Journey To Regeneration
Vivo Barefoot: Rethinking Shoes, Rethinking Systems
Published: 16 April 2026 at 08:57 Europe/London
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Episode notes
In this episode of Journey to Regeneration, Christopher Marquis speaks with Galahad Clark, co-founder of Vivo Barefoot, about rethinking business through the lens of human health, natural systems, and regenerative design. Drawing on a two-hundred-year family legacy in shoemaking shaped by Quaker values, Clark reflects on how industrialization and shareholder capitalism disrupted earlier models of purpose-driven enterprise—and how Vivo Barefoot seeks to recover and reinterpret those principles today. The conversation explores the company’s challenge to conventional footwear design, arguing that many modern innovations address problems created by the industry itself, and examines how regeneration can be operationalized through circular models such as repair, refurbishment, and localized production. Clark also discusses the tensions between natural and synthetic materials, the limits of current recycling systems, and the difficulty of sustaining regenerative culture within a growing organization. Ultimately, the episode offers a nuanced view of regeneration as an ongoing process of realignment with living systems—one that reshapes not only products and supply chains, but also decision-making, organizational culture, and the broader purpose of business.
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