Nate Hagens

Sometimes it's just what happens when active switchbacking stops.

Gravity and weather do the rest.

So when you hear me describe the composite worlds in part four, ask yourself, which passages are we switchbacking right now?

And which ones are we allowing purposefully or out of neglect to erode?

Valleys, ridges, switchbacks, and erosion.

Hold on to those ideas.

And last point, though it's not the focus of this episode,

These four things don't only apply to societies.

Each of us has valleys and ridges in our own lives.

We're each switchbacking or eroding our own future paths every day, whether we realize it or not.

I will finish part four soon.

See you then.

You're listening to The Great Simplification.

I'm Nate Hagans.

On this show, we describe how energy, the economy, the environment, and human behavior all fit together and what it might mean for our future.

By sharing insights from global thinkers, we hope to inform and inspire more humans to play emergent roles in the coming Great Simplification.

Today, I'm joined by systems change practitioner Brett Kencairn for an overview of the no regrets regenerative strategies need to build ecological and community resilience through a practice called living systems regeneration.

Brett Kincairn is the founding director of the Center for Regenerative Solutions and senior policy advisor for climate and resilience for the city of Boulder, Colorado's climate initiatives team, where he coordinates the city's nature-based solutions work.

Brett has extensive experience in regenerative ecosystems and economic design and implementation.

He has also worked across the Western United States in community-based initiatives.