What does it take to steward the Earth and our communities through times of profound change? 

How do we balance the urgency of the meta-crisis with the hope of regeneration? 

In this episode of Beloved Futures, host Aubrey Morgan Yee engages in a powerful conversation with Matthew Monahan, a visionary leader, regenerative farmer, and founder of the global initiative Ma Earth.

Matthew Monahan is a dreamer who knows how to bring dreams to life. After building a successful tech venture with his brother early in life, he actualized a vision to build a leading-edge regenerative farm in Aotearoa (New Zealand). Mangaroa farms is now a resilient community food hub and education centre, transitioning dairy & pine into regenerative agriculture & native forests. 

Driven by his love of the earth and understanding of the moment we are in as a species, Ma Earth was born to hold space to “share ideas and build tools for planetary health and regeneration.” Simple and profound. 

Matthew travels the world meeting with leaders and innovators to understand how new and emerging finance technologies can meet the pressing needs of a planet in meta-crisis. He is a visionary leader who holds a powerful, calm presence in the midst of urgency. The kind of person you want to be in the mess with… and most importantly he is my dear friend.

In this episode, Matthew and I talk about how to meet this moment with grace, what it means to be a good steward during times of collapse and how we can collectively rise to transform the systems that sustain life on Earth.

Key Takeaways:

• The importance of transitioning from extractive practices to regenerative models in both farming and finance.
• How emerging technologies like blockchain can be used ethically to support ecological and cultural resilience.
• Practical steps individuals can take to contribute meaningfully to local and global regenerative efforts.
• The critical need for a cultural shift that pairs technological innovation with deep, systemic change.

I know you will enjoy this episode. It’s full of clear-eyed confrontation with the toxicity of modernity and the hopeful truth that there are good people all around the world opening cracks through the trouble to help us collectively emerge into something else…

With Love and Gratitude,

Aubrey Morgan Yee

GUEST INFO

You can find / follow Matthew here:

Website: https://maearth.com

Instagram: 

@maearthmedia 

@mangaroafarms 

@biometrust

Other: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maearth

EPISODE RESOURCES 

Matthew Monahan is bringing together the seemingly disparate worlds of regeneration and finance through his podcast The Regeneration Will Be Funded, a project of his greater vision – Ma Earth. Ma Earth recently launched its second round of grants to Earth Regenerators using quadratic funding methods with community crowdfunding on Gitcoin. 

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