The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast

Listening to Children: Mara Mintzer on Designing Cities for Belonging

12 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I’m joined by Mara Mintzer of Growing Up Boulder for a deep dive into youth-led placemaking and what it reveals about how cities ca...

Redefining Luxury: Soil, Sovereignty, and Community with Thomas Patton of Lega Vera Farm Village

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Modern life offers speed and convenience, but often at the cost of connection to the systems that sustain us. In this episode, regenerative rancher an...

Cultivation as Connection: Jennifer Jewell on the Human Impulse to Garden

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gardening is often portrayed as a pastime, an optional extra woven around daily life. Yet across history and across cultures, people have shaped land ...

Building With Whole Trees: Rethinking Timber With Amelia Baxter

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if we could build with trees without milling them into straight, uniform boards? On this episode, Neal Collins is joined by Amelia Baxter, co-fou...

Billions for Nature: How Private Capital Is Funding Ecological Restoration with Adam Davis

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Across every continent, degraded landscapes tell a sobering story: wetlands drained, forests cleared, tidal flats diminished. The tragedy isn’t that...

Changing Finance By Financing Change: Jasper van Brakel on Regenerative Investing

04 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jasper van Brakel is on a mission to regenerate the world with the power of finance and business As CEO of RSF Social Finance, he leads one of the mo...

Unlocking Abundance: How Rob Avis and 5th World Are Revolutionizing Site Planning

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Avis—designer, educator, and founder of 5th World—is using cutting-edge technology to transform how we design resilient and abundant landscape...

Designing for Abundance: A Permaculture Vision with Penny Livingston

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if the future of real estate was rooted in regeneration, not extraction?In this episode of The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast, Neal sits down w...

Where Farming Meets Community: Inside the Middlebrook Agrihood with Steve Bruere

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For years, we’ve seen the rising demand: people looking for more than just a home. They want community. They want connection. They want to live wher...

The Agrarian Future Is Here: Judith Horvath on creating homesteads and compelling agricultural communities

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if the future of housing isn’t high-rises or cul-de-sacs—but homesteads, gardens, and walkable villages where food is grown just steps from y...

Building a New Model: Geoship's Vision for Dome-Based Housing with Micha Mikailian

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Neal sits down with Micha Mikailian, CEO of Geoship, to explore a bold attempt to reimagine housing at a time when affordability, res...

Rethinking Housing Through Community-Led Development with Wendy Reid Fairhurst

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When we talk about housing innovation, our minds usually go to big cities buzzing with new ideas. But in this episode of The Regenerative Real Estate ...

Agrivillage co-housing community creation through farmland conservation with Katie McCamant and Dave Boehnlein

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we explore the inspiring story of Rooted Northwest, an agrivillage in Arlington, Washington that is transforming a former dairy farm ...

Merging Natural Building & Modern Manufacturing with Evan Ryan of Croft

02 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The construction industry is at a turning point. Pre-manufactured housing seeks to disrupt conventional building methods due to labor shortages, weath...

Building urban resilience through development with Mazyar Mortazavi

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a front-row seat at a masterclass in regenerative development. Mazyar Mortazavi, CEO of TAS Impact, joins us to share how his Toronto-...

Building Life-Centered Organizations with Tre' Cates

19 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tre' Cates is an entrepreneur and regenerative thought leader with over 25 years of experience. His work focuses on the importance of building he...

Building An Impact Investment Cooperative with Blake Jones

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Blake Jones is a founder of several cooperative enterprises, including Namaste Solar and Kachuwa Impact Fund. He’s a pioneer in his marrying of the ...

Master Planning With the Land As Brand With Kris Maher

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kris Maher is an architect and developer. For over 20 years, she’s worked for the Rancho Mission Viejo community in Orange County, California, where...

Inspiring Regenerative Economies with Jenny Andersson

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jenny Andersson is a regenerative strategist and educator, and the founder of the Really Regenerative Centre in the UK. With over 30 years of experien...

Purpose-Driven Sustainable Housing and Education with Emily Niehaus

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Emily Niehaus is a former mayor and a leader in both affordable housing and education. She is the founder of Community Rebuilds, a nonprofit that cons...

High Performance Natural Building with Jacob Deva Racusin

20 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jacob Deva Racusin is a natural building designer, builder, and educator. He is a longtime leader in the field of sustainable building and the co-fou...

Net Positive Capital with Paul Rabinovitch

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Rabinovitch is an impact investor, sustainable developer, and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Net Positive Capital, a fund that seeks to build...

Unlocking the Potential of Place with Sean McLean

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sean McLean is a visionary in the field of regenerative development. He is a managing partner of MPact Collective, an impact real estate development f...

