest, driest lands found in rural communities. Enjoy!

To Learn more about Miti Alliance visit https://www.miti.co.ke/mission-1 or find them on instagram @mitialliance

Have you ever paid much attention to mushrooms? Many don't understand just how insanely intelligent and beneficial mushrooms and the fungi kingdom are to both humans and the planet. We meet up with Ivan from the Ugly Barn Farm to chat about mushrooms, mycelial networks and other aspects of the fungi kingdom to discuss everything from human health benefits to how mushrooms can be used in environmental remediation.  

To learn more about the Ugly Barn Farm visit https://theuglybarnfarm.com/ or find them on instagram @theuglybarnfarm. 

To nRhythm a regenerative organization is  “a living, evolving and naturally functioning organization where abundance and resilience are recurring outcomes of its underlying health.”  They work with organizations, businesses and a wide variety of networks to re-design and re-manage the way they operate using a living systems approach. In our discussion today we get introduced to nRhythm's Regenerative Principles, get an understanding of what some of the issues are facing organizations and businesses today and shifting from a mechanistic paradigm to one that is regenerative.

To Learn more about nRhythm visit https://www.nrhythm.co/home and find them on instagram @nrhythm.co 

Today we head to Manitoulin Island in Ontario Canada to chat with co-owner Peggy from three forks farms to gain some perspective on regenerative agriculture, the local food movement, food security and seed saving and how that all relates to health and wellness of the planet. If you want to really understand how a system works you have to go right to the source, speaking directly to Peggy gave us insights that you won't stumble upon on the internet. 

In this episode we meet up with functional medicine coach Kristyn from Emmer & Earth who explores the root causes of disease and shares her regenerative approach to health and wellness through topics like soil literacy, gut microbes and local food supply. 

To get more insights from Kristyn, you can check out her website https://www.emmerandearth.com/ or find her on instagram @emmerandearth. 

This episode provides a holistic conversation on living soil and regenerative agriculture from a non-profit organization called Regeneration Canada. Our guest is Assistant Director Sarah Barsalou who talks to us about living soil and what we should know about it, the regenerative agriculture movement in Canada, understanding soil as a climate change solution and how it can improve our food systems. 

To learn more about Regeneration Canada, you can find them at https://regenerationcanada.org/en/ 

Instagram: @regencanada