In this episode, we are speaking to Peggy Chan, WFPB Chef-Restaurateur, social entrepreneur, systems educator and Executive Director at Zero Footprint Asia. Previously she ran the most successful plant-based restaurant in Hong Kong - Grassroots Pantry. She’s on a mission to scale traceable, regenerative and circular food systems in Asia. Over the years Peggy has emerged as one of the region’s most authoritative voices on organic sourcing and systems thinking design. She is an alumni of...

In this epsiode, we are speaking to Lilly Gilbert, Chief Sustainability Officer at Mandala Club and the co-founder of the Circular Community Singapore and UK.   Lilly is a sustainability professional and impact investor with over 15 years of experience in the private sector and for NGOs across Europe and Asia.  She advises on on carbon, waste and sourcing strategy, and helps companies develop their sustainability agenda, embed it in operations and communicate it to customers. We talk about...

In this episode, we are speaking to Dan Sherrard-Smith the Founder & CEO of MyMotherTree, the world's first money carbon calculator. They help businesses and individual to maximise their impact by greening finances - so that we can fund the future we want.  This is such an important topic because when we include financial emissions, the average carbon footprint for an SME doubles! Previously Dan built Look After My Bills that achieved the best-ever deal on Dragons' Den.  We talk about...

In this episode, we are speaking to author, activist, and changemaker Osprey Orielle Lake. She is the founder of Women's Earth and Climate Action Network( WECAN), sits on the executive committee for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature and on the steering committee for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. She works internationally with grassroots, BIPOC and Indigenous leaders, policymakers, and diverse coalitions to build climate justice, resilient communities, and a just...

This week we have a special episode, a fireside chat I moderated during our recent Conscious Festival in Singapore with the ever-inspiring Arizona Muse on the topic: fashion as a climate solution.  Arizona Muse, credited as the new face of American fashion nay Vogue, has graced the cover of over 40 international Vogue magazines.  But through the glitz and glam, she has kept her feet on the ground, figuratively and literally—in the  soil—and has found that that has resonated the most.  Her...

Hey it’s Steph Dickson and welcome to the Live Wide Awake podcast. Thank you for being one of our listeners in 88 countries around the world. Today we are speaking to Angela Sim and Lynn Yeo the founders of Cloversoft. Founded in 2014, Cloversoft is committed to creating and producing toxin-free and eco-friendly daily consumables for sustainable living at affordable prices for all. The two are both prestige 40 under 40.  In this episode, we talk about how the duo went from banking to...

This is a special episode, a panel discussion I moderated during our recent Conscious Festival in Singapore on changing the narrative on climate futures. We had an all-star, all-female panel with:  > Minister Grace Fu - Minister for Sustainability and the Environment > Esther An - Chief Sustainability Officer of City Developments Limited - one of TIME 100 Climate, an SDG Pioneer in 2018, Vice Chair of the World Green Building Council Corporate Advisory Board among many others.  >...

In this episdoe, we are speaking to Tez Steinberg who was the first person in history to row across the Pacific Ocean alone from California to Hawaii with no prior rowing experience. The journey took 71 days and 2,700 miles, powered only by sheer will and two oars. Tez was named one of the "50 Best Young Minds in the World" by the World Economic Forum and you can see why. Hearing his story of resilience, determination and simple yet precise wisdom blew me away.  We talk about the comfort...

In this episode we are speaking to Alina Truhina, CEO and Managing Partner of The Radical Fund,  an early-stage VC fund investing in founders who are delivering climate resilience for Southeast Asia. Alina is also the Co-Founder of Founders Factory Africa, the pan-African venture studio and VC Fund, where she raised over US$140million from LPs and investors. Before that she helped scale over 76 tech ventures in 9 countries across East Africa and South Asia. And spent seven years at the World...

In this episode, we are speaking to the incredible Dr Loretta Chen, co-founder and CEO of Smobler Studio, a leading virtual architecture firm building in The Sandbox. An acclaimed creative director, a Straits Times bestselling author and a respected professor, Loretta is hailed as “a force of nature” and “Asia’s Anna Wintour. She was also shortlisted as a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore and is an International Consultant to the investment arm of the Royal Government of...

In this episode, we are speaking to Chris Wedding founder of Entrepreneurs For Impact (climate CEO mastermind peer groups) and a professor at Duke University. Chris is a former private equity investor, award-winning professor, startup founder, investment banker, and executive coach, with over $1 billion of investment experience and 75,000 professional students taught.  I first discovered Chris through his amazing newsletter which talks about climate, startups, productivity, leadership - and...

In this episode, we are speaking to Marc Nicholson, founder of private members club 1880.  Marc Nicholson has been an entrepreneur for 17 years. With a colourful past including child acting, manning a suicide hotline, coaching Cyprus’s national squash team, volunteering in an Indonesian village, venture capital, advertising, men’s grooming and even a sting in the US Naval Academy.  In this episode, we talk about the power of conversations, the importance of human connection,  the future of...

