Wonderspace

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we orbit with adventurer, expedition leader and speaker Oli France. He is a specialist in leading groups through the world's wildest places such as Iraq, Somalia, Congo and Siberia. In this Wonderspace orbit Oli talks about his latest multi year project The ultimate seven, a world first quest to journey from the lowest point in each continent to the highest...

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we orbit with Edwina Kulego in New York who is the Vice President of International and Business Development at Informa Markets Fashion. Edwina is also on the board of the Vegan Fashion Week based out of Los Angeles and was nominated by the founder of Style House Files and Lagos Fashion Week, Omoyemi Akerele who you can hear in EP 60. "I got the opportunity...

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we orbit with two entrepreneurs Joey Li and Thuta Khin. After meeting at business school Joey and Thuta founded Leiho with a mission to help improve the quality of life for people experiencing homelessness through the Leiho eco-consious store. Joey and Thuta were nominated by Joshua Coombes who was featured in Episode 79 on Wonderspace "We formulated a bus...

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we orbit with Anthea Stephenson who transitioned from a career in the corporate world and Michelin-starred kitchens and is now pioneering regenerative agricultural solutions, reshaping the narrative on food security, tech and climate resilience. "We're developing tools and technologies for cross-sector collaboration and co-investment in regenerative an...

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we orbit with Vanessa Norwood. Vanessa is a curator and cultural strategist for the built environment. Her work focuses on the central role materials play in building a more sustainable and equitable world. “The built environment is responsible for almost 40% of the Earth's carbon emissions. So it's a really interesting and important time to be part of...

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we orbit with Julia Lynch who is the Founder and CEO of Global Girl Project. Global Girl Project works in 13 countries mobilising the most marginalised girls throughout the global south to become agents of social change through community development and social action initiatives. Julia was nominated by Brita Fernandez Shmidt who is a transformational coach and...

For the first Wonderspace of our fourth year, we orbit with Carwyn Hill who is the co-founder of Hope Health Action, an NGO building long-term partnerships with local communities and health systems in countries such as Haiti, Sudan and Uganda. Carwyn also sits on the board of End Poverty 2030 and was awarded an MBE this year for services to international healthcare. Carwyn was nominated by Ben Sol...

For our last Wonderspace Podcast before a summer break we orbit with Dr Renee Lertzman who is based in San Francsico. Renee is an internationally recognized researcher, educator, thought leader and adviser, who uses psychological insights to unlock action on global climate and environmental crises. She works with organisations around the world and has a real passion for the upstream work of suppor...

This week on Wonderspace we orbit with Oliver Pelling in Melbourne. Ollie is the Editor in chief at Adventure.com and is the Founder and Director of Good and Proper who provide comms and content to purpose driven organisations helping them move their audiences towards action for people and planet. Ollie was nominated by Tamsin Jones (EP36) "I'd already worked with purpose driven organisat...

This week on Wonderspace we orbit with Mark Haviland who after many years in the corporate world, founded Conscious Careers, inspiring young people to start a career with the world in mind. Mark is also the Vice-chair of the Marine Conservation Society and advisor to Train my generation in Kenya. “I went into schools and realised that the awareness of what's going on in the world today was pre...

This week's Wonderspace comes from a conference in Madrid where last week over 220 people came together around the issue of statelessness organised by the European Network on Statelessness in collaboration with Fundación Cepaim. Statelessness is an issue that impacts over half a million people in Europe and many millions globally which you can hear more about in our 100th Wonderspace episode w...

This week on Wonderspace we orbit with Kemo Camara. For the past 20 years, Kemo has lived, studied, and worked in cities across Africa, North America and Europe. He has founded startups, built non-profits and played various leadership roles in community organisations. In 2019 he founded Omek whose mission is to amplify the talent, voices and energy of biculturals of African descent through program...

If you were forced to live on the streets what would you do with your belongings and important documents? This week on Wonderspace we orbit with Rachel Woolf who is the founder and Director of an award-winning charity Street Storage which provides free accessible and safe storage for hundreds of people experiencing homelessness. "I said to Islington Council, where I lived at the time, 'If...

