

The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast
Neal Collins
Insights and stories from leading voices in regenerative real estate, land stewardship, and community design—plus the ideas, tools, and places inspiring me right now. Host of The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast and founder of Latitude and Hamlet Capital. regenerativerealestate.substack.com
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Sep 24, 2020 • 46min
Demystifying Greywater with Laura Allen
Water is one of life's most precious resources, yet abuse and mismanage it. That's not surprising because we have created a system and society that divorces ourselves from where we get our water. We take for granted the potable water in our sinks, and are ignorant about where it goes after it flows into our drains. On this episode, Laura Allen of Greywater Action helps to demystify greywater and how we can take practical steps to integrate water systems into our lives, our homes, and our yards. She provides low cost and low tech solutions that everyone can partake in. Laura is the author of The Water-Wise Home: How to Conserve, Capture, and Reuse Water in Your Home and Landscape, a phenomenal resource that should be on every Change Agent's book shelf.———————-This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s about action. From these conversations, two organizations have emerged to bring regenerative real estate to life: Latitude Regenerative Real Estate is the world’s first regenerative-focused real estate brokerage, dedicated to aligning values-driven buyers and sellers. With a strong presence in the Pacific Northwest and Great Lakes regions, Latitude also supports purpose-driven developments across North America through strategic marketing and branding services. If you're looking to buy, sell, or amplify a regenerative project, Latitude is your trusted partner. Hamlet Capital is an investment and development firm committed to building resilient communities rooted in working farms. If you’re developing an agrihood or conservation community, we’d love to hear from you. Together, we can turn visionary ideas into thriving, place-based investments. Get full access to The Regenerative Real Estate Newsletter at regenerativerealestate.substack.com/subscribe

Sep 10, 2020 • 57min
Healing the future through the built environment with Martin Brown
Martin Brown is a sustainability provocateur and regenerative practitioner that combines decades worth of construction background to help advance the built environment by looking holistically at practices that restore, revitalize, and offers hope. Martin is a Living Future Ambassador out of the U.K. and is the founder of Fairsnape. His company does consultancy and advocacy work for regenerative sustainability, built environment improvement, social responsibility and social media.———————-This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s about action. From these conversations, two organizations have emerged to bring regenerative real estate to life: Latitude Regenerative Real Estate is the world’s first regenerative-focused real estate brokerage, dedicated to aligning values-driven buyers and sellers. With a strong presence in the Pacific Northwest and Great Lakes regions, Latitude also supports purpose-driven developments across North America through strategic marketing and branding services. If you're looking to buy, sell, or amplify a regenerative project, Latitude is your trusted partner. Hamlet Capital is an investment and development firm committed to building resilient communities rooted in working farms. If you’re developing an agrihood or conservation community, we’d love to hear from you. Together, we can turn visionary ideas into thriving, place-based investments. Get full access to The Regenerative Real Estate Newsletter at regenerativerealestate.substack.com/subscribe

Aug 26, 2020 • 1h 5min
Regenerative thinking with Carol Sanford
Carol Sanford is consistently recognized thought leader that works side by side with Fortune 500 and new economy executives to design and lead systemic business change and design. She is a leading voice in the Regenerative movement and has authored many award-winning books on the subject. On this episode of The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast, Carol goes in depth about how to develop awareness and a mindset that goes beyond "doing less bad" and into one of regeneration. This is a fascinating listen from a leading authority in the business world that has worked closely with many leading business leaders to create change agents and world-class organizations.———————-This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s about action. From these conversations, two organizations have emerged to bring regenerative real estate to life: Latitude Regenerative Real Estate is the world’s first regenerative-focused real estate brokerage, dedicated to aligning values-driven buyers and sellers. With a strong presence in the Pacific Northwest and Great Lakes regions, Latitude also supports purpose-driven developments across North America through strategic marketing and branding services. If you're looking to buy, sell, or amplify a regenerative project, Latitude is your trusted partner. Hamlet Capital is an investment and development firm committed to building resilient communities rooted in working farms. If you’re developing an agrihood or conservation community, we’d love to hear from you. Together, we can turn visionary ideas into thriving, place-based investments. Get full access to The Regenerative Real Estate Newsletter at regenerativerealestate.substack.com/subscribe

