Lindsay has been working for MSF for almost 20 years in various roles and locations mainly in Africa (Ethopia, Haïti, Congo…) and is now based in Stockholm. MSF. Médecins Sans Frontières is known internationally as Doctors without Borders. Founded 50 years ago in France by a group of journalists and doctors, this NGO is now a worldwide movement of nearly 65,000 people. It provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. We recorded t...
Mar 21, 2022•33 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Henrik BLIND is group leader for the Green Party in Jokkmokk. Henrik is also Sami and together we will speak about the Sami people, their history and culture as well as their rights and fights. TheSami are Europes’s only indigenous people whose land called Sápmi encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. An intact territory made of mountains, wild rivers, pristine lakes and streams, tundra and forests, where the Sami have lived since time immemorial. Their best-know...
Feb 08, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 28
Today it is a new format: I will leave the floor to three dads so they can share their own experience on paternity leave. Emotion guaranteed! Parental leave is 480 days in Sweden, which are more and more shared equally between both parents. It is well paid and during this first year there is no real childcare. On the opposite, afterwards the costs of pre-school is very limited. Also, the tax system in Sweden is individual (not based on the household revenue) encouraging the parent with low incom...
Dec 02, 2021•35 min•Season 2Ep. 27
I have been willing to make an episode on paternity leave for a longtime, looking around for the right person to meet! That was until I discovered Johan’sexhibit called Swedish Dads. Johan Bävman is a photographer and has won several awards, including the World Press Photo, Sony Award, UNICEF PhotoAward. His series Swedish Dads had a tremendous impact and has been published/shared widely all over the world. Together we will speak about paternity leave. A topic that is a lot less anecdotal than o...
Nov 25, 2021•21 min•Season 3Ep. 26
Very happy to welcome Sanna Ghotbi to talk about Participatory Democracy ! After working in politics for four years, Sanna is now working with municipalities and public institutions to design participatory democracy processes. Together we discussed the need to reinvent democracy. We reviewed inspiring examples in various countries: in Spain following 15-M movement in 2011 ( Indignados ), in France with the tops & flops of the Citizen Convention for Climate, in Ireland on very controversial t...
Oct 24, 2021•35 min•Season 3Ep. 25
Extinction Rebellion (also known as XR) was born in 2018 in the UK and today claims 100,000 members across 60 countries. This collective defends a radical change in our environmental policies and advocates civil disobedience & non-violence. Occupations of places, blockades with human chains, art performances, and no resistance in case of arrest. Elvin is 21 years old and tells how he became an activist, his vision for the future and how XR is building on historic legacies (Civil Rights Movem...
Jul 05, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Sepehr Mousavi is the Co-Founder of SweGreen, where he is in charge of Sustainability, Innovation and R&D. He is also a Futurist and Green Tech advocate, TedX speaker and keynote for many otherconferences. SweGreen is an Agtech and Vertical Farming innovation company based in Stockholm. How do we address population growth and urbanization? Can we promote biodiversity and reduce risks related to climate change? Can tech be used for good? Could food grown in a controlled environment be more ta...
Jun 15, 2021•37 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Helene Ählberg is a Purpose guide, she helps develop progressive organizations with a purpose-driven culture where employees contribute and grow. She is also the founder of Teal for Teal Sweden. A network to spread ideas and models for new ways of working in our rapidly changing world. During this conversation, we learn more about what a Teal Organization is, referring to the famous book of Frederic Laloux, Reinventing Organizations. To introduce the subject, we go through the challenges organis...
Mar 23, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Joakim Levin, on slow fashionCEO of Nudie Jeans Joakim is the CEO of Nudie Jeans, a denim brand that has won many awards in the field of sustainability since it was created in 2001 by Maria Erixon. The fashion industry accounts for about 10% of global carbon emissions, and nearly 20% of wastewater. Production has doubled over the past 15-20 years, due to constant change of collections and cheap prices. As a result, 40% of our wardrobe is rarely or never worn. But in this conversation, we will se...
