Wonderspace

Orbiting with us on Wonderspace this week is Elissa Freiha.  Elissa is an Emirati-Lebanese entrepreneur, producer, feminist activist and the founder of Womena which is a female-focused media company which aims to inspire real change through storytelling and digital content. Elissa’s compelling responses to our questions takes us around the world.

Joining us on Wonderspace this week is the Co-founder and Director of Empathy Action Ben Solanky.  Empathy Action create immersive experiences and workshops enabling participants to walk in someone else’s shoes. They believe that solving the worlds biggest problems such as the refugee crisis, global poverty and the climate emergency starts with empathy.

Joining us on Wonderspace this week is social entrepreneur Sara Osterholzer from Brighton UK.  Sara is the co-founder of The Good Business Club which is a network of over 90 businesses.  Her story of hopefulness about supermarket rebels hisbe.co.uk is well worth a listen. Sara was nominated by John Pritchard from Pala Eyewear (Episode 28)

For our first Wonderspace orbit of 2022 we welcome broadcaster, entrepreneur and award-winning designer, Samata Pattinson.  Samata is also the CEO of Red Carpet Green Dress, an organisation founded by Suzy Amis and her husband, James Cameron that brings sustainability to the forefront of the fashion industry.

On our last Wonderspace episode of 2021, we orbit with Dhiraj Mukherjee.  Dhiraj is the co-founder of Shazam Entertainment which was the worlds first mobile phone music recognition service.  Shazam was acquired by Apple in 2017. Today Dhiraj is an angel investor focussed on emerging technologies and tech for good.

This week we orbit with Jason Carter who has spent 25 years of his life touring to over 100 countries as a classical guitarist.  Working alongside The British Council and Unesco, his creative peace-building and intercultural work has taken him to countries such as North Korea, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Russia and China.  Jason is also a filmmaker and is best known for his film, Grains of Sand, which he speaks about as part of his story.

On Wonderspace this week we orbit with Sabrina Chakori in Brisbane Australia. For more than a decade, Sabrina has been advocating for a more sustainable society, leading numerous collaborations in various countries around the world. In 2017, she founded the Brisbane Tool Library, a social enterprise that encourages people to borrow tools, camping gear and other equipment which reduces waste and household consumption. Sabrina was nominated by our 16th guest Donnie Maclurcan from the Post Growth Institute.

On Wonderspace this week we orbit with Dino Siampos.  For 20 years Dino has been creatively activating and enhancing brand identities in Chicago and New York and today he is an Associate Creative Director at Apple in California. In his own story and his story of hopefulness, we love the way that Dino speaks about the vital role of art teachers in enhancing a view of the world and building a more holistic person. Dino was nominated by our 14th guest on Wonderspace Chidi Achara.

On Wonderspace this week we orbit with Jazz Woodward.  Jazz works with the NBA in New York and is himself a remarkable story of wonder and hopefulness which is so worth a few minutes of your time today.  Jazz was nominated by Ellonda Williams from B Lab in Philadelphia who was our 12th guest on Wonderspace.

This week we have reached 50 Wonderspace orbits and also the second week of COP26 in Glasgow.  To mark these two milestones we ask our six questions to John Elkington who is a world authority in sustainable development, the founder of Volans and the author of 20 books. John is also convening meetings of business leaders at COP this week which you will hear about in his story.