Envision

With 2.3 million people in its jails, the US has the highest incarceration rate in the world - accounting for nearly 20% of those imprisoned globally. The communities most impacted in the US are communities of color. This episode highlights the efforts of three organizations that seek to support those re-entering society and do so in a way that reduces recidivism while ensuring dignity. We explore some of the issues, factors to keep in mind to ensure successful programming, and where there are opportunities for real change at the local level. Join co-host Thomas Rosenberg and his panel of guests for a thoughtful conversation about a topic that impacts millions of families.

Mr. Ashanti Branch, M.Ed, the Founder and Executive Director of the Ever Forward Club, returns for a second interview. We discuss how the first year of their 100K Mask Challenge has gone, the impact of taking the challenge across the US, and to 7 other countries including Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Australia, and India. We explore some of the initial findings with the masks submitted thus far, how teachers and principals are responding to the Challenge, and how you can bring the Challenge to your community. Join us!

Mono-cultural organizations or communities don’t happen by accident. Neither do dynamic, diverse, inclusive cultures whether organizationally or communally. Join us as we discuss leadership blindspots, self-awareness, systemic issues, and the critical importance of aligning diversity, inclusion and equity efforts with core values and culture.

This is the story about an innovative initiative that protects tropical rainforests through the direct trade of strategic understory crops that provide sustainable livelihoods for the rural poor, and community-based conservation commitments

En este episodio, tocamos algunos temas del anterior episodio acerca de la neurociencia, nuestros relatos propios, y la autopercepción. Indagamos como el desarrollo de sí mismo, como el coaching respalda el desarrollo de liderazgo y como implementar el desarrollo de liderazgo en su propia vida, con algún caso de estudio.

Even when we explore the topic of inclusion we often forget about the differently-abled. When we discuss poverty, we often disregard that disability can be both a cause and result from poverty. So how do we create an inclusive culture that actively welcomes the differently-abled? What needs to change in our (economic) development paradigms to facilitate that inclusive culture? How can we make something that works for all people regardless of what part of the world they live in? Join us as we explore these questions, Keoke's plans for Participant Assistive Products, and more.

¿Qué se entiende por coaching? ¿Cree que el coaching es una infraestructura que pueda apoyar su desarrollo personal y profesional? Basándonos en nuestra experiencia, el coaching puede ser una herramienta poderosa para una transformación individual y de la sociedad. Pocos de los recursos online conectan el coaching a nivel individual u organizacional con el fomento de las comunidades regenerativas. De una manera estimulante y útil, exploraremos diferentes elementos del coaching y como pueden ayudar estos, a aumentar la inclusión, crear comunidades y organizaciones más fuertes y facilitar el crecimiento personal y el empoderamiento. En este episodio, proporcionaremos una vista general acerca del coaching, por qué es importante hoy en día, nuestros caminos en coaching, y cuáles con los aspectos que encontramos más relevantes. Por favor, compartan sus ideas/opiniones en www.facebook.com/EnvisionRegenerativeCommunities, o envíen un mail: envision@regenerate.coach

Blockchain first appeared in popular consciousness as the distributed ledger that underpins Bitcoin. However, crypto-currencies and tokens are far from its only use. There are quite a few people around the world who see blockchain's potential to help address multiple issues at a variety of scale - whether local, regional and/or international. In this episode we will speak with Lina Constantinovici who's pushing the envelope and exploring ways to leverage blockchain's attributes for energy, environmental, public health and other issues.

Are you curious about the origins of your clothes and cloth goods? Who made them? How were they made? Where they were made? Can you trace the fabrics back to their roots? This week’s guest Geana Sieburger is. Geana is the founder of GDS Cloth Goods, a design and production studio responsibly creating staple pieces for wear and use. We’ll be talking to Geana about why knowing the makers of our textile goods is just as important as understanding the routes of food from farm to table.

In other episodes we have discussed the benefits of the cooperative business model – being or becoming worker-owned. We’ve highlighted the benefits of bridging cultural divides to create the future we want. We’ve explored money, what it is and how to slow it down in your community. We’ve discussed how to measure happiness on a national level. We’ve also talked about the benefits that can accrue in a community where there is an active ecosystem catalyst organization, or ecosystem entrepreneur. Today’s show profiles an organization that demonstrates concretely what’s possible when worker-owned and operated, when cultural divides are bridged, when the community is engaged in its own success, and when alternative funding opportunities are leveraged. The organization is CERO Co-op in Dorchester Massachusetts.

