We Can Remake The World

Consumers matter, but it’s time for business itself to change. Shouldn't global business take as much responsibility as the rest of us when it comes to protecting people and planet? The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) is working with the largest corporations in the world and asking them to honor the triple bottom line: PEOPLE, PLANET, and PROFIT. The UNGC’s mission is to guide global business onto a better path to protect the environment, equality, and human rights at every level. And they’re succeeding. Join us for our conversation with Claire Kells of the UNGC to learn about why businesses must come to the table if we truly want to change the world. If business changes, the world changes. It’s that simple. Join the conversation, start conversations in your community. Let’s make the change we want to see. 

SUPPORT the UNGC: Learn more about the UNGC at https://www.unglobalcompact.org/, and learn more about the Good Life Goals at https://www.goodlifegoals.org/ .

CHALLENGE: Choose one of the UNGC's Good Life Goals and make it your focus for the next two weeks. Give some thought to all the ways you can make a positive impact with that one goal. Share your actions with others to inspire them.

TAKEAWAYS: 1: If business changes, the world changes. 2: It’s time for the business world to step up to the plate when it comes to transforming our world for the better. 3: Change is already happening, and you can be part of it.

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Election season is upon us. Once again we have the opportunity to use our voice as voters to shape our world for the better. But we've been here before... Are we right to focus so much of our energy on the outcome of a single election? Are we forgetting about the countless options we ALL have to make a difference through our daily actions by focusing so much on the influence of one person in public office? What if we believed politics was one of many tools to explore, rather than our only path to true change? Nathan explores the differences between the power we give ourselves and the power we give others to make this world a better and more equitable place for people and planet.

Join us in two weeks! We speak with Claire Kells of the United Nations Global Compact, which is changing global business for the better one corporation at a time.

Greed does not have to be the status quo. Businesses CAN be good for people, good for the planet, and good for communities. We’ve gotten used to the idea that companies only care about profit – we even expect it. But there is another way. 

Join us for our conversation with Ann Herpel of the Park Slope Food Coop, a massively successful cooperative business in New York City that puts people and the environment first and profit second. Ann tells us the story of the Park Slope Food Coop and how it's become a global model for other cooperative businesses in cities like Paris and Berlin. We dig into cooperative corporations (something they won’t teach you about in business school). Cooperative businesses can be wildly successful and are often built by communities who agree on a shared set of values which benefit owners, shoppers, and locals all at once. Tune in for a fascinating new look at business and what it could be and do in the world.

SUPPORT the Park Slope Food Coop: Learn more and join if you’re in NYC at https://www.foodcoop.com/, or research and support coops in your local community.

CHALLENGE: Learn more about coops. Find and join a coop in your local community, or consider starting one. Check out the film, “Food Coop”, about the Park Slope Food Coop to get inspired about what’s possible.

TAKEAWAYS: 1: We have more options than we realize when it comes to how we do business. 2: WE CAN revitalize our communities with cooperative businesses. 3: We don’t have to do anything alone - there is support to be found in our communities. We can build together.

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Illness is not inevitable. And illness does not have to be "the norm". In a world where illness seems to be growing more and more common, what are we missing? What if we already have the answers to most if not all of our health problems? Could our minds and bodies be more powerful than we've ever thought? Join us for our conversation with Kelly Noonan Gores, writer, director, and producer of the HEAL Documentary on Netflix. HEAL explores the findings of doctors, healers, researchers, and spiritual teachers who are all realizing one key idea: WE CAN heal ourselves. Pulling from what she learned while making the film, Kelly shares her observations on our current medical system, the new ideas taking hold within medical communities around the world, how science supports these ideas, and why Kelly believes it’s essential that all of us become aware of just how powerful we are when it comes to our health.

SUPPORT HEAL: Check out HEAL on Netflix, and learn more or purchase the HEAL book at https://www.healdocumentary.com/. Share with anyone who is struggling with their health.

CHALLENGE: Four key practices for daily health challenge! Inspired by Kelly Noonan Gores, we challenge you to experiment with one or all of her four daily practices to maintain health: meditation/prayer, physical movement, a gratitude practice, and time in Nature. Share your experiences with us on social media!

TAKEAWAYS: 1: We’ve barely scratched the surface when it comes to being truly healthy. 2: Our current system needs evaluating in order to serve us better. Meanwhile we can seek our own answers. 3: The power is in our hands. Empowerment is key.

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In today’s world it’s easy to get overwhelmed. But we can find ways to contribute and make our impact anyway. That impact can take any form that makes sense for who we are and what we have to offer. Nathan is joined by mom, grad student, and musician Kim Gnagey, based in Denver, who shares the three key ideas she believes could change the world tomorrow. 1: Cultivate AWARENESS. 2: Establish PRIORITIES. 3: Check our pride and STAY OPEN to change. What matters most is that we acknowledge that we are part of a greater whole, and that we all affect the big picture with how we live each day.

Next episode! Kelly Noonan Gores, writer and director of the NETFLIX documentary, HEAL.

