Best Latitude Realty Podcasts (2024)

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Purpose-Driven Sustainable Housing and Education with Emily Niehaus 59:43

4d ago59:43

59:43

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 constructs affordable straw bale homes, and more recently, she’s also the founder of Heron School, a micro-school for gifted neurodiverse students. In between those ventures, she found the time to be the …

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High Performance Natural Building with Jacob Deva Racusin 1:11:52

24d ago1:11:52

1:11:52

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-founder of New Frameworks, a worker-owned cooperative committed to a “kinder sort of building.” Using natural materials such as native hardwood, clay, and stone, they are developing data-driven and scalab…

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Net Positive Capital with Paul Rabinovitch 54:25

1M ago54:25

54:25

Paul Rabinovitch is an impact investor, sustainable developer, and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Net Positive Capital, a fund that seeks to build a channel for capital to flow into net positive real estate. He has decades of experience investing in healthy vibrant places and his career is built on the principle that social benefit and profit a…

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Unlocking the Potential of Place with Sean McLean 1:02:10

2M ago1:02:10

1:02:10

Sean McLean is a visionary in the field of regenerative development. He is a managing partner of MPact Collective, an impact real estate development firm that takes an innovative, long-term approach toward place-based investing. Sean believes that the best way to build a resilient community is to spend months there full-time learning the issues and…

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Raising A $100m Impact Fund with Analise Roland 1:00:19

2M ago1:00:19

1:00:19

Analise Roland is an impact entrepreneur, neuroscientist, and movement leader in the field of regenerative development. She is the CEO of Anura, a real estate fund that aims to generate financial, social, and environmental returns. She has a deep belief that developments based on regenerative principles can produce substantial returns that benefit …

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Reflecting on 100 Episodes and the Evolution of Latitude with Neal and Alissa Collins 1:02:07

3M ago1:02:07

1:02:07

Neal and Alissa Collins are partners in business and life, and are co-founders of Latitude Regenerative Real Estate. As Neal recently passed the milestone of publishing the 100th episode of the Regenerative Real Estate Podcast, he and Alissa thought now was a great time for some reflection. Four years after starting the podcast and starting to buil…

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Combining Conservation and Development with Doug Davis 1:28:10

4M ago1:28:10

1:28:10

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 project that Doug plans to work on for decades to come, one that combines development and conservation. The Farm is on 705 acres near Folkston, Georgia, and will ultimately have 250 sustainably-built c…

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Finding Levers for Change with Lindsay Baker 1:06:24

4M ago1:06:24

1:06:24

Lindsay Baker is a movement leader, author, and podcast host. Currently, she is the CEO of the International Living Future Institute, and her path there has been surprising and impressive. She started her career working at the US Green Building Council developing early standards for LEED, subsequently she was a researcher at UC Berkley, global head…

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Building a Passive House Community with Greg Hale 54:14

5M ago54:14

54:14

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-neutral community in upstate New York with homes designed to all passive house standards. The community, which is envisioned to eventually have 25 homes, sees itself as exemplifying the “future of living…

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Designing a Connected World with Peter Block 57:05

5M ago57:05

57:05

Peter Block is an author, organizational development consultant, and citizen of Cincinnati, Ohio. Among other books, he has written Flawless Consulting, Stewardship, The Answer to How Is Yes, Community, The Abundant Community, and An Other Kingdom. His work has centered around reclaiming our humanity in the relentless modern world. He has a deep be…

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Mass Timber Construction with Nathan Helbach 58:53

6M ago58:53

58:53

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 with the idea to build carbon-neutral developments. Today, with The Neutral Project, he is working to make that dream a reality. Key to reducing the embodied carbon in these buildings was moving away …

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Capital Conversation: Organic Financing with Brandon Welch 41:45

6M ago41:45

41:45

Brandon Welch is the co-founder and CEO of Mad Capital, an investment fund dedicated to helping farmers transition from conventional to regenerative and organic agriculture. Brandon knew he wanted to do something to make a positive impact on society and the environment, and he found that the world of finance was the most powerful way for him to do …

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Reviving Public Spaces with Mark Lakeman 1:13:04

7M ago1:13:04

1:13:04

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 City Repair Project and Village Building Convergence. He believes that public spaces play a foundational role in human society. However with relatively recent colonial systems they have been subdued an…

