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Sue Waight shared her life journey with us on this episode and I really appreciated her attitude which shown through - choosing not to be a victim but instead take difficult circumstances and learn from them to help others. "I felt I had two choices, I could either be a victim and let that keep me down, or I could use that experience as a positive way to move forward with my life - and I chose the latter." We also find out a lot about the Canterbury West Coast Welfare Guardian Trust and the work it is doing (see website below). We also learn about her blog site Parkies and Me where she is sharing about her journey with being diagnosed with Parkinsons.

If you enjoy this then check out the 350+ other episodes that have been recorded with other people and lots more info on the project is at www.theseeds.nz

Sue's blog on her journey with Parkinsons: https://parkiesandme.com

Welfare Guardian Trust: https://welfareguardians.nz/?canterbury

Email for the Trust: [email protected]

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Really enjoyed my conversation with Ben Scales about his life story and founding KiwiFibre, who I've bee supporting as a lawyer since the early days including with their capital raising - I think you'll like this one and if you do, could you tell one other person about the show and the content they could access for free as well? www.theseeds.nz has more.

KiwiFibre site: KiwiFibre

"FOUNDING PURPOSE

​Our planet cannot rely on synthetic resources forever.

As natural fibre engineering and material design advances, natural fibres are competing with and outperforming synthetic materials in many applications."

Audio of an article for the IOD "Moving, Seconding... but Why?" co-written with Mele Wendt MNZM and Caren Rangi ONZM. Am very grateful to both of them for the time spent and ideas shared to create this article which I hope sparks a lot of discussions and evaluation... and change? Join our movement and question why there is this practise at the next meeting you attend! And let me know how it goes - [email protected]

You can read the article here: https://www.iod.org.nz/news/articles/moving-seconding-but-why/#

Mele Wendt's Seeds podcast interview: https://seeds.libsyn.com/mele-wendt-on-culture-racism-and-having-the-tough-conversations

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Audio of the Idealog article "Emerging trends from the IOD Leadership Conference", I wrote recently on the Institute of Directors Leadership Conference held in May 2023. This way the key themes and content can be available to more of you!

The article is here: Emerging trends from IOD Governance Conference - Idealog

Long blog post with lots more information as I summarised every session that I attended - it formed the basis for writing the article for Idealog: IOD Leadership Conference 2023 - Seeds (theseeds.nz)

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This is the audio of me reading an article published by the Transnational Environmental Law Journal, which I co-wrote with two academics from the University of Canterbury, David Jefferson and Elizabeth Macpherson, called "Experiments with the Extension of Legal Personality to Ecosystems and Beyond-Human Organisms: Challenges and Opportunities for Company Law". Below each place in the audio is indexed.

To read the article this is the website link at the Transnational Environmental Law Journal.

Index 01:51: Abstract 03:15: Part 1: Introduction 09:46: Part 2: The Company law dimensions of legal personality for ecosystems and behind-human beings. Setting a research agenda 16:12: Part 3: The nature of companies and ecosystems as legal persons 35:05: Part 4: Relationships between Companies and Ecological Communities as legal persons: A Though Experiment 46:48: Part 5: Reflections on the possibilities for a reimagination of Company law 54:39: Acknowledgments

Thank you to the Transnational Environmental Law Journal for permission to publish this in audio form - and hope it makes it more accessible for others.

Earlier article also co-written for the Institute of Directors on similiar topic with the same co-authours is here: "The future of corporate governance: what if the trees had a say?" More content with articles, videos and more than 350 episodes is at www.theseeds.nz

The seeds impact conference information is at www.seedsconference.nz

In this episode we talk about Street Art with Dr Reuben Woods, who is the creative director of Watch this Space. We talk about what "Art" even is, as well as the growth of the street art movement in Christchurch after the earthquakes here in 2011. We also talk about Reuben's life and how he came to do his PHD on this topic. I really enjoyed this conversation because in my work as a lawyer I was involved in the establishment of this charity so it has been great to see how it has grown! If you enjoy this conversation then why not check out the other episodes on seeds.

