Regenerative Mindset

Thirty years ago, the exotic gardens of Madame Ganna Walska’s Santa Barbara estate were barely clinging to life. When those 37+ acres were relaunched as Lotusland - now a prize-winning botanic garden - Ag experts’ best advice was to poison unwanted species and ramp up growth with chemical fertilizers. Sustainability expert Corey Welles had a different idea: how would it look if we worked with natu...

If you know anything about Santa Barbara High School and its students, chances are you probably know something about Jose Caballero - the AP Environmental Science teacher. For over two decades, Jose has not only introduced complex ecosystems to young learners, but also fostered the school’s student-led community garden. This week, Stacy sits down with master teacher Jose to dive into all the conne...

Coming from different backgrounds, both Tom Cole and Warren Brush became experts in permaculture design and practice, and spent decades in food sustainability before ever meeting one another in their shared hometown. Warren co-founded Quail Springs, among many other organizations, which has pioneered self-sustaining models for human life and ecological development. Tom, in addition to consulting f...

What, exactly, are “vibes”? Is that the same as energy? And what is the connection between the internal pool of energy within us and the external sea that constitutes nature? This week, Stacy sits down with Paul Fraser, who has spent nearly three decades practicing and teaching medical Qigong, a broad system of exercises that helps cultivate the essential spirit in all things. Paul relates his jou...

In our first interview of the series, Stacy sits down with pastoralist and environmental expert Rodger Savory for a discussion on holistic management. We often think of the environment in terms of separate categories, but holistic managements draws our attention to all the ways that ecological systems are interconnected. Every element of an ecosystem must be supported for it to go through a health...

In this first episode, Stacy Pulice provides background for her eight-part series on sustainability, ecological health, and the “inside job” of climate change. After decades studying the social ecosystems in American schools, Stacy shifted to considering the ecosystems on her family’s 300-acre avocado farm. She was led to new questions: what makes for a thriving environment, whether in the classro...

Are you ready for a new perspective on sustainability? Authentic interviews with essential guides? Compassionate conversations about the state of our soil and soul? Get ready for Regenerative Spaces' first episode, coming out next week! Follow Stacy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stacypulice/?hl=en