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Capital Conversation: Funding Regeneration with David Leon and Drew Dumsch 1:02:14

8M ago1:02:14

1:02:14

David Leon is the Co-Founder & Executive Director at Farmer's Footprint and Drew Dumsch is the President & CEO of The Ecology School. They are both inspiring leaders in the regenerative movement and have taken innovative approaches to funding their projects. Although the topics of profit and capital can make many in the regenerative world queasy, t…

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Organizing a Movement with David Todd 1:05:56

8M ago1:05:56

1:05:56

David Todd is a longtime designer, green living innovator, and realtor. Now he is Partner and Co-Head of Community at Latitude Regenerative Real Estate. He began practicing regenerative real estate in Portland many years before that phrase entered anyone's vocabulary and he's passionate about bringing like-minded people together to accomplish big t…

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Regenerative Development with Mel Meagher 49:57

9M ago49:57

49:57

Mel Meagher is the founder of Unfold Development, a values-driven design and development studio specializing in regenerative thinking. After spending a decade working in a more conventional real estate setting, Mel realized just how disconnected humans have become from our environment–in particular, the harmful impact that our built environments, m…

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Hemp Construction with Jacob Waddell 56:13

9M ago56:13

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Jacob Waddell is the president of the Hemp Building Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to researching and promoting healthy and sustainable building practices. The way we construct our built environment has been a major cause of today’s most pressing environmental and health problems. Moving away from conventional construction materials …

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Making Permaculture Mainstream with Greg Peterson 1:00:12

10M ago1:00:12

1:00:12

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 person on the planet responsible for transforming our global food system." Greg was introduced to permaculture in the 1990s and was quickly inspired to spread its basic ideals of sustainability and workin…

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Building an Ambitious Agrihood with Scott Snodgrass 1:06:20

10M ago1:06:20

1:06:20

Scott Snodgrass is an entrepreneur, farmer, and land developer. He's started a number of businesses, including Edible Earth Resources, a productive landscapes company; Agmenity, a community farm developer; and most recently Meristem Communities, a real estate development firm focusing on "places for people." He and his business partner Clayton Garr…

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ReGen Villages with James Ehrlich 1:10:33

11M ago1:10:33

1:10:33

James Ehrlich is a technology and media entrepreneur. He's the founder of ReGen Villages, a tech-driven company that seeks to design regenerative communities focused on food, water, energy, and circular waste management. He's also the director of compassionate sustainability at Stanford University's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research. Jame…

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Green Healthy Places with Matt Morley 1:15:09

12M ago1:15:09

1:15:09

Matt Morley is a Europe-based biophilic designer, entrepreneur, and podcaster. He is the founder of Biofilico and Biofit Health & Fitness, and the host of the Green Healthy Places podcast. He’s passionate about biophilic, healthy spaces and finding and bringing together other people leading innovative initiatives in the world of sustainability—whic…

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Ecological Landscaping with Tres Crow 1:07:16

12M ago1:07:16

1:07:16

Tres Crow is a writer, artist, and designer. He's the president of Roots Down, an environmental education firm dedicated to helping governments, non-profits, and communities transform their expensive, labor-intensive green areas into productive urban landscapes. Tres and his colleagues at Roots Down argue that, with the right education, landscapers…

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Coliving Entrepreneurship with Jay Standish 1:07:32

1y ago1:07:32

1:07:32

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 professionally-run community housing. OpenDoor started by leasing a single home and eventually came to operate over 400 units in three states. In December of 2022, Jay and his business partner Ben Provan c…

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Listening to Your Land with Jo Petroni 59:53

1y ago59:53

59:53

Jo Petroni is an architect based in rural France, and she is the founder of Permarchitecture. She believes in "listening to your land," which is a way to observe the land where we live and build with curiosity and humility—and ultimately reconnect with nature. Jo is also an illustrator and climate change communicator. She is a co-creator of and con…

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Regenerative Teas and Homes with Michael Don Ham 1:05:38

1y ago1:05:38

1:05:38

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 transformative and believes that now is the time to move beyond "sustainable" and "net-zero" to "regenerative" and "net-positive." With his tea company, he wants to make the highest quality tea availabl…

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Technology and Regeneration with Dorn Cox 59:09