This is one of the most remarkable stories you will ever hear! This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we orbit with Mostafa Salameh who was born in Kuwait to Palestinian refugee parents and went on to become the first Palestinian-Jordanian to climb Mount Everest. He is one of only 20 people to ever climb the Seven Summits and conquer the South Pole and the North Pole - known as the ‘Explorers Grand...

This week the Wonderspace Podcast comes from Amsterdam where last week, 1,200 business leaders came together from around the world for the B for Good Leaders Summit. A summit that exists to accelerate the transition towards a regenerative economy which will create social, environmental and economic net positive value. In this 25 min Wonderspace episode, over 40 delegates share their story of hopef...

This week on Wonderspace we orbit with B. Lorraine Smith who is an independent researcher, writer and guide on the path to industrial healing. Her vision is an economy that works in service of life where all industrial activities make people and ecosystems healthier. Lorraine builds on decades of experience in corporate sustainability across numerous industries and regions and was nominated by our...

This week on Wonderspace we orbit with Emma Pears. Emma is an innovation Strategist and Leadership Coach with her business Solomon Hunt. She is also a Musical Director, Songwriter and the author of the book 'What Does it Matter?' which was released in the States a few weeks back and is released this week in the UK. "I had this message that I wanted to get out there because I was havin...

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we orbit with Isobelle Ford who is the community manager for The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network also known as TERN. A social enterprise that enables UK refugees to thrive through the power of their own ideas through providing business support. Isobelle is also the co-creator of the Anqa collective which is Europe's first marketplace selling products and se...

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we orbit with songwriter, musician and producer George Holliday. After converting an old library bus into a recording studio, George toured around Europe and ended up recording a 16 track collaborative album from 60 different locations. Today Made on the Road is a creative hub on wheels producing EPIC music for TV, film and advertising. The wonder from Ask Natu...

This week on Wonderspace we orbit with Shabazz Graham. Shabazz has worked in the UK film and TV industry as a writer, director and editor. Shabazz is also the co-founder of a new tech platform called Qcast. a social network built on questions. Their mission is to open up new conversations, enabling users to share insights by asking catalytic questions of each other that spark fresh ideas and solut...

This week on Wonderspace we orbit with Josh Liu. A tech entrepreneur who honestly shares about the challenges and personal cost of pursuing a silicon valley start up. Today Josh is the co-founder of a tech company called MOSA which is a cycle parking, data, and services platform that is about to go into mass production with Giant who are the largest bike maker in the world. This is in response to...

This week on Wonderspace we orbit with Simon Lamb who is a freelance writer, photographer and coach. He has also been given 20 acres of the family farm as a testbed in the pursuit of nutrient rich soil which he talks about in his story of hopefulness. "I walked 1000 kilometres across Spain and it really was a journey back to myself because living with my life on my back and walking west, I felt as...

On this week's episode of Wonderspace, we orbit with Jyoti Fernandes, a smallholder farmer on a regenerative holding in the UK and the head of policy at the Landworkers Alliance, a union of farmers, growers, foresters, and land-based workers with a mission to create a better food and land-use system for everyone. Jyoti was nominated by a farmer and the host of the farmerama podcast, Abby Rose, who...

On the Wonderspace Podcast this week we orbit with Jennifer Nadel. A qualified barrister, author, activist, award-winning television journalist and the founder of Compassion in Politics which has inspired active engagement from over 100 MPs and other parliaments and groups around the world who want to prioritise compassion. "I felt that if we could put compassion back in the political space, if we...

Today we reach the milestone of 100 Wonderspace Podcast episodes. Over the past two and a half years we have welcomed guests from over 50 cities around the world who have all shared their wonders and stories of hopefulness. We have decided to use our 100th episode to amplify the issue of STATELESSNESS which impacts over five hundred thousand people in Europe and over fifteen million worldwide. To...