Wonderspace

Orbiting with us this week on Wonderspace is Martin Rich who is a Sustainable Investment Specialist and Co-founder of the Future Fit Foundation.  In this journey over Africa our lens is more towards the galaxies above inspired by Martin's opening few lines and a life changing experience in Sierra Leone. Martin also gives us an insight into his compelling story and shares a passionate vis...

Orbiting with us this week is Kanini Mutooni who is the MD for venture philanthropy firm DRK Foundation. Kanini is also an advisor for Toniic and is the board chair for Global Innovation Fund. In this journey from her home/school in Kenya, Kanini shares about her passion for investing capital in early stage social entrepreneurs and brilliantly gives an insight into the challenges of home schooling...

This week we are joined by the brilliant Reem Alsayyah from Damascus in Syria. She has recently completed her degree in Computer Network Engineering at Damascus University and was part of a theatre production called Queens of Syria that toured the UK. Her story reminds us of the impact of conflict both in the destruction of a beautiful country and culture but on families that are forced to escape...

This week we welcome the wonderful Dr Katherine Trebeck who is an author, researcher and is the Advocacy and Influencing lead for the Well Being Economy Alliance or WEAll for short. Katherine is also the co-author of a brilliant book titled the Economics of Arrival.  Katherine shares her own story and about the amazing work of WEAll around the World. Katherine also promotes a compelling...

On Wonderspace this week we welcome Sarah Hope MBE whose story is truly remarkable. Sarah is the co-founder of Elizabeths Legacy of Hope which provides life changing support for children who have lost their limbs through war, accidents, and lack of access to medical care in India, Sierra Leone and Liberia. In 2016 Sarah persuaded the UK Chancellor to announce a 1.5 million budget item fo...

This week we are joined by the amazing Sophia Amanzi-Oyugah who is a Senior Design Director at Adidas in Germany. In answering our six questions Sophia provides such a powerful and exciting  insight into the African Fashion Industry.  She also talks about her role in ensuring that a diverse spectrum of artists and designers have a chair around the Global art and design table.  Sophi...

To blow the fuses at the start of 2021 we are joined by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson who are the founders of Good Chance (@walkwithamal).  What Joe and Joe and their team started in a refugee camp in Northern France has inspired and led to one of the most significant cultural and artistic events anywhere in Europe starting in April 2021.   In this interview Joe and Joe brilliantly a...

Welcome to the Wonderspace podcast. This is an insight into Wonderspace. Our first episode goes live on 18th January.

Onboard Wonderspace this week we are joined by Donnie Maclurcan who is an author, social entrepreneur and founder of the post growth institute in Oregon in North America. In his story of hopefulness, Donnie powerfully talks about how the community responded to the fires in September 2020 that devastated much of his home town. He finishes with an insight that is a fitting end to our first Wonderspa...

Onboard Wonderspace the week we are joined by Abi Hewitt who is the co-founder and CEO of Love Welcomes, a social enterprise set up in response to the refugee crisis in Greece. The vision was for women living in refugee camps to weave welcome mats from life vests as a way of generating income for themselves. This idea has expanded and today all kinds of products including the Banksy welcome mat ar...

Onboard Wonderspace this week we are joined by Chidi Achara in New York who has spent most of his life in Advertising and Photography for some of the worlds biggest brands and campaigns. He is also on the board of an amazing non-profit as you will hear in his story of hopefulness. See the video episode here: https://youtu.be/fmXpQ72y3JQ -------------- More about Wonderspace: https://ourwonder.spac...

Onboard Wonderspace this week we are joined by Florian Palluel who is the head of sustainability and transparency at Picture Organic Clothing in Annecy in the French Alps. Picture is best known for designing some of the most innovative and sustainable outdoor clothing and also for producing epic adventure films such as Zabardast and Shelter seen by millions on Youtube.  For this exhilarating...

Onboard Wonderspace this week we are joined by the inspiring Dr Ellonda Williams, who is the Director of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at B Lab in Philadelphia. In talking about her life, Ellonda orbits around specific words that describe a time or season. You will hear her deep-rooted passion for elevating and resourcing the underprivileged, under-represented and under-served. Ellonda also sh...

