In Episode 16, the sustainable sleepover club was joined by Kelvin Akapalo who is a spoken word artist, dancer, co-author of the published book We Have a Dream and a global education facilitator passionate about promoting human rights, inclusion, integration of minorities, and community and youth development through his work with the National Youth Council of Ireland and Internationally! He shared his story of migration with us, how he fell in love with spoken word, his dream, his superpowers and an incredible final message for every young person listening!

We chatted about all this and so much more in the Sustainable Sleepover club, from our favourite chocolate and how much this group means to us to the importance of stories and getting active! We hope you enjoy, laugh, sob and learn!

In this episode, Amy interviewed Theresa Rose Sebastian, a climate and social justice activist originally from Kerala, India but currently resides in the rebel city of Cork in Ireland. We discussed the term MAPA, COP26, our message to global leaders, our hopes, fears, climate anxiety and even our favourite biscuits! We hope you enjoy and get active for COP26 because everyone is needed in the movement!

In Episode 15, Amy interviewed Mark Healy and together, we discussed our understanding of peace and how it has changed, that terrorism isnt as easy to define as we would have thought, the power we hold as individuals while rethinking current power structures and above all, the importance of being an active citizen and of young people’s voices! We also embraced the sleepover feel, we discussed our zodiac signs, laughed and shared some incredible quotes!

Until everyone lives their life with every basic human right, our world is not at peace and we do not have justice. Lean into your anger to take action and reclaim your power! We hope that anyone listening feels empowered and encouraged to become involved, we hope this conversation helped and maybe share this episode with another young person!

In this episode we speak with the President of the Irish Second Level Students Union (ISSU), Emer Neville! She explained what the union is, why she ran for president, how you can get involved and so much more. In the sleepover, we chatted a lot about the cao and leaving cert along with the junior cert reform and career guidance. We have pointed out an amazing resource on your options after leaving cert in 2021within the goal segment, so listen to find it!

This is our 12th episode and the Sustainable Sleepover Club are joined by Caitlin Lowry who runs Urcyberstylist, creating second hand bundles for customers! It is packed with shocking statistics on fast fashion, ways to develop a more sustainable  and unique wardrobe, our opinions of and experiences with fast fashion and we dive into the nuances of this issue! We hope this episode can kick start or be part of your entry into the fashion revolution and once again, enjoy the sleepover!

In this episode we focused on mental health with Aleesha Wiegandt! She explained what stigma actually means and how harmful it is around mental health as well as using her experiences and current practices to speak about the topic. In the Sustainable Sleepover Club we dove into what we do to mind our minds, the reality of self care and why it's so important to seek help! Listen to find out the Sustainable Development Goal this episode links to and instead of statistics, our host explained where to find support and resources! If you need this message, there can be brighter days ahead so reach out and start the journey to those better days!

This is our 10th episode with another amazing guest! Henna spoke about racism, discrimination, self love and wellness and how your insecurities are never due to your flaw, it is an insecurities manufactured by the patriarchy, capitalism or colonialism. Someone is profiting from your self hate so let’s practise self acceptance instead (Henna includes some amazing ways to do this)! In the Sustainable Sleepover Club, we went into this further in terms of beauty standards, history, rest, self-talk, transgender rights and so much more including our favourite icecream flavours!