“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” Dr Suess.
Your mission is to make a difference to the world we live in, through your business.
Whether your business is a BCorp, Profit with Purpose, Conscious Business, practices Conscious Capitalism, or Social Enterprise, basically you ‘give a damn!’ about health and wellness, sustainability, ethics and future generations.
Every week we interview people who run such businesses, asking them to share their journey, along with tips, tricks and tactics for running a conscious business.
Our aim is twofold: first, to inspire you to adopt and adapt the insights you gain from their stories in your business, and second, to create a community that will connect, collaborate, consolidate and grow.
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...it’s a movement we are in this together, we have just one beautiful planet." Vinita Baravkar shares her journey to creating authentic organic cotton homewares and clothing. Website: Bhumi Organic | https://bhumi.com.au/
Today - we explore taking a traditional "bricks and mortar" business online to help couples all over the world in every nook and cranny to have a baby.
Today's interview with James Meldrum, Co-Founder, Whole Kids. We discuss "the why and the how" they have changed the Australian Children's snack food industry for GOOD!
Today I am delighted to introduce you to Kim Morrison, founder of Twenty8 skin care and essential oils, educator, mother and of course an ultra-marathon runner.
Hannah shares her journey - Audrey Blue to launching Mighty Good Undies via the Start Some Good Crowd Funding Platform. She's very good at using business Awards such as Moral Fairground's Early Enterprise Pitch Competition to get funding and coaching prizes.
Today's conversation is with one of the Co-Founders of Intrepid Travel - Geoff Manchester. They lead from behind and consider the impact of their business on local culture.
Imagine growing up and being called a double scoop of ice cream with a cherry on top – the cherry being your head? This is what the kids at school used to call today’s guest, Luke Tan, and it’s one of the many memories that have inspired him on his journey. An obese and sick child, Luke has been to some very dark places, including suicide, but thankfully he chose to change tracks and pursue a career in health and fitness.
Today’s guest Nick Savaidis is the Founder of Etiko (clothing), and Jinta Sport, (sports equipment), ethical brands committed to fair trade, traceability, and sustainability. Since establishing these businesses in 2005, Nick has been awarded numerous sustainable and ethical awards.
Today’s guest is Martin Gleeson, a co-founder of The Electron Workshop and Serversaurus , two companies that sit under the umbrella of Arktisma , which is one of the founding members of the B Corp movement in Australia. Serversaurus, which promotes an equitable workplace, was the first 100 percent carbon-neutral Australian web-hosting company, partnering with Greenfleet Australia in 2007 to offset their carbon emissions. They’re also part of the One Percent for the Planet movement, donating one ...
The Slow School of Business... Today, Carolyn shares with us the school’s strategic transformational learning principles such as learning by doing, how to build a business plan on a tree, and having a deeper understanding of why you are here.
Promoting health and wellness through good food and cycling, Australian company Bike n' Blend, employs your pedal-power to make your smoothies. Founder Leena van Raay spent the first 10 years of her career as a scientist trying to get sick people healthy before making the decision to transition from research labs and hospitals to focus on prevention rather than cure.
He likes to be known as the " feeder who keeps you healthy, " and prefers to describe the relationship between farmer and consumer as “feeder and eater”. Charlie’s presentation regarding the importance of knowing where and how our food is grown and – more importantly – who grows it, inspired the audience attending Sydney’s 2015 Conscious Capitalism Conference. It’s this focus that underpins the Who's your Farmer? campaign. Charlie is passionate about helping farmers move away from a commodity-ba...
Over the past 20 years Alexx Stuart has worked in a diverse range of fields including cosmetics, singing, hospitality, bartending (becoming Australia’s best female bartender), management, until finding her niche as a conscious-business owner and feeling that fire in her belly. Using her blog lowtoxlife.com (previously AlexxStuart.com), Alexx lives her passion by helping people create low-tox lives.
A Divine Story ... Today's show is a divine opportunity for education and learning as Therese Kerr, the co-founder of The Divine Company talks to us not just about the business side of things, but also about the power of putting in your heart and soul as a conscious business owner. Divine by Therese Kerr, is a premium Australian beauty and personal care company where they create, manufacture, and sell certified organic personal care products.
Eco-Man Today's guest is Malcolm Rands, co-founder of ecostore, a leading New Zealand-based company that offers a wide range of sustainable, eco-friendly household cleaning and body care products that are widely available in Australia and other international markets. Malcolm is also the author of the book "ECOMAN from a garage in Northland to a pioneering global brand."
