Bringing Back What We Forgot - Rick Grehan Satoyama Lab Project

About this episode

Rick Grehan discusses his regenerative projects in Japan, including a silk and tea farm and the renovation of traditional houses.

Rick Grehan is the founder of sustainable business imageMILL - a business based in Tokyo focused on regenerative branding for a changing world. Looking forward to catching up with Rick on his latest regenerative projects in Japan - taking over a silk and tea farm and renovating traditional Japanese KOMINKA old houses. LINKS Crowdfunding: https://camp-fire.jp/projects/932524/view Website: https://www.imagemill.jp/ YouTube: / @imagemill Facebook: / millsatolabo Instagram: / millsatolabo

People in this episode

Host: jjwalsh

Guest: Rick Grehan

Topics covered

• sustainability
• regenerative branding
• traditional Japanese culture
• agriculture
• renovation
• community projects

Keywords

• sustainable business
• regenerative projects
• silk farm
• tea farm
• KOMINKA renovation
• branding
• Japan

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: imageMILL

Places: Tokyo, Japan, KOMINKA

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