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ProGRESS
Sarah Flynn, Psychologist, author and human sustainability coach
Sarah Flynn is a career coach who works with purpose-led, empathic leaders making a difference to the world. In addition, Sarah teaches resilience for sustainability leaders on the Cambridge sustainability leaders masters.Discussing her own squiggly career journey, Sarah explains how she felt when she discovered psychology as a teenager and then became inspired to study it in depth, thinking she’d work in clinical psychology. She talks about moving to Italy to teach English as a foreign language, what led her into working in psychotherapy and how she became fir...
2025-07-26
38 min
ProGRESS
Matteo Menapace, Serious, ethical, cooperative games designer
When he was young Matteo Menapace spent many afternoons playing video games and learnt to code so he could hack his first game. So how does a kid playing video games (with a Saturday job making pizzas) turn his hobby into a professional career that challenges people to think about the most pressing issues of the era, including climate change?Listen to hear the philosophy and ethics behind serious games design, why you don’t need to have studied graphics, games design or even to have a degree to be a successful games designer and...
2025-07-19
45 min
ProGRESS
Johnathon Miller-McCall, Science communicator, conservationist and nature nerd
Johnathon Miller-McCall grew up in South London, seemingly an unpromising location for wildlife observation and a career as a conservationist, science communicator and storyteller.Yet, Johnathon reveals, there are more than 14,000 species in the city, and it’s one of the world’s largest urban forests – you just need to know where to look.Now Johnathan wears three hats, working as a comms and engagement officer for Synchronicity Earth, as a presenter and content executive for Earth Minutes and creating content for his own feeds.So how does a shy boy go...
2025-07-12
33 min
ProGRESS
Connor Cashell, Campaigns officer, Cycling UK
Connor Cashell combines his socially responsible and ethical values with a push for sustainability and a job campaigning for Cycling UK.After university Connor worked in Belgium where he facilitated meetings between European leaders and the people who really understood what was going on in exploited mining communities, particularly in South America.From there, it wasn’t a huge step to move to Peru to work for a partner organisation, Grufides, among the people being affected by the mining.When Connor returned to England, he found his...
2025-07-05
29 min
ProGRESS
Dr Fernanda da Silva Tatley, Scientist, entrepreneur and Reiki Master
There's no doubt that Dr Fernanda da Silva Tatley's scientific career has been one of purpose. A medical molecular microbiologist, she’s researched tuberculosis (TB), listeria and cancer, working with Glaxo Wellcome, then enabled other researchers as an account manager for Roche Diagnostics. Delve a little deeper and there’s a tale of a thwarted career however – she’d have liked to be an archaeologist but her father wanted her to go into medicine, so she compromised and studied sciences.Alongside her career path, Fernanda has embraced many different experiences and roles, from Reiki Mas...
2025-06-28
40 min
ProGRESS
Matthew Payne, Catalyst at Healthtech-1, NHS Youth Board member
Still in his early twenties Matthew Payne parked his career plans and degree course to work for a tech start-up to try, as he puts it, to fix the National Health Service. Matthew was due to finish his final undergraduate year and had ticked all the boxes to make himself a good candidate for a well-paid traineeship in corporate law.So what drives a person to work in a tech start-up facing such a tricky task – risky even if you believe in its products, the founders and can see that it might be goi...
2025-06-21
50 min
ProGRESS
Stuart Goldsmith, Climate comedian and podcaster
What’s funny about climate change, you might think if you spot comedian Stuart Goldsmith’s job title.The answer is, of course, nothing, but after a long and successful career as a performer and stand-up comedian Stuart found himself wanting to talk about just one thing - climate change.So how does that pan out when you need to be paid for laughs? And who is in the audience when Stuart is delivering his message?How do you even start a career like Stuart’s? And if you’re young, how do you s...
2025-06-14
47 min
ProGRESS
Katie Goldsbrough, Woodland officer, ecologist, conservationist and bat carer
Katie Goldsbrough is a woodland officer, ecologist, conservationist and bat carer. She’s passionate about the outdoors, something that started in childhood and guided her through university, where she studied for a degree in zoology.Aware of the masses of plastic tree guards used when planting saplings, which are rarely documented or removed when the trees start growing and which degrade and fragment, Katie founded the Plot That Plastic app. It's something every listener can use to document plastic guards in woodland.In addition to her passion for trees, Katie ha...
