On this episode we talk with Sophie Handford, climate activist, Kāpiti Coast District Councillor and national coordinator of School Strike 4 Climate NZ. We explore the importance of doing something with purpose, youth-led movements like the School Strike for Climate Change, taking action now as the cost of inaction is greater to create a more beautiful planet, eco-anxiety and mental wellbeing, looking back to the indigenous people’s way to move forward, the importance of conversations, social an...
Feb 17, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 41
On this episode we talk with Kate Bezar, co-founder and director of The Better Packaging Co., the world's leading provider of home compostable packaging designed to support eCommerce. We explore allowing values to drive the decision making process, solving needs and taking responsibility as businesses, the current linear model and moving towards a circular one, doing the right thing, realizing that the sustainable way is not always more expensive, the rise on e-commerce and packaging and why bus...
Feb 09, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 40
On this episode we talk with Dave Rouse, CEO of Carbon Click, entrepreneur and philanthropist. We explore what carbon offsetting is, its place in the current system, education and greenwashing, the footprint on the modern way of consumerism, being smarter on how we consume, voting with our dollars, climate change and the impact of Covid. Dave talks about growing up connected with nature, deciding to start a charity called Sea Cleaners to bring awareness about single use plastics and to waste les...
Feb 02, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 39
On this episode we talk with Dr. Rebecca Huntley, one of Australia's foremost researchers on social trends, and author of "How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference". We explore privilege, climate change and social justice, listening, beliefs, different viewpoints and actions, the School strikes as catalyst for change, enabling conversations and how to communicate around these topics. Rebecca talks about how people and politics interested her to have as a focus on her wor...
Jan 26, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 38
On this episode we talk with Damon Birchfield, CEO of EcoMatters Environment Trust and someone who is curious about the world around. We explore the degradation of the natural spaces and waterways, the impact of farming and animal agriculture, the changes in the climate, taking responsibility as individuals and collective, slowing down and listening, restoration and regeneration. Damon talks about growing up in a natural environment, being interested in creating ways to changing our ways to have...
Jan 19, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 37
On this episode we talk with Melissa Vranjes, a Feminine Wellbeing Educator and sexuality coach that has dedicated the last 4 years traveling the world learning about feminine empowerment. We explore the lack of knowledge about our bodies and feelings, how there’s no education around women’s cycles, taboo topics and openness, being curious, menstrual cycles and feminine wellbeing, communication and understanding from men’s perspective, expectations, rituals and practices. Melissa talks about how...
Dec 22, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 36
On this episode we talk with Laura Ellen, a holistic sex, love and life coach, keynote speaker, host of The Sexual Wellness Podcast and a passionate advocate for pleasure-based living. We explore mental wellbeing, healthy sexuality and pleasure, healing and growing, the impact of busyness in our lives, disconnection from our bodies and feelings, taboo topics, the charge and triggering of certain words, porn as education, validation, presence, feelings and stories we create, boundaries and commun...
Dec 15, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 35
On this episode we talk with Laura Cope, a mother, advocate and founder of UYO (Use Your Own), a not-for-profit, responsible-cafe finder, and Takeaway Throwaways, a campaign calling on the Government to ban single-use disposable food and drink serviceware containing plastic (including degradable, biodegradable or compostable plastic), and mandate co-designed, accessible, reusable alternatives instead. We explore personal stewardship and responsibility, choosing coffee cups as the symbol for chan...
Dec 08, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 34
On this episode we talk with Matai'a Sarah Richards and Dr. Susan Maiava , co-founders of fair&good, an online hub where you can easily find brands offering a wide range of quality, ethically made products; from home goods and clothing to skincare and food. Sarah’s work as a Pacific storyteller introduced her into the lives of workers struggling to get by, and Susan who’s expansive career fighting for social justice included visiting underpaid factory workers in the developing world and host...
Dec 01, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 33
On this episode we talk with Karen Swainson, a mother concerned about her children’s future who uses her corporate and NGO experience to work with organisations who can lead us into an environmentally sustainable and socially just future. We explore climate change, the Drawdown project, taking action, understanding that the solutions that we need already exist, the crazy amount of food waste, volunteering for what ones believes in, focusing on social justice as climate action, making money a for...
