Hey Change Podcast

Money is power but is it OK to use that power to change the world? Here are my few cents on this right now - tune in and see what resonates, contemplate what feels new and different, and please challenge me on whatever doesn't feel right!

My four truths right now:

1. It's OK to make (a lot of) money changing the world
2. It’s OK to not have the answers and still be optimistic about the future!⁣
3. It’s OK to hold space for pain/fear and optimism at the same time!⁣
4. You’re probably wrong about a lot of things and that’s OK, the sooner we can be OK with being wrong, the sooner we can let go and choose 𝘽𝙀𝙏𝙏𝙀𝙍!⁣

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Connect with Anne Therese:

Website: https://theclimateoptimist.com/

Instagram: @annetheresegennari

LinkedIn: Anne Therese Gennari

Twitter: @AnneTherese_G

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Music produced by Jackson Whalan

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In today’s episode, we speak with two advocates for garment worker rights, Yeni and Nayantara, about what it’s like to be a garment worker in America today. Yeni Dewi has worked in the garment industry in Los Angeles and in Indonesia for over a decade. She is a leader at the Garment Worker Center, fighting for dignity and fair wages for all garment workers, as well as a CAST LA member advocating against human trafficking. 

Nayantara Banerjee is a former small business owner with over a decade of experience in tailoring & alterations. She has an undergraduate degree in Fashion Design from Syracuse University and has pursued graduate studies researching Labor & Responsibility in the Apparel Industry at New York University. After several years of volunteering with Los Angeles' Garment Worker Center, including leading creative sewing and pattern-making classes for its members, Nayantara now serves full-time in Industry Research & Strategic Partnerships for GWC.

In this episode:

• Learn about Yeni's personal experience as a garment worker in the US
• Why "Made in America" isn't necessarily a good thing
• The important work of the Garment Worker Center
• How Senate Bill 62 could change the apparel industry in the US for good
• Why Yeni and Nayantara are hopeful about the future
• And lots more...

This conversation really opened our eyes to how we view the clothing we wear every day and we hope it makes you think differently about your clothes too!

Learn more about the Garment Worker Center:

Website: https://garmentworkercenter.org/

Instagram: @garmentworkercenter

Support SB62: Petition

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Anne Therese:

Website: https://theclimateoptimist.com/

Instagram: @annetheresegennari

LinkedIn: Anne Therese Gennari

Twitter: @AnneTherese_G

Robin:

Website: https://parentsxplanet.com/

Instagram: @robinxshaw

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Do you ever feel overwhelmed by climate change? Are you afraid that if you allow yourself to fully understand the magnitude of the problem, you’ll lose yourself in despair? First of all, know that you’re not alone. Studies have shown that the more you learn about climate change, the less you tend to do, and the overwhelm that comes with this growing awareness is quite disempowering.

This episode of Climate Optimist Fridays is about how to invite climate change awareness into your life in a way that will empower and heal you.

Download the Healing Journaling Guides: https://theclimateoptimist.com/resources

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Connect with Anne Therese:

Website: https://theclimateoptimist.com/

Instagram: @annetheresegennari

LinkedIn: Anne Therese Gennari

Twitter: @AnneTherese_G

Website: www.heychangepodcast.com

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Host: https://www.instagram.com/annetheresegennari/

Music produced by Jackson Whalan

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In this episode, we speak with Ayesha Barenblat, CEO and founder of Remake.World. As a social entrepreneur with a passion for building sustainable supply chains that respect people and our planet, she founded Remake to mobilize citizens to demand a more just, transparent, and accountable fashion industry. Remake’s free educational resources, advocacy campaigns, and audited fashion brand directory are focused on making fashion a force for good. With over 800 members, remake puts pressure on brands to take accountability and do right by the people who make their clothes and has unlocked billions of dollars in unpaid wages owed to garment workers with their #payup campaign. 

