Earth Talks

Jerome Partington, a Regenerative Development Practitioner, and Associate Principal and Sustainability Manager at Jasmax, empowers us to evolve how we think about climate change and our relationship with the environment around us. What if we looked beyond problem solving and aimed higher than settling for just sustainable solutions or outcomes?  Jerome introduces a regenerative approach where he e...

Are you a “possibilitairian” or a “miniscularian”?  That’s the question that high performance leadership coach James McLaughlin posed to a room full of business leaders at the Te Ao Earth Week Summit, acknowledging the necessity of creative and innovative leadership in order to find solutions in a world of climate change. Have a watch or listen to this short video, in which James will guide you to...

Ever think about how much insurance will cost in the future in the wake of climate change? Will it be affordable for all? For any? This is but one aspect that Economist Shamubeel Eaqub thinks about while considering the wider landscape of social change, political change, and regime change as we walk further into an era of climate change. Watch this video, linked here, to get a glimpse into what Sh...

In this talk, Dr. Anake Goodall bravely voices his discomfort, tension, and the destabilising feelings that we all sense, and perhaps don’t talk enough about, when it comes to living a time of climate change.  A long-time investor in the green economy of New Zealand who has held various executive roles and advisory to government and iwi, Anake’s wisdom around the barriers and opportunities to chan...

Has carbon emissions become a fatigued topic? Is it losing its emphasis with constant chatter about offsetting instead of how to reduce our warming in the first place?  We see it like this... like other times when the world has had to come together to fight for what is right, we all have contribute to this battle. Every person who is consuming and emitting carbon, methane or other greenhouse gases...

Why is how you report on ESG, sustainability and your positive impact on Mother Earth important? When an organisation commits and contributes to a community and/or the environment it is important that we can tell whether it is just all smoke and mirrors or the real thing. Unfortunately, too often those doing amazing work don't communicate it well with long reports and the more jazzed up greenw...

Feeling like everything ahead is doom and gloom? It can easily spiral that way without a different lens. We are very fortunate to work with the eminent leader Cheryl Doig. As a professional futurist and advocate of social and environmental change, she provides a lens that helps puts leaders in an optimal state of mind in preparation for an uncertain future. In this talk, she challenges us to consi...

Do you know about Overshoot Day? It’s not a celebration day but rather a reminder that we are living well out of our means. In this podcast Rose Challies, Founder, Trustee, and CEO of Terra Nova Foundation, a global think tank and change activator, shares the implications of Overshoot Day* and why it’s an important date in the calendar. This year in the homebase of Terra Nova, Aotearoa New Zealand...

Martin Cudd, GM for Innovation and Business for Christchurch NZ is one of the leaders helping to steward a long term vision for Ōtautahi Christchurch and its region towards a regenerative economy. Watch or listen to this video in which Martin further defines what a regenerative economy means for the Canterbury region and speaks to the 10 year objectives and priorities being deployed to guide inves...

If you listen to one thing about climate change, listen to Dr Rod Carr share what we consider “Life on a Changing Planet 101”. Dr Rod Carr Chairperson of Climate Change Commission , (Aotearoa NZ’s eminent leader on climate), brings the statistics and numbers we hear about with climate change into perspective. Whether the earth heats to 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius doesn’t seem real until it impacts ou...

In this episode we explore the application of digital tools to help restore our earth with Fred Fournier, CEO of Open Forest Protocol, the global activator and network for verifying and issuing data-backed carbon credits, based in Lausanne, Switzerland. He speaks to the challenges and big successes for earth and people (the restorers and investors) through innovation driven by insight, urgency and...

In this episode we talk to Dr Cheryl Doig, a futures thought leader, speaker and author on the way we view the future of our earth. Exploring whether our future is bleak or bright and what action we can take to be resilient and embrace our future no matter what it turns out to be.

In this episode we explore the relationship between the economy and the environment with the renown economist, advisor and author Shamubeel Eaqub. Shamubeel weighs in on current mindsets, the challenges ahead and the critical steps for thriving economies going forward. Not to be missed insight into economics, our current crises and what we can achieve.

This episode explores the world of chocolate with Lucy Bennetto, founder and CEO of Bennetto Chocolate, the organic, fair trade, Net Climate Positive, BCorp certified company from Aotearoa New Zealand. She talks to the impact of making a luxury food that doesn't harm the Earth and nurtures it's producers, both environmental and people.

In this episode with Ben Scales we consider is 'natural' good and 'synthetic' bad and investigate the role of natural fibre from the Harakeke plant in Aotearoa New Zealand with start-up entrepreneur Ben Scales, KiwiFibre.

In this episode we dive into carbon counting, discussing whether it is worthwhile to do, who ought to do it and the relationship with changing human behaviors - does it really make an impact?

Our second interview with the amazing Tim Jarvis, global explorer, international environmentalist, author, film-maker and thought-leader. He speaks to his expeditions facing extraordinary change, the types of leadership we need and what type of action will make the difference for our future.

In this episode we speak with Galeno Chua about what is sustainability, how we can see through green-washing and what are some of the actions we can take as role-models in business and at home including eliminating waste and getting out in nature.

This episode dives into AI, ethics and how this intersects with our earth - with the author, speaker and international expert on the matter, Matthew James Bailey.

Interview with Hannah Duder, social entrepreneur, business + environment engagement in Ōtautahi Christchurch - talking about how small and medium sized businesses can engage in environmental projects and take climate action.

On this podcast we interview Jannat Maqbool, industry leader and global digital expert. We ask her to crack open the digital jargon, to give insight into the relationship between digital, equity and the environment, and we ask her what action is critical to take by individuals and businesses.

Interview with Tim Jarvis, the extraordinary British-Australian explorer, international environmentalist, author and documentary filmmaker, on global changes and what action we can take.

Interview with Amy Carter, CEO of Christchurch Foundation, who is driving environmental change through philanthropy and place in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Rose Challies discusses how Terra Nova Earth Talks came about with Laura Gartner.