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