Nov 24, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 32
On this episode we talk with Renee Williams, Clothing Repair Advocate & Mending Enthusiast, founder of That Perfect Hour. We explore learning skills from those that might not be here much longer, how even just two generations ago people had access to less convenient products so had to know how to repair things, having a beginners mindset, not seeking for perfection yet actioning, the footprint that clothing has, sharing and community. Renee talks about her upbringing in which her grandmother...
Nov 17, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 31
On this episode we talk with Solveig Barrios, founder of 'The Mayan Wisdom Project' and daughter of Carlos Barrios, one of the most renowned spiritual leaders of the Mayan communities. We explore Mayan Geo-Cosmovision, the importance of ancient teachings for these modern times, the four bodies, having a strong foundation of understanding who we are as human beings, the oral transmission for sharing wisdom, understanding energies, the famous 2012 ‘end of the world’, how we are all interconnected,...
Nov 10, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 30
On this episode we talk with Brianne West, founder of Ethique, the world's first zero-waste beauty & lifestyle brand, an environmentalist & social entrepreneur. We explore the importance of being supported to follow what we want to do, the experience of starting different businesses, putting values first, understanding financial management, the place of business to solve the worlds problems, the importance of mentors, how big the single use plastic problem is, having a purpose and a stro...
Nov 03, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 29
On this episode we talk with Christine Langdon, a social entrepreneur and communicator, co-founder and Chief of Good at The Good Registry. We explore our relationship with giving and gifts, validation and comparison, receiving things we don’t want and need, asking for what we want, creating space to allow the new, the amount of work it takes to run a business and the breath of knowledge it requires, and the impact we can have. Christine talks about running a social enterprise, taking the waste f...
Oct 28, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 28
On this episode we talk with Bandana Tewari, sustainable activist, fashion journalist, lifestyle editor, and formerly the editor-at-large of Vogue India. We explore her love for writing, how she got interested in the world of fashion, her change of perspective about what she was promoting, finding inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi’s principles, consciousness, change, personal responsibilities and leading by example, the home worker economy and modern slavery, the use of social media to hold compan...
Oct 20, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 27
On this episode we talk with Casey Grey, the founder of the award-winning sustainable building company, The Conscious Builder , the host of The Conscious Builder Podcast and The Conscious Builder Show on YouTube , and is on a mission to help people build homes, businesses and lives in a more conscious manner. We explore his journey on the construction industry and how after an “awakening” he shifted the way of working and the approach to ‘conscious building’, educating customers about the possib...
Oct 14, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 26
On this episode we talk with Latesha Randall, aka Mrs Coconut, founder of Raglan Food Co. (Raglan Coconut Yoghurt), entrepreneur, Published writer & Connector who makes things happen! We explore her upbringing in a farm, being homeschooled, self publishing a book and working with a publishing company, how making some coconut yoghurt at home turned into a business without planning it, the importance of aligning ones values to the business and doing good with work, caring about the environment...
Oct 06, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 25
On this episode we talk with Buffy Ellen, founder of Be Good Organics sharing Plant-Based Naturopathy & Nutrition helping individuals to be good to their health, animals and our planet. We explore how our food choices affect us, others, animals and the planet, how some of us prefer to ‘not know’ rather than having to question things and change, the importance of organics, natural supplements and getting more plants into ones meals. Buffy talks about having a health crisis whilst working a co...
Sep 29, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 24
On this episode Brian explores mental wellbeing, how we talk about it, how we experience and what we can do. Understanding the way we experience our lives, mentally, physically and spiritually, looking closer to our relationship with the voice in our heads and the world of our feelings. Share your experience and journey with mental wellbeing and inspire others! We are here to change the world! Follow us @consciousactionnz on Facebook and Instagram and on https://www.consciousaction.co.nz/ Suppor...
Sep 23, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 23
On this episode we talk with Donna Kerridge, a traditionally trained Rongoā Māori practitioner, Medical Herbalist, a passionate advocate for traditional healing practices and about sharing traditional wisdoms to help others grow, being part of an environmental restoration movement called Tiwaiwaka and an advocate to help put some wrongs of the past that still impact her people today, right. We explore Māori perspectives, Rongoā Māori, natural healing and its relevance in the modern world, connec...
