About ReFi Generation
About the Host
Cash Upton is the current president of the Central Coast Green Building Council and is from Santa Barbara, California. Cash majored in Political Economics with an emphasis on Environmental Sustainability at UC Berkeley. After graduating he returned home to work as the environmental coordinator for the West Beach Music & Arts Festival, initiating practices that earned the festival “A Greener Festival Award.” Cash continued to pursue his dream of sustainable living and began converting a shipping container to an off-grid home and permaculture farm, currently growing 200+ agaves. Cash has been working with solar since 2014, when he installed an array atop his shipping container home using salvaged panels. As an advocate for education, Cash can be found at local elementary school science nights getting kids excited about solar. A major emphasis of his life is social and environmental justice, and Cash advocates for building relationships that can solve the problems that perpetuate poverty and suffering. Cash co-hosted the podcast, The Block Explorer, from 2021-2023, and left to start ReFi Generation in order to focus entirely on sustainability, social justice & regenerative finance.
About the Executive Producer
Matthew Patrick Donner is a film composer, photographer, filmmaker, and producer for digital media based in California. Matthew brings his decade of experience in the film industry to the world of podcasting through original music, audio engineering, and storytelling. He recognizes podcasts foster unique, long-form, organic environments, creating a platform to share ideas and tell stories. By collaborating with hosts to support their respective missions—whether mindfulness, business, or exploring new technologies—Matthew seeks to enrich lives through helping build and sustain meaningful shows. He has collaborated as a producer on several podcasts, including the executive producer of The Courageous Life hosted by Joshua Steinfeldt since 2018. Matthew is thrilled to now collaborate with Cash on ReFi Generation, exploring novel topics that arise at the cross-section of environmentalism and regenerative finance.
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