This show intends to link to some of the points from the first episode on money and provides time to dive deeper. Some of the themes we’ll explore include the money and banking system, questions to consider when exploring alternative currencies, what it means to fully align our investments with our values, and the systemic challenges to align systemic challenges to aligning those investments with our values. We’ll also look at the benefits that can accrue from investing locally.

The gig economy presents freedom and flexibility for workers. However, thriving in the gig economy can be a challenge. With self-employment comes the responsibilities of marketing oneself, trying to find work, and receiving the appropriate value for one’s work. In addition, gig workers must cover expenses that employers would typically handle such as employment taxes, health insurance, and the general costs of running a business. In this week’s show, we’ll be talking about a solution to help gig workers thrive. Our guest, Josh Danielson, co-founder of Loconomics, will talk about how he’s formed a cooperative that allows service professionals in the gig economy to connect and offer services on a technology platform they own.

We often focus on the individual's healing and personal journey. We rarely address the importance of healing collectively and/or culturally. We also rarely ask how can an individual fully heal if the society in which they live is unhealthy. In this episode we talk with Sal Gencarelle, Founder and Director of the Helpers Mentoring Society. We discusss the universal presence of healing modalities in earth-based cultures, how we can incorporate those into our lives individually and collectively, and how they can help us heal on multiple levels.

Creating a racially just society requires more than changing individual attitudes and reforming laws and institutions (both of which are necessary). Creating a racially just society will also require changing the implicit beliefs, mental models, and cultural narratives that shape our attitudes as well as our institutions. Our guests Angela Sevin and Gregory Mengel will discuss how Beyond the Culture of Separation uses an innovative approach and interactive learning modalities to lead a transformation in the way white people engage in the work for racial equity and racial justice.

What does a community do when there is considerable poverty in the shadow of world-renown hospitals and centers of higher education? How can opportunity for ownership in under-served communities be fostered and facilitated? Through a coalition of anchor and community organizations, the Boston Ujima Project seeks to address health, educational and economic challenges. The intended result is a community controlled economy. My guest is Lucas Turner-Owens, Fund Manager for the Boston Ujima Project.

My guests are two of the co-founders of Gross National Happiness USA. We talk about the importance of moving beyond Gross Domestic Product as a measure of economic well-being, the Gross National Happiness framework, the conversations they've had with thousands of people from all walks of life and how you and your community can participate.

At their earliest stage, entrepreneurs generally get funding from friends and family – those supporters culled from alumni groups, professional connections, and longstanding familial and social networks. For most entrepreneurs, this abundant and friendly pool of capital is a financial lifeline that can be the difference between a great idea and a promising startup or small business. That is, unless you’re African American. The problem, as pointed out by Runway Project founder Jessica Norwood, is that wealth in the U.S. cleanly falls along racial lines. Runway Project is a national initiative designed to change that reality for African American entrepreneurs. In this week’s show, guests Konda Mason and Annie McShiras will discuss the collaboration between Runway Project, Self-Help Federal Credit Union, and Uptima Business Bootcamp in Oakland, CA, to pilot a new financial product and investment fund that bridges the funding and support gap for African American entrepreneurs.

What do you get when you cross permaculture design with Gandhian development principles of personal transformation, community development and political activism? You create a way to welcome those often on the margins into community and provide them with a way to contribute. This strengthens our social fabric, our awareness of what unites us and our relationship to the planet. Join us for this interview on the Harrisonburg, VA branch of the New Community Project.

Our guest is Hannah Onstad, founder of LOAKL.com, a Northern California-based social enterprise that helps customers find books across local, independent bookstores. When you shop locally, you invest in your community. We all know this, but sometimes we don’t have time to stroll through a local shop. So, we guiltily buy online. We’ll be talking with Hannah about the LOAKL platform makes buying local convenient and easy. Hannah will also share the inspiration behind LOAKL and the important role local, independent bookstores play in our communities.

Traditional leadership development often ends up reinforcing the current system. To ensure that we create the just, inclusive future we want, the Institute for Evolutionary Leadership (IEL) was established. IEL has identified 7 key principles that consciously cultivate a different perspective of leadership. This approach has attracted the attention of the social impact sector especially venture funds and philanthropic foundations who are seeking to identify systems entrepreneurs.