The Regenerative Real Estate Podcast

From Impact to Investable: Moving Capital at Scale with Alix Lebec and Julie Wilkinson

May 04, 2026

We're joined by Alix Lebec, Founder and CEO, and Julie Wilkinson, Managing Partner and CIO, of LEBEC, a woman-owned global impact investment and advisory firm. They share the capital allocator perspective on what actually makes a project investable, why “capital fluency” is often the missing ingredient, and how developers can better align with the realities of institutional capital.We dive into innovative finance strategies—from blended capital stacks to lessons drawn from microfinance i...

Building Organic Farms Inside Large-scale Housing Developments with Carmen & Tripp Eldridge

April 02, 2026

We sit down with Carmen and Tripp Eldridge of Convivial Foodscapes to unpack what it really takes to design, launch, and sustain farms embedded inside large scale residential agrihoods. We dig into distribution models, staffing realities, and why a neighborhood farm succeeds only when it is treated like essential infrastructure instead of a pretty backdrop. • Carmen’s route from family gardens to food politics, Peace Corps teaching, and statewide nutrition incentives • Tripp’s CSA “light bulb...

Listening to Children: Mara Mintzer on Designing Cities for Belonging

February 12, 2026

In this episode, I’m joined by Mara Mintzer of Growing Up Boulder for a deep dive into youth-led placemaking and what it reveals about how cities can look, feel, and function differently—often at a fraction of the expected cost. From five-minute neighborhoods and safe routes to school to water play, native habitat, and spaces that invite lingering, kids consistently point to choices that make places healthier, more social, and more sustainable for everyone.Mara shares how small, hands-on expe...