David Leventhal and Ximena Rodriguez: Travel is education for living

Coconut Thinking

How might regenerative travel teach us about reciprocity, contributing to a different approach to education?

In this episode I speak with David Leventhal and Ximena Rodrigues of Playa Viva. Playa Viva is a B-Corp certified brand that leverages hospitality to bring capital to work to improve ecosystems, for people and planet, to create vibrant, resilient, healthy and profitable systems for all participants. It takes a "slow money" committed investment and runs entirely off-grid. Playa Viva works extensively with its local community to support health and education. David Leventhal is its Founder. He is a regenerative (social and environmental) impact entrepreneur and investor. Regeneration principles have guided much of his work including the founding of Regenerative Travel and Regenerative Resorts to support similar independent hotel owners around the world. Ximena Rodriguez is the ReSiMar Regenerative Education Coordinator. Sher works closely with the local community to develop citizenship through education, working alongside guests at Playa Viva. We discuss:

🥥 How travel is an exchange of discovery between peoples coming from two different places;

🥥 How we are not the principle characters of the story, but rather participants here and in this moment;

🥥 How travel is not reward for working, it is education for living... which has a parallel to schools.

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