How can we transition to a world that feels better? Well Kelly Krezek is putting her hands in the soil with her team and they are making this happen! They are providing master planning services to eco villages and developing support for project management from pre development all the way into implementation. Combining the practicalities of finance and real estate allows communities like these to be funded and born so that communities can thrive together! BIO: Kelly Krezek has 12 years of experience in financial planning, real estate investing, and sustainable community development. She has traveled to over 60 eco-communities across 7 countries and 3 continents and she has worked on 16 sustainable real estate development projects ranging from $5M to $400M in size. Kelly personally has raised millions of dollars for real estate projects and is currently working on multiple regenerative development projects in Costa Rica. Kelly Krezek is the Founder CEO of New Earth Development, a regenerative real estate development company. She has 12 years of experience in financial planning, real estate investing, project management, and sustainable development. As a real estate investor, Kelly co-founded a real estate group with over 1000 members and spoke on stages with top real estate professionals in Sacramento, CA. She also trained and managed a team of over 200 real estate investors. She owned and managed multiple fix and flip properties and rentals at once, running large teams of contractors, architects, and other experts. She has incorporated best practices for environmental, social and governance structures as a Sustainability Consultant for large commercial real estate companies such as Howard Hughes, GID, PGIM, and Jamestown with diverse portfolios of multi-family, office, and industrial buildings, with over $100 Billion in assets under management. As Founder and CEO of New Earth Development, Kelly specializes in creating environments that allow humanity to thrive and live harmoniously with nature, each other, and the planet. She uses permaculture principles to create homes with renewable energy, clean water, food forests, recycled and low-consumption water systems, zero-waste systems, and regenerative materials that will last hundreds of years. Through traveling to over 60 eco-communities across 7 countries and 3 continents, she gained a broad perspective of the best cutting-edge sustainable practices and technologies to provide solutions to global issues. During this time, close partnerships were developed with many founders of eco-resorts and communities which expanded her network to include the brightest minds in decentralized currency and economic models, co-governance models, clean and efficient transportation, holistic health care, and experiential education systems that integrate collective individual expression and personal development. Kelly has worked on over 16 sustainable real estate development projects ranging from $5M to $400M in size including eco-smart city plans, sustainable retreat center developments, community and building designs across California, Arizona, Florida, Texas, Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Thailand. She is now working on multiple development projects in Costa Rica and has built a model for regenerative development for many different locations and cultures, which she shares in her online regenerative development program. Social Links: Kelly Krezek: https://www.facebook.com/kkrezek/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellykrezek/ https://www.instagram.com/kellykrezek/ New Earth Development: https://www.instagram.com/newearthdevelopment/ https://www.facebook.com/newearthdevelopment.org https://www.linkedin.com/company/new-earth-development Website: www.newearthdevelopment.org Free Masterclass: www.newearthdevelopment.org/freemasterclass Interviewed by Maddie Mackey @mediaontherise --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maddiemackey/support