Raising A $100m Impact Fund with Analise Roland

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Analise Roland is an impact entrepreneur, neuroscientist, and movement leader in the field of regenerative development. She is the CEO of Anura, a rea...

Reflecting on 100 Episodes and the Evolution of Latitude with Neal and Alissa Collins

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Neal and Alissa Collins are partners in business and life, and are co-founders of Latitude Regenerative Real Estate. As Neal recently passed the miles...

Combining Conservation and Development with Doug Davis

27 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Doug Davis is a conservation-based real estate developer, self-proclaimed adrenaline junky, and co-founder of The Farm at Okefenokee. It is a legacy p...

Finding Levers for Change with Lindsay Baker

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Lindsay Baker is a movement leader, author, and podcast host. Currently, she is the CEO of the International Living Future Institute, and her path the...

Building a Passive House Community with Greg Hale

28 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Greg Hale is an expert on high performance and carbon-neutral buildings. He is one of the developers behind the Catskill Project, a 90-acre carbon-neu...

Designing a Connected World with Peter Block

11 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Block is an author, organizational development consultant, and citizen of Cincinnati, Ohio. Among other books, he has written Flawless Consultin...

Mass Timber Construction with Nathan Helbach

24 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nathan Helbach is a sustainable developer and the CEO of The Neutral Project. When he was in school working on a degree in sustainability, he came up ...

Capital Conversation: Organic Financing with Brandon Welch

09 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Brandon Welch is the co-founder and CEO of Mad Capital, an investment fund dedicated to helping farmers transition from conventional to regenerative a...

Reviving Public Spaces with Mark Lakeman

15 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Lakeman is an architect, placemaker, and urban planner.  He is the founder and design director of Communitecture, and the co-founder of both the...

Capital Conversation: Funding Regeneration with David Leon and Drew Dumsch

24 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David Leon is the Co-Founder & Executive Director at Farmer's Footprint and Drew Dumsch is the President & CEO of The Ecology School. The...

Organizing a Movement with David Todd

09 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David Todd is a longtime designer, green living innovator, and realtor. Now he is Partner and Co-Head of Community at Latitude Regenerative Real Estat...

Hemp Construction with Jacob Waddell

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jacob Waddell is the president of the Hemp Building Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to researching and promoting healthy and sustainable...

Making Permaculture Mainstream with Greg Peterson

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Greg Peterson is a green-living innovator, educator, and podcast host. His life vision, which has guided him for more than 30 years, is "I am the...

Building an Ambitious Agrihood with Scott Snodgrass

07 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Snodgrass is an entrepreneur, farmer, and land developer. He's started a number of businesses, including Edible Earth Resources, a producti...

ReGen Villages with James Ehrlich

15 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

James Ehrlich is a technology and media entrepreneur. He's the founder of ReGen Villages, a tech-driven company that seeks to design regenerative...

Green Healthy Places with Matt Morley

02 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Morley is a Europe-based biophilic designer, entrepreneur, and podcaster. He is the founder of Biofilico and Biofit Health & Fitness, and the...

Ecological Landscaping with Tres Crow

19 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tres Crow is a writer, artist, and designer. He's the president of Roots Down, an environmental education firm dedicated to helping governments, ...

Coliving Entrepreneurship with Jay Standish

05 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jay Standish is an entrepreneur and co-founder of OpenDoor Coliving. For nearly ten years with that company, he was a pioneer in the business of profe...

Listening to Your Land with Jo Petroni

20 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jo Petroni is an architect based in rural France, and she is the founder of Permarchitecture. She believes in "listening to your land," whic...

Regenerative Teas and Homes with Michael Don Ham

09 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Michael D. Ham is an entrepreneur and the co-founder and president of Wild Orchard Regenerative Teas and RePure. He sees the pandemic as culturally tr...

Technology and Regeneration with Dorn Cox

22 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dorn Cox is a regenerative farmer, technologist, and the research director for the Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment in Freepo...

Black Girl Country Living with Hillarie Maddox

08 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hillarie Maddox is an entrepreneur, homesteader, and the creator of Black Girl Country Living—a magazine and podcast. Her work is all about helping ...

Natural Capitalism with Hunter Lovins

26 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hunter Lovins is an environmentalist and author, the co-founder of Rocky Mountain Institute, president of Natural Capitalism Solutions, and managing p...

The Regenerative Real Estate Story with Neal and Alissa Collins

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Alissa Collins is the co-founder of Latitude Regenerative Real Estate, alongside her husband, show host Neal. On this special episode of the podcast, ...

Charrettes and the Edge of the Frontier with Steve Beshara

31 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Beshara is a developer, entrepreneur, and designer. He is the founder of Vista Growth, which does place-branding, community design, and strategi...

