Planet VIP Podcast

The Arctic is critical for the health of our planet, but under a changing climate, this fragile ecosystem is gradually collapsing. A new expedition led by explorer and ecopreneur, Keith Tuffley just crossed the legendary Northwest Passage navigating through the 6 Arctic Tipping Points to capture breakthrough data that could revolutionize our understanding of climate change and biodiversity loss. D...

Discover 8 Trailblazing Global Artists - inspiring “Creative Voices” driving social and environmental awareness through extra-ordinary art projects. Our Editor curated and hosted our first Webinar: "Creative Voices". Featuring 8 leading global artists from multi-cultural backgrounds, we talked about how art can address diverse social and environmental topics from the refugee crisis to mental healt...

Sometimes the best ideas are the most simple. Imagine removing the incommensurable amount of toxic invasive plant species from our lakes and lands and in turn it creates a new source for worldwide economic development. This was the genius business idea of Sydney Rodman, the CEO of Green Revival, a young company specialising in unlocking more plant biomass to decarbonize supply chains and solve the...

Tamara Kahutia is a wonderful youth climate activist from Kenya. Following in the footsteps of Greta Thunberg, she is passionate about taking action on climate change, spreading the word about how it affects mental health, and making sure women's voices are heard. Despite the Global North being mostly responsible for it, the impacts of climate change are global and the Global South faces unique ch...

Can you gain 100k new followers overnight with AI? This is what happened to AI Artist, Tanja Schalling (vallemarieart) who shares with us the incredible story of how she went viral from one second to the next. In a complete turn of events, she explains how she saw her followers surge to over 100k all of a sudden, receiving thousands of messages and hundreds of work requests from all over the globe...

Meet the Emmy-Award winner who is aiming to elevate the role of the arts in global dialogues to drive the sustainable development goals. Lisa Russell is an Asian American Emmy-winning filmmaker, storyteller, and arts curator working in the United Nations space for the past 20 years. This September, she is launching the "Arts for the Future" Festival in NYC and globally, coinciding with the UN Summ...

The global advertising industry is worth a staggering $1.7 trillion, yet only a minuscule fraction of that budget is spent on shifting consumers away from climate-harmful consumption patterns and toward influencing consumer behaviour for positive change. We are exploring this topic with Freya Dumasia, a Senior Advertising Strategist at BBDO, one of the biggest global advertising agencies headquart...

Originally from a small town of India, Karimah Hudda migrated to North America and went on living and working in over 40 countries, often travelling off the beaten path. She collaborated with people whose life journeys were as diverse as the coffee and oil palm farms of Sumatra, the C-suites of the largest corporations in the world including Nike and Faitrade International, the slums of Nairobi, o...

Sussex Bay on the South coast of England is an exceptional example of local restoration project with an exceptional vision: to restore 100 miles of coastline where the seascape and rivers flourish. A healthy blue ecosystem in which nature, people and local economy can thrive. Like so many other parts of the world, the current reality of Sussex Bay is far from this idyllic vision as the region is d...

How often do you think of water? How often do you consider how precious it is in our lives? Have you ever considered becoming a steward of it? This week I am in conversation with Charlotte Qin, a Chinese-Canadian artist living in Switzerland, whose work is uniquely dedicated to the most precious element on Earth: Water. Charlotte has made her mission to elevate the cultural value of water through...

Many of us have or want to start our own business, BUT how many of us are successful with it? In the UK alone, more than 1 in 20 people has already started their own business + over a third (35.2%) want to start their own business in the future. We love the ambition. Even more at a time when we need more impact founders to challenge the ‘old ways’ of doing and come up with new attitudes and soluti...

You might be seemingly at the top of your career and yet suffer from debilitating mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, burnout, PTSD, grief, suicidal thoughts and so much more. This was the story of my guest this week, Sheila Darcey who was a very successful corporate executive in the eyes of the world and yet was suffering from extreme anxiety. Sheila tried art therapy to help her an...

What is a simple solution to solve fashion waste, as praised by Vogue in the UK? Sol Escobar, the Founder of Give Your Best, offers an answer as she tackles clothing poverty while solving clothing waste at the same time through her award-winning free clothing platform. In this conversation, she shares a very little known fact: An estimated 5.5 million adults (a staggering 13% of the population) ar...

In the context of creating social change, new leaders are emerging, challenging top-down approaches and breaking away from traditional structures. Jamiel Devernay-Laurence is a dance entrepreneur creating a new vision with Ballet Nights in the dance ecosystem where he operates – one that redefines and elevates the experience for everyone involved: the dancers, the public, and all stakeholders. Whe...

At 19 years old, Jenk Oz has already an 8-year career behind him as a young social change activist and entrepreneur, having started at only 11 which made him earn the title of ‘Youngest UK’s CEO’ by the press. The Founder and CEO of Thred Media, a media and consulting company aimed at Gen Z and reaching over 220 countries, he has just been included in the Forbes 30U30 list for Europe 2024, is one...

In this episode with Cristina Zenato, we are heading to the Bahamas. Cristina is one of the most accomplished divers in the world, a Platinum Pro 5000 recipient, well-known for her groundbreaking work with sharks and cave exploration. In this conversation she tells us why it is always a good idea to question ‘what we are told’ and go beyond our fears - a mindset that led her to complete the explor...

How can art reconnect us more deeply with the natural world and help local communities realise the urgent threats facing their local ecosystems? We are answering this question with British Artist and Golden Visa Holder, Mark Dickens. Mark was the official artist for Formula 1, having been commissioned by Bernie Ecclestone to create paintings of each of the F1 races around the world. Now a resident...

Sharing an exceptional episode with Pål Brekke, a solar physicist, expert on the northern lights. Pål currently works as Lead Space Science at the Norwegian Space Agency, having previously worked at the NASA Goddard Space Flights Center. He is also a delegate to several European Space Agency Program Boards and a member of the exclusive Explorers Club in New York. Space has always fascinated humani...

“If we didn’t have the ocean, the temperature on Earth would be 35°C / 95°F hotter on average!". In this episode coinciding with World Ocean Week, Ingrid Lung sits down with Rebecca Daniel, a marine biologist, science communicator and director of The Marine Diaries, an award-winning marine conservation non-profit using storytelling and digital media to communicate ocean science. This conversation...

It’s never too late! Finding your purpose can sometimes take decades and a trip back to your inner child to remember what drives you. This is what happened to Anthony E. Lovell when he entered his 60s and started life coaching as he was feeling very dissatisfied with his pay-the-bills job. In irony of fate, Anthony decided it was not too late for wildlife neither in the context of biodiversity los...

With the effects of climate change becoming more and more palpable, Ingrid Lung is exploring how nature-based solutions can help make cities more climate resilient. Discover the conversation with Lenka Moore, Senior Manager at Capitals Coalition + Founding Trustee at The Golden Leaf of London, UK, and Zairah Khan, Founder and CEO at BlueO2 + Permaculture Designer & Teacher in The Hague, Nether...

In this ‘special live’ conversation at SXSW 2024 in Austin, Texas, Editor-in-Chief of Scarlet Red Magazine, Ingrid Lung sits with Chris Kerston, Co-CEO of global regenerative agriculture organisation Land to Market, Matthew Wallace, CEO of Project DXM, and Amanda Russell, Author of the Influencer Code and Faculty at the University of Oxford & Texas, to explore how we can harness the power of c...