Join Boris-Karloff Batata on Re-Alliance Radio as he delves into the transformative world of regenerative agriculture in urban and small spaces. In this episode, Tah Kennette Konsum and Konstantinos Tsiompanos share their inspiring stories of turning scarcity into abundance and fostering community resilience. Discover how Tah and Konstantinos are bridging cultural gaps and nurturing nature-friendly practices in degraded environments. Tune in to explore the power of regeneration and the human spirit's adaptability in the face of challenges.

"They hold not just biodiversity, but cultural memory and a deep spiritual relationship between humans and nature." - Sanjana Krishnan

In this episode of Re-Alliance Radio, we delve into the world of Food Forestry, exploring how ancient practices offer regenerative solutions for modern food production. Join hosts Boris-Karloff Batata and James Atherton as they listen to Sanjana Krishnan and Rakesh Rootsman Rak, who share their insights on integrating ecological wisdom with community-driven, ecosystem-centred initiatives. Discover how Food Forests not only nourish the land but also foster cultural and spiritual connections, and also how you can get started on your own project!

"The planet has all the answers; we just need to ask the right questions." - Rakesh Rootsman Rak

Re-Alliance coordinator Juliet Millican interviews Timothy Salomon and Ngwarh Perpetua Tuncha about how communities might navigate Trauma. What are the first steps to a collaborative, community healing process? And what might nature-inspired, Regenerative Trauma healing look like?

Perpetua draws on experience and research gathered from a programme run by SACOD in Cameroon, while Timothy explores his perspective of working with communities affected by natural disasters and land grabbing in the Philippines.

Juliet, Perpetua and Timothy discuss the impact of various nurturing activities, including storytelling, arts therapy, and connection with nature, in fostering resilience among people impacted by Trauma. They highlight the need for a regenerative approach that not only addresses individual healing but also the systemic issues that contributed to the violence or traumatic event.

You can find a free, downloadable guide about Trauma Healing on Re-Alliance's website: www.re-alliance.org/publications

Access to clean energy is a vital necessity, especially for displaced populations. In this episode, Kostas Latoufis, Board member of the Wind Empowerment Network (windempowerment.org), an electrical engineer, and co-founder of School of the Earth in Greece, shares his insights on the transformative power of locally manufactured wind turbines.

Especially in windy locations, small turbines can produce energy at a lower cost compared to solar panels.

By providing training on how to build and maintain these turbines, communities can gain valuable skills that extend beyond energy production.

What connects mushroom growing, trauma healing, wind turbines, food forests, and compost toilets?

In this opening episode of Season 3 of Re-Alliance Radio, hosts James Atherton and Boris-Kaloff Batata explore the deeper threads that connect regenerative actions, even across very different contexts. As the season shifts from paradigms and principles toward practice, this episode sets the foundation by asking a vital question: how do we design regenerative projects so they are holistic, not singular?

We’re joined by Juliet Millican, Re-Alliance Coordinator and educationalist with decades of experience in peace-building and international development, and Casinga Ansiima Rolande, Re-Alliance correspondent and founder of FOLONA, working on ecological learning and community education in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda.

Together, we explore why process matters as much as action, how emergencies are no longer short-term, and why regenerative responses must integrate people care, earth care, and fair share. From systems mapping to community-led design, this conversation invites listeners to look beyond single interventions and toward holistic, long-term regeneration.

This episode introduces new co-host Boris-Kaloff Batata and lays the groundwork for a season full of practical stories — all connected by whole-systems thinking.

The topic of this final episode of Series 2 of Re-Alliance Radio is Adaptation. As our contexts are always changing, and as our communities grow and evolve, or if we are faced with disasters or crises, how might we adapt to best meet ever changing needs?

We are joined by special guest Jehane Akiki, founder of Farms Not Arms, a collective of designers, farmers, strategists, and agriculturalists who have come together to build an integrated, multi-agricultural educational farm model that heals land, health, and community. Farms Not Arms' first farm is in the Beqaa, Lebanon, bringing together refugees and host communities to increase food security, ease climate change, and promote social cohesion.

We would love to hear from you. What did you find useful about this podcast series? What would you prefer in the next series? You can email us at [email protected] and we will be grateful to hear from you.

A regenerative and nature-inspired design process is often, by nature, reflective and adaptive. But often we can forget to take time for deep reflection.

In this episode of Re-Alliance Radio's Designing Regenerative Change series, we explore Reflection. Once we are in the process of implementation, and we are delivering our regenerative projects, how might we build learning and reflection into the process? How might we be open to the things that go well, and also the things that don't go well that we can learn from?

When you're deepening into a regenerative design process, there are a lot of parts that come before implementation. But when you're ready to take action, what do you need to consider before getting going?

The topic of this episode of Re-Alliance Radio is Implementation. How might we deliver on our vision and our design? How do we still embed regenerative principles in the way we implement?

Hosted by James Atherton and Jackie Kearney.

In this season of Re-Alliance Radio, we're exploring a regenerative design process, and how it can be applied in different contexts.

The topic of this session is Designing for Action. How might we best learn from the Visioning and Mapping stages, to put our ideas and plans 'down to paper'? What could it look like to make formalised plans for the upcoming work?

Hosted by James Atherton and Jackie Kearney from Re-Alliance.

In this season of Re-Alliance Radio, we are exploring what it could look like to deepen into a process-led approach to regeneration. How might you take time to embed regenerative, nature-inspired principles into your work? How do you do it in a way that is participatory and community-led?

The topic of this session is Mapping Resources, the second session in the series. How might we best work with our communities to help map out the resources we currently have available to us to help achieve our goals? What would it look like to map out the seen and the unseen elements of our Place, and the communities we're working with?

Hosted by James Atherton and Jackie Kearney from Re-Alliance.