What is the future without Resilience? In this month's podcast we ask Daria Nashat (she/her) how resilience can be cultivated to benefit not only individuals but also communities, societies and the planet.    Daria, a Resilience and Leadership trainer, talks about how to strengthen our resilience, what the role of stories and community is in cultivating resilience and what she means with the power of "looking beyond the walls".    If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing to our podcast or leaving a review. In doing so you make it easier for people to discove ..read more

In a world where exploitation of natural resources is commonplace, the idea of granting rights to entities such as rivers is as abstract as essential.     In this month's episode, we explore the rights of nature with Mihnea Tănăsescu, a political ecologist who has spent many years immersed in the issue.     He is a research professor at the University of Mons in Belgium. His current work focuses on the concept of political representation and the politics of ecological restoration and his most recent books are Understanding the Rights of Nature and Ecocene Politics ..read more

In this end-of-year edition we talk food with Mick McEvoy. Originally from Ireland, he lives and works at Plum Village, a Zen Buddhist community in France established by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh more than forty years ago.    There, he mindfully manages the Happy Farm, which grows seasonal organic food for its community and the thousands of guests who travel there annually to take part in retreats. Mick also facilitates numerous retreats each year, integrating the practice of mindfulness with agro-ecology, nature connection, deep ecology and rewilding.    Inner Green Deal host Tamsi ..read more

If stories shape our reality, how can we all become better storytellers? We ask Astrid Nierhoff, a passionate and seasoned storytelling expert.  Her academic research around the interplay between imagination and reality led her to co-found StoryAtelier, a non-profit that uses the power of stories as the basis for deepening understanding on individual and community levels.  Inner Green Deal host Tamsin Walker spoke to Astrid to talk about the power of story and narrative, the potential impact of asking ‘what if…’,  and why it is that we need to become better listeners.     Sto ..read more

We welcome Carlos Alvarez Pereira, Vice President of the Club of Rome, who talks about change, complexity and the human dimension of transformation.     Carlos started out studying aerospace engineering and teaching applied mathematics before founding a research institute specializing in modelling complex systems and big data applications. And it is this interest in and affection for systems thinking that ultimately led him to his current role with the Club of Rome, where he says the mission, simply put, is to ask better questions. Inner Green Deal host Tamsin Walker sat down w ..read more

We are excited to share the inspiring story of Jan Artem Henriksson, Executive Director of the Inner Development Goals. He talks about his Ukrainian roots, the role of inner development in his life and the immense resonance of the Inner Development Goals.    Jan is a man who wears many different hats. Besides co-founding two companies, he is a Stockholm School of Economics Executive Education faculty member and a Senior Fellow with the Flourishing Network, part of Harvard University's Human Flourishing Program.     These days he is perhaps best known as the Executive D ..read more

In this episode, we are welcoming Jamie Bristow. He is the former director of the Mindfulness Initiative, a policy institute which was born out of a mindfulness teaching programme in the British Parliament.  Though he is still involved with the initiative, his main focus is now on sustainability work across various organisations. We spoke to him about his journey, the role of mindfulness in politics and how the climate crisis is, at heart, a crisis of relationship. About the Report "Reconnection: meeting the climate crisis inside out" The report explores the role of mindfulness and comp ..read more

In this episode our guest is Thomas Legrand. He is the lead advisor for the Conscious Food Systems Alliance (CoFSA) convened by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).  The initiative focuses on the role of inner development to support the ecological and social transition of the food and agriculture sector.     We spoke to Thomas about the importance of community building, his recent book - the Politics of Being and the need for courage at this point in history.  About UNDP's Conscious Food System Alliance The Alliance brings together a range of global and l ..read more

Inner Green Deal founders Liane Stephan and Jeroen Janss explore the inner, human dimension of sustainable leadership by telling their own personal story of why they created the Inner Green Deal and what they learned during these first three years. They share about their relationship with nature, their search to integrate climate action in their contemplative work and how they see leaders transform in their programmes. With this episode, we are starting Season 3 which will bring you inspiring stories about the human dimension of sustainability.  This season also marks the beginning of o ..read more

For this final episode of the season, we welcome Satish Kumar, one of the great peace activists of our time and founder of Schumacher college, a renowed international center for ecological studies. Together with Satish we explore the role of trust and courage in leading personal and societal transformation. About Satish KumarSatish is highly regarded for his peace walk in the 1970s advocating for nuclear disarmament by walking 8000 miles to the nuclear capitals of Moscow, Paris, London and Washington D.C. Having founded Schumacher college in 1981, Satish is also Editor Emeritus of R ..read more