122: Michael Twist Regenpreneur Story - Biodiversity as the Next Gold Standard

Promotional Links: Regenpreneur Think Tanks: Every month we hold a free event where impact entrepreneurs cultivating regenerative businesses from all over come together online, share resources, act as sounding boards, lift each other up, and weave their work together as part of the greater regenerative movement. Discover the remarkable story of Michael Twist, a regenpreneur on a mission to redefine our economic currencies through biodiversity. In episode 122 of the Seeds of Tao Podcast, we explore how Michael's journey began with a simple question: What's the coolest job you could do? From there, we unravel the profound connection between biodiversity and our economic systems, challenging traditional models like carbon markets and embracing a new "Gold Standard" built on nurturing our planet's natural wealth. Join us on this captivating episode and visit our website for more insights and inspiration. Let's change the world together. Read the full show notes and accompanying blog post on our site.   Guest Bio: Michael Twist I have dedicated my life to helping build a missing piece of the puzzle, one that may, help solve climate change and close the poverty gap. We have began working to build a stable digital (similar to a stable coin) that we are planning to pay equally and directly to landowners and workers for successfully growing life into, soil, grass, waters and trees. It is our goal to pay the same amount of our Dollars for the same amount of CO2 captured into bio-diverse living environments. In other words, we are going to pay people who are successfully saving our environment anywhere on the planet at a rate that we hope makes it worth doing in any country. Connect with Michael on LinkedIn Host Bio: Joshua Prieto Josh is the Co-Founder and Director of the Seeds of Tao learning platform for regenerative entrepreneurs. He has over 10 years of experience creating, building, and operating startup solutions alongside entrepreneurs of all shapes and sizes. That experience has shown him that entrepreneurs have the biggest role to play in the Anthropocene as we either create the solutions for, or become the root problem of, our people, planet, and future. Josh now co-creates educational programs that disrupt the current way our entrepreneurs learn. His holistically designed educational programs empower entrepreneurs to stop chasing "silver-bullet" solutions and start designing solutions that use regenerative systems. Connect with Josh on LinkedIn