A new year always brings a lot of excitement.  There are goals and dreams. New things we want to try out, more impact we want to make. No matter if you are listening to this in the first weeks of January or way later into the year, today we want to offer you 2 of the most precious insights that we have gotten from our guests on the podcasts over the years.  “What they shared with me changed me – forever.” #impact Podcast founder Regina Larko If you are looking for...

A huge thanks to our sponsor The Impact Competition. They fund case competitions that provide a financial incentive for teams of students to brainstorm effective solutions for the most pressing issues affecting the communities they live in.  Traditional case competitions offer a theoretical proposal that students are tasked with solving. However, the Impact Competition aims to solve local, real-world issues, and provides the funding for the students to see their solution in action.  Like when...

A huge thanks to our sponsor The Impact Competition. They fund case competitions that provide a financial incentive for teams of students to brainstorm effective solutions for the most pressing issues affecting the communities they live in.  Traditional case competitions offer a theoretical proposal that students are tasked with solving. However, the Impact Competition aims to solve local, real-world issues, and provides the funding for the students to see their solution in action.  Like when...

“It has always made sense to me and has been part of my DNA since I was a child, especially social justice.” Women in sustainability roles In this episode, you join #impact co-host Juhi Gangaramani and her guest Anna Rönngard, founder and CEO of AMRA, an advisory firm focused on supporting women in sustainability roles on how to practically drive meaningful change in the organization they work for.  Anna has 15 years of experience working with...

We get a chance to hear Adelaide’s experience, a former student lead at Peace of Mind and the perspectives shared by students and teachers at school about the organisation. The organisation provides vital resources, tips and support for youth struggling with mental health on social media platforms.  Peace of Mind In this episode, you join #impact co-host Juhi Gangaramani and her guest Adelaide Ng, a former leader of a youth-run organisation called Peace of Mind...

Sustainable Develeopment Goals SGD 13 points to taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. Energy related Co2 emissions increased 6% in 2021 reaching the highest level ever.  Building a global climate action community.  Meet Rainhard Fuchs, CCO & Co founder of Glacier, an Austrian based startup that is bringing Co2 reduction and climate action to companies and their employees. “It’s not about being perfect, but about being...

In this episode you join us for our second LIVE recording within #impact Club – our monthly virtual coffee break get together where we celebrate our community’s big and small wins.  In this LIVE recording we discuss what it means to build a brand from scratch and the particular challenges and opportunities within the social impact space.  We hear how Non-Profits and social enterprises can communicate their purpose so that they can make an even bigger impact. In...

Jane Houng, former musician, businesswoman and teacher, is a long-term resident of Hong Kong. She received a Masters in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts in the US in 2014. She has published seven children’s books for The Commercial Press Hong Kong and Sing Tao Publishing Ltd, as well as with Oxford University Press, Pearson Publishing and The Asian Review of Books. Publications of 2022 are ‘Asian Elephant Art’ and ‘Memoir of Rebecca...

Kids4Kids enables youth agency through programmes that give real-life experiential learning outside of classrooms to young people as they develop the skills and mindset to ideate and implement their passion projects with purpose addressing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Real-life experiential learning outside the classrooms Photo Credit: Kids4Kids In this episode you meet Michele Lai, Founder of Kids4Kids, Bailey Cherry, Founder of Rebooked and...

How can it be June already? A lot has happened here at #impact the last few months. We celebrated 5 years of #impact, released a recording brought to us by Aishah Fauzi, our guest host in Bali, we did a live recording at #impact Club, we celebrated the launch of new podcasts by our students.  Hello from Vienna Personally, #impact founder Regina Larko embarked on an exciting adventure – after 13 years abroad, she has relocated to her hometown...

Everyone deserves to have a voice and to leave a mark on the world. Every voice and contribution counts, everyone can make an impact, and everyone’s story deserves to be told. So #impact helps people share their stories in an intimate, authentic way so they can be confident, stand out and inspire positive change in the world. Our first LIVE recording in #impact Club Photo Credit: hashtagresilience.com In this episode you witness our first LIVE recording...

Buya Istiqlal and his team at Urban Biologist Bali are at the forefront of transforming organic waste and protecting biodiversity on the Island of Bali, Indonesia. As a qualified biologist and the founder of Urban Biologist Bali, Buya has developed a successful sustainable business. He offers services such as Urban Compost and Urban Mosquito to Bali’s inhabitants to increase biodiversity in nature and improve soil health on the island. This impact business...

“What is a Podcast, Regina? I felt a bit weird when I asked her about it,” Célia Berkouk-Schlesier asked Podcast host Regina Larko back in 2016, just before their first test recording for #impact Podcast.  We have come a long way since that first test recording in Hong Kong. Many things have changed and evolved since then, but our purpose stayed the same Our core purpose is to elevate and celebrate deserving voices. #impact Podcast empowers...

