Sonita is an inspiring example of the huge impact that empowered youth can have. Her vocation and enthusiastic work in different dimensions of sustainability have created a very needed change of paradigm around her, not only transforming people’s relationship with their land but also by challenging cultural gender norms in Africa. She is a witness …
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Sandrine brings a very intelligent outlook onto the web of society and the interconnectedness of its different agents, recognizing how everyone has a role in “emerging from the emergency”. She shares important updates on what is recently changing in the political and financial spheres while urging movements of youth and communities to be at the …
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Sabine is a renowned voice for questions of community- and peacebuilding that goes far beyond the human community. She shares examples from the Tamera Ecovillage and their way of cooperating with the wider community, based on the foundation of trust. To shift from fear to trust through truthful communication and to reconnect with the source …
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Pat wholeheartedly invites us to find our identity and purpose outside of the modern western systems. Her very own activist and community experiences have taught her how fundamental the power of community is. Even more so when there’s a need to stand up against legal constructs yet for the Earth and its people – as …
Om Sunisa grew up in a rural village and was from her very beginning immersed in community life. When she noticed negative developments in her birth village, she started to study communities more in-depth – both in theory and in practice. From her experience, she shares about the major elements for empowered communities, the ways …
Nora is known for her revolutionary personal approach to the study of systems and complexity. She is deeply influenced by her father and his work which she captured in a documentary. In her interview, she introduces us to warm data and the warm data lab. These are contextual and relational information about complex systems and …
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Morag shares with us about the effects of the fires in Australia on the nature, wildlife, and people, weaving it into personal stories and her own grief and connection to the land. She talks about not only fixing the damage but building resilience and taking responsible action as “everyone has the capacity to stand up …
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As the first woman President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary shares her experiences of female leadership and her involvement in the Chair of Elders, an independent group of global leaders working together for peace, justice, and human rights, founded by Nelson Mandela. She highlights the importance of a critical …
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Achieving climate justice has been the primary motivation behind Martin’s career in tackling climate change. He sees our current crisis as an opportunity and a catalyst for deeper cooperation in manifesting our visions of sustainability. Martin calls on us to speak up and make our voices heard as we can only achieve our climate goals …
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Marina’s life story is immensely inspiring. She shares with us the precious wisdom that she harvested on her journey from living in and with the Amazon forest, moving to a monastery in the city, defending the trees with her own body as an activist, and having a huge positive impact through her role as minister …
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