Regenerative Culture
Mission of the Lab
We value self-feeding, self-renewing processes modeled from natural systems that cultivate human consciousness, collaboratively rather competitively, so that together we can regenerate our systems to thrive for the long-term, and to adapt to the unexpected, sometimes threatening, social, environmental and economic circumstances.
Fundamental to securing this future is a body of work dedicated to 1) creating human systems that align with the universal patterns of how nature functions and the corresponding 2) evolution of human behavior to live within these new systems in a way that are integrated with the earth’s biosphere.
Brian Weinberg
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He knew impact at scale would mean finding ways to leverage the capital market for good and so he joined the investment team at a commercial impact investing private equity fund called MicroVest; investing about $100 million in debt/equity transactions into microfinance banks throughout South America (some in those same shanty towns in Peru). To complement the due diligence rigor and investment chops, Brian launched blendedprofit.com. The GAMECHANGERS podcast series showcased cutting edge conversations on “growing the good economy” with thought leaders for all to learn and a resource center that mapped the emerging industry. It supported the questions he was hearing (with lists of job boards, accelerators, conferences, etc) while scaling VC Sean Foote’s MBA Berkeley simulcast to 75 universities around the world. During his travels, he began to see how the working class in these emerging markets began to follow the footsteps of US consumption habits. The planet could not sustain this. Now passionate about conscious consumption, he launched justgood.org (a “mary kay for social good” marketplace for socially conscious products). This work lasted several years but somehow never felt right. Selling millions of sustainable headphones wouldn’t actually solve the problem he set out to work on. Conscious consumption is really about behavior change. It is really about leadership to change a flawed system. These questions led him to become NEXUS Global Operations Director, positioning the organization for sustained growth by developing infrastructure on several fronts; new governance operating system, core financial footing, and harnessing member led impact with the creation of working groups, labs, and city ambassador programs. Today, Brian’s focus is at the intersection personal/spiritual growth and global regeneration. More @Weinberg or http://weinberg.strikingly.com. Awards & Honors: Stagen Integral Leadership Program Black Belt, Summa Cum Laude honors in Finance (BBA) and Spanish (BA) from University of North Texas, Ashoka Youth Venture Ambassadorship, Clinton Global Initiative U Grantee, Starting Bloc Fellowship (Boston 2010), Sandbox Fellowship, Opportunity Collaboration Cordes Fellowship, UNT’s Rhodes Scholarship nomination, and Finance Student of the Year.
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Chris Lindstrom
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Chris lays out the vision for engaging with investors and technologists to successfully launch sustainable business and community-based energy solutions, targeting both innovative and Commercial-Off-The-Shelf technologies to fit the right projects.
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Rosie Von Lila
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Based in Manhattan, and working frequently in Washington, D.C. and California, Rosie is a communications professional, author of The Von Lila Framework, and Co-Founder / Director, Marketing and Investor Relations of Lumera, a private equity and project finance firm focused on infrastructure investment in the United States. Prior to founding Lumera, she coached and consulted leaders based on her proprietary leadership models that drive participation and loyalty from their organizations’ stakeholders. Rosie transforms “executives”, “teams”, “stakeholders” and “customers” into community members. Her research and experience support her philosophy that the most impactful businesses and organizations draw contribution from and deliver benefit to community members.
Rosie has been contracted and engaged by myriad organizations to improve their member participation, loyalty and shared value: including Burning Man, U.S. National Defense University, Eisenhower School, United Nations, Harvard Divinity School and many others.
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Steering Committee:
Amanda Joy Ravenhill
Claudia Welss
Daniel Pinchbeck
Dillon Lanius
Elizabeth Kucinich
Ethan Steinberg
Evan Steiner
Jeremy Kaufman
Laura Ortiz Montemayor
Mikuak Rai
Schuyler Brown
Thomas Ugo Ermacora
Wesley Wittkamper
KEY Approaches:
The RCL Lab aims to accomplish there mission and goals through:
The Commons: Shared-values and community speakers, breakouts, skills labs and site visits
The Cloud: Principles, frameworks, metrics, resource toolkits, and case studies on the ground
Project Pipeline: Land, community, healing – IY inspired, digital and creative projects
Get Involved with Regenerative Culture
The NEXUS Lab on Regenerative Culture is standing strong and building valuable community. If you would like to get on our list for future events, please don’t hesitate to contact bweinberg09@gmail.com
To see what Salons, Delegations and other events are upcoming, please reach out. Most Regenerative Culture Lab events are limited to members only. Not a member? Membership is based on your application, acceptance and attendance to a multi-day event. Click here to see our next upcoming Summits.
Some of our Initiatives to Date:
- Authored Regenerative Culture Brief
- SkillsLab Speaker Series by NEXUS Lab on Regenerative Culture, click here to access a dropbox of the audio/video episodes below. These include:
- Robert McNaughton, CEO Integral Center “Understanding Worldviews”
- Lori Darley, CEO Conscious Leaders “The Drama Triangle”
- Morgan Simon, CEO Candide Group “Empowering Finance Structures”
- Bill Reed, Partner at Regenesis Group “Regenerative Real Estate”
- Ben Haggard, Partner at Regenesis Group “Story of Place”
- Carol Sanford, Carol Sanford Institute “Living Systems”
- “The Future of Capitalism and Regenerative Economics Video Series” by Capital Institute founder John Fullerton and spiritual teacher Thomas Hübl. This includes:
- Part 1: Could the transformation of finance save the planet?
- Part 2: Why do eight families own half the world’s wealth?
- Part 3: How can we answer the call of the future?
- Part 4: Is a shift in consciousness the first step towards a new economy?
- Bonus: The Challenge of Climate Change