Freedom Movement Permaculture with Jim Gale

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Gale is the founder and chief storyteller of Food Forest Abundance, an organization that aims to provide people with freedom and independence thro...

Affordable Green Building with Hiroko Yamamoto

01 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hiroko Yamamoto is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the College of Architecture at the University of Utah and runs the DesignBuildUTAH program. The p...

Creating Cohousing with Katie McCamant

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Katie McCamant is an author, architect, and the co-creator of the term "cohousing"—a  community of private homes clustered around shared ...

Agrihoods and Field Building with Daron "Farmer D" Joffe

01 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daron Joffe, a.k.a. Farmer D, is a farmer, designer, and ambitious field-builder promoting the idea of agrihoods and conservation-focused land develop...

Community Land Trusts with Julie Brunner

19 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Julie Brunner is the housing director at OPAL, a community land trust on Orcas Island in Washington state. Julie has worked in the field of affordable...

Infusing Wellness into Real Estate with Peter Scialla

04 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Scialla is the Chief Operating Officer and President of Delos, a company that is infusing wellness into real estate. We spend 90% of our time in...

A New Story for Land Access with Ian McSweeney

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ian McSweeney is the director of Agrarian Trust, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support land access for the next generation of farmers. ...

Regenerative Agrotourism with David Rust

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

David Rust is the founder and CEO of Sagra, an agro-tourism company that works with farms across the country. He believes that a trip to a regenerativ...

Rainwater Harvesting with Jesse Savou

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jesse Savou is the founder of the BlueBarrel Rainwater Catchment System. Her company offers people across the United States the opportunity to restore...

Examining Regenerative Real Estate with Izumi Tanaka

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Izumi Tanaka is a green realtor, podcast host, and change agent with Latitude Regenerative Real Estate.  Izumi moved to the U.S. from Japan when she ...

Designing with Play with John Kamp

18 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

John Kamp is an urban and landscape designer with PRAIRIEFORM and the co-author of the book Dream, Play, Build. For the sake of the environment and ou...

Rewilding the World with Hannah Lewis

04 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hannah Lewis is a writer interested in conservation and the intersection of sociology and sustainable agriculture. Her most recent book, Mini-Forest R...

Affordable, Sustainable Housing with Dylan Lamar

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dylan Lamar is  an architect, developer, and the founder of the firm Cultivate.  He believes that affordability is an essential part of sustainabili...

Making an Enchanted Forest with Dani Baker

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dani Baker is an author and the owner of Cross Island Farms, an idyllic edible forest in upstate New York that attracts visitors and volunteers from a...

Big Change Through Not So Big Actions with Sarah Susanka

09 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Susanka is an architect, prolific author, and visionary thinker credited with starting the tiny house movement. She’s changed the way huge amo...

Bottom Up Solutions with Alison Sant

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Alison Sant is a designer, artist, activist, and mother who is inspired by community-led initiatives to combat the climate crisis. She is the author o...

From Street Lad to Biosphere-Inspired Entrepreneur with Dr. Vincent Walsh

12 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Vincent Walsh is a designer and serial entrepreneur living and working in Manchester, England. He is inspired and fascinated by the biosphere&apos...

Seeing Hope Differently with Aaron Fairchild

01 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Aaron Fairchild has leveraged his own background in finance to lead the way in deep green housing development in the Pacific Northwest. He's appl...

Setting Inspirational Examples with Ben Falk

17 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Falk is one of the most prominent figures in the world of ecological design but he didn't always see that path as his future. At a young age,...

Creating a Better Concrete with Emily Majewski

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Concrete, which is energy and emissions intensive, took over the world around 200 years ago. Emily Majewski thinks it's time for its reign to end...

Driving change through agriculture investing with Chris Rawley

16 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Agriculture is not a typical investment category that one may think about when they think of real estate investing. For Chris Rawley, he became intere...

From Ecological Collapse to Thriving with Jesse McDougall

22 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There is a utopic vision that farmers will put down their pesticides, herbicides, and other chemical cocktails conceived and peddled to eradicate pest...

Five Stages of Transition with Don Hall

31 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Don Hall is a trainer and facilitator with TransitionUS, the US hub with the global Transition Network. He is a permaculturalist and former Executive ...

Acts of Restorative Kindness with Mary Reynolds

18 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Despite being named one of the top ten landscape designers of all time, Mary Reynolds describes herself as an ex-gardener. That’s because after year...

Biophilic Cities with Dr Timothy Beatley

05 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Biophilia was first introduced as a term in 1973 by Erich Fromm in The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, which put forth that biophilia is “the pass...