2025-06-07
35 min
ProGRESS
Duncan Goose, CEO and founder of One Water. One year on...
Duncan Goose, the founder of Global Ethics and the brand One Water, returned to ProGRESS to talk about what has happened in the 12 months since we last spoke, including why he undertook a round Britain road trip to echo the world tour he was on more than 20 years ago that changed his career direction. Duncan also speaks about tracking down the girl (now woman) who sparked his mission to bring water projects to communities living in extreme poverty around the world, and you can see the story of that in the link below....
2025-04-19
30 min
ProGRESS
Rae Wilkinson, Award-winning garden designer. One year on...
In this wide-reaching discussion, ProGRESS's first-ever guest Rae Wilkinson rejoins the podcast to tell Sandra more about her career as an award-winning sustainable landscape and garden designer. Recording from her studio at the Knepp Estate in Sussex, Rae talks about introducing her clients to sustainable design and the notion of reducing carbon footprint as well as managing the budget when creating a garden for them. Rae also discusses giving back to the next generation of designers who want to benefit from her wisdom and experience and how much value there is in giving back to...
2025-04-12
32 min
ProGRESS
Maddie Booth, Sustainability consultant, educator and speaker
Sustainability consultant and environmental educator Maddie Booth started her first enterprise while at the University of Warwick, where she was studying for a Bachelor of Arts and Science (BASc) in global sustainable development and politics. In the spirit of no experience is wasted, Maddie says being an entrepreneur has been the biggest talking point in every job interview she’s had since exiting her business. Having worked in several jobs since graduating, Maddie has just taken up a newly created role as digital learning and development specialist at the Science Based Targets Initiative.Desp...
2025-04-05
56 min
ProGRESS
James Adeleke, Generation Success founder, equality champion, social entrepreneur
James Adeleke thought his future lay in football, but a serious injury meant he had to rethink his plans (much to his mum's relief) and study law instead. In this episode James talks about how meeting a homeless man after the London Riots affected his thinking, what turned his society at law school into the social enterprise Generation Success and why his mum has forgiven him for not following a legal career. Generation Success empowers young people from all backgrounds across the UK reach their career aspirations, regardless of their circumstances. Hear what...
2025-03-29
43 min
ProGRESS
Divya Kumar, Community engagement manager at Earthwatch Europe
An absolute livewire, Divya Kumar is a community engagement manager for Earthwatch Europe, responsible for overseeing Tiny Forests around the UK. She aims to hit the 300 mark by the end of 2025 and now describes herself as a socio-environmentalist. But when Divya was younger, though she had dreams of becoming a veterinarian or an animator, her parents encouraged her towards a corporate career. Divya describes how and why she stepped off her parents' ideal career path and how life changed again when, supporting her husband's career, Divya moved to the UK. You'll also hear how Divya's parents feel...
2025-03-22
39 min
ProGRESS
David Kohnstamm, Chief sustainability officer
David Kohnstamm is a thermal engineer and the chief sustainability officer and co–founder of Leafcloud, which offers its clients a truly green alternative to energy-hungry traditional data centres. David is scathing about the misleading use of the word ‘cloud’ to describe most data centres, since they are not the nebulous things that the word conjures up. The reality is much more solid – huge computers located in large buildings in the middle of an open space, requiring vast amounts of energy, air conditioning and water to cool down the resulting heat.Despite...
2025-03-15
33 min
ProGRESS
Dr Bushra Schuitemaker, Zoologist, microbiologist and award winning communicator
Zoologist, microbiologist and science champion Dr Bushra Schuitemaker has carved out a career in research and is determined to ensure young people from disadvantaged backgrounds know that science is for them too. Bushra’s stella science career is all the more remarkable because her local secondary school offered pupils no opportunities at all to take science A level courses. Now the school has full physics, chemistry and biology classes. Read more and find extra links on the ProGRESS website show notes page here You might like to listen to:...
