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Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration

Regenerating Cities & Food Systems: Building A Livable, Sustainable Future | Paul Hawken Series, Parts 7 & 8

Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration

Corinna Bellizzi

Science, Self-improvement, Documentary, Earth Sciences, Society & Culture, Education

5.022 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In this special replay, we unite two dynamic explorations from Paul Hawken’s Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation, focusing on how cities and food systems can be transformed for the better. From living buildings to urban farms, from rethinking meat to minimizing food waste—this episode offers a hopeful, actionable roadmap to regeneration.What You’ll Learn:How cities can shift from being carbon culprits to climate solutionsThe role of green architecture and the Living Building ChallengeWhat the 15-minute city really means (and why Paris is leading the charge)How food systems became the #1 cause of climate change—and how we can reverse thatReal solutions for food waste, access, and biodiversity in our dietsWhy “eating everything” (not just 3 crops!) matters for our health and the planetPractical ways to support regenerative change in your daily lifeMentioned In This Episode:Regeneration by Paul HawkenBlocPower and founder Donnel BairdRooftop Roots, Lufa Farms, and other inspiring urban farming examplesJonathan Safran Foer’s We Are The WeatherEpisode 20: Interview with Howard Schiffer of Vitamin AngelsTalking Home Renovations with Katharine MacPhailCareMoreBeBetter.com | Newsletter & Activist GuideSupport the Pod: If you value this work, support Care More Be Better on Patreon: caremorebebetter.com/support Share with a friend. Leave a review. Be part of the regenerative wave. 🌍🌱JOIN OUR CIRCLE. BUILD A GREENER FUTURE:🌴 Subscribe to our newsletter, and we'll plant a tree in your honor! https://caremorebebetter.com🌲 Subscribe and rate us wherever you listen, and we'll plant another tree Follow us on social media:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@caremorebebetter TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@caremorebebetterInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/CareMoreBeBetter/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/caremorebebetterRESOURCES:Carbon: The Book of Life by Paul Hawken Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis In One Generation by Paul Hawken INTERVIEW WITH PAUL HAWKEN – Sept. 2021: Regeneration: Ending The Climate Crisis In One Generation with Paul Hawken, 5 Time Best-selling Author and Environmentalist11 Part Series on Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis In One GenerationRegeneration Part 1: Podcast Updates And Regenerating Our Oceans Regeneration Part 2: Forests And Their Role In Climate Change Regeneration Part 3: Wild Things and Wilding, A Review of Paul Hawken’s Book on Ending The Climate Crisis in One Generation Regeneration Part 4: A Review of The Climate Activist Portal – Nexus – on Regeneration.org with Anca Novacovici, Tia Walden, Julie Lokun and Nicole Davis Regeneration Part 5: Land, Regenerative Agriculture and Soil Restoration To Reverse Global Warming Regeneration Part 6: People, Indigeneity and Our Role In Reversing Global Warming Regeneration Part 7: Cities, Green Architecture, The Living Building Challenge and Getting To Net Positive Regeneration Part 8: Food, The Need for Localization and Decommodification To End The Climate Crisis Regeneration Part 9: Energy Use, Renewal and Storage As We Transition Away from Fossil Fuels and Electrify Everything Regeneration Part 10: Solving The Climate Crisis By Regenerating Industries Regeneration Part 11: The Role of Action + Connection In Reversing Global Warming

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0:00.0

Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes.

0:09.7

Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain.

0:15.3

You'll learn how you can make a difference, vote with your dollars, and get involved today.

0:20.1

Here's your host, Karina Belizey.

0:25.1

Welcome, Regenerators.

0:26.8

This is the seventh installment in my coverage of regeneration, ending the climate crisis in one generation by Paul Hocken.

0:35.7

And we've been on quite the journey thus far. Those of you have

0:39.2

been with me since the beginning already know this, but I've been on this topic each Friday

0:44.8

since the week before my interview with Paul. We're past the halfway point of this journey now,

0:50.5

and there are yet a few to come before we conclude this book. For those that are new to the

0:55.8

series, I encourage you to go back to the introduction. Links to each are included in chronological

1:01.6

order in the show notes for each regeneration episode. And if you haven't already done so, I encourage

1:07.7

you to visit caramorbebetter.com and join our newsletter today. As your welcome gift,

1:13.3

you'll receive a five-page guide to help unleash your inner activist. It will help you organize

1:19.3

any effort you are inspired to take on. It could be focused on climate activism or a social

1:25.2

impact initiative or even a project you could use some help

1:28.6

organizing. Once you join our mailing list, you'll receive a single weekly email, which includes

1:34.7

notes about our weekly shows, any upcoming events, and from time to time suggestions for actions

1:40.4

that you can take to make a difference. Okay, let's get right to it.

1:44.9

Today we're going to walk the streets of cities as we uncover the secrets of reaching carbon

1:50.9

neutrality, zero waste, and even a carbon negative imprint through living buildings and more.

1:57.6

For those of you that are following along with this book, we commence this journey with an

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