In this episode, we welcome Simon Dawes, a driving force behind the Environment Agency's push towards sustainability, with over two decades of experience in the environmental sector.  Currently, Simon is the Head of Sustainable Business Strategy, where he led the development and integration of a Net Zero delivery plan for a complex £1.3bn organisation.  He also spearheaded the creation of an expansive Carbon Literacy training program for 11,000 staff, fostering a culture of innovation and...

In this episode, we welcome Andres Roberts, Founding Partner for the Bio-Leadership Project. A place where a new story of leadership is growing, working with the rules of life: cycles, connection, regeneration, reciprocity and love. The vision for the Bio-Leadership Project is to help a global ecosystem of people to grow this new story all over the world. Five kinds of Bio-Leadership stories are redefining human progress. The work is about helping these stories connect up and grow.  🌱...

In this episode, we welcome Vibhati Bhatia, the founder of South Asians for Sustainability and managing consultant for social sustainability at Energise. She is also the co-partner of Race Report UK-- part of Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS)-- and advisory board for Catalyse Change, which focuses on helping 18 to 25 females or non-binary people getting into sustainability.  This is a heart opening adventure through inequality, injustice, and the inspiring story of how a...

In this episode of the Future Planet Podcast, we adventure with Hermione Taylor, the visionary founder and CEO of Do Nation. Hermione is an early pioneer in promoting sustainable actions and living. Her journey began in 2009 with an inspiring cycling trip from London to Morocco, a challenge not just for her but for those around her.  Instead of seeking financial support, Hermione urged her friends and family to commit to sustainable actions.  What started as a personal challenge quickly...

Brad Vanstone is the Founder of Willicroft, a plant‑based cheese producer making planet‑proof cheese for dairy cheese lovers. Inspired by Brad’s family's dairy farming roots dating back to 1957, Willicroft was re‑imagined as a plant‑based cheese company in Amsterdam in 2018. This is a journey of an inspiring story of passion, tenacity and commitment to doing the right thing. In this episode, we hear the story of how Brad: 🌱 Grew up in his Grandparents' dairy farm 🌱 Started from humble...

In this episode, we adventure with the pioneer of zero waste, Catherine Conway. Catherine's is an inspiring story of persistence, commitment, and resilience – values that all founders need.  Catherine's instincts lead her to be truly collaborative and, like all great impact pioneers, she prioritizes impact and doing the right thing.  We adventure through circular economy behavior change, collaboration, and policy. We tackle short-termism and explore the need for longer-term thinking....

In this episode, we welcome human rights activist and environmentalist Kumi Naidoo. Kumi was the International Executive Director of Greenpeace International (from 2009 through 2016) and Secretary General of Amnesty International (from 2018 to 2020). Kumi served as the Secretary-General of CIVICUS, an international alliance for citizen participation, from 1998 to 2008. He’s also the author of the deeply moving book ‘Letters to My Mother: The Making of a Troublemaker’ and ‘Can Citizen...

In this episode, we welcome the inspirational Adam Read, Chief Sustainability and External Affairs Officer for SUEZ UK, a leading global provider of environmental solutions. Adam is a policy expert, pioneer and influencer for positive change in an industry that is connected to everything we do and our whole way of life. Themes include cross-value chain collaboration, circular economy, green skills, policy frameworks, politics, social value and systemic levers. Together we will...

In this episode, we welcome Simeon and Anne from Dream Quickly. What a dream team! I had so much fun with these two beautiful humans, exploring how they co-created a project to put nature on the board at Faith in Nature, and then created a toolkit so you can do the same. Together we will explore: - How Anne’s love of nature was a seed that grew - How to give Nature a voice in decision making - The process they went through in including the voice of Nature on the board - Some of the...

In this episode, we adventure with David Carlin, Head of Climate Risk and TCFD for the UN Environment Programme's Finance Initiative. Together we will explore: David's vision for an equitable and just futureHow finance is both an enabler of the challenge and the solution3 blockers to unlocking a flowing river of finance The need to create intentional networks of individuals within and between organisationsHow to evolve our current financial instruments for a sustainable futureWe also talk...

In this episode, we welcome Thrivability Maven, an author of Age of Thrivability, Michelle Holiday.  It was such a pleasure to connect and co-create this episode with Michelle. The focus of Michelle's work is helping people shift from a mechanistic, reductive, extractive worldview to a regenerative heart-centered one.  Together we adventure through: how our worldview needs to bring nature to the heart of ithow feelings and the words we choose will guide us in the world we co-createhow...

In this episode, we welcome Timothée Parrique, a pioneering proactivist, passionate about degrowth. Timothée is a researcher, economist, and scientist who focuses on questions about de-growth, post-growth, and post-capitalism.  We explore: what degrowth ishow it can be definedwhy it needs to existwhat it means in practicewhat practical policies we can adoptand examples where they are working. You can read the action takeaways from this episode, comment, co-create future episodes, and...

In this episode, we welcome Philippe Birker, co-founder of Climate Farmer-- visionary and adventurous--on a mission to scale regenerative agriculture through a community of practice for farmers and carbon. We dive into:  what is regenerative farmingsoil healththe role that farmers play in maintaining healthy ecosystemsit's not the cow, it's the howthe need for a better subsidy frameworkmore transparent pricing through the supply chain and more value being passed to farmers for their hard...

In this episode, we welcome Sir Jonathon Porritt - a renowned environmentalist, sustainability campaigner, writer, member of the British Green Party, and founder-director of Forum for the Future. We talk about intergenerational justice and intersectionality. We explored citizen leadership and civil disobedience and the blocker that is the indifference of so many people. We adventured politics and political funding, the juxtaposition of oil investment and climate action, nuclear power, EV,...