The world is changing fast. By staying curious and remaining confident in ourselves, we can learn new skills, tackle new challenges and achieve great things to make a difference in the world. In this episode, you hear from a curious, passionate and beautiful mind who found her way from Nepal to Germany, a woman, who constantly explores and challenges herself to give back and grow her own expertise.  Amrita Gautam is a Civil Engineer from Nepal,...

“They shut me up in Prose –As when a little GirlThey put me in the Closet –Because they liked me “still”   –Still! Could themself have peeped –And seen my Brain – go round –They might as wise have lodged a BirdFor Treason – in the Pound –Himself has but to willAnd easy as a StarLook down opon Captivity –And laugh – No more have I –” Emily Dickinson There’s a lot to be hopeful for when it comes to women’s empowerment. The world that Emily Dickinson grew up in...

“For the rest of my days – because I should have died and he should have lived – I have to help people that are suffering and I don’t even know if this makes sense to somebody listening.” Over the past 5 years running #impact we have come across the most courageous people. The changemakers, the visionaries, the misfits challenging the rules of the game, proofing the naysayers wrong, speaking up, and challenging the status quo for the change they want to see in the...

Ever wanted to be behind the scenes of a big event? So did we! As attendees of live events and conference junkies, #impact Podcast had the great privilege of being at TEDxTinHauWomen‘s for this very inspiring and meaningful live event!What matters now? That’s the question that TEDxTinHauWomen – a women dedicated TEDx community in Hong Kong – is seeking to explore and answer.We went behind the scenes and interviewed great women (and men). This was our experience – listen...

This episode is unlike anything we have done here on the channel, and we have done a lot. Produced in Hong Kong. Recorded across the globe. We recorded on rooftops, in elevators, in front of sold out theatres and in teeny tiny boiling hot meeting rooms, We recorded across timezones with our talented co hosts spread across the world to like very recently at a recording booth at one of the best TEDx events in town. We planned. We scheduled. We strategised. We...

Audio is a medium that allows telling stories in an impactful, intimate way. Today you meet the creators behind four of Hong Kong’s most popular podcasts in a unique panel about podcasting as an alternative approach to storytelling. Recorded LIVE at Hong Kong International Literary Festival How do these Podcasters approach their subjects, how do they tackle sensitive topics like (mental) health, resilience, and belonging as they are setting out to make a positive impact on...

How do science, technology and public policy contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals? Today we will find out. We will find ourselves at the intersection of science, artificial intelligence and the Sustainable Development Goals. OSDG.AI Today you hear from Dr Núria Bautista Puig R&I Technical Support at Carlos III University of Madrid and Affiliated researcher at University of Gävle and Guste Statuleviciute from PPMI, one of the partners behind the OSDG, a...

Tanja Wessels is fascinated by psychology and why we do what we do.In 2021 she is celebrating four years of not buying new clothing, something that started as a one year personal challenge, but has since opened up a wealth of unexpected opportunities. A wake up call Tanja stopped buying new clothes on 10 May 2017 – after listening to the #impact podcast recording with Redress founder Christina Dean. In her TEDx talk Tanja calls this moment a wake up call. Today we...

Lynette Nam is the Senior Legal Advisor at Justice Centre Hong Kong. In this role, she works to advance the rights and protection of refugees and forced migrants in this city and around the Asia Pacific region.  Law as a tool “I realized that law is a tool. And it’s a tool that could be used for oppression. But it can also be a tool that can use be used for good and for change. And I realized then that the profession that I was falling into, that I involved myself within was one...

Carol Li was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii with ancestral ties to China and Korea.After graduation from university, she went onto teaching English abroad in China, and South Korea to learn more about where her family came from. This quest was not easy, at times unsettling, but mostly healing. Searching for a place of belonging “My Asian heritage used to give me anxiety. Now it gives me pride,” Carol Li shares in this episode. You will remember Carol from the...

Dennis Philipse, Founder & Co-Chair, Gay Games Hong Kong and Emery Fung, Volunteer at Gay Games Hong Kong talk inclusion through the power of sports. SDG 10 in the spotlight Sustainable Development Goal 10 highlights Reduced Inequalities. The Gay Games were founded with a mission to bring acceptance of sexual diversity, featuring lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) athletes, artists, and other individuals. It’s the most inclusive sporting and cultural event in...

Regina Larko started #impact – A Podcast about stuff that matters from her tiny bedroom in Hong Kong in 2016. Her first listener was grandma. Bless her, she doesn’t even speak English. Today #impact ranks in the top 10% globally. Today #impact ranks in the top 10% of more than 4 million Podcasts globally, according to Podcast directory Listen Notes. Regina works with 7 co-hosts and team members that are recording and producing for #impact from Hong Kong, Sydney, Bali, Berlin,...