2025-03-08
39 min
ProGRESS
Dr Mark Sumner, textiles programme lead at WRAP
Dr Mark Sumner was one of ProGRESS's earliest guests, so his 2025 return to the podcast to talk about the latest developments in his career feels like a seal of approval. Mark talks about leaving Leeds University's School of Design at the end of the 2024 academic year in favour of a new role at WRAP, the Waste and Resources Action Programme.WRAP is a not-for profit, non-governmental organisation (NGO) and for 20 years it has been pushing for global environmental action and circular living.Read more and find extra links on the P...
2025-03-01
25 min
ProGRESS
Justin Kelly CEO of Glass Futures, Chair of Sustainable Ventures
Business leader Justin Kelly stepped away from his C-suite role at the international engineering and technology company Siemens in 2022 and is now chief executive at Glass Futures, a not-for-profit tech membership organisation.Glass Futures researches more sustainable glass manufacture across the globe, so this role fits well with Justin’s other recent appointment, chair of Sustainable Ventures North, a hub for climate tech business start-ups and entrepreneurs, building on the success of its London beginnings.In this episode, Justin explains how he secured a university place, sponsored by Siemens, and how he rose to...
2025-03-01
38 min
ProGRESS
Season 3 round-up: The lightbulb moment
Season 3 round-up: The lightbulb moment Featuring all 11 guests, this end-of-season episode highlights guests' explanations of how, when and why they got into their career. For some, it was a natural progression from a childhood interest or obsession, while others had a lightbulb or lightning bolt moment that made them reassess their courses or careers.About ProGRESS:Host Sandra Kessell invites guests to discuss their pro- Green, Ethical, Sustainable and Socially responsible jobs, courses or activities and asks for real-world insights into the pathways and careers that led to them....
2025-01-27
35 min
ProGRESS
Beccy Dickson, co-founder of Branded Bio and eco entrepreneur,
In spite of business liquidation and a divorce, award-winning f:Entrepreneur Beccy Dickson and now ex-husband Macey Mitchell decided to remain business partners, founding Branded Bio, which supplies sustainable walls and backdrops full of living green plants and flowers for events, to interior designers and even to cover electric vehicle chargers and furniture. In fact it was a living plant-covered bus touring round Westminster in London that sparked Beccy's appearance on the podcast.Stuck on holiday on the island of Madeira during an enforced extended Covid lockdown, Beccy and Macey spent time talking about where and...
2025-01-18
35 min
ProGRESS
Helen Walsh, Designer, writer and conservation sector communications expert
A creative child who was also interested in science, Helen Walsh was encouraged by her teacher parents to explore all her interests, something that stood her in good stead for her future career.Helen was fascinated by sharks as a child – though growing up in Stoke she was about as far away from the sea as it is possible to be in the UK. An animal lover and budding conservationist, even then, Helen was also a keen fan of The Really Wild Show, a BBC children's programme. Back then it was presented by Michaela Strachan, Terry Nu...
2025-01-11
28 min
ProGRESS
Matthew Halteman, philosophy professor, animal and food ethicist, Arsenal football fan
Dr Matthew C Halteman is a professor of philosophy at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan and a fellow at the Oxford Centre of Animal Ethics. Beside his academic work, Matthew is on the board of directors for The Better Food Foundation and Creature Kind, and he's the author of Hungry Beautiful Animals: The Joyful Case for Going Vegan.Matt urges us to stop looking for moral perfectionism and accept mistakes and dead ends are part of being human. He encourages listeners to look for light coming through the cracks, and he advocates...
2025-01-01
51 min
ProGRESS
Jonathan Mearns OBE, careers coach, sustainability entrepreneur and adventurer
Jonathan Mearns OBE, has a job role topical to the festive season.Jonathan is a founder of London Christmas Tree Rental. The company rents out living Norway Spruce trees in England's capital city over the Christmas period. Trees are picked up by their temporary owners, then returned to their nursery after a brief encounter with the indoors. The idea of renting out Christmas trees sprang to life when, one January, Jonathan saw dozens of desiccated and discarded trees awaiting refuse collection on London's streets and thought 'There's got to be a better way than this...
