Planet Local Voices II with Lars Veraart
From Local Futures Podcast by Local Futures
June 3, 2026 · 15 min · Season 6 · Episode 6
About this episode
Lars Veraart shares his experiences of social, cultural, and ecological regeneration in Romania, emphasizing the connection between small-scale farming and biodiversity conservation.
In this episode of Planet Local Voices II, Lars offers a concise and lovely story of social, cultural, and ecological regeneration in action. He describes the process of ’becoming a peasant’ in Romania and the surprise of the local villagers as he and his family began to emulate their ways. He speaks of change and ecocide, but also of hopeful signs, stressing the oft-overlooked relationship between small-scale farming and wild biodiversity conservation. He also shares about how non-violent communication and localisation have informed his work.
People in this episode
Host: Local Futures
Guest: Lars Veraart
Topics covered
- social regeneration
- cultural regeneration
- ecological regeneration
- small-scale farming
- biodiversity conservation
- non-violent communication
- localisation
Keywords
- social regeneration
- cultural regeneration
- ecological regeneration
- small-scale farming
- biodiversity
- non-violent communication
- localisation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Local Futures
Places: Romania
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