Responsible Rebels

Liv Montuori is a fashion educator specialised in sustainability and the circular economy.

  In this conversation Mark covers:

• Liv’s early years of riding around on her moped as a teenager
• What led her to the green side of fashion
• Why the circular economy is so important
• And how she ended up hammock-sleeping in the Amazon rainforest

Check it out.

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https://responsiblerebels.org/episodes/liv-montuori-sustainable-fashion

Ciaran Jordan is a digital native whose previous employers include Diageo, Adidas and Nike.    In this conversation, Mark covers:

• The craziest moment of Ciaran’s life
• How he ended up landing a job at one of the world’s largest lingerie brands 
• And what it means to be a good ancestor. 

  Check it out.   //   Treasure Trove:   How would you like to be introduced to our listeners? Chief Marketing Officer at RESPONSIBLE   What's One Thing Most People Don't Know About You? I love gardening   What's Your Favourite Book? Vernon God Little   What's Your Favourite Quote? “Everything in moderation, including moderation.” — Oscar Wilde   Links to promote:

• LinkedIn
• responsible.us

  //   Webpage for this episode: https://responsiblerebels.org/episodes/ciaran-jordan-responsible

Jon Plunkett is a widely published poet and the founder of The Corbenic Poetry Path.    In this conversation, Mark covers:

• How Jon starting writing poetry
• What it was like opening for Foy Vance on tour
• And why he’s chosen to live in nature. 

  Check it out.   https://responsiblerebels.org/episodes/jon-plunkett-poet

Jerry Michalski is an ex tech trends analyst who helps humans make better decisions and design systems built on trust.   In this conversation, Mark covers:

• What the difference is between a citizen and a consumer
• How Open Global Mind could change the way we make decisions 
• And why Jerry’s been keeping a digital version of his brain for the last 23-years

  Thanks so much for being here, and we really hope you enjoy.    Check it out.   https://responsiblerebels.org/episodes/jerry-michalski   // Treasure Trove   Bio Jerry is the founder of Open Global Mind, a project that wants to help humans make better decisions together. In the 1990s, while he was a technology trends analyst, two things happened: he realized that the word "consumer" irritated him, and he started curating a mind map using software called TheBrain. He's been tending the same Brain file for 23 years. You can browse it for free at JerrysBrain.com   What's One Thing Most People Don't Know About You? My first job was on the Jungle Cruise at the original Disneyland.   What's Your Favourite Book? The Baroque Cycle, by Neal Stephenson   What's Your Favourite Quote? Culture eats strategy for breakfast.   Links

• JerrysBrain.com
• OpenGlobalMind.com
• DesignfromTrust.com

    //   Responsible Rebels is a Best Of Belfast Production recorded with help from Ryan Elliman.

Justin Dillon is the founder of Made In The Free World, a charity that campaigns for slavery-free supply chains and raises funds to rescue children currently enslaved.   In this conversation Mark covers:

• What happens when the KKK protests at your event
• How to win at failing
• And why bringing about actual change often takes a lot of boring work

  Thanks so much for being here and we really hope you enjoy…   Webpage for this episode:  https://responsiblerebels.org/episodes/justin-dillon-frdm

John and Merline Engle are the co-founders of Haiti Partners, an organisation that has been helping Haitians change Haiti through education for over a decade.    In this conversation, Mark covers:

• Their unusual first year of marriage
• Merline’s new hot-sauce start-up 
• And why climate change impacts the most vulnerable people on the planet the most severely

  Check it out.   https://responsiblerebels.org/episodes/merline-john-engle-haiti-partners   // Treasure Trove   Bio Merline and John Engle, co-founders and co-directors of Haiti Partners and Merline is founder and CEO of Merline's Caribbean Hot Sauce. Working together with the community in Haiti where they lived for years to create a school-based community development model.   What's One Thing Most People Don't Know About You? Our rustic and simple living during our first year of marriage.   What's Your Favourite Book? Merline: The Power of Now John: The Prophet   What's Your Favourite Quote? Merline: I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou   John: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” Theodore Roosevelt   Links merlines.com and haitipartners.org   //   Responsible Rebels is a Best Of Belfast Production recorded with help from Ryan Elliman.

Tad Munnings is a Toronto-based documentary-maker who’s created award-winning films about transgender powerlifters, Kenyan Marathon runners and Iranian refugees.   In this conversation Mark covers: - How Tad got into filmmaking - Lessons learned working as a cab driver in Chicago - And why the conversation around eating or not eating meat is much more complex than you might think.   Check it out!   https://responsiblerebels.org/episodes/tad-munnings   //   Treasure Trove:   How would you like to be introduced to our listeners? As principal of Storystream Creative, Tad Munnings has been produced video-driven advertising, branded content and documentaries for 20 years. His primary focus is on character-led stories with redemptive possibilities. Tad has a passion for international development and the power of stories to change lives for good.   What's One Thing Most People Don't Know About You? Spent time as a child living in Africa   What's Your Favourite Book? The Sports Gene   Links: - Twitter   //   Responsible Rebels is a Best Of Belfast Production, recorded with help from Ryan Elliman.

Welcome to Responsible Rebels: a podcast featuring people who've challenged the status quo and made the world a better place.

 

Our first episode is with repeat entrepreneur and investor Mark Dowds, a Belfast-born troublemaker who's setting out on a new 10-year journey to disrupt the clothing industry and clean up the planet along the way. 

    His conversation partner today is life-long friend Adrian Eagleson who as you’ll hear was able to dive deep and pull from a wide range of stories, memories and secrets for your listening pleasure over the next thirty minutes...

 

Responsible Rebels is a Best Of Belfast Production, recorded with help from Ryan Elliman.