Sep 15, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 22
On this episode we talk with Yoson An, a Chinese-born New Zealander actor and film-maker most recently known for his role as the romantic lead in Disney's Live-Action Mulan. We explore his experience working on ‘Mulan’, the importance of representation of Asian characters in a mainstream movie, mental health and wellbeing, and how to find inspiration and creativity. Yoson talks about finding his passion, the role of having a practice for being present has on his life and career, choosing acting ...
Sep 09, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 21
On this episode we talk with Michal Garvey founder of Foodprint, the app where you can rescue surplus and imperfect food to prevent it from being wasted. We explore the lack of awareness of the impact of food waste, the power of technology for creating change, being an entrepreneur and following your purpose, purchasing ‘ugly’ veggies and fruits, and saving money by doing the right thing. Michal talks about working at a hotel buffet in the US where she saw a great amount of uneaten food, the sta...
Sep 01, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 20
On this episode we talk with Derek Handley, a futurist, entrepreneur and the founder of Wiser, a platform helping people ask better questions to develop self-knowledge and purpose in their lives, and Aera, a charitable foundation to breathe life into social innovations primed to reframe the status quo for a sustainable and happy future. We explore his entrepreneurial journey, using investing to help solving some of the big issues in the world, the importance of how master something and being the...
Aug 19, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 19
On this episode we talk with Nick Morrison founder of Go Well Consulting, a sustainability consultancy that helps business understand and implement sustainability while guiding them through the transition to a circular, zero-carbon economy, as well as a co-founder of the single-use plastics behaviour change campaign, Bags Not NZ . We explore what does sustainability mean, how do business approach these times, seeing solutions and opportunities to create change, greenwashing, understanding the sy...
Aug 11, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 18
On this episode we talk with Waveney Warth, co-host of the How to Save the World podcast show, consultant and pioneer of the zero waste movement living rubbish free for one year without creating any waste. We explore her journey into living rubbish free and becoming zero-waste before it became more widespread, some of the challenges, especially when there weren’t that many resources, accountability to create new habits, the three legged parts - government, businesses and individuals - to create ...
Aug 04, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 17
On this episode we talk with Cameron Tukapua, a passionate explorer of 'life as energy' with a lifetime experience of how to live a grounded, spiritual life. A Chinese Medicine Practitioner and co-founder of 'You Being You', offering practical lifelong, wellbeing pathways for Heart connected conscious living. We explore her upbringing in a farm in the South Island of New Zealand within a family with mental illness, her connection to nature, awakening to wholeness, discovering naturopathy, Chines...
Jul 21, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 16
On this episode we talk with Leo Murray, founder of socio-ecological enterprise Why Waste, a changemaker and thought leader, designer, performer, teacher, activist and visionary. We explore his upbringing, sailing across the south pacific with his family, exposure to risks, his passion for the environment and permaculture, how to see oneself and others, the role music plays in his life as a DJ, touring around the world and exploring intentional communities, anxiety, depression and the role of te...
Jul 14, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 15
On this episode we talk with Travis O'Keefe an entrepreneur , social entrepreneur and business coach, particularly in startup enterprises , business leadership and strategy with more than 30 years’ experience. Co-founder of Te Whare Hukahuka , and in this capacity has worked with more than 750 Māori business leaders to advance their commercial and social development objectives. We explore his upbringing within the Maori community, his understanding of values and concepts from a Maori perspective...
Jul 07, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 14
On this episode we talk with Yana Kirakovskaya, a Russian Kiwi who isn't a stranger to various themes such as escapism as the way to find your self-identity, the battle between fear and love, interconnection between mental and spiritual health. She brings joy, inspiration, meaning and fulfilment into people’s lives. She works on building strong relationships within communities and helps individuals to unlock their potential to bring more happiness into their lives. We explore her entrepreneurial...
Jun 30, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 13
On this episode Brian explores how we can re-image our future, privilege and responsibility, bringing creativity, creating space for the new, and how do we want to show up in the world. How to change the way we work and why we work, from the means of survival to the way we express our uniqueness and how we show up in the world. More flexible and remote work, more collaboration. How to change the communication of products and produce at the supermarket. Educating and at the same time making it ea...
Jun 24, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 12
