Moral Footprint

Developmental coach Keri Jarvis (also co-founder of Southend Care Bank and ⁨Parents for Future co-ordinator) joins host Jeni Miles to discuss how motherhood radicalised her thinking and how community sustains her work.Together, they explore feminist business practices, the false promises of "girl boss" culture & practical ways to foster genuine connection in a system designed to keep us isolated.

LINKS & RESOURCES MENTIONED:

• Nora Bateson – Combining
• Lola Olufemi – Experiments in Imagining Otherwise
• Barbara Ehrenreich – Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World
• Jason Hickel – Less is More
• Sylvia Federici – Caliban and the Witch
• The Book on Fire podcast
• Robin Wall Kimmerer – The Service Berry
• Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez – Your Money or Your Life
• Do It Like A Mother Studio
• Southend Care Bank
• Bear Hebert’s Anti-Capitalist Business Coaching
• Keri’s Composting Program – The Portal Collective

Philosopher and professor Dr Alexis Shotwell joins Moral Footprint host Jeni Miles to explore ethical living in an imperfect world.

Discover why the concept of "carbon footprint" was created by corporations to shift climate responsibility to individuals and how to move beyond eco-guilt toward meaningful collective action.

We discuss ethical consumption challenges, the myth of purity in sustainable living, and practical approaches to environmental ethics without perfectionism.

Alexis shares insights on transforming climate anxiety into solidarity, the importance of care work in creating sustainable communities, and how fiction helps us imagine alternative futures. Learn strategies for navigating ethical dilemmas and embracing imperfection as a pathway to more effective collective change and climate justice.

Resources and people mentioned

• Against Purity by Alexis Shotwell
• Alexis is currently writing a book with Killian Yorg called 'An Ecology of Morals’. Read a recent joint article about Moralizing on The Conversation
• Jo Walton, friend and science-fiction writer who says that science fiction is not helping us practice for the future that will come. It's helping us practice to be surprised by the future, to generate a future that was not predicted by the current situation.
• Alan Sears, a sociologist who talks about the neoliberal deskilling of collectivity (The Next New Left)
• Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows
• Braiding sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
• Wages for Housework by Emily Kallaci
• Ruthanna Emrys - A Half-Built Garden
• The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin
• Claudia Card - philosopher whose work suggests we’re implicated in evil when the actions that are taking place are going to definitely cause unbearable harm.
• Memoir of a Race Traitor by Mab Segrist

In this episode of Moral Footprint, host Jeni Miles speaks with B. Lorraine Smith, a bold and visionary voice in sustainable business, about the deep disconnect between corporate sustainability claims and reality. Lorraine shares her decades of experience in ESG and why she ultimately stepped away, disillusioned by the industry's focus on reporting over real change.

They explore:

✅ Why traditional ESG frameworks fail to address systemic issues

✅ The dangers of corporate greenwashing and branding over substance

✅ Lorraine’s matereality framework—a radical shift to centering life instead of profit

✅ The tough questions businesses avoid about their own impact

✅ How individuals can reclaim their agency and challenge the status quo

If you’ve ever wondered why corporate sustainability feels like a façade—or how to move beyond it—this conversation is essential listening.

Follow Lorraine on Linkedin: https://tinyurl.com/4wvdmh7y

Follow Jeni on Linkedin https://tinyurl.com/4mxz52bm

Read the Moral Footprint substack https://tinyurl.com/bdepjvdw

Resources mentioned:

• Marjorie Kelly - Owning our Future https://bit.ly/4j1VD3z
• Dr Bronner on Dropping B Corp Certification https://bit.ly/4iuaWC5

• Jennifer Hinton’s Post-Growth Business Dimensions paper https://tinyurl.com/yckhxzsr

• Seeking Alpha: seekingalpha.com
• Book a call with Lorraine: https://www.blorrainesmith.com/book-a-call
• Google Matereality Assessment link: https://tinyurl.com/3ckecv2b

How can we rethink design beyond aesthetics and challenge extractive business models?

In this conversation, Cecilia Scolaro and Jeni Miles explore the power of responsible design, decolonization and indigenous knowledge in reshaping business and sustainability.

📌 In this episode, we cover:

✔️ What decolonizing design really means (and why it matters)

✔️ The harm of extractive business models & how to rethink impact

✔️ How indigenous knowledge and regenerative design can reshape the future

✔️ Why small design choices create powerful ripple effects

✔️ How to align your work with ethics, sustainability, and systemic change

📲 Join the conversation on the ⁠⁠Moral Footprint substack⁠⁠

🌿 Cecilia Scolaro on Linkedin | website

🌿 Jeni Miles on Linkedin | website

What if personal burnout and planetary overshoot share the same root cause: our pursuit of infinite growth?

I’m Jeni Miles, business strategist, behavioural scientist and former big tech consultant. In the Moral Footprint podcast, I'll be unpacking the unsustainable systems of care, climate and capitalism we’ve inherited—helping you navigate a more intentional and impactful path forward.

Every choice we make sends ripples through the world, impacting both humans, sentient beings around the world as well as future generations, particularly in this pivotal moment when we’re the last generation with the power to avert planetary collapse.

Moral Footprint explores how to align our work, values and daily actions with a future that truly sustains us. Here’s a taste of what’s coming:

🔸How Embracing Complicity Leads to Meaningful Change with Alexis Shotwell 

🔸How Indigenous Wisdom Exposes Our Sustainability Illusion with Cecilia Scolaro

🔸Reclaiming Community, Care, and Connection in a Capitalist World with Keri Jarvis

🔸Corporate Sustainability's Failings and the Path to an Economy that Serves Life with B Lorraine Smith 

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🎙 Expect new episodes roughly every 2-3 weeks
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