Lindsay has been working for MSF for almost 20 years in various roles and locations mainly in Africa (Ethopia, Haïti, Congo…) and is now based in Stockholm. MSF. Médecins Sans Frontières is known internationally as Doctors without Borders. Founded 50 years ago in France by a group of journalists and doctors, this NGO is now a worldwide movement of nearly 65,000 people. It provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. We recorded this episode just before the war started in Ukraine. Since the fighting broke out, MSF's teams hav ..read more

Henrik BLIND is group leader for the Green Party in Jokkmokk. Henrik is also Sami and together we will speak about the Sami people, their history and culture as well as their rights and fights. TheSami are Europes’s only indigenous people whose land called Sápmi encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. An intact territory made of mountains, wild rivers, pristine lakes and streams, tundra and forests, where the Sami have lived since time immemorial. Their best-known means of livelihood is semi-nomadic reindeer herding, even though nowadays only 10% of the Sámi ar ..read more

Today it is a new format: I will leave the floor to three dads so they can share their own experience on paternity leave. Emotion guaranteed!    Parental leave is 480 days in Sweden, which are more and more shared equally between both parents. It is well paid and during this first year there is no real childcare. On the opposite, afterwards the costs of pre-school is very limited. Also, the tax system in Sweden is individual (not based on the household revenue) encouraging the parent with low income to remain active. All those measures are good incentives for both mums & dads to ..read more

I have been willing to make an episode on paternity leave for a longtime, looking around for the right person to meet! That was until I discovered Johan’sexhibit called Swedish Dads. Johan Bävman is a photographer and has won several awards, including the World Press Photo, Sony Award, UNICEF PhotoAward. His series Swedish Dads had a tremendous impact and has been published/shared widely all over the world. Together we will speak about paternity leave. A topic that is a lot less anecdotal than one might think at first sight. It is even a critical step to gender equality, but beyond that, it is ..read more

Very happy to welcome Sanna Ghotbi to talk about Participatory Democracy ! After working in politics for four years, Sanna is now working with municipalities and public institutions to design participatory democracy processes.  Together we discussed the need to reinvent democracy. We reviewed inspiring examples in various countries: in Spain following 15-M movement in 2011 (Indignados), in France with the tops & flops of the Citizen Convention for Climate, in Ireland on very controversial topics and even in Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan).   We then made a focus on Sweden, known a ..read more

Extinction Rebellion (also known as XR) was born in 2018 in the UK and today claims 100,000 members across 60 countries. This collective defends a radical change in our environmental policies and advocates civil disobedience & non-violence. Occupations of places, blockades with human chains, art performances, and no resistance in case of arrest.   Elvin is 21 years old and tells how he became an activist, his vision for the future and how XR is building on historic legacies (Civil Rights Movement, Gandhi, the Suffragettes) as well as social science. He also explains the logic of ..read more

Sepehr Mousavi is the Co-Founder of SweGreen, where he is in charge of Sustainability, Innovation and R&D. He is also a Futurist and Green Tech advocate, TedX speaker and keynote for many otherconferences. SweGreen is an Agtech and Vertical Farming innovation company based in Stockholm. How do we address population growth and urbanization? Can we promote biodiversity and reduce risks related to climate change? Can tech be used for good? Could food grown in a controlled environment be more tasty, richer in nutrient and truly sustainable? We discussed all that and went through the incredible ..read more

Helene Ählberg is a Purpose guide, she helps develop progressive organizations with a purpose-driven culture where employees contribute and grow. She is also the founder of Teal for Teal Sweden. A network to spread ideas and models for new ways of working in our rapidly changing world. During this conversation, we learn more about what a Teal Organization is, referring to the famous book of Frederic Laloux, Reinventing Organizations. To introduce the subject, we go through the challenges organisations need to address today: lack of agility, need for more rapid innovation but also employees d ..read more

Joakim Levin, on slow fashion CEO of Nudie Jeans Joakim is the CEO of Nudie Jeans, a denim brand that has won many awards in the field of sustainability since it was created in 2001 by Maria Erixon. The fashion industry accounts for about 10% of global carbon emissions, and nearly 20% of wastewater. Production has doubled over the past 15-20 years, due to constant change of collections and cheap prices. As a result, 40% of our wardrobe is rarely or never worn. But in this conversation, we will see that it is possible to challenge this “fast fashion” model See acast.com/privacy for privacy a ..read more

Linnéa Engström worked as a green member of the EU parliament for 5 years. She has written a book on climate justice and feminism. She was elected First Vice-Chair of the Committee on Fisheries and is currently working as program director at the Marine Stewardship Council. During this conversation, we discussed climate, feminism and Ocean’s governance for sustainability but also learnt about Linnéa's engagement in politics and in civil society. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information ..read more