Are you ready to learn about how you, too, can turn fashion into a force for good? Join us as we learn about being thoughtful citizens over consumers and how our choices make a difference in the fashion industry and beyond.

Learn more about Ayesha’s work at Remake:

Website: https://remake.world/

Instagram: @remakeourworld

#PayUp Campaign: https://payupfashion.com

Also mentioned in the episode:

Our video production with Remake: https://remake.world/films/10-ways-to-dress-like-a-sustainable-fashion-pro/

Watch Remake’s “Made In” stories: https://remake.world/category/stories/made-in/

Sign the petition #payup https://payupfashion.com/

Sustainable Brand Directory: https://directory.remake.world/#/

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CONNECT + FOLLOW:

Podcast Instagram: @heychange_podcast

Anne Therese:

Website: https://theclimateoptimist.com/

Instagram: @annetheresegennari

Twitter: @AnneTherese_G

Robin:

Website: https://parentsxplanet.com/

Instagram: @robinxshaw

A special thank you to this episode’s sponsor, 2BDetermined. A career services firm that provides coaching for individuals and organizations, 2BDetermined can help you find success and satisfaction in work aligned with your values. As a socially conscious firm, they welcome the opportunity to support marginalized people with empathy, understanding and a passion to see their clients succeed on their own terms. 2BDetermined offers a complimentary consultation to understand your needs and see how they might help. For anyone looking for work with meaning and purpose, with a payoff that’s more than a paycheck, please contact Day Merrill from 2BDetermined today.

  E-Mail: [email protected]

  Office: 705.293.0492

  Cell: 416.725.2947

Or book your free consultation here:  https://calendly.com/2bd-day 

www.2BDetermined.ca 

Your future is still to be determined, so be determined!

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Hi friends, welcome to my Climate Optimist Fridays, a series of short motivational episodes to kick off the weekend and to reset after what might have been a long and challenging week. I’ve realized that when most people suffer from Sunday Scaries, I tend to suffer from Friday Anxieties.

It’s interesting but when Friday afternoon comes around, I just feel… lost. It’s like all that juice that kept me motivated and busy throughout the week has run out, and I’m faced with having to deal with myself and the deeper questions like “Why are we here?” “Do we even have a shot at this climate change thing?” “Does my work to make this world a better place even matter?”

I decided to start this series as a way to find something every Friday to be inspired and reminded by. I’ll be forced to tap into my own library of climate optimism thoughts and by sharing here, I can hopefully help someone else who might be dealing with Friday Scaries too! And if you’re not anxious on Fridays like I am, don’t worry, I need this for myself, so let this be whatever it needs to be for you!

IN THIS FIRST ONE I'll talk about the core of what being a Climate Optimist means and answer the question: Why are we here? I hope you'll feel inspired and that you come back for more Climate Optimist Fridays to come so that we can continue this journey of healing, optimism, and empowerment together.

Let’s stay motivated so that we can get to business and co-create this new world!

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Connect with Anne Therese:

Website: https://theclimateoptimist.com/

Instagram: @annetheresegennari

Twitter: @AnneTherese_G

Website: www.heychangepodcast.com

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Host: https://www.instagram.com/annetheresegennari/

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We had the privilege of speaking with a visionary of our times, Teju Adisa-Farrar. In this episode, we discuss intersectional environmentalism, eco apartheid, and how imagining a future outside of the capitalist system is a form of resistance. Teju is a Jamaican-American geographer, researcher, writer, and poet from Oakland, California. Her interdisciplinary work focuses on connecting the dots between environmental, social, cultural, and ecological issues.