In this episode, we are speaking to Brandy Dallas, the founder of waste-neutral sustainable fashion brand SANS FAFF, a Vogue Innovation Prize Finalist.  Brandy worked in luxury as the former marketing manager at Tiffany’s and Marina Bay Sands for the Shoppes. Deciding if she was going to work as hard as she was it might as well be for herself, she decided to be part of the solution to bring fashion, luxury, sustainability and affordability together in a modern minimalist label.  We talk...

In this episode, we are speaking to Laura Storm, founder of Regenerators and co-author of the best-selling book Regenerative Leadership. Laura has spent her entire career working at the intersection of sustainability, organizational development, climate change policy and the intelligence of nature. She has started and led multiple international organisations including the Copenhagen Climate Council and Sustainia.  She was awarded the title “world changer” by GreenBiz, named one of the...

In this episode, we are speaking to Christopher Lafayette, an emergent technologist, humanitarian in virtual and augmented reality applying his talents to the metaverse, ai, medtech, education, web3 and applied sciences. Chris is the founder of GatherVerse, which fosters conversations about what the metaverse can and should be to benefit humanity. He is also the founder of The Black Technology Mentorship Program, supporting the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. And he sits on various advisory...

In this episode, we are speaking to Dr Dain Heer, author, speaker, change-maker and the co-creator of Access Consciousness - a powerful personal development company that invites you to value possibilities over problems to rewire negative thought processes.  He began his career journey as a chiropractor, and over the last twenty years, he developed his signature energy work called the Energetic Synthesis of Being, which invites a new level of awareness, communion and transformation with...

There is no digital world without the natural world! In this episode, we are speaking to Sophia and Maria Li - two sisters and the co-founders of Steward using digital art to protect our natural world. Sophia Li is an award-winning multimedia journalist and climate advocate. Harvard named her one of the top climate communicators of 2022 and she is an ambassador for the United Nations Human Rights Division. She is also the host of Meta’s podcast, Climate Talks, and was part of the founding...

What is ecocide? Why should we care? What can we do? This week we are speaking to Jojo Mehta, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Stop Ecocide International, who is pursuing their goal to have Ecocide  - mass damage and destruction of nature -  added to the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a fifth crime alongside Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and Crimes of Aggression. In this episode, we talk about the global ecocide movement and the momentum it is seeing, the impact...

In this episode of the Live Wide Awake podcast, we are speaking to Dr Isla Myers-Smith a global change ecologist, National Geographic Explorer, Chancellor's Fellow and Chair of Climate Change Ecology at the University of Edinburgh.  Her research examines the ‘greening of the Arctic’ and how plants are responding to climate warming and impacts including shrub expansion and permafrost thaw. We talk about why the Arctic is warming 4 times as fast as the rest of the planet, the latest IPCC...

In this episode, we are speaking to Linda Cruse, International humanitarian, world-class leadership coach, entrepreneur, speaker, author and founder of the Race4Good. Counting the likes of the Dalai Lama, King Charles and Richard Branson as her mentors and guides, Linda inspires, motivates, and captivates audiences through her incredible life of adventure and misadventure, including escape from a rebel army, being held at gunpoint, surviving severe hypothermia, and suturing her own...

In this episode, we are speaking to Pranitan “Pete” Phornprapha - the founder of Scratch First and the architect behind Wonderful - Asia’s leading arts, music and cultural sustainability festival. Pete is the third generation of the Siam Motors family, is a Green Is The New Black Green Warrior and one of Prestige’s 300 high flyers. In this episode, we talk about the evolution of Wonderful music festival, explorations of the mind, living in a world of grey, the importance of having a...

In this episode, we are speaking with Mollie Jean De Dieu is the founder of Emotional Inclusion, a speaker facilitator and General Manager for the French fashion and accessories company, Lonchamp for Singapore and Malaysia. After two decades in the fashion industry, she realised the urgent need to have a safe platform in the corporate world for emotions to be heard, recognised and dealt with. She is also currently writing a book for Penguin Publishing, that outlines her vision for...

In this episode, we are speaking to Christine Amour-Levar the founder of two award-winning NGOs - Her Planet Earth and Women on a Mission. Christine is also a human rights and sustainability advisor, climate investor, best-selling Penguin author of the book Wild Wisdom, TEDx Speaker, board member and advisor to several purpose-led organisations. Chistine’s career started strong in Japan at McCannn-Erickson and Phillippe Starck before moving to Nike in New York and around Asia. She then went...

In this episode, we are speaking to Nina Simons, the co-founder of Bioneers, a social entrepreneur who is passionate about reinventing leadership and co-creating a healthy, peaceful, and equitable world for all. In 2017, Nina Simons received the Goi Peace Award with her husband and partner Kenny Ausubel for “pioneering work to promote nature-inspired innovations for restoring the Earth and our human community.” Past honorees include Bill Gates, James Lovelock, and Deepak Chopra. She is also...