Shannon Raponi is a volunteer for the People’s Plan on the communications team. She is especially passionate about the protection of nature and the benefits of people connecting with the natural world. 

The People's Plan aims to put people’s voices at the heart of a green and just recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic towards our net zero future, through engaging diverse communities on local net zero policymaking.

More on the People's Plan: http://peoplesplan.org/

The People’s Plan is one of the campaigns of The Climate Venture Collective, a grassroots group of volunteer entrepreneurs, thinkers, makers, and doers who come together to create scalable solutions to the climate and ecological crisis. As well as the People’s Plan Campaign, they build products, apps, and other services to help create a smooth transition to a zero-carbon economy.

More on The Climate Venture Collective: https://thecvcollective.com/

In today’s episode, Shannon and I talk about the Green New Deal and why we need to implement it on a global scale.

Izzy Ngo is an ed-tech entrepreneur for Southeast Asia, and is deeply passionate about democratizing quality educational resources through technology. She is the co-founder of VERE360, an immersive content platform that makes experiential learning experiences affordable, quick, and easy to use. 

Try it out here: https://vere360.com/

In today’s episode, we learn the story of VERE360 and we break the stigma around VR, we reflect on how VR can be used as a tool to improve the quality of education, and we reflect on the challenges within education pre and post COVID. 

Annie Kelly is an award-winning human rights journalist for the Guardian and Observer. She is the editor of the Guardian’s Modern-day slavery in focus series. She also works as a writer and consultant for UN agencies and international NGOs. Previous clients have included UN Women, UNAIDS, Save the Children, ActionAid, Help Age International, and WaterAid.

Read more about Annie's work here: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/anniekelly

In today’s episode, we talk about modern slavery, labor exploitation, the impact of covid19 pandemic on people employed in the global supply chains, and we reflect on what is decent work.

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Karry is a research and purpose consultant, helping companies implement the triple bottom line and re-imagine business as a force for good. As a B Corp Ambassador, she guides companies along their journey to becoming a Certified B Corporation and advocates for the B Corp movement in Germany, to raise awareness through community building and event creation. 

Her research insights on the topic of purpose, brand activism and greenwashing are published on SustainableFashionMatterz.com and her own blog on karryschwettmann.com.

In today's episode, we talk about greenwashing, the rise of B corps and purpose-driven companies, activism and spirituality. 

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Karla Morales-Lee is a thought-leader, community chief, brand strategist, and designer of unique experiences. Over the past 15 years, she has founded four businesses, one of which she sold. Today, she leads two ground-breaking businesses, both of which exist to accelerate positive change.

Founded in 2018, her consultancy New Breed advises organizations on how to be a force for good, helping them to identify and co-design ways to grow their business through positive societal and environmental impact. In 2011 she saw a need to support social entrepreneurs to thrive (rather than just survive) and created The Warrior Women Network, which has quickly evolved to an app-based support and collaboration platform for female entrepreneurs pioneering new solutions to the problems that matter. 

More on New Breed. 

More on The Warrior Women Network. 

In today's episode, we talk about gender equality, the challenges of women leading impactful projects, and the need for more collaboration to lead positive projects. 

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Jaagruti Didwania and Sejal Maheshwari are 2 inspiring women who are co-leading the Blue Divide project, an endeavour to amplify the lives, voices, struggles and strengths of women confined by the intersectional divide created by gender, class, and the nature of work in the informal economy. Jaagruti is most passionate about women’s rights and equality and wants to use market-oriented solutions to solve some of the issues being faced by women today and Sejal is particularly passionate about women empowerment and continues to pick her battles on a day-to-day basis.

More on The Blue Divide: https://www.bluedivide.org/

In today’s episode, we talk about the informal economy and its challenges, women working in the informal economy and how the COVID 19 pandemic has affected the lives of millions of workers active in the informal economy.

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Lenka Homolka is a storyteller & marketer on a mission to help clean-tech companies find their rightful spot on the market. She places them as thought leaders and creates their future-proof tales that empower everyday people in making a positive difference in the world. For the last 6 years, she is guiding companies, NGOs, communities & policy-makers through development, innovation, and implementation of their own inspiring (tech)tales to bring the Bright Tale for humanity. She is a creator of GET, a sustainable toothpaste tube made for the whole society, not only the green bubble.

More about Lenka: https://lenkahomolka.com/

More on GET: https://www.wearekontra.com/get

In today’s episode, we discuss Clean & Affordable #Energy 💡, what holds us back from employing it and what are the underlying behavioral patterns of change towards a green & resilient future.

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Giulia Marzetti is an engineer that works as a project manager for a portfolio of sustainable transport and energy projects. Giulia is the driving Persona of the European Footprints, a multimedia project raising awareness about the SDGs through storytelling; she is also a Local Leader for the Women@EIT initiative, where she supports women in science and entrepreneurship.

Currently, Giulia is a Project Officer at the European Commission and the viewpoints she has expressed in this interview are not the ones of her employer. In today’s episode, we reflect on the SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, sustainable urban development, lessons after COVID, the need for a localized, systemic, and participatory approach to urban planning and community resilience.

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Floris Koot (1958, the Netherlands) is an experienced public speaker, writer, trainer, and since 2004, an active creative innovator in education. He is co-founder of Knowmads Business school Amsterdam and was involved in several other education startups. 

Floris studied to be a Teacher of Dramatic Arts and Integral Psychology. During his journey, he worked in many creative professions, from actor to DJ, from illustrator to event designer. As a teacher, he always challenges mindsets and explores new possibilities. He helps students find their own answers.

In today’s episode, we reflect on the biggest challenges of education systems worldwide and how they are in contradiction with our human nature, we explore what should be the bigger purpose of learning and how it can better reflect the reality of the 21st century.

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Johannah Maher is the CEO and Co-founder of IMPACTR, an impact-tech startup company with a mission to inspire millions of people to do small things that together make a big impact.  

More on IMPACTR: https://www.impactr.world/

Prior to becoming an impact-entrepreneur, Johannah was an executive at the world´s largest wind energy company, specialized in high-tech product development and value engineering.  Johannah is a recognized industry expert in renewable energy and a fierce advocate for equality and social change.

In today’s episode, we talk about the energy transition, the relationship between inclusion, equality, and the clean energy transition movement.

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