Megan O'Malley - Dancing and walking her way to a new education vision for the next world

A story teller for change, voice for young people and founder of Humiform. Megan became a professional dancer at 14, a fair fashion advocate who walked across South East Asia to share stories of good in her early 20’s and now has turned her efforts to working with kids in a way that gives them agency and a connection to the outside world. She speaks not only from her lived experience but also from a place of realness that is easily relatable and that kids gravitate towards. She asks ‘what if’, and walks her talk.  Episode SummaryChanging her view of the world through the lens of passionate social and environmental activist kidsGiving kids the chance to drive their own projects Do screens change our kids worldsHaving parents who trusted her 100%Starting a full time dance career at 14 until she was 27Cruise ships are a microcosm of the real world where inequality is prevalent and impossible to ignoreLeaving cruise ships once she realised her white privilegeWhy it’s so hard to live your values when the systems are set up to maintain status quo. The difficulty in finding time to appreciate nuances especially in the fashion industryThe inconvenience of nuances in marketingLooking to nature for the diverse solutions and embracing it Young people are the way forward because they JUST GET IT Young people are powerful. They see the interconnectedness of the worldThe future our children face is vastly different to the world we facedComing to terms with knowing that the world is going to change and there will be lossAcknowledging that change has always happened and being ok to be part of the adaptationBuilding a  business as a force for goodBusinesses  taking action where the government is not to create deep change Businesses need to give back to the world rather than just takingThe loneliness of being an edge dweller in the things she chooses to doThe education system is a dinosaur Avoiding projects that perpetuate the white saviour mentalityWalk Sew Good - her walk across South East Asia to share stories about people creating good fashion stories15k kg of clothing goes to landfill every 10 minutes in AustraliaIf we were as connected to our clothing as the people she met on her walk it could change the world. Creating a space for kids that have no rulesHer vision of an education system We don’t know what the world is going to look like in the future so who are we to dictate what our kids should be learningWe need to ask “what is the purpose for education in our time”  Be obsessed with not knowing things and let your thinking be challengedReferences The good place - Netflix series. Humiform  Walk Sew Good What if- Rob Hopkins Thanks to our podcast partners: Wwoof Australia Nutrisoil Buy the Book Futuresteading - Live Like tomorrow matters

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