1y ago59:09

59:09

Dorn Cox is a regenerative farmer, technologist, and the research director for the Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment in Freeport, Maine. He is the author of The Great Regeneration: Ecological Agriculture, Open-Source Technology, and a Radical Vision of Hope. Dorn believes that technology's incredible ability to distribute info…

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Black Girl Country Living with Hillarie Maddox 54:27

1y ago54:27

54:27

Hillarie Maddox is an entrepreneur, homesteader, and the creator of Black Girl Country Living—a magazine and podcast. Her work is all about helping people "return home to Mama Nature," through media, storytelling, and re-wilding experiences. Moving to the country and growing food during the pandemic was a life-changing experience for her and her fa…

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Natural Capitalism with Hunter Lovins 1:04:15

1y ago1:04:15

1:04:15

Hunter Lovins is an environmentalist and author, the co-founder of Rocky Mountain Institute, president of Natural Capitalism Solutions, and managing partner of NOW Partners. For decades, she has worked with communities and companies to encourage them to implement regenerative solutions that are not only sustainable but profitable. She is the author…

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The Regenerative Real Estate Story with Neal and Alissa Collins 1:18:11

1+ y ago1:18:11

1:18:11

Alissa Collins is the co-founder of Latitude Regenerative Real Estate, alongside her husband, show host Neal. On this special episode of the podcast, Neal and Alissa tell their own life story, which culminates in their development of regenerative real estate: an approach to the built environment that considers health and wellness, sustainability, e…

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Charrettes and the Edge of the Frontier with Steve Beshara 59:35

1+ y ago59:35

59:35

Steve Beshara is a developer, entrepreneur, and designer. He is the founder of Vista Growth, which does place-branding, community design, and strategic planning. Beshara loves to be innovative, on the edge of the frontier, and he believes that community-planning magic can come from charettes, meetings where a diverse group of people come together t…

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Freedom Movement Permaculture with Jim Gale 45:11

1+ y ago45:11

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Jim Gale is the founder and chief storyteller of Food Forest Abundance, an organization that aims to provide people with freedom and independence through food forests. After selling his successful real estate company and retiring at 35, Jim thought he would relax for his remaining years. But after he had children, he started thinking obsessively ab…

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Affordable Green Building with Hiroko Yamamoto 55:46

1+ y ago55:46

55:46

Hiroko Yamamoto is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the College of Architecture at the University of Utah and runs the DesignBuildUTAH program. The program allows students from around the world to live in the Navajo Nation in Utah to design and build affordable homes using green build techniques. The homes are designed in accordance with Navajo cu…

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Creating Cohousing with Katie McCamant 1:17:03

1+ y ago1:17:03

1:17:03

Katie McCamant is an author, architect, and the co-creator of the term "cohousing"—a community of private homes clustered around shared communal spaces. In the 1980s, she and Charles Durrett published the authoritative book on the subject, Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves. McCamant is now focused on promoting cohousing commun…

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Agrihoods and Field Building with Daron "Farmer D" Joffe 1:09:54

1+ y ago1:09:54

1:09:54

Daron Joffe, a.k.a. Farmer D, is a farmer, designer, and ambitious field-builder promoting the idea of agrihoods and conservation-focused land development. He is the author of Citizen Farmers: The Biodynamic Way to Grow Healthy Food, Build Thriving Communities, and Give Back to the Earth, and the leader of Farmer D, an organization that creates agr…

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Community Land Trusts with Julie Brunner 40:47

1+ y ago40:47

40:47

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 housing since the mid-90s and today OPAL is responsible for housing 200 families on an island with a population of just 5,000. Over the years, both through hot and cold real estate markets, they've f…

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Infusing Wellness into Real Estate with Peter Scialla 46:58

1+ y ago46:58

46:58

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 indoors and increasingly scientific research has shown that our indoor environment has a major impact on our health. Delos is working to make buildings healthier by improving the air, light, and drinkab…

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A New Story for Land Access with Ian McSweeney 1:27:42

1+ y ago1:27:42

1:27:42

Ian McSweeney is the director of Agrarian Trust, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support land access for the next generation of farmers. He believes that we need to create a new story about how land ownership works in our society, innovating new and more just ways for people of all walks of life to have access to land. Ian and show hos…

