Todays guest, Steph L Dickson is an incredible voice for sustainability. Amongst other things, she’s the founder and CEO of Green is the new black, founder and host of the Live Wide Awake Podcast, and a two times TEDx speaker. In 2014 she was working in the fashion industry when she had a quite rude awakening that the industry she was so deeply invested in was in fact one of the biggest polluting industries in the world. She decided that she wanted to stop being a part of the problem and instead work towards being a part of the solution - this was the seed that initiated Steph’s impressing journey as an impact entrepreneur. In todays episode you will hear us talk about Steph’s work behind Green is the New black, her podcast, etc.. But we will also deep dive into to the human experience behind it all talking about Sustainability from the inside out. 

In the 30th episode of The Decade Podcast, we sat down with the incredible human being Johan Reunanen. Johan is the Director and Head of Sustainability Transformation at the company Cordial. Amongst other things, his work is dedicated to helping companies in their sustainability transformation and often the transition to stop being fossil fuel dependent and replace that with a greener source of energy. He's also a podcast host, an incredible thinker, and a leader fuelled with love. Johan shares many brilliant ideas in his talks and articles about Corporate Sobriety and Loving Leadership. In our conversation with Johan, we talk a lot about addiction and specifically about Johan's former addiction to alcohol. He shares a lot of insights from his recovery and how he uses those insights and his personal development in his work and journey through life. Moreover, we talk about what similarities there are between our current collective unsustainable behavior and addiction, the importance and need of creating a positive shared sustainable vision, and more.. Buckle up, this was truly a great one! Johan's Linkedin Alkispodden Sustainability talks https://www.cordial.se/

In the 29th episode of The Decade Podcast you will once again get to know the voices behind this podcast a bit better. We've now reached a fifth of The Decade of action and in this episode Melker and Jonathan talk about their intention abut this podcast, what topics that are currently alive within them and more.

In the 28th episode of The Decade podcast we speak with Daniel Gustafsson. Daniel is the Head of development for on shore wind power at Vattenfall and has a background in Sustainable energy engineering. Vattenfall is a Swedish multinational power company owned by the Swedish government with the vision to create a fossil free living within one generation.  In our conversation with Daniel we touched on the three dimensions of sustainability, environmental, social and economic. We talk about the past, present and future of energy and in particular renewable energy. Moreover, we discuss different trade offs in regards to renewable energy sites such as wind power plants and how industry partnerships can be vital in our current transition towards a more thriving world.  https://group.vattenfall.com/

In the 27th episode of The Decade Podcast, we sat down with Hanna Lindquist as the Customer Success Manager at Trine. What Trine does is that you make it easy for people to invest in solar energy in growing markets, offering a return on investment that’s good for the people, the planet, and for profit. The company has won multiple awards such as Climate Solver 2016 awarded by the World Wide Fund for Nature, Solar Power Portal’s Finance Innovation in 2017, Best social impact start-up in 2017 at the Nordic start-up awards, and the winner of inUse award in 2018.  In our conversation with Hanna, we discussed alternative ways to “business as usual”, how it is to operate as a company with a triple bottom line approach and Hanna tells us about how Trine as a company makes both social and environmental impact.  https://trine.com/ Hanna's Linkedin

In the 26th episode of The Decade Podcast we had the privilege of talking to one of the co-founders of Greenpeace, Captain Paul Watson. In 1977, he left Greenpeace and founded the SeaShepherd Conservation Society. He's a renowned speaker, accomplished author, master mariner, and lifelong environmentalist. Captain Watson has been awarded many honors for his dedication to the oceans and to the planet. He received the Genesis Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1998, was named as one of the Top 20 Environmental Heroes of the 20th Century by Time Magazine in 2000 and was inducted into the U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame in Washington D.C. in 2002. He was also awarded the Amazon Peace Prize by the president of Ecuador in 2007. In 2012, Captain Watson became only the second person after Captain Jacques Cousteau to be awarded the Jules Verne Award, dedicated to environmentalists and adventurers.  Amongst other things we talked about the state of our oceans and the severe impact we humans have on our precious ecosystem, why it is important to take real action towards the change you want to see in the world the recent documentary Seaspiracy, what impact it made, and what we can learn from it and what Paul think is needed from humans and our current system to let our oceans recover and thrive again. It was such a powerful conversation to have leaving us both inspired to continue our journey of making positive impact on this world.  https://seashepherd.org/

In the 25th episode of The Decade Podcast, we sit down with Elin Bergman who's a circular economy expert. She’s one of the most impactful drivers of change for the circular economy in Sweden and the Nordic countries. One could summarise that most of her work is dedicated to accelerating the transition from the dominant linear economy we see today to a circular economy which would help us move and operate within the planetary boundaries.  In our conversation with Elin, we dissected the term circularity from different perspectives. Elin gives many great practical examples of what circular economy is and what it’s not, but we also talk about it from a more philosophical perspective which I found very inspiring. It was such a pleasure speaking with Elin, her positive energy really affected me and I would truly recommend you to check her out, she’s doing some incredible stuff with the organizations she’s a part of! So without further ado, I hope that you’ll enjoy this episode with Elin Bergman! https://www.cradlenet.se/ https://nordiccircularhotspot.org/

In this episode, we welcome Dr. Tyson Yunkaporta, an academic, an arts critic, and a researcher who is a member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland, Australia. He carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. Tyson is the author of Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save The World. He looks at global systems from an Indigenous perspective. He asks how contemporary life diverges from the pattern of creation. How does this affect us? How can we do things differently? In our conversation with Tyson we covered many things we can be inspired by and learn from indigenous cultures. Like yarning, the role elders has as knowledge keepers, what relationship they have to nature, the role that stories and songlines play, and what right and wrong story is.

In the 23rd episode of The Decade podcast, we dove deeper into an often overlooked aspect of sustainability, our own personal sustainability. Today's guest, Oren Ipp has been working in the service of others for more than 20 years. He’s done many years in foreign aid, designing, managing, and evaluating multimillion-dollar programs in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. After many years of working on transitions within countries, communities, and institutions, he now focuses on personal transformation as a driver of social change. Oren work with activists, entrepreneurs, and innovators by helping individuals design and lead lives of meaning, service, passion, and balance. Our conversation with Oren highlights the human experience. While working with societal and planetary challenges can be very overwhelming, and to stay in a positive direction while working on solving these challenges can itself be very challenging. Oren shares his tips and tricks about how we can navigate around our own personal well-being and it was really mind-expanding to listen to Oren speaking about his experience and expertise around the topic.   Oren's Linkedin https://www.changingroominitiative.com/

In the 22nd episode of The Decade Podcast, we speak with Nicholas Marchesi who is an amazing impact entrepreneur! He’s one of the co-founders of Orange Sky, the world’s first free mobile laundry service for people experiencing homelessness. What started as an idea to improve hygiene standards and restore dignity to people has evolved into something much bigger and more powerful.  Nic started Orange sky at the age of 20 with his friend Lucas Patchett in Brisbane Australia and it has now grown into an international enterprise that makes a real impact every day. Nic along with his co-founder Lucas have been awarded Young Australian of the year as well as Order of the Medal of Australia for their incredible contribution through their work with Orange Sky. Amongst other things we talk about the amazing story of Orange sky, impact entrepreneurship, and how important it is sometimes, only to take that first step towards making a positive impact and trust that the rest will fall into place.. Nic and Lucas are living proof of that!  https://orangesky.org.au/ https://volaby.org/