How we build and live in our shelters is integral to our relationship to the land and to one another.  We must examine materials, environment, and community in building. Magdalena brings a refreshingly practical perspective to how we live within our built environment, drawing on her years in various countries and on her own real estate work in Europe and USA.

How we live with the land that feeds us, and how we consumer the food, is a central theme in Magdalena’s speaking and writing. Her knowledge of global food production, spanning both large scale commercial endeavors and the plight of subsistence farmers,  brings renewed awareness and sense of agency to both producers and consumers.   She speaks from active engagement in the issues: for example, she hosts a yearly investor conference for an agricultural tech fund, and likewise spends time on agroforestry projects in Nigeria and agricultural coops in Honduras.

How we live with the tools we create is a more critical consideration than ever, given the technological revolution we are in. Being both an investor and former employee in artificial intelligence, Magdalena is adamant that lay persons, not merely the tech workers and regulators, must be questioning and determining how they utilize the tools available today.