2024-12-24
42 min
ProGRESS
Rachel Johnson, student mental health social worker
Rachel Johnson's career was going swimmingly. In the two decades since graduating from University of Leeds, she had worked her way up through various early careers and student research organisations, such as Milkround, Not Going to Uni, UCAS and Cibyl at Group GTI, an independent market research agency specialising in student research projects across the UK and Ireland. She was a business director, owned her own flat and when holidays came around, Rachel was ticking off a bucket list of places to see. Rachel was continuing with the running she had taken up during the pandemic...
2024-12-21
34 min
ProGRESS
Don Weatherbee, CPA, CMA, CITP and CEO of RegenX
A decade ago Canadian Don Weatherbee moved from his long career crunching the numbers in mining to join a gold recovery company. From there, it wasn't such a big leap to start working with the pioneering technology business RegenX, innovating the way precious metals are recycled, particularly those in end-of-life catalytic converters. As part of the circular economy, reusing materials that have already been processed, Don reflects on a career that has seen massive changes in environmental impact and his sense of optimism.In this episode Don talks about:• choosing to study for a Ba...
2024-12-14
33 min
ProGRESS
Danielle Neal
Danielle Neal is a procurement officer for Norwich City Council. They gained a first class honours degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of East Anglia, (UEA), studying a course that included a year in industry.Initially, and because of their strong background in business studies, Dani thought their future would be lie in accounting and finance, but because of their interest in conservation and a desire to do something about climate change they switched courses.Since graduating in 2018, Dani has been working in local government, and dovetailing environmental and conservation with hobbies...
2024-12-07
25 min
ProGRESS
Jo Faulkner-Harvey, head of charity fundraising
Jo Faulkner-Harvey studied theatre design but left her degree early when she was offered an amazing internship. It meant working on productions and prop-making behind the scenes on such classic films as Alien. But a twist of fate a few years later found her back in Northamptonshire, working at Silverstone racing circuit before she landed a job at Oxfordshire's hospice, Katharine House.In this episode Jo talks about switching from her first love, art, and developing a passion for charity fundraising. She explains what she looks for when she's recruiting for her own teams, transferable skills...
2024-11-30
42 min
ProGRESS
Stuart Mabbutt aka The Wildman Part 2
Part 2 If you've heard of Stuart Mabbutt, it's likely to be through his podcast or his business Wildman Environmental Learning.His sensory nature workshops enable people to connect with the natural world, and sometimes an unlikely beginning leads to a life revelation.When he’s not doing that, Stuart is a wildlife sound recordist and producer, an author, public speaker, radio host and a wildlife gardening consultant.He's also a campaigner, heading The Genuine Disabled Countryside Access Task Force, which highlights the issues encountered by people of dif...
2024-11-23
27 min
ProGRESS
Stuart Mabbutt aka The Wildman Part 1
Part 1 Stuart Mabbutt can recall the first time he engaged with the natural world and wanted to know more. He was in primary school, came across a dead magpie, and wondered why someone had ringed it. His teacher, meanwhile, was trying to persuade Stuart to leave it alone.And so began a lifelong involvement, not only in nature, but in being something of a contrarian.If you've heard of Stuart, it's likely to be through his podcast or Wildman Environmental Learning.His sensory nature workshops enable people to...
2024-11-16
29 min
ProGRESS
Shaheer Hafeez ACA
Shaheer Hafeez left university and started studying for his accountancy exams with a view to going into a career in audit.But volunteering with the social enterprise Generation Success, and meeting its founder James Adeleke showed Shaheer just how far a can-do attitude can take you.He shifted his focus to work in Environmental Social and Governance and climate risk, applied for a job with Big 4 consultancy firm KPMG and has risen to be a director.Not only does Shaheer now head up a team advising companies about their own ESG and climate...
2024-11-09
28 min
ProGRESS
Sarah Daly, sustainability consultant and climate champion
Sarah Daly is a climate champion and independent sustainability consultant who advises organisations, businesses and agencies. A TEDx speaker, Sarah is a leading LinkedIn sustainability influencer, and is named in the 2023 Unlock Net Zero Climate Champions' Power List.Sarah's varied workload includes discussing responsible supply chains and procurement, or advising City of London businesses on decarbonising offices, or talking to local government about social housing, or lecturing at universities, or advocating sustainability strategies with charities and overseas development agencies…Originally in marketing and communications, Sarah found herself working with former miners who had bo...
