The Decade Podcast

"The investments we make are building the world we're living in tomorrow"  Marco Vangelisti is an author, speaker, and 100% aware and no-harm investor. In this episode, he shares his personal story of why he left a successful career in finance and sold all of his investments to focus on no-harm investing. Moreover, he explains what it entails to be just that, an aware and no-harm investor who...

In this episode the two hosts behind this podcast talk about what has been most alive for them the past year. Jonathan and Melker revisit their purpose with this podcast and dive a bit deeper into meaningful terms such as pragmatic optimism and planetary stewardship. They also talk more openly about what they do outside this podcast project, such as being consultants within sustainability and writ...

Why is life confusing, challenging, and messy? Why is there pain, fear, and darkness? Why is everything always changing? What is life really about? These are some of the questions today’s guest Nils Von Heijne has been experiencing and exploring more deeply since 2014. Nils is invited back to once again share his perspective about the impact and purpose of personal development, and the role it pla...

“Relationships are the key to a successful career and a happy life, and the most effective way to build relationships is with great communication and meaningful conversation.” This is what today’s guest and master mind Andrew Horn is passionate about. He dedicates his work to help others to connect better to their authentic selves and other people. Amongst other things, we talk about a framework h...

What does it mean to be an NGO with a startup mentality? Coral Gardeners is on a mission to revolutionize ocean conservation and generate collaborative action around the world to save our coral reefs! In this two part episode we talk with Karine Toumazeau who’s their head of strategy. In this second part of our conversation, we dive deeper into the strategic decisions behind their work and how the...

What would happen if there were no more coral reefs? Coral Gardeners is on a mission to revolutionize ocean conservation and generate collaborative action around the world to save our coral reefs! In this two part episode we talk with Karine Toumazeau who’s their head of strategy. The devoted team at Coral Gardeners have set up an ambitious goal, planting 1 million corals and telling the story of...

Did you know that kelp forests are one of Earth’s most vibrant biomes and dynamic carbon sinks, drawing down more CO2 from the atmosphere by area than land-based rainforests do? Could this be one of THE solutions to keep us below 1,5 degrees celsius? Brian Von Herzen is the mastermind behind Marine Permaculture. Brian and his team at The Climate Foundation have developed a technology that uses mar...

Is electrification really the silver bullet solution to our current transportation system? And how do autonomous vehicles fit into today's transportation system? Those are some of the questions we unpack in today's episode. Our guest, Anna Pernestål is a senior researcher at the Royal Institute of Technology and is the director of the Integrated Transport Research Lab. Her research focuses on sust...

Are our children and youth the answer to solving many of the pressing sustainability challenges we currently face? Today's guest Kehkashan Basu is the youngest person in history to be elected (12 years old) as the Global Coordinator for Children & Youth at the United Nations Environment Programme. She says “I believe that every single person can learn from one another regardless of their age,...

Do you want to learn how to change the narrative on climate change so we can act from courage and excitement, and not fear? Today's guest Anne Therese Gennari says, “When it comes to climate change, we’re asked to panic. But fear will never drive long-term, sustainable change, so it’s time we tell a new story. Climate Optimism is not about taking a step back and hoping for the best to happen. It’s...

Personal development is a key component in navigating today's VUCA-World (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex & Ambiguous). Tomas says "Democracy will not function if everyone in society is adapting to what peers and culture are expecting of people. We need a critical mass of independently thinking and feeling people who can reinvent purpose on their own. Do we live in crappy times? No. We live on th...

Why is imagination so crucial for humanity in 2022? The latest IPCC report is telling us that we have a small shrinking window for change, and it’s shrinking fast. What if, could actually be the two most important and powerful words in our world right now. Todays guest Rob Hopkins, the author of What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want, says “Physics dem...

Willem Ferwerda has an impressive resumé, he studied tropical ecology and environmental science in Amsterdam and Bogotá. He has worked in several countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia on tourism, conservation, and restoration of ecosystems. He’s been the director of IUCN Netherlands, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the largest international union of nature organizations,...

Jamie Bristow is the Director of The Mindfulness Initiative, a policy institute about mindfulness and compassion training that grew out of a programme of mindfulness teaching for politicians in the British Parliament. Jamie work with politicians and other decision-makers around the world to help them make trainable capacities of mind and heart serious considerations of public policy and has suppor...

In the 32nd episode of The Decade Podcast we sit down with the biomimicry expert Fredrik Moberg. Fredrik is the founder and co-director of Albaeco, an independent organisation and sustainability consultancy. He is also working for Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) as a researcher and senior communications advisor. He has a book out (in Swedish, 2021) about biomimicry (sustainable solutions inspire...

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...

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 en...

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...

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 f...

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 plane...

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...

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 look...

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...

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...