Since August 2012, PETRA SMOLDERS and ROBBERT VESSEUR, have been living together in a GIVING ECONOMY, where they live by principles of unconditional giving and receiving, connection and trust. This new system is based on human nature, generosity, social value, loving and connecting.

We had a very inspirational talk with Petra where we discussed their mission and why, being enough and loved as you are, letting go of stuff, their inspiration, new stories, true values, fears, the power of creation, their blog & podcast, being grounded, their life balance and challenges, the beauty of resistance, and their future plans).

Your Host: Robert Schram

Sound-production: Robert_DK

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LinkedIN-profile > https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbert-vesseur-8b7a86224/

Website > https://geefeconomie.nl/

We had a wonderful talk with ROBERTO VALENTI & LAURA VAN WIJNGAARDEN from LIMINAL VILLAGE, Where they facilitate, and are part of, the co-creation space for open-source globally applicable solutions using Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Permaculture, integrative (pain) medicine and more. The space hosts people from all over the world and interconnects with other hubs & projects with the aim of creating a global community.

In our talk we discussed the path of healing, shining our superpowers, finding your piece in the puzzle, re-inventing society, expanding the global hub network, the magic of being in one place together, answering the call and taking the leap, lenses while growing up, how they see each other, the balance in their lives and challenges, what is a Hackalong at a Lunation, spontaneous bonding events, mentors & empowerment, gifting, the BIG question: “How to  organize towards a sustainable & regenerative way of living in balance with nature”, future steps, and how they can be supported).

Your Host: Robert Schram

Sound-production: Robert_DK

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LinkedIN-profile > https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentiroberto/

LinkedIN-profile > https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-van-wijngaarden-valenti-07a191134/

Website > Liminal Village

We had a delightful talk full of wisdom with LAUREN MINIS from REGENERATION POLLINATION, a platform to Activate global communities and change-makers working towards a regenerative future. She is a systems-thinker, artist, doer and serial social entrepreneur. Lauren designs systems and structures guided by ecological principles that enable emergent opportunities and create coherence, and she develops programs that increase impact and facilitate collaboration, unlock and unleash collective wisdom, amplify leadership, and catalyze transformative change.

In this podcast Lauren shares about her mission on cross-pollinating a broad field within the transition, Celebrating this huge Movement, Building a global community, Love, Her challenges, Her accomplishments, Fellowships, and her vision towards creating a better world together).

Your Host: Robert Schram

Sound-production: Robert_DK

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LinkedIN > https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenminis/

Website > https://www.regenerationpollination.earth/

We had a very inspiring and brilliant interview with AMANDA SMITH, MATT HOLTEN and ZACHARY MARLOW all co-founders / activists / hosts at MONEYLESS SOCIETY, a group of people and an organization that aims to create alternative community systems and structures, and eventually create a working, self-sustaining city / model in which residents / owners / contributors (or whatever titles are chosen) will not need money to live or operate within the community / city.

The first topic we discussed is about one of these well known models; RBE - Resource Based Economy. Also how much overlap, assumptions and miss-perceptions around these models are going around of people trying to label them (It's communism! No, it's socialism! No it’s ….). They shared their unique roles in the projects they are working on, The importance of language and making alternative solutions visible to the world, Inspiration to be found in earlier forms of self-governance, The sense-making of automation, and a call to action towards our responsibilities!

Your Hosts: Ananda Reeves & Robert Schram

Sound-production: Robert_DK

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Website > https://moneylesssociety.com/

FB-profile Amanda  > https://www.facebook.com/amanda.smith.5811877

FB-profile Matt > https://www.facebook.com/matt.holten.90

FB-profile Zachary > https://www.facebook.com/zacharycmarlow

We had a great talk full of wisdom with LAETITIA DONOMA from Art & Healing, via HEART / EARTH, using Art to create and Healing to transform. Laetitia has a vision: the planet reforested, the waste treated and used to create and rebuild, the exploitation of anything stopped, all the hearts from human beings opened and elevated, working all together and radiating our own super power. She loves to connect, to spread the love with art care and spirituality connected with sacred nature. Laetita also loves transformation and empowering the world around this, to create and collaborate, to build this new world together <3

"Each one is able to transform all what we desire to transform, and to create a tailor-made life. To create a new world and be the best version of oneself with beauty and happiness."

"I desire to empower all beings, elevate the consciousness, heal the hearts, heal the planet. Create a world where each one supports each one. One team, One heart, One Earth"

Laetitia Donoma

Website > https://donoma.jimdofree.com/

Your Host: Robert Schram

Sound-production: Robert_DK

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Welcome to yet another impressive interview with MOEIN NODEHI from BIOTONOMY: their mission is to make buildings, villages and cities become a force for restoring the natural world.

We discuss his background and the time-span of his experience with Eco-building, destruction of conventional building methods, his curiosity for ancient building techniques, what inspired him, the solutions that are already out there, his training, bringing European aesthetics into American designs of Earthships, his international projects, Covid as a positive turning point, Biotonomy Campus, their main focus on education, overcoming the mindset op competing, recommendations on adaptation, listening to the land, learn how trees and forests grow in nature, economies of scale, resilient strategies, which data is relevant, design phases, ecosystem restoration values & practices, pushing the paradigm from sustainability to regeneration, building & operating costs, up-scaling & obstacles: research center for data, the mind-shift via education, norms & regulations, policymakers, educating the market, subsidies, how to attract more investors via hard data and let them experience Eco-buildings, team-efforts based on collaboration, and the difference between (and potential of) retro-fitting and build something totally new.

