The Great Full

My guest on the show this week is the wonderful Kavita Prakash-Mani. I had the pleasure of chatting to Kavita right before she was leaving her role as Global Conservation Director at WWF to embark on a professional sabbatical. Stepping back from it all to get some perspective. Naturally, we talked about why taking breaks is crucial, especially when you’re working on topics such as conservation or...

On the show this week, I chat to Dr. Jess Schulschenk, the director of the Sustainability Institute (SI) in South Africa - a pioneer in transformative learning for just and generative futures. Jess and I talk about the essence of the unique work at the SI, what led her towards a career in sustainability, how she deals with some of the challenges that her work brings and how it all relates to the b...

This episode is the second of our little series on “Can mushrooms save the world?”. My two guests this week are Natan, who’s the founder of a Lisbon-based startup called NAM mushroom and Ivanka, who’s the founder of Ekofungi, Serbia’s first circular economy company. Ivanka is sometimes referred to as the mother of mushrooms, and Natan learned the art of mushroom growing in Ivanka’s school. In this...

My guest on the show today is the phenomenal Chido Govera, founder of The Future of Hope Foundation in Zimbabwe. Inspired by her own life experience, Chido started taking action at a very young age to empower women and orphans through growing mushrooms to build healthy food systems. Chido is a transformative leader with an insatiable hunger for change. She shares her insights on issues such as gen...

In this episode Prof. Corinna Hawkes, director of the Centre for Food Policy at City University of London, joins me to chat about how changing the food system, and changing how we lead, can build a better word.   Corinna is exactly the person to talk about these topics – she leads interdisciplinary research teams to work out how we can create policies that prevent malnutrition and build sustainabl...

Today I have a special episode of the podcast for you! Applications are now open for a program I run called Be The Change. It is a 4 month online leadership and group coaching program for aspiring women leaders who want to contribute to a more sustainable world through their work, while living a life that is fulfilling and personally sustainable. Over the 4 months together we explore how we can le...

My guest on the show today is Meret Brotbek, a climate activist and social entrepreneur. Meret is co-founder and managing director of Soul Spice, a spice company that focuses on sustainable, organic and ethically sourced ingredients to make delicious and high quality spice blends. She is also a director at Climate KIC, an EU funded knowledge and innovation community that tackles climate change. Me...

In this episode I chat with Christoph Inauen, co-founder and CEO of Choba Choba, a chocolate brand with a revolutionary business model. Christoph was once responsible for sustainable sourcing at a large Swiss chocolate producer. Through his collaboration with Peruvian cocoa farmers he was able to experience the deeper challenges of the chocolate industry, leading him to co-found Choba Choba in an...

Sandra Mikhail, clinical dietitian and founder of Nutrition A-Z, joins me on the podcast today. We chat about why and how to improve your gut health, Sandra’s foundational practices for overall wellbeing and the danger of misinformation on social media. She also shares insights on the interface between nutrition, health and sustainability and what motivates her and gives her purpose in her work. O...

My guest today is Irena Loloci, founder and CEO of Rena Roots. Irena worked for many years as a humanitarian aid worker with the World Food Programme in various parts of the world. This experience motivated her to launch an ethical skincare brand Rena Roots which focuses on transparent and sustainable sourcing of ingredients to create opportunities for farmers in regions of crisis. Irena shares in...

Joining me on the show today is the wonderful Maureen Muketha. Maureen is the founder of a community organisation in Kenya called Tule Vyema – which means “Let’s Eat Right” in Swahili. She started this organization in her early 20’s in parallel to finishing her studies in Nutrition. Maureen shares how she works with her community to combat challenges of poverty and food insecurity, what helped her...

My guest on this episode is the fabulous Ronni Kahn, founder and CEO of OzHarvest, the pioneering food rescue organization in Australia. Ronni was recently featured in the film Food Fighter, a documentary that followed her journey to build OzHarvest and replicate it around the world. I spoke to Ronni just before the release of her brand new book “A repurposed life”, a memoir about how she found he...

<p>The Great Full podcast is here to help you contribute to a more sustainable world through how you eat, live and lead.<p><p>Join me on a journey around the world to connect with thinkers and doers working to build more sustainable food systems, communities and lives. They share insights into the challenges we collectively face, highlight the solutions they are bringing to life...