The Cultivo Podcast

When it comes to landscape regeneration, there's often a critical relationship between local communities and the environment. On the latest episode of The Cultivo Podcast, Sean speaks with Social Impact and Policy Manager Tamara Moctezuma about designing inclusive approaches to restoring resilient landscapes; and the intersection of policy, social impact, and ecosystem regeneration; and how social and environmental goals don't just align – they reinforce each other. Tamara also discusses: Ho...

Did you know grasslands account for almost one-third of global Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs)? On the latest episode of The Cultivo Podcast, Sean speaks with Ecological Impact Manager Emiline Koopman about grasslands’ critical importance for preserving biodiversity, which maintains ecosystem function around the world. Emiline also discusses: The biological importance of global grasslands. The economic value of grasslands ecosystem services.Why grasslands might be overlooked in terms of ...

Healthy soil, healthy planet. On the latest episode of The Cultivo Podcast, host Sean Leslie speaks with soil scientist Mary Cvetkovic-Jones, PhD, about the importance of healthy soil, and the carbon sequestration and other ecosystem services provided by grasslands, landscapes that account for 40% of the world’s terrestrial surface. Mary explains: Why a healthy planet depends on healthy soil.Soil’s ability to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and “lock” it into organic matter.Why gr...

On a special episode of The Cultivo Podcast, Cultivo co-founder and CEO Manuel Piñuela speaks with Mark Tercek, former CEO of The Nature Conservancy, current Cultivo Board Member, and landscape regeneration luminary, about the concept of “nature as infrastructure,” and the many services healthy ecosystems provide. Manuel and Mark also discuss: The countless ecosystem benefits healthy landscapes provide society.How investment in natural infrastructure – like watersheds, forests, and grassland...

On the premiere episode of The Cultivo Podcast, co-founder and CEO Manuel Piñuela chats with host Sean Leslie about Cultivo's mission to accelerate investment into nature at speed and scale, our goal to regenerate one percent of the Earth's land -- an area roughly the size of Mongolia -- the ecological and financial benefits of investing in natural capital, and the aditionality and positive impacts of nature-based solutions. Cultivo and our project partners work on ecosystem regeneration proj...