Aug 17, 2020 • 55min
Deep Green Architecture with Al Tozer
In this episode of The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast, Al Tozer of Tozer Design comes on to talk about his experience of blending ecology with architecture. Al and his firm are credited as designing the world's first Living Building Certified residence, which is an incredible feat as the first mover and shaker to take on such a rigorous challenge. We talk about Al's experience in the regenerative design space as well as his experience working with the International Living Future Institute. His firm has gone on to win architectural design awards and they are now recognized as a firm that delivers stunning buildings that are healthy, sustainable, and honor the place in which they are built.———————-This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s about action. From these conversations, two organizations have emerged to bring regenerative real estate to life: Latitude Regenerative Real Estate is the world’s first regenerative-focused real estate brokerage, dedicated to aligning values-driven buyers and sellers. With a strong presence in the Pacific Northwest and Great Lakes regions, Latitude also supports purpose-driven developments across North America through strategic marketing and branding services. If you're looking to buy, sell, or amplify a regenerative project, Latitude is your trusted partner. Hamlet Capital is an investment and development firm committed to building resilient communities rooted in working farms. If you’re developing an agrihood or conservation community, we’d love to hear from you. Together, we can turn visionary ideas into thriving, place-based investments. Get full access to The Regenerative Real Estate Newsletter at regenerativerealestate.substack.com/subscribe

Jul 24, 2020 • 1h 1min
Mimicking nature for infinite returns with Mark Shepard
Mark Shepard is widely known as an agroforestry and permaculture expert that is the CEO of Agriculture Restoration Development and the owner of New Forest Farm, a commercial-scale perennial agricultural system that uses the oak savanna as an ecological model. In this fascinating talk, Mark gets into the real estate side of things and how he has been successful at improving degraded real estate through restorative practices that mimic nature, and then stacking synergistic businesses that will increase the value of the property so that he can refinance his capital out and get infinite returns. This is a show that is certainly thought-provoking, inspiring, and actionable!———————-This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s about action. From these conversations, two organizations have emerged to bring regenerative real estate to life: Latitude Regenerative Real Estate is the world’s first regenerative-focused real estate brokerage, dedicated to aligning values-driven buyers and sellers. With a strong presence in the Pacific Northwest and Great Lakes regions, Latitude also supports purpose-driven developments across North America through strategic marketing and branding services. If you're looking to buy, sell, or amplify a regenerative project, Latitude is your trusted partner. Hamlet Capital is an investment and development firm committed to building resilient communities rooted in working farms. If you’re developing an agrihood or conservation community, we’d love to hear from you. Together, we can turn visionary ideas into thriving, place-based investments. Get full access to The Regenerative Real Estate Newsletter at regenerativerealestate.substack.com/subscribe

Jul 16, 2020 • 49min
Building Culture through intentional design with Austin Tunnell
Austin Tunnell is an emerging developer that designs and builds stunning, community-oriented, and masonry framed homes. His work extends from pocket neighborhoods to custom homes with his sights on more urban infill guided by a new urbanism philosophy. Austin decided at an early age that being a CPA at a big four accounting firm was not the path for him. He quit his job and began getting immersed into sustainable building/living in Panama before joining the Peace Corps in Uganda. He then teamed up with Clay Chapman to learn how to be a builder in Oklahoma and has never left. This is someone that we will certainly want to keep on our radar to see the great work that he will continue to inspire with his design-build firm Building Culture.———————-This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s about action. From these conversations, two organizations have emerged to bring regenerative real estate to life: Latitude Regenerative Real Estate is the world’s first regenerative-focused real estate brokerage, dedicated to aligning values-driven buyers and sellers. With a strong presence in the Pacific Northwest and Great Lakes regions, Latitude also supports purpose-driven developments across North America through strategic marketing and branding services. If you're looking to buy, sell, or amplify a regenerative project, Latitude is your trusted partner. Hamlet Capital is an investment and development firm committed to building resilient communities rooted in working farms. If you’re developing an agrihood or conservation community, we’d love to hear from you. Together, we can turn visionary ideas into thriving, place-based investments. Get full access to The Regenerative Real Estate Newsletter at regenerativerealestate.substack.com/subscribe

