We Are Carbon - People, Planet, Profit - Weaving Benefits to Scale Regeneration & Nature Based Carbon Removals [1MTN]

People, Planet, Profit - Weaving Benefits to Scale Regeneration & Nature Based Carbon Removals [1MTN]

09/19/23 • 57 min

Anete and Kristjan are combining a blend of legal and financial expertise to bring forward a for profit company that's large in both scale and in benefits for people and planet.

One Million Tonne Nation (1MTN) is focused on land restoration across East Africa, where deforested sites are being planted with bamboo polycultures as a starting point to establish new growth for the local economy, habitat and community.

It's an ambition that involves accelerating the development of carbon markets for nature based carbon removals and the team brings together experience from across the globe and across sectors to navigate what are ever evolving and pretty challenging areas of business.

Large scale land restoration. And large lumps of money being brought into land restoration.

Those two things may go hand in hand, but they tend to require very different mindsets as restoration can't simply be scaled up with a one size fits all

Restoration needs to be contextual, adaptable.

So I was very interested to learn about this project's approach and see how it offers unique insights and inspiration for others that aspire to scale up regeneration and really weave together benefits for people, planet, profit.

It has huge potential and both Anete and Kristjan have a wealth of knowledge to share.

I hope you enjoy having a listen!

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Episode Links:

1MTN website - https://www.1mtn.com/

LinkedIn 1MTN - https://www.linkedin.com/company/1mtn/

This episode on the We Are Carbon Website - https://www.wearecarbon.earth/podcast-episode/people-planet-profit-1mtn/

Anete and Kristjan are combining a blend of legal and financial expertise to bring forward a for profit company that's large in both scale and in benefits for people and planet.

Large scale land restoration. And large lumps of money being brought into land restoration.

Those two things may go hand in hand, but they tend to require very different mindsets as restoration can't simply be scaled up with a one size fits all

Restoration needs to be contextual, adaptable.

It has huge potential and both Anete and Kristjan have a wealth of knowledge to share.

I hope you enjoy having a listen!

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Episode Links:

1MTN website - https://www.1mtn.com/

LinkedIn 1MTN - https://www.linkedin.com/company/1mtn/

This episode on the We Are Carbon Website - https://www.wearecarbon.earth/podcast-episode/people-planet-profit-1mtn/

Previous Episode

Multi Crises Solution - Regenerative Agriculture in Pakistan. With Taimur Malik [Drawdown Farm]

In this interview I'm joined by Taimur Malik to hear about the journey that brought him to founding Drawdown Farm in Pakistan, and the work they're doing there to produce foods regeneratively despite the challenges of desert soils and an arid climate.

Taimur's background is not in farming. His move to develop regenerative agriculture in Pakistan is his response to having his eyes opened to the mix of crises surrounding him in the world; from climate to biodiversity loss, and even the roots of civil war.

After much dedicated research the conclusion that he reached was that our most impactful solution is regenerative agriculture.

I feel hugely inspired by the work that has been done here - not only in the successful regeneration of soils and cultivation of crops (including bananas which were thought impossible to grow in the Thal Desert); all of which you'll hear about towards the latter half of the discussion.

But also by the range of research and influences that have guided Taimur in his learning, it's an incredibly varied set of wisdom that's been brought together and somehow provided clarity and focus rather than conflicting ideas.

What a wonderful place we're in as a world to have so much information available to us, and I hope you'll feel as uplifted and motivated as I do by this story that demonstrates quite clearly that we have the knowledge we need to regenerate!

And with the right approach, using many tools side by side Taimur concludes that a transition to regenerative agriculture can actually be really quick!

He's very articulate at walking you through his journey so you'll hear very little from me with the questioning through this one. I hope you'll enjoy having a listen through.

Episode Links:

Learn more at Taimur's website: https://www.drawdownfarm.com/

Find this episode on the We Are Carbon website: https://www.wearecarbon.earth/podcast-episode/regenerative-agriculture-pakistan/

Next Episode

Agroforestry & Community in Costa Rica - with Joshua Hughes [Rewild Organics]

Connect with Joshua: Email: joshua(@)weareblacksheep.org (without the brackets)

Joshua's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-hughes-68a338169/

Support the products: https://rewildorganics.org/

Spend time in Costa Rica! https://www.verdenergia.org/

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A recycler and activist from Oregon, Joshua arrived in Costa Rica almost two decades ago to begin an agroforestry project that has evolved in multiple directions.

It's a location that just sounds like paridise but it hasn't always been that way, and with much of the primary rainforests cleared for intensive agriculture over the decades this is a conversation that's as much about restoring the population, community and livlihoods, as it is about restoring nature.

And what an incredible place to be working with nature. Take 20' of rainfall per year and put it to good use, and instead of devastating errosion you have the most extroidinarily fast growth and abundance.

This is a collaborative agroforestry project with several farms that are building community and self sufficiency alongside the ongoing development of supply chains for a range of value added products.

Every step of the way Joshua has opened up to working with a wide range of people and continues to do so. His email address is in the description and he welcomes you to get in touch especially if you're regenerating in the tropics.

You can also support this work in Costa Rica through their retail brand Rewild Organics.

Watch this episode on the We Are Carbon website: https://www.wearecarbon.earth/podcast-episode/agroforestry-community-costa-rica/