Podcast #2 Exploring idea(s) of Regeneration & ReFi (with Maya Dentzel)
In #2 of the Light Forest Podcast we are joined by Maya Dentzel to guide us on a journey into the emerging concepts of Regeneration and its application within the Crypto/Web3 space.
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In this episode of the Light Forest we dive into the emerging concepts of Regeneration and its application within the Crypto/Web3 space through Regenerative Finance aka ReFi.
You will notice the term ‘regeneration’ within Light Forest’s mission. It was also a theme of episode 1 - Birthing a Regenerative Civilisation and I've previously written about why the concept resonates with Light Forest:
The etymology of the term has its roots in biology, but the concept has been extended to encompass a range of disciplines, and often used around improving the health of systems. Unlike the term ‘sustainability’ which implies sustaining the equilibrium or status quo paradigm, ‘regeneration’ hits closer to both the scale and form of paradigm shifts we’re interested in:
1. It involves a recognition and remembrance of ancient wisdom and practices forgotten.
2. It also allows for radical imagination for new perspectives, technologies, and ways of being that fosters a coming together on our planet in new ways.
My interest into regeneration took hold in my interactions in the Web3 space. In particuliar a niche group who identify themselves as 'Regens' and are exploring new ways that new emerging technologies (Blockchain, smart contracts, decentralised networks) can be used for new models for financing or governance that are less extractive and give more power to groups such as organic farmers and indigenous communities.
Taking us on a journey to start from the ground up we have Maya Dentzel joining us today. Maya is a researcher and social entrepreneur passionate about building regenerative systems with emerging technologies. She has written about and organized events on Regenerative Finance aka ReFi.
In this conversation we touch on the following areas:
9:45 Maya’s speculative vision of a regenerative world: solar punk, architecture, transport, energy, food, local governance, money, decentralised networks and smart contracts, community living, and open source.
22:40 understanding the ‘emerging’ concept of regeneration and working with nature's patterns.
30:40 Regenerative Economics through the work of John Fullerton & Kate Raworth.
35:00 tracing the emergence of ‘ReFi’ and meeting of crypto and regeneration
39:20 emerging Crypto 'ReFi’ tools
49:00 Regen Network and biodiversity credits
54:20 the problem with measurement, incentives, and ‘tokenisation of nature’
61:10 hanging out with the ReFi community in North America and Europe
62:20 Regenerative California initiative and its potential to take regeneration mainstream
65:30 Maya’s journey from the UN and Climate Activism, to learning Yoga during the pandemic, and alignment between her “inner” sense of pourpose and planetary regeneration.
70:45 Coordi-nations and seeing the world as bioregions
74:18 Maya’s podcast on ReFi
Connect with Maya
• Website: https://www.mayazdentzel.xyz/
• Linkedin
Checkout her podcast: https://blog.refidao.com/season-4-refi-podcast-announcement/
🥁The music for the podcast is produced by me using a combination of Bandlab and original recording of a Hapi drum (a type of tongue drum) played be me.
