This is an excerpt from episode 87 featuring the last 20 minutes or so of my conversation with the CEO of Commonland, Willem Ferwerda. We pick up our conversation with a question I’ve been looking forward to delving into with Willem for a while – how do we create a regenerative economy that fosters healing of country and restoration of landscapes by its very nature, in the face of cultures and systems going the other way (think shareholder value, GDP as a measure of progress and investment expectations)?

We go on to talk about Willem’s “big dream” and how it’s taking another significant step as part of the recently launched UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration. And we close by coming full circle to the words of Oral McGuire: “Biodiversity is the manifestation of spirit” (along with the challenge he lays down) - with some stirring words from Willem himself, alongside his choice of music.

You can hear the rest of our conversation in the main episode, ‘COVID & the Wolf: Willem Ferverda on making landscape restoration & Spirit the heart of economy’ - https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/087-covid-and-the-wolf

Title slide pic: Willem Ferwerda, all grown up (supplied).

Music: Faraway Castle, by Rae Howell and Sunwrae.

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