In this episode:

• What is Eco Apartheid?
• Intersectional environmentalism
• Reframing consumer culture
• Imagination as a tool of climate action
• The importance of choice architecture for systemic change
• How to view ourselves as part of the ecosystem
• Radical optimism and how to envision new worlds

Learn more about Teju:

Website: https://www.tejuadisafarrar.com/

Instagram: @misstej

Article: A Portrait of Grandma's Hands

CONNECT + FOLLOW:

Podcast Instagram: @heychange_podcast

Anne Therese:

Website: https://theclimateoptimist.com/

Instagram: @annetheresegennari

Robin:

Website: https://parentsxplanet.com/

Instagram: @robinxshaw

A special thank you to this episode’s sponsor, 2BDetermined. A career services firm that provides coaching for individuals and organizations, 2BDetermined can help you find success and satisfaction in work aligned with your values. As a socially conscious firm, they welcome the opportunity to support marginalized people with empathy, understanding and a passion to see their clients succeed on their own terms. 2BDetermined offers a complimentary consultation to understand your needs and see how they might help. For anyone looking for work with meaning and purpose, with a payoff that’s more than a paycheck, please contact Day Merrill from 2BDetermined today.

  E-Mail: [email protected]

  Office: 705.293.0492

  Cell: 416.725.2947

Or book your free consultation here:  https://calendly.com/2bd-day 

www.2BDetermined.ca 

Your future is still to be determined, so be determined!

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We’re back with Part 2 of our life-altering conversation with brilliant and hilarious Epigeneticist Bruce Lipton, PhD. Building on the foundation of Part 1, Bruce shares the Three Keys to reprogram your subconscious mind so you can create the life of your wishes and desires. In this conversation, we explore how to use these tools and insights to change our lives, our relationships, our communities and to co-create a new kind of world. 

Bruce is a Stem Cell Biologist, bestselling author, and recipient of the 2009 Goi Peace Award, and is internationally recognized for bridging science and spirit. He shares why the current chaos of the world is exactly what we need and what the purpose of this human existence is in the first place. This conversation blew our minds, get ready to find out the answers to some of the most important questions we have about life.

Are you ready to feel excited and optimistic about the future? Do you wish to feel empowered as a citizen in your ability to create a climate just society and world? Let’s dive in!

Learn more about Bruce:

Website: https://www.brucelipton.com/

Instagram: @BruceLipton

Twitter: @Biologyofbelief

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Anne Therese:

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Robin:

Website: https://parentsxplanet.com/

Instagram: @robinxshaw

A special thank you to this episode’s sponsor, For Days. As a zero-waste clothing brand they use upcycled, Cradle to Cradle, and GOTS certified organic materials to create seasonless, effortless, comfortable pieces in Unisex, Men’s, and Women’s styles. They have a closed-loop model where you get swap credits with every purchase so you can send back that For Days item you’ve been wearing and swap it for something new! Hey Change Podcast Listeners get 15% off with code HEYCHANGE15.

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In this episode, we speak with brilliant and hilarious Epigeneticist Bruce Lipton, PhD, about the biology of belief and how, in fact, we’ve all been programmed. Bruce is a Stem Cell Biologist, bestselling author, and recipient of the 2009 Goi Peace Award, and is internationally recognized for bridging science and spirit. In this conversation, we learn from Bruce about epigenetics, how our subconscious is running our lives and that we, indeed, are living in the Matrix. 

Part 1 of this conversation gives you everything you need to know about how our consciousness changes our life experiences. Stay tuned for Part 2 where we build on this foundation and learn how to change our programming and change the world!

What we talk about:

• The difference between genetics and epigenetics
• How to become the master creator of your life 
• Why positive thinking alone isn’t enough 
• How we’ve been programmed since birth 
• You’re only conscious 5% of the day (and what that means)
• Why falling in love changes your life (the quantum physics way)

Learn more about Bruce:

Website: https://www.brucelipton.com/

Instagram: @BruceLipton

Twitter: @Biologyofbelief

CONNECT + FOLLOW:

Podcast Instagram: @heychange_podcast

Anne Therese:

Website: https://theclimateoptimist.com/

Instagram: @annetheresegennari

Robin Shaw:

Website: https://parentsxplanet.com/

Instagram: @robinxshaw

A special thank you to this episode’s sponsor, For Days. As a zero-waste clothing brand they use upcycled, Cradle to Cradle and GOTS certified organic materials to create seasonless, effortless, comfortable pieces in Unisex, Men’s, and Women’s styles. They have a closed-loop model where you get swap credits with every purchase so you can send back that For Days item you’ve been wearing and swap it for something new! Hey Change Podcast Listeners get 15% off with code HEYCHANGE15.

https://fordays.com/

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In this episode we speak with Cameron Russel, a supermodel, activist, trailblazer, and dear friend. With seventeen years of modeling for brands like Prada, Calvin Klein, Victoria’s Secret and Vogue, she gave one of the most popular TED talks of all time (over 37 million views!) on the power of image, and co-founded the model/activist group the Model Mafia. Cameron is currently finishing her book about fashion, intuition, and power.

Join us as we talk about finding your voice as a model, using your platform for activism, how media shapes identity and how building community is our best chance at saving our world. This is a heartfelt, inspiring episode and we know you’re going to love it!

Learn more about Cameron:

Website: http://www.cameronrussell.org/

Instagram: @CameronRussell

Twitter: @cameronrussel

Also mentioned in this episode: 

Michelle Cliff Essay: Notes on Speechlessness

A Pedagogy of Hope by Paulo Freire

“One of the tasks of the progressive educator, through a serious, correct political analysis, is to unveil opportunities for hope, no matter what the obstacles may be. After all, without hope there is little we can do. (Location 101)”

CONNECT + FOLLOW:

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Anne Therese:

Website: https://theclimateoptimist.com/

Instagram: @annetheresegennari

Robin:

Website: https://parentsxplanet.com/

Instagram: @robinxshaw

A special thank you to this episode’s sponsor, Luxe Botanics, a high performance skincare line formulated with the most transformative botanicals and manufactured ethically with respect for people, animals and the planet.

https://luxebotanics.com/

Hey Change Podcast Listeners get 15% off with code HEYCHANGE.

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Host: https://www.instagram.com/annetheresegennari/

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Welcome to Season 3, “Optimist In Action!”

In this episode, you’ll meet our new co-host, Robin Shaw, and hear how Anne Therese’s work inspired Robin to change her life. Learn about AT’s journey as an activist and “stubborn climate optimist,” why she considers herself a “recovering vegan,” and how she’s learned to deal with climate anxiety. Find out how meeting Anne Therese changed Robin’s approach to work, life and parenting, and how they came up with “Optimist In Action” as a campaign, social movement, and way of life. Get ready to get inspired!

Talked about:

• Activism as a source of happiness 
• Awareness hurts and that’s ok
• How to protect (or not protect?) your heart
• What does it mean to bring a child to today's world?
• Tips for small but empowered actions
• The magic in creating ripple effects of change

To learn more about Anne Therese’s work:

Website: https://theclimateoptimist.com/

The Collective: https://www.collectivexaction.com/

Instagram: @annetheresegennari

Modeling Agency: https://www.rolemodelsmgmt.com/

To learn more about Robin’s work:

Website: https://parentsxplanet.com/

Instagram: @robinxshaw

Podcast Instagram: @heychange_podcast

Also mentioned in this episode: 

Children’s book: We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Michaela Goade

Model Activist Community: Model Mafia

Quotes: 

Our Deepest Fear by Marianne Williamson

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now." - by William Hutchinson Murray paraphrasing Goethe

“Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable” - Mary Oliver

Sponsor:

A special thank you to this episode’s sponsor, For Days. As a zero-waste clothing brand they use upcycled, Cradle to Cradle and GOTS certified organic materials to create seasonless, effortless, comfortable pieces in Unisex, Men’s and Women’s styles. They have a closed-loop model where you get swap credits with every purchase so you can send back that For Days item you’ve been wearing and swap it for something new!

Hey Change Podcast Listeners get 15% off with code HEYCHANGE15.

https://fordays.com/

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