Wonderspace

On Wonderspace this week we welcome Joshua Coombes.  Josh is a hairdresser who, in 2015, took to the streets of London on his days off and gave haircuts to people who were experiencing homelessness. He started posting images of the people he met on social media and a global movement was born.

On the Wonderspace podcast this week we welcome Marwa al-Sabouni. Marwa is an award-winning architect and author who has chosen to remain with her family in war torn Homs in Syria.  Her 2016 book 'The Battle For Home' gained her invitations to speak around the world and led to a TED talk where Marwa suggests that Syria's architecture was one of the key causes of war by dividing its once tolerant and multicultural society into single identity enclaves defined by class and religion. In her latest book 'Building For Hope' Marwa explores how cities and buildings might be rebuilt in the aftermath of conflict, crisis or financial depression.

On Wonderspace this week we welcome Amooti Binaisa.  Amooti is the Africa Campaign Director for 8 Billion which is a project of the Resilient Foundation enabling storytellers and filmmakers to take part in changing the world. Her own story is extraordinary and uniquely brings together the worlds of business, politics and creativity.

This week we orbit with educator and leadership advisor Andres Roberts.  Andres is the founder of the Bio-leadership project which is a movement to help transform human systems and the paradigm of leadership by working with nature. Andres is also the co-founder of Way of Nature and works with many inspiring organisations including Patagonia, The World Benchmarking Organisation, THNK and the Amani Institute.

On Wonderspace this week we orbit with Ben Rawlence.  Ben is a journalist and activist and has written for The New York Times and The Guardian. He is also the founding director of Black Mountains College in Wales which is an institution devoted to creative and adaptive thinking in the face of the climate and ecological emergency. His latest book The Treeline has been described as a spellbinding blend of nature, travel and science writing.

This week on Wonderspace we welcome Gavin Starks.  Gavin is an entrepreneur who has spent over 20 years helping to make data infrastructure useful to everyone: This has led to the creation of dozens of companies that are tackling complex challenges ranging from climate change to government transparency; digital supply-chains to open banking. Gavin is the founder of Icebreaker One which is making data work harder to deliver net-zero and was the CEO of the Open Data Institute and Co-chair of the Open Banking Standard.

Orbiting with us this week on Wonderspace is artist, designer and the current principal of Art Academy in London, Rob Pepper.

On Wonderspace this week we orbit with Evie Manning.  Evie is the co-founder and artistic director of Common Wealth Theatre based in Bradford and Cardiff.  They are known for taking theatre out of its comfort zones and were nominated by the team at Good Chance who were the creators of The Jungle and The Walk with Amal.

On Wonderspace this week we welcome singer/songwriter Mysie who is an Ivor Novello winning artist from London and currently on tour supporting Corrine Bailey Rae.

This weeks Wonderspace comes from the Eden Project in Cornwall where 130 people came together on the 26th April for a Boardroom 2030 event. This episode features inspiring delegates and speakers telling us (in around 20 secs) their story of hopefulness about a business, non-profit or person who are doing amazing things for the world.