Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Samantha Power is a regenerative economist, futurist, bioregionalist, co-founder of the BioFi Project, and founder of Finance for Gaia. In conversation with Matthew Monahan.
BioFi Project: https://www.biofi.earth
Finance for Gaia: financeforgaia.com
TOPICS
00:00 Introduction
01:01 Samantha's Journey and Inspiration
05:35 Bioregional Financing Facilities (BFFs)
08:49 Challenges in Traditional Financial Systems
13:04 Getting Capital to Local Communities
45:50 Four Types of BFFs
52:27 Attributes of BFFs
01:01:19 Next Steps and Call to Action
01:05:37 Closing Thoughts
EPISODE RESOURCES
Dark Matter Labs: darkmatterlabs.org
Buckminster Fuller Institute: bfi.org
Mobilizing Private Finance for Nature: elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/abs/10.1596/40393
Brandon Letsinger (Regenerate Cascadia): brandonletsinger.com
John Fullerton (Capital Institute): capitalinstitute.org/director/john-fullerton
Tyson Yunkaporta: https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/tyson-yunkaporta
Ethic: ethic.com
Hylo: hylo.com
Open Future Coalition: openfuturecoalition.org
Regen Network: https://www.regen.network/
John Clippinger: linkedin.com/pulse/shift-toward-natural-ai-dr-john-henry-clippinger-active-denise-holt-4cmwc
Quadratic Funding: wtfisqf.com
Retroactive Public Goods: medium.com/ethereum-optimism/retroactive-public-goods-funding-33c9b7d00f0c
MA EARTH
maearth.com
THE REGENERATION WILL BE FUNDED
Ma Earth Studio: maearth.com/studio
YouTube: youtube.com/@maearthstudio
SOCIAL
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/maearth
Twitter: twitter.com/maearthstudio
Instagram: instagram.com/maearthstudio
PODCAST
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0Fkf8ZqPx5RRkeXTbuojCJ
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-regeneration-will-be-funded/id1706728107
Samantha Power is a regenerative economist, futurist, bioregionalist, co-founder of the BioFi Project, and founder of Finance for Gaia. In conversation with Matthew Monahan.
BioFi Project: https://www.biofi.earth
Finance for Gaia: financeforgaia.com
TOPICS
00:00 Introduction
01:01 Samantha's Journey and Inspiration
05:35 Bioregional Financing Facilities (BFFs)
08:49 Challenges in Traditional Financial Systems
13:04 Getting Capital to Local Communities
45:50 Four Types of BFFs
52:27 Attributes of BFFs
01:01:19 Next Steps and Call to Action
01:05:37 Closing Thoughts
EPISODE RESOURCES
Dark Matter Labs: darkmatterlabs.org
Buckminster Fuller Institute: bfi.org
Mobilizing Private Finance for Nature: elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/abs/10.1596/40393
Brandon Letsinger (Regenerate Cascadia): brandonletsinger.com
John Fullerton (Capital Institute): capitalinstitute.org/director/john-fullerton
Tyson Yunkaporta: https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/tyson-yunkaporta
Ethic: ethic.com
Hylo: hylo.com
Open Future Coalition: openfuturecoalition.org
Regen Network: https://www.regen.network/
John Clippinger: linkedin.com/pulse/shift-toward-natural-ai-dr-john-henry-clippinger-active-denise-holt-4cmwc
Quadratic Funding: wtfisqf.com
Retroactive Public Goods: medium.com/ethereum-optimism/retroactive-public-goods-funding-33c9b7d00f0c
MA EARTH
maearth.com
THE REGENERATION WILL BE FUNDED
Ma Earth Studio: maearth.com/studio
YouTube: youtube.com/@maearthstudio
SOCIAL
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/maearth
Twitter: twitter.com/maearthstudio
Instagram: instagram.com/maearthstudio
PODCAST
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0Fkf8ZqPx5RRkeXTbuojCJ
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-regeneration-will-be-funded/id1706728107
