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Chris Casillas is founder of Regenerating Sonora, a Superior based nonprofit that’s nurturing local potential for a resilient and regenerative future. He also helps build leaderful organizations as co-founder of The Development Dojo, and is a board member at the Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange. Chris has a background in tech where he played a key role in helping scale a business from startup to becoming a multibillion dollar publicly traded company. We met Chris through the Design School for Regenerating the Earth and really enjoy collaborating and talking with him. He’s a pretty cool guy so we are very excited to have him as our first interview. Support Chris' work by visiting and donating to Regenerating Sonora at regeneratingsonora.org. Regenerating Sonora shares a lot of their events on social media: Youtube, Facebook, TikTok. Folks can also have a look at www.thedevelopmentdojo.com  if they're interested in leadership development offerings.

Chris has shared some resources that helped to guide his learning pathway, including inspiring books, supportive networks, and educational material. If Chris’ story inspired you, we encourage you to take a look!

Education Groups:

https://www.regenerat.es/  - Their The Regenerative Practitioner (TRP) training is a MUST

https://seed-communities.com/changeagentmenu/ 

Spiritual:

https://thepowerpath.com/ 

https://garchen.net/ 

https://www.facebook.com/nine.sided.circle 

https://www.noeticsociety.org/pierre-grimes 

https://www.vesica.org/ 

Books:

The 4 Agreements

7 Habits of highly effective people

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

The Magic of Thinking Big

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard

In the Dark Places of Wisdom by Peter Kingsley

Additional resources Chris referred to in this episode:

Chris’ ProSocial World Seminar: https://youtu.be/-ob9-4c_FdU?si=Ir6OmOh1t9HmA4aJ 

Haudenosaunee thanksgiving address (gratitude practice): https://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/ 

Different types of capital, Community Capitals Framework: https://pascalobservatory.org/sites/default/files/capitalsextension_extra.pdf 

Relocalize Creativity: https://relocalizecreativity.net/view/about-relocalizecreativitynet

Carol Sanford and Capabilities Development: https://carolsanford.com/2021/09/176-capability-development-as-the-best-change-management-strategy/

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