2024-11-02
34 min
ProGRESS
Imogen Overy, classics graduate, personal trainer, vegan, pro-wrestler
Imogen Overy is a personal trainer (PT) at the UK’s first carbon neutral gym chain. As a vegan, she chooses a plant-based diet, but she encourages clients to eat to be healthy, meat included if they want it.Imogen was studying classical civilisations at the University of Warwick, with a view to going into law, when she decided in her second year that she didn't want an office job.Working in a café, Imogen reconsidered her options – she had achieved academic success but she liked being active, variety in her day and meeti...
2024-08-08
36 min
ProGRESS
Glen Burrows, photographer, disrupter, regenerative food entrepreneur
He shelved his ambition to be a chef, went to university and for 25 years ate no meat. Then Glen Burrows became an omnivore.Glen discusses his high-octane, interesting and hugely successful career as a globally sought-after professional photographer and videographer, and his very intriguing personal choices around food. Having been the 'awkward veggie one' among his meat-eating friends, Glen found himself having to square his change of heart with his long-standing community of vegetarians, which he admits wasn't easy. And then Glen took everything a step further by co-founding The Ethical Butcher, selling...
2024-08-01
36 min
ProGRESS
Kurt Henderson, senior product designer at Byway Travel
Kurt Henderson is a polymath. Before Kurt landed at the B-Corps certified company Byway Travel he was an entrepreneur, starting his first venture while at school. He began studying architectural technology at Brighton University but switched to digital media and design, a move he describes as "one of the best decisions I've ever made."Now he's a senior product designer at Byway, which coordinates 100% flight-free options for customers who want to travel sustainably and enjoy the journey as much as the destination.A year into working for Byway Kurt talks about the company's...
2024-07-25
35 min
ProGRESS
Nicki Black, fashion and creative director
After leaving school and studying fashion design Nicki Black joined a PR firm. She hated it.But a friendly stylist took Nicki under her wing and helped her navigate into the world of fashion shoots. Over the last 20-plus years she has carved out a stellar career as a fashion and creative director, working on campaigns for big-name brands such as Adidas, Under Armour and Next, as well as in-house for glossy magazines.A pivotal moment came in the quiet days of lockdown, when Nicki had time to explore her growing interest in...
2024-07-18
25 min
ProGRESS
Mark Harvey, managing director of Fielden Whisky of England
Mark Harvey is the managing director of Fielden Whisky of England. Fielden puts emphasis on the heart of its whisky, ancient grains grown on chemical-free land, planted with an under-storey of white clover. Everything starts from this point of regenerative farming and the grain is grown across England, from Cornwall to Norfolk. But as Mark says in the podcast, if the whisky didn't taste good the methods would only be interesting and Mark assures listeners it's delicious!Mark's career story started out in luxury brands, including Cartier and LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy...
2024-07-11
35 min
ProGRESS
Lydia Carrington, sustainability manager, Edgbaston Stadium
Lydia Carrington works as the sustainability manager for the iconic cricket stadium Edgbaston, which is something of a beacon when it comes to promoting green sporting events. Edgbaston Stadium's commitment to changing its carbon emissions for the better is particularly noticable on match days, when as many as 25,000 people watch from the stadium and hundreds of thousands (if not millions) more watch or listen through media channels.By encouraging spectators – and staff – to be greener about how they travel, what they eat and even by simply bringing along a refillable water bottle, Lydia and the team have...
2024-07-04
33 min
ProGRESS
Green tips, ethical stories and some of the best bits from Season 1
Host Sandra recaps on some of the best bits since the show was launched at the beginning of 2024 and picks out a highlight from each of the 12 guests featured in series 1. She reflects on the amazing insights they've shared, the actions they took along their career pathway and there are some funny stories in there too.All the episodes, along with shownote links to the materials, sites, books and organisations mentioned by guests are available wherever you get your podcasts.Thank you for being part of our own progress by...
