Author: Jason Thomas Blending Permaculture with Business   Recently, I’ve ventured into a unique realm, adapting the permaculture design methodology to the world of business design. This approach has sparked curiosity and a crucial question: What exactly is the permaculture design methodology?   Permaculture Philosophy: Beyond Conventional Approaches At its core, permaculture design urges us to slow down and absorb the bigger picture. It’s a thoughtful, resource-saving process, contrasting sharply with the linear, isolated methodologies of modern times. Permaculture embraces our in ..read more

Author: Jason Thomas Regeneration isn’t a trend; it’s an imperative!     After my first podcasting season, I renamed the show ‘Regeneration Nation Costa Rica.’  Why? Well, for one, the original name, ‘Sharing Insights Podcast,’ didn’t really say much. I chose it as a placeholder. It conveyed the altruistic intentions I had for the show, but the truth is, all podcasts are essentially “sharing insights.”    When choosing a new name, I aimed for something more meaningful. When I first got started in this game a couple of decades ago, “sustainability” was the focus ..read more

Author: Jason Thomas Regenerative entrepreneurs carry hope for our future   Thanks to the advancements of the communication age, the world is finding more good-intending people than ever starting businesses meant to make a positive difference in the world. The internet is full of ways to get your message out to the world and technologies designed to get your products into the hands of those whose lives will be better for it.   Entrepreneurs are way-seers, innovators, creators, & risk-takers. They’re dreamers, believers, and doers. Regenerative entrepreneurs are a rare bree ..read more

Author: Jean Pullen Diversity in its many forms Diversity is key in all aspects of life. Diversity on professional teams can mean hiring a range of people of various races, ethnicities, socioeconomic backgrounds, cultures, genders, sexual identities, lifestyles, experiences, or interests. Diversity in agriculture describes a polyculture of crops (many different crops) and plenty of biodiversity, miming natural forests. Financial diversity, or “diversification,” means we have different assets and monetary resources in different asset categories, such as cash, stocks, gold, equity, land, crypt ..read more

What does it mean to operate a regenerative business?   How do we align our revenue models with our project’s visions? How do we build cultural bridges to repair the neo-colonialist tendencies that have characterized our era? These are just a few questions the 2022 Regenerative Business Coheart came together to explore during our 4-day incubator event last month.         Three years ago, during a late-night stroll in the Minnesota cold, I recorded an exercise to cultivate a vision for the next chapter of my life.  I’d been in MN for three and a half years an ..read more

Setup your digital workspace the Permaculture way   In the permaculture world, I’ve come across many people who are not only “not tech-savvy,” but have a legitimate resistance to the technological world beyond meeting their most basic needs for communication and entertainment. I get it.  The more time we spend in the tech world, the less time we tend to spend in the “real world.”  Abstaining is an option.  But it has its consequences.   Among many grassroots movements, when it comes to operating a business, there seems to be a more-common-than-usual sense of taboo, res ..read more

Sustainable Building Methods Hello, and welcome back to the Sharing Insights Podcast. My name is Jason Thomas, and the adventure continues. If you’ve been following the first year of the podcast, you’ll have noticed that I disappeared for a while. The last couple of months of 2021 handed me some massive life changes, and these first few months of 2022 have not only been about getting back on my feet but have invited me into a co-creative collective that’s giving my life here new purpose.    Here’s Why The long and short of it is that I just left my farm and home of 12 years. I was pu ..read more

Cultivating an Impactful Belief System   Hey, there impactful believers, What you’re about to read are the transcripts from the last of a 6-part recap series that I did for the Sharing Insights Podcast. When I rebranded the podcast to Regeneration Nation Costa Rica, I pulled most of the episodes from the RSS feed, as the audiobook format of these episodes ended up being different from what I had in mind for the podcast. I’ve left this final installment of that series up for a couple of reasons. For one, I’d intended to offer some kind of recap for the season, and this one turned out to be ..read more

Sustainable Building Methods Hello, and welcome back to the Sharing Insights Podcast. My name is Jason Thomas, and the adventure continues. If you’ve been following the first year of the podcast, you’ll have noticed that I disappeared for a while. The last couple of months of 2021 handed me some massive life changes, and these first few months of 2022 have not only been about getting back on my feet but have invited me into a co-creative collective that’s giving my life here new purpose.    Here’s Why The long and short of it is that I just left my farm and home of 12 years. I was pu ..read more

Welcome to the third installment of our Season 1 Recap series, where I’ve been reviewing what we’ve learned from a dozen interviews with veteran landowners throughout Costa Rica.   In today’s episode, we’re going to take a dive into the concept of ‘Community’, our place in it, and how we can be more harmonious members and effective contributors to our communities, both within a project and amongst our neighbors. In my twenties, I spent a lot of time visiting communities around North America.  I’ve seen it done a lot of different ways. I’ve seen projects try and fail and I’ve se ..read more