Our world needs changing. No question. But we don't have to get caught in the big picture, wondering how we'll solve every problem all at once. With awareness of what we want to change comes new ideas about the solutions to every problem, and each of us has a role to play. With a willingness to admit that we aren't where we want to be and a commitment to finding alternatives, we can outgrow this phase of difficulty and get closer to the world we know is possible. We can see every problem as an opportunity. We can collaborate and communicate and build communities who grow together in the face of our challenges.  Let's have patience and compassion for ourselves and each other. Let's stay focused on the long-term: the big picture improvements we're headed toward. We've got this, if we choose to believe it.

We need reefs. They are the lifeblood of the ocean. Thousands of marine species around the globe depend on healthy reefs to thrive, but our reefs are disappearing. We can put a stop to that. Join us for our conversation with Jan Freiwald, executive director, and Matt Bullock, board member, of Reef Check, a nonprofit in California that has been sounding the alarm about the health of our reefs for decades. Jan and Matt teach us about the amazing complexity of reefs, why they’re so crucial for the health of the planet, what’s causing a massive decline in their health, and how each of us can become part of the solution. By becoming more aware of how our actions impact the system of life in the oceans we can make new choices every day that will restore our reefs and our oceans, and the life they hold. It’s time to change course so we can continue to share the Earth with these breathtaking creatures. Listen, learn, take action, and change the world.

SUPPORT Reef Check: Volunteer or donate at https://www.reefcheck.org/.

CHALLENGE: Support our oceans by taking the "3 Ss" challenge: Sunscreen, Single-Use, and Seafood. Make a commitment to only purchase and use reef and ocean-safe Sunscreen, do away with all Single-use plastics in all forms (go with reusables!), and lower or eliminate your consumption of Seafood. 

TAKEAWAYS: 1: We are all connected to every living thing on the planet. There’s no escaping our impact, so what kind of impact will we choose to have? 2: If we want to protect the health of our oceans and our planet, the time to act is now. 3: We can make a difference when it comes to the health of our oceans. It's time to face our problems, recognize the solutions, and take action.

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We are only limited by our beliefs about ourselves. Yolanda Holder knows this better than anyone. At 62, Yolanda is breaking world records in unconventional ways. As a two-time Guinness World Record holder who began marathoning as a walker at age 50, Yolanda knows something about overcoming limitations. Yolanda has made it her mission to challenge the world’s ideas about age and illness. Inspired by losing both of her parents to type 2 diabetes, Yolanda is leading others into greater health every day by setting an example of someone who owns their health, and is constantly growing beyond their limits. She invites us to get past our own challenges, pain, and fears, so that we can remind ourselves how able and powerful we truly are. And Yolanda reminds us through the power of her example that no impact is too small – we can change the world simply be being ourselves.

SUPPORT Yolanda: Learn more about Yolanda, support Extreme Walk 4 Diabetes, or purchase her book at https://www.yolandaholder.com/.

CHALLENGE: Identify a limitation that you've placed on yourself and overcome it. Supersede your expectations. Push yourself past where you’ve been in the past and prove that you can be more than you think.

TAKEAWAYS: 1: We are limited only by our beliefs. 2: Our pain can be an indication that we are growing past old limitations. 3: No impact is too small.

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Peace is a choice we make every day. The choice between peace and its opposite is available to us in every moment, so how can we make the best choice? Especially when circumstances seem the most challenging. Harita Davies, meditation teacher and member of the Sri Chinmoy Centre in New York City, joins us to explore answers to the questions we are all asking about how to stay calm and stay healthy. Harita shares what she’s learned over decades of building her meditation practice: why meditation matters, what it can do for us individually, and what it can do for our world. Harita believes that caring for our own sense of peace is one of the most powerful contributions we can make toward building a better world. Harita also shares her incredible experience of completing a 3,100 mile marathon in New York City - the longest footrace in the world - and how the biggest challenges are designed to help us to grow, not to keep us down.

SUPPORT Harita and the Sri Chinmoy Centre: Learn more and join events, races, and conversations for peace at https://www.srichinmoycentre.org/.

CHALLENGE: Find micro moments of peace in every day. Experiment with a meditation practice or expand your own, and reinforce this idea that you can take a moment to find your peace throughout each day. Notice how these moments impact how you feel overall, and how you treat yourself and others.

TAKEAWAYS: 1: We can choose peace in all circumstances. 2: We can see challenges as beneficial rather than detrimental. 3: Our thoughts and actions impact the world every day.

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Changing the world feels big. Like, really big. But so often it’s the the small things that matter: the daily choices we make to respect the planet, and to respect ourselves and each other. Nathan speaks with his friend, entrepreneur and photographer, Conrad Piepenburg, about the countless opportunities we have to make change with our daily choices.

Conrad, originally from Germany and raised in Spain, shares what he’s learned over his career taking photos and building businesses around the globe. Listen for ways to avoid feeling insignificant in a world full of challenges, and get inspired to take whatever small actions you can to create big change.

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