Monica A. Altamirano de Jong

Investing in Regeneration: Transforming Planning and Finance through Systems Thinking

No. of episodes

8

Latest episode

2026-07-17

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What if finance could be the carrot that pulls us toward a regenerative future? Investing in Regeneration is a podcast about changing how we understand, plan, and finance projects — unpacking real deals and initiatives to show how money can move differently, and why that matters for climate action, nature restoration, and social justice.

Each episode takes you inside a real transaction or initiative through three lenses:

1. Understanding the context and theory of change

Planning the deal: how it originated, who was involved, and what it took to bring it togetherFinancing: the instruments, structures, blended components, and lessons that made it possible (or nearly didn't).

We bring together the people who are actually making these deals happen: financiers and fund managers sitting alongside project developers, community leaders, and indigenous voices. The providers and the recipients of finance, in the same conversation.

Because the gap between those two worlds is exactly where the most important knowledge lives, and where the biggest systemic barriers hide.

The podcast is built around a simple but powerful idea: the three revolutions we need aren't just technological or political. They are revolutions in understanding — how we read and value complex systems; in planning — how we originate deals that work for people and planet; and in finance — how capital is structured, de-risked, and deployed to unlock regenerative outcomes at scale.

Listeners are leaders in finance, development, infrastructure planning, policy, and mission-driven organizations who are tired of siloed thinking and hungry for practical models. You'll hear about nature-based solutions, water and soil restoration, public-private-community partnerships, blended finance structures, and the kind of innovations that rarely make it into mainstream investment conversations — but urgently need to.

This is not a podcast about theory. It's about practice: the origination story, the partnerships forged, the financial architecture, the friction that had to be overcome, and the honest lessons guests would share with anyone trying to replicate or scale what they've built.

Hosted by Mónica Alejandra Altamirano, Investing in Regeneration bridges the gap between bottom-up changemakers and top-down decision-makers — because systemic change only happens when both are in the room.

If you believe regenerative investment is not only necessary but possible, this podcast is for you.