Your Hosts: Peter Lewis, Robert Schram & Matthieu Pujol

Sound-production: Robert_DK

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https://www.biotonomy.com/

https://re-build.co/

LinkedIN-profile > https://www.linkedin.com/in/moein-nodehi-a5a3a9143/

We had a supercool ‘riffing’ conversation with core-members & founders ALEXANDER KEEHNEN, DAAN GORTER and BART HOORWEG of the crew from GAIANET COMMUNITY, a global co-creation community of heart-driven individuals and projects. As the reset generation, Gaianet chose to put love into action, share knowledge, experience and resources, so we can heal the planet and co-create a harmonised world for all life on Earth together.

We talked about the mission of Gaianet, their level of professionalism and psychological safety, their jump to Brazil to co-create, making agreements on the way, the relevance of humor and shadow work, the Cities of Light project, Harmony Village, the Give & Ask Economy event experiment, Critical Mass, How they combine their life and keep balance as ‘New Earth change-agents’, and finally, we close with an amazingly delivered CALL TO ACTION pitch!

Your Host: Robert Schram

Sound-production: Robert_DK

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https://www.gaianet.earth/

LinkedIN-profile > https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-keehnen/

LinkedIN-profile > https://www.linkedin.com/in/daan-gorter-50957b14/

LinkedIN-profile > https://www.linkedin.com/in/bart-hoorweg/

We had a great 'debunk' talk with TROY CARTER & PATRICK LEUNG from EARTHSHOT LABS, developing the first open-source unified land use model for landowners, investors, and policy makers to scale regenerative land management globally.

In our talk we discussed human relationships in nature, what Earthshot Labs are doing to improve that, bringing key-players on planetary scale-regeneration together, what other people say about them, the joy it gives working at a purpose driven org, spiral dynamics and teal organisation, how science and open source data works, different areas their focusing on, e.g. reforestation, -soil, -water, debunking the effect of planting young trees for old trees, misunderstandings how forests work, the time for Humanity to wake up, veganism & diet changes, and the shift on our relation with food, building bridges between old and new systems, use of natural materials e.g. bamboo & hemp, why they became founders, humanity becoming of age, how to engage, how to create abundance on earth, and finally, the BIG gift.

Your Hosts: Ananda Reeves & Robert Schram

Sound-production: Robert_DK

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LinkedIN-profile > Troy Carter - Founder and CEO - Earthshot Labs

LinkedIN-profile > https://www.linkedin.com/in/puiwah/

Earthshot Labs

We had a very organic and profound talk with Professor RICHARD MITCHELL, a passionate change-maker who is investing in the education of our youth. Richard has taught courses within childhood and youth studies, social work and qualitative research. In a previous career, Dr. Mitchell worked as a child and youth counselor in British Columbia education, mental health and specialized foster-care for two decades. His research and consultancy focus upon international and trans-disciplinary approaches to implementing the human rights of children and young people within institutional and community-based settings.

In our conversation we talk about what kind of labour he started out with, his work with youth and Indigenous children and Indigenous knowledge, the Indian Act, the indigenous influence on preventing climate change, the failed Climate Conference in Madrid, the root causes of racisme, the medicine wheel and wheel of co-creation, suing governments, the doctrine of discovery, the value of one kids story e.g. Anne Frank, the UN and League of Nations, complex systems thinking, his challenges and how to keep his balance in life, the 4th and 5th dimension, the huge potential of Humanity right now, eco synergy village, the importance of making visible what is out there, and taking things to another level).

Your Hosts: Ananda Reeves & Robert Schram

Sound-production: Robert_DK

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https://brocku.ca/social-sciences/child-and-youth-studies/people-in-our-department/richard-mitchell/

After our Summer recess we are very pleased to kick-off season 3 via this very insightful conversation with VICTOR VORSKI & CARSTEN CHRISTIANI from RE:BUILD, a global community of people and organisations who are building Regenerative Villages. Victor is an imagineer, creative strategist, Village 3.0 catalyst & village builder. He is the co-founder of re-build, a global event for regenerative village builders, and is the founder of EarthSkyLab, a Village Building consultancy creating concepts and bringing village visions to life. Carsten has been working at the crossroads of serial entrepreneurship and human development for almost two decades. Coming from the realisation that we already have the technology and wisdom we need to create an elegant earth -- a world where we live beautifully while creating in harmony with all life on this planet -- he's busy building systems that make that real in the world.

In our conversation we talk about associations with the word ‘busy’ and doing what you love, bringing Village building into the mainstream, the use of testimonials, the shift from fear to trust, good relationships, the mystery of synergy, regenerative development, the Hollywood-model, an elegant earth, purpose in life, beauty, Re:builds spring-offs and outcomes, the value of conversations, their calling, why we don't need to fix the world, chasing the false dream, balance in life, overload, doing what you can do, gratitude, new values for society, renewal and key turning points of our relationship to nature, ancient stories, changing our behavior, aspirational visions, the inevitability of change, root causes and fighting symptoms. Finally we talked about life questions such as “What really matters? What is a good life? Are you a good ancestor?” and “Let’s be playful with our solutions and promise a more good life well lived).”

Your Host: Robert Schram

Sound-production: Robert_DK

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/vvorski/

http://skylab.earth/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carsten-christiani/

https://elegant.earth/

https://re-build.co/