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Harvesting Change#108-Emily Wilkinson - Xia Gibbs Syndrome- Poetery - SpiritualityWelcome to a deeply moving episode of Harvesting Change. We delve into the profound journey of Molly, a young 13 year old girl with a rare health condition, and the incredible lessons she`s taught her parents. Through their unwavering care, they`ve discovered depths of love, the power of resilience, and a profound spiritual connection. Emily Wilkinson, President and Cofounder of Xia Gibbs Society, describes with so much humility this remarkable family` s journey, a testament to hope, faith, and the unbreakable bond between a mother and her daughter. In this episode we navigate the hindrances of...
2025-08-311h 32Harvesting Change#107-Christopher Ziguras - Future Of Higher Education - AI Disruption - Job MarketToday is a conversation with Christopher Ziguras , Director at the Centre of study of higher education for the University of Melbourne, Chris main body of work is on global transformations in higher education. It is about the diffusion of policy ideas with strong partnership in different universities across the world , he has very interesting views on the future of education, and more interestingly on the importance and impacts of technological change on academic practices. In this episode Chris describes the current state of higher education in Australia. How social media is isolating us, how our education sys...
2025-06-221h 57Harvesting Change#106- Mpho Banda - South Africa - Apartheid - Psychedelics- TribesDr Mpho Banda is a Consultant Physician in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Mpho originally from South Africa has spent half of her life outside of her beloved country. In this talk, she reflects on her life has a teenager during the period of Apartheid. She is the most beautiful advocate of her home country. She talks passionately about the years of black community oppression. And from the bottom of her heart she tells us about freedom and equality, about tolerance and respect of traditions. This is a vibrant episode full of energy. With love and unfiltered emotional responses to...
2024-12-301h 32Harvesting Change#105- Armando Aragon - Climate Change - Consumerism - HappinessToday is a conversation with my friend Armando Aragon, Climate Expert and co-founder of Climate Society, Armando is also a conservationist, writer and in charge of leading the University of Sydney to net zero by 2030. We are talking about life in Argentina, cognitive and collective true human connections, we are talking about consumerism, happiness, climate change and much more... Thank you for listening.
2024-09-011h 27Harvesting Change#104-Guillaume Catillon - Men’s Mental Health - Circling - Authentic RelationshipsGuillaume Catillon is my guest today in this new conversation on Harvesting Change. Guillaume has 15 years of international experience spanning from strategy to transformation execution and a focus on customer-centricity. But today this not as a consultant and associate director that we listen to Guillaume, this is on his quest to truly understand and help other human beings through deepening meaningful and authentic discussions and relationships. Men’s mental health is often disregarded. A man can be a professional - a father - a friend - a lover. Roles we play and often in which we play a very different pa...
2024-08-171h 34Harvesting Change#103- Dominique Giraud -Decarbonization - Electricity- Renewable EnergyHead of Strategy and New Markets at VINCI Energies and President of the Melbourne - French Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industries . Dominique has for the past 12 years led the development of renewable energy projects for the Oceanian region. The transformation of the energy market creates huge opportunities. At the same it brings to surface existential questions with regard to the level of dependency our society has on fossil fuels. From black gold to green energy rush this is a discussion that reveals the complexity of a transition that has to happen to preserve the world has we know it...
2024-07-071h 35Harvesting Change#102- Germain Briand - Collaboration, Bioluminescence , BiomimicryToday is a conversation with Germain Briand, Managing director at Urban Canope Australia, Green Tech community leader at La French Tech Australia, Lecturer at RMIT University on Sustainable Design and Biomimicry. Germain is a wealth of knowledge and an inspiring Entrepreneur who recently acquired a World leading Biotech company to develop the most innovating and sustainable source of light. We are talking about what has uplifted him to this level of self confidence and accomplishment, we learn about the interactions and dependancies nature has on life. Germain tells us about his journey navigating the hindrances of life with a beautiful huma...
2024-06-142h 00Harvesting Change#101- Bruce Cook - Infrastructure Projects - Urbanisation - Human IntelligenceToday is a conversation with Bruce Cook. With 20 years of experience in managing large infrastructure projects including Melbourne Airport Rail and Metro Tunnel, Bruce takes us through the multifaceted nature of construction and implications on our everyday lives. His education in engineering, economics and management gives him an holistic view on our society moving into a generational transformation involving awareness and full comprehension of systemic repercussions of our presence on planet earth. We talk about our place in this World and the Universe, urbanisation, new infrastructure projects, the mutation from a world of nature to a worl...
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