Feb 02, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Linnéa Engström worked as a green member of the EU parliament for 5 years. She has written a book on climate justice and feminism. She was elected First Vice-Chair of the Committee on Fisheries and is currently working as program director at the Marine Stewardship Council. During this conversation, we discussed climate, feminism and Ocean’s governance for sustainability but also learnt about Linnéa's engagement in politics and in civil society. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
Dec 15, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Julian is the co-founder of Brave Business, a sustainability and innovation consultancy, but also co-founder of two start ups Brave Brews and Food Facts, a real slasher! During this conversation, you will learn more about all his activities but also about his personal journey and understand how his paternity leave has radically changed his outlook on career and success. We have discussed: - Future of work and explored what it means to be a slasher and an e-ployee - Swedish working style, and its...
Nov 30, 2020•38 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Pella Thiel, Founder of End Ecocide Sweden and Rights of Nature Sweden PELLA THIEL WAS APPOINTED SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL HERO OF THE YEAR 2019 Should Nature have rights? Today a corporation can have standing to be represented in court whilst animals or ecosystems can’t. President Macron said he would support the creation of a crime of Ecocide in international discussions and so did the Belgian govenment, the Danish parliament and the Swedish labor party. Even the Financial Times raised the questio...
Nov 02, 2020•37 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Tomas is an applied Philosopher and a Social Entrepreneur, founder of the Eskäret Foundation and of many other initiatives in Stockholm, London and Berlin. In this conversation, we will speak about meta-crisis and the possibility that humanity is undergoing a ‘phase-shift’, this will raise questions around democracy, education and inner-development. Tomas will share what he calls the Nordic Secret, and give his vision of what could be this post-modern world that is emerging and how to facilitate...
Oct 13, 2020•41 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Can a burger company be a role model on sustainability? In Sweden, the favorite fast food starts with a M but it is not the one you think! It is Max Burger, a family owned company, that received UN’s Global Climate Action Award at COP25 in Madrid. Meet Kaj Török , Chief Sustainability Officer at Max Burgers. Max aims at reinventing the burger industry, replacing beef by greener options. Target for 2022 is that every other meal served should be without beef. Today, it is already a little more tha...
Oct 02, 2020•37 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Jean-Baptiste introduces us to this Ocean, that represents two-thirds of the earth surface but is still vastly unknown. It is a reservoir for future discoveries with great potential on marine genetic resources and new medicines (which is particularly relevant in times of COVID), but also a life support system as it regulates climate, absorbs carbon and provides us with the air we breathe. But human pressure is enormous (fishing, shipping, offshore industries, development of renewable energy, pla...
Jun 17, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Jonathan Milläng, on Happiness, AI, Freewill and Political Engagement Board member at PUSH Sweden and former Digital Director for Democratic super pac For Our Future Jonathan is a graduate student at Columbia in New York. He’s already had several working experiences in green finance, digital and sustainability. He is also a board member for Push in Sweden. PUSH is a platform made to gather all Swedish youth organisations and young individuals who want to actively work for a long-term sustainable...
Jun 07, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Mattias Goldmann, one of Sweden's most influencial in sustainability accepted my invitation to share around this very special period we are living through and what good we can expect from it. We focused on the links that can be made with transition and climate change. Mattias points out that solidarity seems to prevail on selfishness, the need for politicians to listen to science, and the importance to relocate basic supplies. This crisis also demonstrates that people can change behavior as long...
Mar 22, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Coronavirus is a huge test of resilience for our modern society. What is the capacity of our socio-economic system to bounce back, adapt and transform under this period of stress and disturbance? I met Albert Norström from the Stockholm Resilience Center a few weeks before the Coronavirus outbreak in Europe. Still his thoughts have peculiar resonnance now that we are more and more to be confined in our homes. Albert defined resilience, underlined the vulnerability of our globalised world where e...
Mar 15, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 12
So happy I met Åsa Stenmarck! Åsa is a researcher at IVL, the Swedish Environmental Research Institute, expert on sustainable consumption, circular economy and waste management. Why is it urgent that we reinvente our economic model, built around growth & stuff ? Does the Swedish waste and recycling system deserve its good reputation ? Why won’t circular economy resolve it all and should companies rethink their business model to sell services rather than products ? Åsa gave us a clear outlook...