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Regenerative Agrotourism with David Rust 47:11

1+ y ago47:11

47:11

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 regenerative farm can be a revelation for people, inspiring them to shift the way they shop, eat, and see the environment. David and show host Neal discuss the path that led to founding Sagra, including David’s …

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Rainwater Harvesting with Jesse Savou 1:10:58

1+ y ago1:10:58

1:10:58

Jesse Savou is the founder of the BlueBarrel Rainwater Catchment System. Her company offers people across the United States the opportunity to restore the natural hydrological cycle that modern developments and hard pavements have disrupted. They provide a kit with all the parts and instructions that anyone can use to build their own system. And, m…

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Examining Regenerative Real Estate with Izumi Tanaka 57:31

1+ y ago57:31

57:31

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 was 21 years old and for her whole life has used ikigai as a driving force—a Japanese concept that's often associated with the intersection of a four part Venn diagram: what you love, what you are good …

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Designing with Play with John Kamp 1:17:20

1+ y ago1:17:20

1:17:20

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 our own happiness, it is essential that we design urban spaces thoughtfully—and that requires honest input from community members. For this purpose, John and his colleagues have innovated new ways to do…

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Rewilding the World with Hannah Lewis 53:10

2y ago53:10

53:10

Hannah Lewis is a writer interested in conservation and the intersection of sociology and sustainable agriculture. Her most recent book, Mini-Forest Revolution, is about planting dense forests that can sequester carbon, increase biodiversity, address urban heat, and bring communities together. In this episode, Hannah and show host Neal discuss her …

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Affordable, Sustainable Housing with Dylan Lamar 58:03

2y ago58:03

58:03

Dylan Lamar is an architect, developer, and the founder of the firm Cultivate. He believes that affordability is an essential part of sustainability and he is on a mission to address America's housing crisis. Dylan's new mantra is "form follows finance" and he is particularly interested in housing cooperatives as a way to de-commodify the housing m…

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Making an Enchanted Forest with Dani Baker 55:30

2y ago55:30

55:30

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 across the country. For most of her adult life, Dani was a clinical psychologist—but ever since she was a kid, farming was in the back of her mind. When she retired, she bought her farm on Wellesley Is…

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Big Change Through Not So Big Actions with Sarah Susanka 1:09:25

2y ago1:09:25

1:09:25

Sarah Susanka is an architect, prolific author, and visionary thinker credited with starting the tiny house movement. She’s changed the way huge amounts of people see the world, but she insists the way to create change is by thinking small and attending to the everyday challenges you see in front of you. I talked to Sarah with a co-host, returning …

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Bottom Up Solutions with Alison Sant 50:08

2y ago50:08

50:08

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 of From the Ground Up: Local Efforts to Create Resilient Cities. We talked about Alison's upbringing in Washington D.C., at the heart of the environmental movement's origin, and we dove into several of…

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From Street Lad to Biosphere-Inspired Entrepreneur with Dr. Vincent Walsh 1:12:25

2y ago1:12:25

1:12:25

Dr. Vincent Walsh is a designer and serial entrepreneur living and working in Manchester, England. He is inspired and fascinated by the biosphere's natural inclination toward circular systems and "upcycling"—taking components and creating from them something of equal or greater value. In the show, we discuss Vincent's incredible life story: his exp…

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Seeing Hope Differently with Aaron Fairchild 1:03:45

2y ago1:03:45

1:03:45

Aaron Fairchild has leveraged his own background in finance to lead the way in deep green housing development in the Pacific Northwest. He's applied pressure to the whole market, inspiring developers to make more sustainable housing in order to keep up. This is Aaron's second appearance on the podcast, and we dive deeper into his ideas about leader…

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Setting Inspirational Examples with Ben Falk 39:18

2y ago39:18

39:18

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, he was drawn toward acts of dramatic protest, like sleeping in trees. But eventually he had an epiphany: the best way to inspire change is not to yell at or shame people, but to show them a better way to …

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Creating a Better Concrete with Emily Majewski 1:01:37

2y ago1:01:37

1:01:37

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. Experimenting in her backyard in Mexico, she created a new, environmentally-friendly building material made from biochar called Cast Carbon. In the show, we hear why Emily and her husband moved to a fore…

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