When we recorded this podcast, it was International Women's Day, Friday 8th March 2024 and we giggled over how we had both spent our day... working. A privledge for many women many years ago.

This podcast series celebrates women from across the region of Marlborough, New Zealand who are leading their worlds as environmental guardians.

Michelle Barry wears many hats as a student, as a researcher, as an entrepreneur and business owner and is passionate about nature, life on land and particularly the regenerative movement that is being activated below the ground to support bio-diverse and healthy eco-systems to support our farmers, growers and communities.

The ‘Stories of Dutch Ingenuity’ podcast series connects with diverse leaders, change makers and environmental guardians in The Netherlands. Foodvalley works with national and international partners on a global ambition: that by 2050 there must be tasty, healthy, affordable and sustainable food for ten billion people. Hear more about the role that Foodvalley plays on this journey.

We have the knowledge, we have the money, we have the solutions. Now we just need to implement them collectively to support in solving the climate challenges impacting the globe. In this podcast, Tim van Hattum shares more about what lead to his passion to be part of the change, a focus on student lead nature based challenges at the University, the activation of NL2120 with a consortium of 20 organisations reimagining The Netherlands in 100 years from now. Tim is positive and optimistic about the collective action of organisations and communities to be the solution with nature as our greatest allie. NB - we had a few early tech issues with this recording… it was too valuable to not publish! Please breathe through them with grace.

Karel grew up on a small regional farm in the Netherlands producing food for their local community, and in this podcast you will discover some of the facts of the current disfunction of our food systems and the some of the ideas on how Karel would love to see a localised, seasonal approach to our food system…. Similar to the way it was when he was a child. Karel is enthusiastic about developments that will make the world a better place and with his passion for entrepreneurship, Karel believes that the drive of entrepeneurs is needed to have new developments organised in a robust and resiliant way. At Nijsen company they are contributing to creating sustainable solutions for a robust food production system in which animal based products are actually part of preventing nutrients leaking out of this system. They have been finding solutions to use as many bio-based residual streams as possible to close the carbon cycle in an economic and viable way.

Lior is committed to creating cities that make people smile and inspire people for a better urban future. As we know, we are living in challenging times and cities play a central role in the future of humankind and are hubs for positive change. They can foster sustainable presence and better futures. From moving people beyond A to B, through planning for cycling and walking to creating healthy cities for young and old. Humankind create visions and turn them into actions. We were inspired by Humankind’s AI for urban inspiration ‘Touch of Dutch’ to transform streets all over the globe with rich wildlife corridors, expansive green’ness’, human centred, low emissions spaces with extensive bicycle infrastructure. This podcast was recorded in The Netherlands on a rare and sun shining winter’s day.

Rio is someone who values equality and interpersonal connections, and has a deep respect for nature. She believes that only through working together, we can create a fair and sustainable future for ourselves and future generations. At Wageningen University and Research they are focused on empowering a new global generation of change makers with their involvement in innovative education, cutting edge research and impact driven partner network. Through their challenges and support from leading experts they bring the most dedicated and talented students together to trigger their creativity and develop entrepreneurial skills to create impactful innovations.

Wendy is a true environmental guardian from our wonderful Marlborough, New Zealand community activating, championing and sharing her knowledge on the things that she is passionate about. In this series of podcast we are celebrating environmental guardians from across the region.

This podcast series has been celebrating Environmental Guardians from all over Marlborough who are championing climate action, embedding bio- diversity into their worlds, and taking action on the things that are important to them. We are so grateful to have so many incredible women across our community who are meaningfully leading Marlborough to a climate positive future.

Dr. Kate Averill is an environmental guardian leading our community of Marlborough with a deep sense of values through her work at Inclusive Sustainable Development and on the Steering Committee for Climate Action Marlborough. Through restoration, regeneration, Intergenerational learning, collaborating and contributing, Kate has a deep sense of purpose and impact in our community.