Stories for the future

Imagine you woke up one morning and realized that you would have to build your life back up again, almost from scratch. You would leave the network and safety of your people, most of your family and friends and you would walk away into the unknown - set out on a journey to find your new tribe. And maybe the hardest part - you would have to rediscover who was the real you. What were your values, beliefs and what opinions would you have on all sorts of issues.

This is hard to imagine for most of us, and I don’t think we reflect much on this on a daily basis: what opinions and beliefs are truly ours, and what is inherited from our family, our friends and our close surroundings.

Todays guest, Morten Westerheim, has first hand knowledge on building a new tribe and starting over again, as he left a strong network and safe community as an adult. Morten grew up in a very strong and tight Christian community in Norway, and the consequences of leaving this community were many and really life changing.

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For those of us who always work best under pressure, we are now busy doing the planning for this new year, the part we should have done in December of course.

But I always feel so motivated in January, so for me, these first few days are the best for making plans. I have this great new planner - the same as the last four years - it’s blank, empty, clean pages and there are so many opportunities to fill those pages with interesting stuff I want to try out.

So as I am planning, sorting out what I will spend my time on, how many hours a week on the different projects, what my goals will be and what actions I will have to take in order to reach those goals, I start reflecting. And I thought I would share some of those reflections with you.

I am design thinking my way into the new year.

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Bill Burnett's TED talk

Book: Designing your life, by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

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Today's guest is Anoushka Nordby from Fjord CleanUP.

Fjord CleanUP is a non-profit environmental organization supporting the restoration and protection of the Inner Oslo Fjord’s natural marine environment. They organize weekly voluntary cleaning events where they provide volunteers with stand up paddle boards, kayaks, diving equipment and all the gear necessary to clean marine pollution out of the fjord.

Their fun and engaging way of making a change is spreading, and hopefully we can se initiatives like this everywhere with a coastline in the near future. The best thing would of course be if the cleaning was unnecessary, but at the moment we are far away from that.

Fjord CleanUP is on a mission to REDUCE the littering, RESTORE the fjord and to REVITALIZE the ecosystem. And I suspect they are having quite a bit of fun as well!

Webpage: Fjord CleanUP

Fjord CleanUP on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube

Article in Aftenposten

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I had some really busy days finalizing a program I did with Startup Norway called Circular Startup Venture Studio. Now I want to tell you about how happy I am that I jumped into this and why!

This was the first batch of entrepreneurs doing this program, but there will be more, and I really encourage you to pay attention to opportunities like this. Who knows what they can lead to? I learned a ton, challenged myself and met some really great people.

I will certainly tell you more about it in a later episode as well, so see this as a sneak peak and a nudge to try something out of your normal zone of comfort and habit once in a while. It is so worth it!

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My guest in today's episode is Sam Chevallier.

Sam - or Samuel, is the founder and managing director of Rewild Africa, a company working to enable ecological restoration through storytelling, film, education and experiences.

He is also the reason I discovered the amazing word of biomimicry, which we will talk a lot more about in this episode.

He is also a Climate Reality leader and we first met last summer when I was mentoring a group from South Africa in the first global Climate Reality training.

Resources and links mentioned in this episode:

Rewild Africa

Learn Biomimicry

Rewild on Instagram

Email Sam @ [email protected]

Books:

Small is beautiful

Thinking like a mountain

Tiny habits

Companies:

Leaf Africa

The Sun Exchange

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I am trying something new!

In these short "In between and behind the scenes" episodes, I will challenge myself to move a bit out of the familiar structure. I will share more about the podcasting journey with you; the ups and downs, the mistakes and successes, the doubts and the joys.

And I will also bring you in on the overall goals with the podcast and the decisions I make along the way.

In this first one I share with you the three main reasons why I choose to make these short, out-of-the-ordinary episodes.

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Siri Abrahamsen is a public speaker, author and the founder and CEO of the company World of Empathy or Gleding, which is the name in Norwegian.

She is also the mother of three boys and a really wonderful person, which I am absolutely certain you will agree with me on after listening to this episode.

Her message about how small actions create big impact and how we all need to be seen, heard and included, brings a really important element to the work to create a better future.

This message and Siri’s work needs to be spread! So if you are listening to this from a very different part of the world and think that this is something you want to learn more about, then please reach out. We need a whole world of empathy!

Siri on Instagram

Gleding on Instagram

Gleding.com

[email protected]

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This is the second part of my conversation with Arjun SriHari.

In this second part he goes into more details about his ideas for what he wants to do next.and we also spend quite some time around his vision for the future and how he thinks we can all have a much bigger impact on how our society evolves.

Arjun is a big advocate for bursting the bubbles and coming together, across the many barriers and divides existing today. He started his career with a strategic communications consultancy - and clear and effective communication is something he values highly.

He has spent 5 years building a rooftop solar company in India with the clear goal of helping speed up the transition to renewable energy in his home country. In this episode he shares the ups and downs of that journey as well as the reason for moving on and stepping away from the company.

He recently finished his MBA in Madrid, Spain, and now he is on the hunt for his next adventure in the Sustainability/Climate Action/Climate Tech space.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Books - The hidden life of trees, Entangled life

Movie - Kiss the ground

Fireside chat on starting a rooftop solar venture in India

Arjun's contact info:

• LinkedIn, Instagram, twitter


• E-mail: [email protected]

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Today my guest is Arjun SriHari.

"The only way that we are going to solve this climate crisis is if the world comes together."

Arjun is a big advocate for bursting the bubbles and coming together, across the many barriers and divides existing today. He started his career with a strategic communications consultancy - and clear and effective communication is something he values highly.

He has spent 5 years building a rooftop solar company in India with the clear goal of helping speed up the transition to renewable energy in his home country. In this episode he shares the ups and downs of that journey as well as the reason for moving on and stepping away from the company.

He recently finished his MBA in Madrid, Spain, and now he is on the hunt for his next adventure in the Sustainability/Climate Action/Climate Tech space.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Terra.do


• Climate Changemakers


• CCM Europe LinkedIn Page


• ClimateAction.tech


• Work On Climate

Arjun's contact info:

• LinkedIn, Instagram, twitter


• E-mail: [email protected]

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Today my guest is Maria Peltokangas from Corporate Good.



Maria has been working in Sweden, Malaysia, Singapore and Norway in the IT and oil- and gas industry with marketing and communications.

In 2015 she changed direction and has since then dedicated her time and effort to corporate responsibility and sustainability.

She is also a Climate Reality Leader, and she is active in the Nordic network of

The Climate Reality Project.

In addition Maria is a B Leader and can offer guidance and support to companies working with the B Impact Assessment and the B Corp certification process.

Links for more information about initiatives mentioned in this episode

The Climate Reality Project https://www.climaterealityproject.org/

B Corps https://bcorporation.net/

Corporate Good (in Norwegian) https://www.corpgood.com/

Buy the book (in Norwegian) https://www.corpgood.com/bok/

And do not hesitate to contact Maria to learn more about sustainable business or if you would like to get a Climate Reality presentation at your company, school or any other group you are a part of.

Maria's LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariapeltokangas/

Maria's personal Instagram profile https://www.instagram.com/maria_peltokangas/

Corporate Good on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/corpgood_norway/

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