A ‘call to unity, but not uniformity’ is the clarion call of the holomovement – the growing global collective nudging us to find purpose through collaboration. Emanuel Kuntzelman, who has dedicated his life to the holomovement, joined me this week on Inside Ideas to explain how mindsets begin to shift when people see the universe as an interconnected whole. Kuntzelman is also editor of: The Holomovement: Embracing Our Collective Purpose to Unite Humanity, a book which explores the unifying worldview espoused by the movement, one shaped by conscious collaboration, by a coming together, where w ..read more

In Niger well over 3 million people are suffering from food insecurity largely as a result of conflict and the climate crisis. What people urgently need is access to energy to grow and cook food. And a new accelerator, the Energy for Food Security innovation challenge, from World Food Programme (WFP) innovation and WFP Niger, is offering up to US$250,000 in funding and innovation support to scale ‘fit-for-purpose solutions that can enhance energy access in vulnerable areas, fostering improved livelihoods and resilience’. The challenge, open to global and regional innovators, entrepr ..read more

Europe’s transition to a circular economy took a giant leap forward this week after lawmakers approved new ecodesign legislation that will transform the way products are traded in the EU. Circular products will become the rule rather than the exception, with industry now set on a path to ‘think circular from the very design conception of the products they plan to produce and sell in the EU’. Following the European Council of the European Union’s decision Monday to grant final approval, the new rules will affect the majority of products starting 2026, with some exceptions including cars and de ..read more

The Climate Investment Summit returns to the London Stock Exchange next month. A major global finance event, its programme is designed to help shape the future of nature-positive investing. “The Summit takes a frontrunning approach, delivering impact through sector-specific and market-driven actions, investments and partnerships required by investors to play a key role in helping the world limit global warming to 1.5°C,” the event website says. OnePoint5Media, along with bulletin publication, Innovators Magazine, are delighted to be media partners again this year with the World ..read more

Mobilising money and power to do the right things might sound like the opening to a joke – but we have to do it. Because decarbonising the global economy – our biggest moonshot, something never done before, won’t be possible otherwise. Reingineering how the financial system operates, essential to bridging the climate investment gap, is an obvious priority. The certainty the system thrives on must be oriented towards the transformations our world needs. We need to embed intergenerational thinking and incentives to give investors the steer they need to price in decarbonisation. Allied4Future (A ..read more

The latest round of the UNHCR’s Refugee-led Innovation Fund is open to refugee-led organizations (RLOs) worldwide until 31 May. Speaking about the fund to Innovators Magazine in 2023, Erika Pérez Iglesias, who leads the Refugee-led Innovation Fund, said: “UNHCR’s Refugee-led Innovation Fund proposes a fundamental shift in the way humanitarian and development programming gets designed and delivered, ensuring forcibly displaced and stateless people take centre stage in the decisions affecting their lives.” Selected RLOs will receive up to $45k in funding – but the relationships go far deep ..read more

Emanuel Kuntzelman is up first on Season 5 of the Inside Ideas podcast with Marc Buckley. Kuntzelman’s life’s work, inextricably linked to the concept of the Holomovement, promotes a new way of thinking and being, inspired by the idea that the universe is an interconnected whole. The entrepreneur, writer, philanthropist, and activist for social transformation, says that in this, the work of physicist, David Bohm, and the intersection of science and spirituality, have provided great inspiration. “So how do we break down those inner and physiological, emotional, spiritual boundaries and borders ..read more

Before recusing yourself on the grounds of regularly forgetting your keys, or losing the phone in your pocket, take a minute to read some compelling new evidence about memory. There is the fact that “forgetting is important when it comes to memory” so when those keys stray just remember that “somewhat paradoxically, forgetting is related to the ability to remember more and take a broader, more integrated perspective”. We know this thanks to experts, Megan Sumeracki and Althea Need Kaminske, because it’s in their new book: The Pyschology of Memory. The authors also tell us that “lapses in memo ..read more

Caloric restriction may extend the average human life span, according to multiple studies. It’s common knowledge that a wholesome diet alongside healthier lifestyle choices like regular exercise and smoking abstinence can impact longevity at the cellular level. Now, researchers are exploring the correlation between nutrition and slower cell death rates to shed more light on how eating smarter can delay biological aging. The research Penn State University researchers recently published a study on how caloric restriction affects a person’s cellular aging and by extension, their life span. The r ..read more

Lots of people are chronically fatigued, burnt out. All the surveys, polls, research indicates this, with one from 2022, a study by Asana, showing that 70% of 10,000 workers surveyed across seven countries had experienced burnout in the previous year. There are countless others saying similar things. Stress at work can be a trigger, leading to the build up of chemicals which negatively impact brain functioning, resulting in chronic fatigue. Taking ‘braincations’ will help, as research shows switching off stressors helps release neurotransmitters that improve cognitive function. What is import ..read more