Conscious Design with Ian Peterman

20 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The world we design for is the world we get. That's why we are excited to share this episode with you featuring designer Ian Peterman. Ian's...

The Regen Network with Gregory Landua

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The cutting edge of regenerative technology is aligning market incentives with regenerative land stewardship. This is an area that Gregory Landua and ...

Zero Net Energy Affordable Housing with Sean Armstrong

05 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The world is beginning to go through an electric revolution, and real estate is at the epicenter. Sean Armstrong, principal at Redwood Energy, happens...

Pursuing Purpose and Service with Mark Voss

27 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Passion, service, community, and curiosity are the threads that weave the story of Mark Voss. Mark is a consummate educator, farmer, and real estate p...

Community-based finance with Eve Picker

15 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

At the core of every real estate project is finance. That’s why we are excited to share this interview with Eve Picker, founder of the real estate c...

Intentional Communities with Cynthia Tina

10 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Do you happen to be someone that thinks the dream of the white picket fence and the manicured lawn doesn't sound all that appealing?Maybe you are...

The Regenerative Practitioner with Pamela Mang

17 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Do you feel like you have untapped potential to be an actor for positive change in this world? Then maybe you should consider becoming a Regenerative ...

Regenerative Agriculture Financing with Dan Miller

23 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Instead of looking for hope, look for action. That is what resonates with the story of Dan Miller, the founder of the regenerative agriculture crowdfu...

The Construction Process with Adam Sgrenci

26 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"It's not about the product, it's about the process."This is the mantra that Adam Sgrenci extols when he talks about applying rege...

Deinfrastructuring with Steven Baumgartner

16 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The infrastructure that our society is built upon is large and complex. Outside of roads, bridges, and buildings the we can see, much of the infrastru...

The Regenerative Way with Emmanuel Pauwels

06 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Imagine a deep ecological  thinker that lives in the breathtaking Spanish Pyrenees in a 700 year old hand-built house that captures all of its own en...

Scaling green developments with Aaron Fairchild

29 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What if real estate could be used as a force for good, rather than further degradation?It is no secret that the infrastructure our civilization is bui...

Developing a Living Community with Matthew Grocoff

13 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When the Living Building Challenge was first conceived in the early 2000's many people had their doubts. Lauded as the world's most rigorous...

Changing the Real Estate industry with Craig Foley

27 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In an ever changing and complex world, the real estate industry must change. The change needs to come from all levels: from designers and architects, ...

The Ecology School with Drew Dumsch

12 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For twenty-two years The Ecology School has been teaching people how to tune into and read the pattern language of nature. The school aims to transfor...

Natural burials with Jodie Buller

03 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this tiny spec we call home in the universe, matter is neither created nor destroyed. Every living thing is created from the Earth. Death and life ...

Healthy home design with Kate Hamblet

17 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As life has drastically changed for many of us in the past year, we begin to look at our spaces differently. We not only spend the majority of time wi...

Permaculture Design for Metropolises with Andrew Faust

02 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Permaculture is a creative design process based on whole-systems thinking informed by ethics and design principles. This approach seeks to mimic the p...

Holistic Management with Bobby Gill

22 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Across the globe we have witnessed mass environmental degradation take place. Along with the rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide, desertification has a...

Permaculture Disc Golf Country Club with Justin Dolan

08 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Living in Costa Rica close to the beach in a tropical paradise is a dream many people have, but seldom pursue. That's not the case for Justin Dol...

Sustainable Real Estate Investing with Seth Nowak

01 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In a world with millions of rental properties, very few landlords are thinking beyond the single bottom line. The mainstream dogma of the industry tea...

Regeneration for Social Change with Ashley Colby Fitzgerald

23 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“Your life is your story. Write well. Edit often.”  - Susan StathamAshley Colby Fitzgerlad’s life is one in which passion meets purpose. She da...

The Regenerative Hustle with Hobbs Magaret

10 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When we stop viewing nature as something we dominate, yet instead work with, transformation will happen. The land manager becomes a steward that is in...

Building solar villages with Ryan Wallace

21 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Place is unique. It defines and shapes culture, food, architecture, and communities. On this episode of The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast, Ryan Wal...

Ecosystem-based Approaches with Keith Bowers

09 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Well into our way into the era of the Anthropocene, the defining work of the 21st century will be on revitalizing and regenerating land and habitat. H...

Regenerative Real Estate with Adam Sgrenci

28 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The construction industry does not have a sterling reputation when it comes to sustainability. In fact, some studies show that the construction sector...

Life in the canopy with Django Kroner

19 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Did you ever have fantasies about living in a tree house when you were a kid? If so, you're not alone. Meet Django Kroner, the founder of the com...