Onboard Wonderspace this week we are joined by musician, songwriter and producer, Fraser T Smith. On a night flight over Washington and New York, we orbit around Fraser's life in music which has led him to write and produce some of the biggest songs and albums of recent times. Fraser also talks about a life-changing wonder of the natural world and a man wrongly imprisoned in solitary confinement f...

Onboard Wonderspace this week we are joined by Pedro Tarak from Argentina who co-founded Emprendia which is the first Benefit Corporation in Argentina, and Sistema B which is dedicated to promoting B Corps in South America. Pedro is also an ambassador for The Well Being Economy Alliance. In this episode, he talks about ecosystem regeneration, social inclusion, a couch with the best view in the wor...

On board Wonderspace this week we are joined by Sara Hyde who on the week of the US election orbits around Politics, the Criminal Justice System, her role as Chair of the Fabian Women’s Network and a Volcano 12,000 miles away. Sara’s TEDx talk on prisons is at http://tedxexeter.com/speakers/sara-hyde/ See the video episode here: https://youtu.be/8eFaGXwUXEw -------------- More about Wonderspace: h...

On board Wonderspace 08 this week we are joined by two amazing people. Kate Fletcher who as you will hear is an avid Liverpool fan and Professor at the Centre for Sustainable Fashion at the University of the Arts in London. We are also joined by Mathilda Tham who is a Professor in Design at Linnaeus University in Sweden and affiliated with Goldsmiths University in London. In this episode they shar...

Wonderspace is a weekly orbit around wonder and stories of hopefulness. After a one minute wonder, we are joined this week by Cathy Runciman who is the co-founder of the brilliant online storytelling platform Atlas of the Future. Find out more at https://atlasofthefuture.org See the video episode here: https://youtu.be/YPtjxZ_az8E -------------- More about Wonderspace: https://ourwonder.space Yout...

Welcome to our sixth orbit around wonder and stories of hopefulness. After a one minute wonder we are joined this week by Muhammed Muheisen, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner, a National Geographic photographer and founder of the Dutch non-profit Everyday Refugees Foundation. Find out more about Muhammed at http://muhammedmuheisen.com and the work of his non-profit at https://everydayrefugees.org S...

Welcome to our fifth orbit around wonder and stories of hopefulness. After a one minute wonder we are joined this week by Maria Emilia Correa who is a Conservationist and Co-founder of Sistema B in Chile, promoting new economies and B Corporations. You can find out more about Sistema B at https://sistemab.org See the shortened video episode here: https://youtu.be/r8Tia_RiIgI  -------------- M...

Welcome to our 4th orbit around wonder and stories of hopefulness. After a one minute wonder we are joined this week by former Head Teacher and founder of Re-think food, Nathan Atkinson. We hope you enjoy another night flight starting in Morocco. You can find out more about Nathan and Re-think Food at https://www.rethinkfood.co.uk/ See the shortened video episode here: -------------- More about Wo...

Welcome to our third orbit around wonder and stories of hopefulness. After a one minute wonder, Sarah Corbett from the Craftivist Collective joins us on a stunning night flight over Europe. Every week guests answer questions around place, life, reset, wonder, hopefulness and re-entry. You can find out more about Sarah and the Craftivist Collective at https://craftivist-collective.com/ See the shor...

Welcome to our second orbit around wonder and stories of hopefulness. Every week guests join us in answering six questions around place, life, reset, wonder, hopefulness and re-entry. This week our route takes us along the coast line of Oman and Yemen and our guest is Marlon Parker who founded R-Labs in Cape Town. You can join the Wonderspace community at https://ourwonder.space You can find out m...

Welcome to our first ever orbit around wonder and stories of hopefulness where every week we will be inviting guests to share this window seat 250 miles above earth.   This week we are joined by Jaz O’Hara from the World Wide Tribe who chooses a city in Turkey as the place she would like us to fly over.   You can read more about the work of Jaz and listen to her brilliant podcasts at htt...