Journey To Regeneration

Journey To Regeneration

Journey to Regeneration explores how forward-looking companies create long-term advantage by repairing the ecological and social systems they rely on. Hosted by Cambridge professor Christopher Marquis, the show features CEOs, sustainability strategists, climate innovators, and scholars who turn big ideas into actionable moves—unpacking what “net positive” really looks like, the policies accelerating the shift, and the practical hurdles leaders face on the ground. It’s a show for decision-makers who want to create resilient growth without greenwashing.

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June 25, 2026 33 mins
In this episode of Journey to Regeneration, Christopher Marquis speaks with Sophie Dembinski, Head of Norrsken House Brussels and former policy lead at Ecosia, about how climate action moves from individual companies into wider systems of capital, policy, technology, and market design. Drawing on her background in international relations, European policy, and climate entrepreneurship, Sophie reflects on the Paris Agr...
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In this episode of Journey to Regeneration, Christopher Marquis speaks with Basil Demeroutis, Managing Partner of FORE Partnership, about why real estate must be understood not simply as a financial asset class, but as a powerful system shaping environmental outcomes, social life, and long-term value. Drawing on his background in engineering, finance, and impact investing, Demeroutis explains how FORE Partnership uses retrofit, low...
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In this episode of Journey to Regeneration, Christopher Marquis speaks with Louisa Ziane, co-founder of Toast Brewing, a UK-based craft beer company that uses surplus bread to replace virgin barley in the brewing process. Drawing on her background in accounting, sustainability consulting, marketing, and food-system advocacy, Ziane explains how Toast grew from an experimental project into a circular business model designed to reduce...
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In this episode of Journey to Regeneration, Christopher Marquis speaks with Tim Christophersen, author of Generation Restoration and a leading voice in global ecosystem restoration. Drawing on more than two decades of experience across the European Commission, IUCN, the UN Environment Programme, and now Salesforce, Christophersen argues that the nature crisis is fundamentally a relationship crisis. The conversation e...
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In this episode of Journey to Regeneration, Christopher Marquis speaks with Ken Pucker, former COO of Timberland and one of the most thoughtful critics of modern corporate sustainability. Drawing on his experience helping build Timberland into one of the earliest high-profile examples of responsible business, Pucker reflects on the evolution of sustainability over the past two decades. The conversation also explores why many missio...
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In this episode of Journey to Regeneration, Christopher Marquis speaks with Jennifer Stucko, founder and CEO of Prota Fiori, a sustainable luxury footwear company working at the intersection of circular materials and Italian craftsmanship. Stucko explains how Prota Fiori emerged from a desire to rethink the environmental impacts embedded within traditional footwear supply chains while preserving the artisanal heritage of Made in It...
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In this episode of Journey to Regeneration, Christopher Marquis speaks with Frieda Gormley, co-founder of House of Hackney, about the company’s evolution from a design-led interiors brand into a business grounded in regenerative principles. Drawing on her background in fashion and her growing engagement with ecological thinking, Gormley reflects on the limitations of traditional sustainability models and the need to move beyo...
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In this episode of Journey to Regeneration, Christopher Marquis speaks with Jeffrey Hollender, co-founder of Seventh Generation and a leading voice in sustainable business, about the evolution—and limitations—of purpose-driven companies. In his new book “Built for a Better World: How Seventh Generation Pioneered a Movement That Changed the Purpose of Business,” Hollender reflects on building a brand that com...
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In this episode of Journey to Regeneration, Christopher Marquis speaks with Les Szabo of personal care company Dr. Bronner’s, a long-time leader in regenerative and purpose-driven business, about the limits of philanthropy and policy in addressing systemic challenges and the need for business itself to take responsibility for its full impacts. Drawing on Dr. Bronner’s evolution—from organic sourcing to fair trade ...