Watch this Space website: Home | Watch This Space

Social handles: @watchthisspacechch

Facebook page

Email [email protected]

Website for Seeds www.theseeds.nz

I really enjoy other podcasts and am happy to feature an episode from another one - The 232 Degrees Podcast by my friends Sean Barnes and Carl Davidson. If you like Seeds I think you will like their one too so check out this episode as a sample, which is all about Dr Seuss! They have two seasons of content so find them and subscribe!

Find them here:

Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/232podcast

Apple Podcasts The 232 Degrees Podcast: Unlocking Great Books on Apple Podcasts

Podcast page: The 232 Degrees Podcast: Unlocking Great Books – New Zealand Podcasts (nzpod.co.nz)

Their email: [email protected]

About this episode:

"Welcome to The 232 Degrees Podcast and we're stoked to be back for Season 2.

The more books you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you will go - Dr Suess. It's an author show! We go slightly crazy on Dr Seuss fun facts, and then we dive into our favourite Seuss books. Environmentalism, politics, motivation and the English language. This man did it all in his amazing life, to the tune of over 600 million books sold…

SHOW LINKS: Connect with us here: ⁠[email protected]⁠ The wonderful Seussville… ⁠https://www.seussville.com/⁠

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Gareth is the country lead for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa and in this conversation we talk about that movement, system change and politics. He also shares his life story and childhood, his work as an activist with Greenpeace before a career in politics for 10 years as an MP, writing a book about Jeanette Fitzsimons and a whole lot more. I enjoyed this conversation and if you do as well check out the 350 others on seeds podcast, a project about life stories and what shapes us.

Wellbeing Economy Alliance page: Aotearoa New Zealand : Wellbeing Economy Alliance (weall.org)

Seeds Impact Conference: Seeds Impact Conference 2023 (seedsconference.nz)

Book on A Gentle Radical by Gareth Hughes | Paper Plus

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Ths is the audio of two articles I wrote recently on the Christchurch startup scene - they really are a two part of one whole, so thought I would read them both out for Seeds.

Article 1: The Christchurch Startup Ecosystem Grows Up published by ChristchurchNZ: https://www.christchurchnz.com/news/the-christchurch-start-up-ecosystem-grows-up

Article 2: Five start-ups definign the next Generation of Tech in Christchurch published by Idealog: https://idealog.co.nz/venture/2023/06/five-start-ups-defining-the-next-generation-of-tech-in-christchurch

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Mitch Shaw is a co-founder of Upstream, a business which harnesses the power of social procurement to fund charities. With around $250,000 given out already, it is an impressive example of innovation in a start-up which merges business, charity and philanthropy. Wearing my other hat as a lawyer I helped them set up 5 years ago so it was special to hear about how far they have come with pushing the boundaries of this idea.

Like all Seeds episodes we start with his background and what has shaped Mitch into who he is today. In particular, we hear about growing up in a lower decile area, what gettting a scholarship to a high decile school was like and how you cope if your identity is bound up with being very good at sports. I really enjoyed this conversation and appreciated Mitch's willingness to talk about some pretty hard topics and share about his life story.

If you have a business consider ways you could get involved with Upsteam - there are several ways set out on their site. Consumers can choose to use their suppliers as another way to support.

Upstream site: About Upstream - Upstream 100% Charitable

Mitch's contact: [email protected]

Mention in the conversation this 10 minutes on how to set up an impact driven organisation: Seeds: How to set up an impact driven organisation (libsyn.com)

Seeds Impact Conference in October: Seeds Impact Conference 2023 (seedsconference.nz)

"Upstream empowers customers to impact their community and strengthen the wellbeing of children and young people in Aotearoa. When you make a purchase from an Upstream Supplier, the supplier donates part of their invoice to one of our Good Causes, an organisation that supports children and young people. It's a simple, sustainable way to support the next generation."

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