Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 15 hours ago

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Faith Flanigan is the Executive Director of Regenerosity, and Ruth Andrade is the chair of Regenerosity and environmental partner at Lush Cosmetics. In conversation with Matthew Monahan.

Regenerosity: https://regenerosity.world/
Donate: https://www.regenerosity.world/donate/

TOPICS
00:00 Introduction
03:33 Faith & Ruth's Background
07:01 Connecting Networks for Grassroots Communities
11:56 The Importance of Place-Based Efforts
15:52 Challenges and Innovations in Philanthropy
33:40 Pooling Funders Together
41:03 Current Trends and Observations
46:47 Investing from Endowments
55:24 Closing Thoughts

EPISODE RESOURCES
Buckminster Fuller Institute: bfi.org
Lush Spring Prize: springprize.org
Transition Resource Circle: transitionresourcecircle.org
Flow Funding: flowfunding.org
Mushroom Laboratory: https://www.regenerosity.world/building-a-mushroom-laboratory-in-rwamwanja-settlement/
Regenerosity in East Africa: https://www.regenerosity.world/category/regions/east-africa/
Sitawi: sitawi.net/en/quem-somos/a-sitawi
Good Ancestor Movement: goodancestormovement.com

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