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Patagonia is in business to save our home planet. Founded by Yvon Chouinard in 1973, Patagonia is an outdoor apparel company based in Ventura, California. A Certified B-Corporation, the company is recognised internationally for its commitment to product quality and environmental activism – and its contributions of more than US$110 million in grants and in-kind donations to date. Put Simply, Patago...

Diana Scott is Founder of Frontier Pets , and she's on a mission to end Animal Factory Farming in Australia. Frontier Pets began five years ago out of a passion for animal welfare and wellbeing and they've been growing rapidly ever since. They've currently contributed over $1.4 million to ethical farming and are only just getting started. This episode is a must-listen if you have a pet or are curi...

Lauren Williams and Alex Knorr are Founders of Will & Bear, a hat company made for adventures. In true entrepreneurial style they created what they couldn't find - a hat for the road supported by a business that made a positive impact. Each of their hats are made from 100% natural materials and crafted by expert milliners in Inner Mongolia. With 10 trees planted for every hat purchased they've now...

Thankyou makes products with the mission to end extreme poverty. This week Thankyou launched a bold new campaign 'No Small Plan' and invited P&G and Unilever - two of the world's largest and most influential consumer goods companies - to make and distribute Thankyou products globally to help speed their mission. The campaign presents the ultimate collaboration - playing to each other's strengths a...

James Chin Moody is the co-founder and CEO of Sendle, a company that makes sending parcels for small businesses super easy and with less impact on the planet. Sendle is also Australia's first technology B Corporation and the first 100% carbon neutral delivery service. James is a game-changer who through great technology, design and teamwork has built a strong shipping and logistics network that ma...

Since its launch in 2006 Xero has grown to be the number one Accounting platform in Australia, and with over 2 million subscribers globally.  Originating in New Zealand, Xero set out to make accounting beautiful, and that it did. The combination of beautiful design, clever tech and a deep understanding of what their users needed, Xero has given both small business owners and policymakers an insigh...

Afends are an Australian apparel company that began in Byron Bay in 2006 when two mates started selling samples from the back of their van. Since then they've grown to be an internationally recognised brand, organically built from the ground up. Pioneering the hemp revolution in Australia, they're committed to sustainable practices across their whole supply chain and champion gender equality. We c...

The team behind Bellroy are a cool swag of creatives, tech heads and travellers who create pieces to help the world carry with greater simplicity and ease. Andy Fallshaw is the Co-Founder behind the brand. Bellroy's mission is a big one - to inspire better ways to carry, use business as a force for good. We chat to Andy about how the business does just that.

Sandy Morrow is Head of Operations at Koala, Australia's fastest-growing furniture company with a mission to become the smartest way to buy high-quality furniture online. They've removed the snazzy showrooms and focused on design, customer service and instant delivery. Koala customers can order a bed or couch and get it in just 4-hours! They also have a unique partnership with WWF-Australia where...

Is bigger really better? Paul Jarvis is a writer and designer who's had his own company of one for the last two decades. His latest book, Company of One, explores why bigger isn't always better in business, and why we should question growth for the sake of growth. He's worked with professional athletes like Steve Nash and Shaquille O'Neal, corporate giants like Microsoft and Mercedes-Benz, and ent...

A trek along Asia's 'hippie trail' in 1972 led Tony and his wife Maureen Wheeler, to create travel publisher Lonely Planet. This was an absolute game-changer for the backpackers and adventure seekers across the globe featuring off the beaten track destinations and hard-to-find experiences.   Tony keeps himself busy these days with his work for the Planet Wheeler Foundation's, assisting on more tha...

Dr Elise Bialylew is a mindfulness meditation expert , doctor trained in psychiatry, social entrepreneur and published author who's on a mission to improve the wellbeing of our society and our planet. She is the Founder of Mindful in May , the world's largest annual, online mindfulness fundraising campaign. She has also published a book called, The Happiness Plan . We sat down (via our iso-at-home...

Nina Karnikowski is a travel writer who focuses on wild, transformative adventures off the beaten trail. Her trips have taken her journeying through Mongolia, Antarctica, the Namibian desert, plus another 60 or so other countries. Nina talks about how she calved out this dream job. As well as, her recent book - Make a Living Living. It's part storytelling and part practical advice on how to craft...