Jul 9, 2020 • 55min
Inspiring mindfulness and wellness into the built environment with Sonja Bochart
Sonja Bochart is an inspirational thought-leader with 20 years of experience creating meaningful and healthy spaces in the built environment. She is an avid speaker, facilitator, leader, and writer. Her design work promotes thoughtfulness and leading-edge innovations of holistic design with a focus on human health and wellness. This is an incredibly moving episode that will make you walk away feeling inspired and hopeful for the future of our world.———————-This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s about action. From these conversations, two organizations have emerged to bring regenerative real estate to life: Latitude Regenerative Real Estate is the world’s first regenerative-focused real estate brokerage, dedicated to aligning values-driven buyers and sellers. With a strong presence in the Pacific Northwest and Great Lakes regions, Latitude also supports purpose-driven developments across North America through strategic marketing and branding services. If you're looking to buy, sell, or amplify a regenerative project, Latitude is your trusted partner. Hamlet Capital is an investment and development firm committed to building resilient communities rooted in working farms. If you’re developing an agrihood or conservation community, we’d love to hear from you. Together, we can turn visionary ideas into thriving, place-based investments. Get full access to The Regenerative Real Estate Newsletter at regenerativerealestate.substack.com/subscribe

Jun 28, 2020 • 40min
Regenerative and biophilic design with Amanda Sturgeon
Amanda Sturgeon is an award-winning architect, author, speaker, and thought-leader in the regenerative design space. She is an expert in biophilic design and her work helps to connect the thought that people are nature are part of one living system. She is now setting her sights on to how to make regenerative design mainstream with large-scale project integration.———————-This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s about action. From these conversations, two organizations have emerged to bring regenerative real estate to life: Latitude Regenerative Real Estate is the world’s first regenerative-focused real estate brokerage, dedicated to aligning values-driven buyers and sellers. With a strong presence in the Pacific Northwest and Great Lakes regions, Latitude also supports purpose-driven developments across North America through strategic marketing and branding services. If you're looking to buy, sell, or amplify a regenerative project, Latitude is your trusted partner. Hamlet Capital is an investment and development firm committed to building resilient communities rooted in working farms. If you’re developing an agrihood or conservation community, we’d love to hear from you. Together, we can turn visionary ideas into thriving, place-based investments. Get full access to The Regenerative Real Estate Newsletter at regenerativerealestate.substack.com/subscribe

20 snips
Jun 12, 2020 • 44min
Designing healthy, natural homes with Paula Baker-Laporte
Paula Baker-Laporte, an acclaimed architect and author from EcoNest Architecture, shares her transformative journey from health struggles caused by toxic environments to advocating for healthy, natural homes. She discusses the importance of using non-toxic materials and integrating nature into design for improved well-being. The conversation delves into the complexities of green building standards, eco-friendly heating methods, and the necessity of educational efforts for builders. Paula emphasizes creating sustainable living spaces that nurture both health and the environment.

May 22, 2020 • 43min
Creating vibrant, community-oriented housing with Eli Spevak
Eli Spevak has been developing affordable housing communities in Oregon for over 20 years, starting as a volunteer construction supervisor with Habitat for Humanity. In 2006, he launched Orange Splot, LLC to build new models of community-oriented, affordable, green housing development – ideally within an easy bike ride of his house. Eli was awarded a Loeb Fellowship in Advanced Environmental Studies at the Harvard GSD, co-founded www.accessorydwellings.org, co-founded Portland for Everyone, and now serves on Portland’s Planning and Sustainability Commission. In this episode of The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast, Eli gets into his evolution of his career and his developments. This is a must listen for anyone wanting to live or development community-oriented projects!———————-This podcast isn’t just about ideas—it’s about action. From these conversations, two organizations have emerged to bring regenerative real estate to life: Latitude Regenerative Real Estate is the world’s first regenerative-focused real estate brokerage, dedicated to aligning values-driven buyers and sellers. With a strong presence in the Pacific Northwest and Great Lakes regions, Latitude also supports purpose-driven developments across North America through strategic marketing and branding services. If you're looking to buy, sell, or amplify a regenerative project, Latitude is your trusted partner. Hamlet Capital is an investment and development firm committed to building resilient communities rooted in working farms. If you’re developing an agrihood or conservation community, we’d love to hear from you. Together, we can turn visionary ideas into thriving, place-based investments. Get full access to The Regenerative Real Estate Newsletter at regenerativerealestate.substack.com/subscribe