Mar 05, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Thomas STERNER is a renowned environmental economist, he was involved in the IPCC as one of the authors in charge of the chapters on policy design. He has published hundreds of scientific articles and more than a dozen books on various topics such as energy, climate, transport, resource management and carbon pricing. Thomas shared his vision of the current climate situation as well as key outputs from the latest IPCC report. He then explained why Carbon Tax is the best tool at our disposal, how ...
Feb 05, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Cindy is part of the Green Party Office at the Stockholm City Hall. During our conversation, she mentioned Sweden strengths such as ecological consciousness but also its paradox, like overconsumption, and questioned eternal growth in a world with limited ressources . We reviewed her other files as well, on gender equality and national minorities (the Jews, Roma, Sami, Swedish Finns and Tornedalers). Thanks a lot Cindy for this authentic and passionated discussion, a great way to start 2020! Host...
Jan 13, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Viktoria Olausson is Chair person for FIAN Sweden. An international human rights NGO, whose mission is to expose violations of people’s right to food wherever they may occur. Today, we will discuss about food sovereignty in general and focusing here is Sweden. Viktoria will share issues faced by Swedish small holders, but also by rSami people. She will enlight us on how Swedish pension funds here can cause deforestation on the other side of the globe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...
Nov 19, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Sara Jervfors is head of diet in Södertälje and project leader for MatLust, a five-year EU project, whose purpose is to strengthen growth and sustainability of the food sector in the Stockholm region. She will share the initiative of this pioneer municipality to foster local food and nutrition! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 08, 2019•19 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Amanda Power is professor at Oxford University and historian of religion, power and intellectual life in medieval Europe. She is currently working on a monograph, "Medieval Histories of the Anthropocene", and also just wrote a small daring article « Notre Dame should not be restored – let it stand as a symbol of a flawed way of life ». We talked about the anthropocene and how it is rooted in human history, and discussed the urgency to act, facing the possible collapse of our modern civilisation....
Aug 07, 2019•23 min•Season 1Ep. 6
James Ehrlich is an Entrepreneur in Residence at Stanford University and is the Founder of ReGen Villages; desirable off-grid capable neighborhoods comprised of power positive homes, renewable energy, water management, and waste-to-resource systems that are based upon on-going resiliency research – for thriving families and reduced burdens on local and national governments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 07, 2019•23 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Foodloopz is a food waste marketplace B2B, so companies, organizations and the public sector with surpluses and wastage can meet other parties with needs. No company should destroy edible foods because they lack time, alternative customers or because of cannibalism of their own market. Instead the entire chain should buy, sell, donate or call for parties with good food that risk becoming shrinking and finding new ways in a cost-effective way, that is what Foodloopz does! Hosted on Acast. See aca...
Aug 07, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Jörgen is a regenerative farmer and Founder of the Savory Institute Nordic Hub. To feed our global population and meet our climate emission reduction targets, we know we have to reduce our meat consumption. But livestock integration can play an important role in regenerative agriculture, such as building soil health to sequester carbon. Today, we will talk about regenerative agriculture and understand what holistic management means. We will discuss about the specific experience of Mountain Grazi...
Aug 07, 2019•25 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Two of the four co-founders of Johannas Stadodlingar AB; a local aquaponics farm growing and selling fish, vegetables and herbs. We talked about their circular cultivation system, which allows to produce food, all year round, whether it is 30 degrees hot or minus 30 degrees cold! We explored how this method achieved to have a very low environmental impact, and of course discussed on food transition in Sweden and in the whole world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 07, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Founder of the Stockholm Food Movement, Andrea believes the food system should be regenerative rather than only sustainable. She will tell us about that and about some of the great speakers, who came over the past 3 years, for the monthly events she organizes through the support of Impact Hub Stockholm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 07, 2019•22 min•Season 1Ep. 1