More like a book than a magazine within these 120-pages you'll find the good news stories of the legends interviewed here on the One Wild Ride podcast! Theirs are stories of expansion and evolution while rocking good business and positive impact at the same time. We hope that you love reading it as much as we enjoyed pulling it together and that your journey within inspires and activates positive...

Erin Lovell Verinder is a much-loved herbalist, nutritionist, energetic healer and educator living in Byron Bay. This modern-day plant medicine woman has recently released her first book Plants For The People: A Modern Guide to Plant Medicine. Erin takes us through her journey and discovery of the magical plant world and explains how she weaves together ancient wisdom with a modern approach to imp...

Seabin is a simple concept with a big mission - to achieve "pollution-free oceans for our future generations." One Seabin alone does some pretty incredible work, clearing about 4kg of debris a day, mounting up to 1.4 tonnes of debris each year. Pete Ceglinski is Co-Founder of the Seabin Project. He's always been an avid water lover that grew up in Northern NSW, we chat to him about his own wild ad...

Sophie Lord is the Publisher and Creative Director of Hello May . Hello May is not your run-of-the-mill bridal magazine, it ticks all the boxes whether you're a bride that goes for the fashionable runway-ready kind of thing, old-world charm or boho chic. It's full of stunning suppliers and documents beautiful love stories. Sophie is a true creative, a free spirit, traveller and one incredibly pass...

Olli Ella is a global lifestyle brand founded in London in 2010 by sisters Chloe and Olivia Brookman. What started as a side-hustle with one product quickly spread globally after being picked up by Harrods and Oprah. Along the way, they added apparel, homewares, travel, toys and accessories to their swagger, and it seems the world can't get enough of the Olli Ella vintage-aesthetic and naturally p...

The School of Life is a global organisation helping people live more fulfilling lives.  With multiple centres around the world, they hold space for exploring self-knowledge through classes, content, community and conversation. In my chat here with Australian Managing Director Eleanor Gammell we discuss the growing importance to have a place of non-judgment to explore the complexity of our inner an...

Bank Australia is committed to positive social and environmental change. Owned by their customers they're actively listening and actioning things that matter, including land regeneration, reconciliation, affordable housing, animal welfare, renewable energy, and conservation. They're committed to 'clean money' and therefore got a hard stance against coal, nuclear weapons, gambling, tobacco, live an...

Kate Dalton is the Founder of Mayde Tea, a Naturopathically blended 100% organic loose leaf tea. Born out of her own health crisis, Kate began experimenting with plant-based remedies while studying and managing a busy café in Bondi. She quickly discovered the incredible health benefits of tea and started sharing them with friends and clients. From these humble beginnings, Mayde Tea is now stocked...

Jack River is a musician, songwriter, festival curator and businesswoman. Her debut album Sugar Mountain was nominated for Best Pop Release and Breakthrough Artist in the 2018 ARIA Awards. She tours extensively and has performed at some of Australia's biggest festivals - Splendour in the Grass, Falls Festival and The Great Escape. She's also the Founder of Grow Your Own Festival and the Electric L...

A family dream to move to the country and a passion for healthy food led the Brook family to transform a rundown dairy in the Byron Bay hinterland into a working macadamia farm. Over 30 years they've not only become one of Australia's leading producers of premium quality macadamia products, but they've simultaneously plated over 35000 trees to regenerating the onsite rainforest.  Still a family ru...

Intuitive gun Krista Jane Smith (street name KJ) uses her beyond earthly skills to help creative entrepreneurs break free from the subconscious limits holding them back and live a life on purpose. Following the heart led road has seen her change the lives and careers of Olympians, CEO's, global corporations and disruptive game changers of all kinds. She believes whole heartedly that we all have th...

Tom Griffith is the Co-Founder of Emma and Toms, a leading health food company well known for their delicious, all-natural juices.  Following on from an early career in finance and startups, it was on a ski trip that Tom had his 'aha' moment of launching a premium juice brand into the Australian market.  He approached his childhood friend Emma to partner with him, and from there Emma and Toms was...