#31 - Regenerate the Earth 1000 Hectares at a Time | Stephen Brooks (Punta Mona)

Stephen Brooks wants to change the world a thousand hectares at a time and I’ve never met someone more optimistic about our chances to pull it off! I first met Stephen as co-founder of Envision Festival in Costa Rica, now in its 10th year. I was struck by what a nourishing teaching school the event was. Stephen is also the founder of Punta Mona, a year-round permaculture ecoversity and intentional community as well as La Ecovilla, Alegría Village, and Tacotal all in Costa Rica. On the podcast we follow Stephen from his first taste of community as a deadhead to his plans to take a vegetable oil caravan from Burning Man to the 2020 Global Eclipse Gathering in South America (of which he is a collaborator). Stephen also gives the specific blueprint for 1000 hectares of “energy returned on energy invested” and clear steps for where to start no matter where you are. “If you plant it right, all you do is reap!” Links Stephen Brooks on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephenrbrooks/?hl=en Punta Mona: https://www.puntamona.org/ La Ecovilla: https://www.laecovilla.com/ Alegría Village https://www.alegriavillage.com/ Tacotal: https://numundo.org/center/costa-rica/tacotal Envision Festival: https://envisionfestival.com/