In this episode, we are speaking to Dan Sherrard-Smith the Founder & CEO of MyMotherTree, the world's first money carbon calculator. They help businesses and individual to maximise their impact by greening finances - so that we can fund the future we want.  This is such an important topic because when we include financial emissions, the average carbon footprint for an SME doubles! Previously Dan built Look After My Bills that achieved the best-ever deal on Dragons' Den.  We talk about how we can decarbonise businesses and individuals money carbon, which pockets of money and inves ..read more

In this episode, we are speaking to author, activist, and changemaker Osprey Orielle Lake. She is the founder of Women's Earth and Climate Action Network( WECAN), sits on the executive committee for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature and on the steering committee for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. She works internationally with grassroots, BIPOC and Indigenous leaders, policymakers, and diverse coalitions to build climate justice, resilient communities, and a just transition to a decentralized, democratized clean energy future. We talk about the legal system we need t ..read more

This week we have a special episode, a fireside chat I moderated during our recent Conscious Festival in Singapore with the ever-inspiring Arizona Muse on the topic: fashion as a climate solution.  Arizona Muse, credited as the new face of American fashion nay Vogue, has graced the cover of over 40 international Vogue magazines.  But through the glitz and glam, she has kept her feet on the ground, figuratively and literally—in the  soil—and has found that that has resonated the most.  Her life’s mission is to raise awareness about the climate emergency and climate solutions ..read more

Hey it’s Steph Dickson and welcome to the Live Wide Awake podcast. Thank you for being one of our listeners in 88 countries around the world. Today we are speaking to Angela Sim and Lynn Yeo the founders of Cloversoft. Founded in 2014, Cloversoft is committed to creating and producing toxin-free and eco-friendly daily consumables for sustainable living at affordable prices for all. The two are both prestige 40 under 40.  In this episode, we talk about how the duo went from banking to creating toilet paper, and a sleuth of sustainable household products after, the toxic load ..read more

This is a special episode, a panel discussion I moderated during our recent Conscious Festival in Singapore on changing the narrative on climate futures. We had an all-star, all-female panel with:  > Minister Grace Fu - Minister for Sustainability and the Environment > Esther An - Chief Sustainability Officer of City Developments Limited - one of TIME 100 Climate, an SDG Pioneer in 2018, Vice Chair of the World Green Building Council Corporate Advisory Board among many others.  > Dr. Darian McBain - CEO of Outsourced Chief Sustainability Officer Asia and previously the first ..read more

In this episdoe, we are speaking to Tez Steinberg who was the first person in history to row across the Pacific Ocean alone from California to Hawaii with no prior rowing experience. The journey took 71 days and 2,700 miles, powered only by sheer will and two oars. Tez was named one of the "50 Best Young Minds in the World" by the World Economic Forum and you can see why. Hearing his story of resilience, determination and simple yet precise wisdom blew me away.  We talk about the comfort crises, finding our ocean and the courage to cross it, death as a beautiful teacher and ..read more

In this episode we are speaking to Alina Truhina, CEO and Managing Partner of The Radical Fund,  an early-stage VC fund investing in founders who are delivering climate resilience for Southeast Asia. Alina is also the Co-Founder of Founders Factory Africa, the pan-African venture studio and VC Fund, where she raised over US$140million from LPs and investors. Before that she helped scale over 76 tech ventures in 9 countries across East Africa and South Asia. And spent seven years at the World Bank. We talk about the inclusive climate transition and the unfair advantage of Silicon Valley, t ..read more

In this episode, we are speaking to the incredible Dr Loretta Chen, co-founder and CEO of Smobler Studio, a leading virtual architecture firm building in The Sandbox. An acclaimed creative director, a Straits Times bestselling author and a respected professor, Loretta is hailed as “a force of nature” and “Asia’s Anna Wintour. She was also shortlisted as a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore and is an International Consultant to the investment arm of the Royal Government of Bhutan.  We talk about being a multi-hyphenate, why creativity and conflict are more similar than they are di ..read more

In this episode, we are speaking to Chris Wedding founder of Entrepreneurs For Impact (climate CEO mastermind peer groups) and a professor at Duke University. Chris is a former private equity investor, award-winning professor, startup founder, investment banker, and executive coach, with over $1 billion of investment experience and 75,000 professional students taught.  I first discovered Chris through his amazing newsletter which talks about climate, startups, productivity, leadership - and always has a skimmable summary of what’s happening and excellent resources.  In this episode ..read more

In this episode, we are speaking to Marc Nicholson, founder of private members club 1880.  Marc Nicholson has been an entrepreneur for 17 years. With a colourful past including child acting, manning a suicide hotline, coaching Cyprus’s national squash team, volunteering in an Indonesian village, venture capital, advertising, men’s grooming and even a sting in the US Naval Academy.  In this episode, we talk about the power of conversations, the importance of human connection,  the future of humanity, being lost and big transformations, why listening is good for our health and so ..read more