What connects mushroom growing, trauma healing, wind turbines, food forests, and compost toilets?

In this opening episode of Season 3 of Re-Alliance Radio, hosts James Atherton and Boris-Kaloff Batata explore the deeper threads that connect regenerative actions, even across very different contexts. As the season shifts from paradigms and principles toward practice, this episode sets the foundation by asking a vital question: how do we design regenerative projects so they are holistic, not singular?

We’re joined by Juliet Millican, Re-Alliance Coordinator and educationalist with decades of experience in peace-building and international development, and Casinga Ansiima Rolande, Re-Alliance correspondent and founder of FOLONA, working on ecological learning and community education in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda.

Together, we explore why process matters as much as action, how emergencies are no longer short-term, and why regenerative responses must integrate people care, earth care, and fair share. From systems mapping to community-led design, this conversation invites listeners to look beyond single interventions and toward holistic, long-term regeneration.

This episode introduces new co-host Boris-Kaloff Batata and lays the groundwork for a season full of practical stories — all connected by whole-systems thinking.