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In this episode of Journey to Regeneration, Christopher Marquis speaks with Galahad Clark, co-founder of Vivobarefoot, about rethinking business through the lens of human health, natural systems, and regenerative design. Drawing on a two-hundred-year family legacy in shoemaking shaped by Quaker values, Clark reflects on how industrialization and shareholder capitalism disrupted earlier models of purpose-driven enterprise—and ...
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In this episode of Journey to Regeneration, Christopher Marquis speaks with Rob Tod, founder of Allagash Brewing Company, about how a craft brewery can evolve into a model of long-term, community-embedded, and increasingly regenerative business practice. Tod reflects on the early days of the U.S. craft beer movement and his decision to pursue Belgian-style brewing as a way to create something distinctive rather than replicate exist...
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In this episode of Journey to Regeneration, Christopher Marquis speaks with Vince Kadlubek, co-founder of Meow Wolf, an immersive arts and entertainment company that has grown from a grassroots collective in Santa Fe into a multi-city creative enterprise. The conversation explores how Meow Wolf’s founding ethos—radical collaboration, open participation, and the belief that everyone is creative—has been translated ...
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In this episode of Journey to Regeneration, Christopher Marquis speaks with Charlie MacGregor, founder and CEO of The Social Hub, about rethinking hospitality as a platform for social and economic value creation. Originally launched as The Student Hotel, the company has evolved into a hybrid model that integrates student housing, hotels, co-working, and community spaces to foster interaction across diverse groups. MacGregor explain...
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In this episode of Journey to Regeneration, Christopher Marquis speaks with Robyn O’Brien, food system reform advocate, investor, and author of The Unhealthy Truth and Seeding Innovation. Drawing on her background as a financial analyst covering the food industry, O’Brien explains how structural incentives in capital markets and corporate governance have shaped modern food production, from ingredient choi...
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In this episode of Journey to Regeneration, Christopher Marquis speaks with Christopher Gaffney, CEO of Johnston’s of Elgin, a Scottish textile manufacturer with more than two centuries of history producing luxury cashmere and wool garments. Drawing on his background in manufacturing and finance—and his personal roots in the community where the company operates—Gaffney discusses how Johnston’s integrates cra...
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In this episode of Journey to Regeneration, Christopher Marquis speaks with Paul Lightfoot, General Manager of Patagonia Provisions and former founder of BrightFarms, about how food can move beyond sustainability to become a cornerstone of a regenerative economy. Lightfoot explains why Patagonia expanded into food as an expression of its core mission, arguing that while apparel can minimize harm, agriculture—done differently&...
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February 26, 2026 28 mins
In this episode of Journey to Regeneration, Christopher Marquis speaks with Merijn Everaarts, founder of Dopper, the Dutch social enterprise dedicated to ending packaged water. What began as a personal awakening about plastic waste grew into a global movement that combines product design, public activism, corporate partnerships, and policy engagement. Merijn explains how Dopper built its strategy by focusing on eliminating excuses ...
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In this episode of Journey to Regeneration, Christopher Marquis speaks with Rob Samuels, eighth-generation whiskey maker and Managing Director of Kentucky bourbon brand Maker’s Mark, about embedding regeneration at the core of a global business. Samuels explains how Maker’s Mark connects its stewardship of soil health, grain varietals, water stewardship, and American white oak forestry directly to flavor and product int...
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In this episode of Journey to Regeneration, Christopher Marquis speaks with Davide Bollati, Chairman of Davines, about what regeneration means for a global beauty company. Davide reflects on Davines’ evolution from performance-driven cosmetic chemistry toward a regenerative business model grounded in measurement, balance, and long-term purpose. The conversation explores decoupling growth from emissions, regenerative orga...
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In this episode of Journey to Regeneration, Christopher Marquis speaks with Jeff Tkach, CEO of Rodale Institute, about the roots, science, and future of regenerative organic agriculture. Drawing on Rodale’s decades-long research comparing organic and conventional farming systems, Jeff explains why soil health sits at the center of human health, farmer livelihoods, and climate resilience. The conversation examin...
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