Bioregional Finance with Samantha Power | S4E1: Regeneration Nexus

In the first episode of Season Four of the ReFi Podcast “The Regeneration Nexus,” hosts Maya and Tereza interview Samantha Power, a regenerative economist, futurist, bioregionalist, and co-founder of the BioFi Project. Samantha discusses her new book, 'Bioregional Finance and Facilities: Reimagining Finance to Regenerate Our Planet,' and delves into the concepts of bioregionalism and decentralized technology to foster place-based approaches for ecological and cultural regeneration. She outlines the idea of bioregional financing facilities (BFFs) and their potential to decentralize financial governance, organize synergistic portfolios of projects, and catalyze the transition to regenerative economies. They also discuss innovative mechanisms such as eco-credits, nature-based currencies, and web3 technologies as tools to support these goals. ReFi Podcast: https://twitter.com/ReFiPodcast ReFi DAO: https://twitter.com/refidaoist Samantha's LinkedIn profile is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthapower/ BioFi Project: https://www.biofi.earth Tereza's X profile: https://x.com/TerezaBizkova Maya's X: https://x.com/mayazdentzel Support ReFi Podcast: https://buymeacoffee.com/refipodcast https://giveth.io/project/refi-podcast-season-4-the-regeneration-nexus Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction to Regeneration Nexus Podcast 01:26 Meet Samantha Power: Regenerative Economist 02:12 The Bigger Picture: Traditional Systems and Ecological Harm 06:04 Defining Regenerative Economy 12:07 Bioregional Financing Facilities Explained 16:30 The Role of Bioregions in Regeneration 38:05 Innovative Financial Mechanisms and Web3 Technologies 46:17 Future of Bioregional Financing Facilities 50:23 Closing Thoughts and Call to Action