2024-05-10
30 min
ProGRESS
Sarah Ashworth, researcher developer at University of Manchester
Sarah Ashworth was the first in her family to go to university after receiving a contextualised offer in recognition of her achievement. She studied pathology and microbiology at Bristol University and remembers the benefits she gained from a Nuffield Foundation placement. She also talks about working in water quality control for AstraZeneca in her industrial placement year and her PhD research work on 'plastic eating fungi' which has been back in the news very recently.Interested in environmental science and environmental consulting, Sarah volunteered with Groundwork UK before taking what she thought would be a temporary...
2024-05-02
30 min
ProGRESS
Duncan Goose, founder of Global Ethics and One Water
Duncan's career change from advertising and marketing executive to social entrepreneur and charity head was instigated after a life changing six-month world motorbiking trip. He returned to the UK with a vision: selling bottled water for good causes and using the profits to bring clean water projects to the one billion people worldwide who lived without access to it.Duncan explains why he went into marketing rather than medicine, what made him leave a job he enjoyed and how he ended up running an ethical organisation, based on values instilled by his grandparents and parents.
2024-04-25
31 min
ProGRESS
Sanjukta Jitendhar, architect, Mikhail Riches
Sanjukta Jitendhar is an architect working at Mikhail Riches. In this episode she discusses her professional philosophy and aspirations, and her views on rent affordability and home ownership, particularly for her generation. She also talks about refurbishing and repurposing existing homes and buildings, rather than demolishing and rebuilding them.Sanju (as she's known) started to develop an interest in sustainable and equitable living for all as she was child in Bangalore, southern India. As the city enjoyed an extraordinary tech boom, millions of workers moved to Bangalore to service the tech pros' needs. Her grandparents also moved to...
2024-04-18
34 min
ProGRESS
Jake Fiennes, director of Holkham National Nature Reserve and general manager, conservation, Holkham Estate
Jake Fiennes is director of the Holkham Nature Reserve and general manager, conservation, at Holkham Estate in Norfolk. But he left school aged 16 to move to London and work at a nightclub and from there, his career path involved a few twists and turns before he became a hugely respected and listened-to conservationist and advisor.Jake credits his parents with enabling their children to become interesting individuals (his siblings include actors Ralph and Joseph, composer Magnus and film-makers Martha and Sophie), and he personally inherited their attention to detail and observation. It's those attributes, together with...
2024-04-11
36 min
ProGRESS
Rachel Warren professor of global change and environmental biology
Global climate change scientist Professor Rachel Warren is internationally respected for her research but she could probably walk down any street in any country without people realising the scale and reach of her work. In this episode Rachel explains how an early interest in bird conservation marked the start of her awareness of the environment. While studying physics and the natural sciences at Cambridge University, the global scale of environmental problems and her growing appreciation of the need to conserve the atmosphere – the air that we breathe – drove her to join research projects examining harmful CFCs and acid rain.
2024-04-03
33 min
ProGRESS
Dr Mark Sumner sustainable fashion lecturer at Leeds University
Dr Mark Sumner is well placed to share his knowledge and expertise on the podcast, and to offer advice to anyone with a passion for fashion, who wants to ensure they are putting sustainable and ethical practices at the heart of their chosen profession.Mark's own career has taken him from training as a quantity surveyor to studying first physics, then a doctorate in textile engineering. He joined renowned retailer Marks & Spencer, where he worked as a textile technologist and while he was there, studied for an Open University degree in environmental science, becoming a leading...
2024-03-27
37 min
ProGRESS
Sarah Kessell CEO of The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales
This week's episode features Sarah Kessell, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales.Sarah reveals the early story behind her green career, before the word conservation became part of her vocabulary and how, when she was younger, she associated her dream job with 'saving the green bits of the planet'. Her lightbulb moment came when she read The Last Chance to See while backpacking around the world. Then a careers advisor in Reading, UK, made all the difference to her path.Sarah has some really useful tips for...
2024-03-12
23 min
ProGRESS
Nick Molden of Emissions Analytics talks vehicle pollution policy and climate change
By his own admission, Nick Molden, founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Emissions Analytics has had 'a random walk' of a career. His business (and Nick) came to prominence during 'dieselgate' when huge discrepancies were uncovered between diesel car manufacturers' published emissions data, and data collected through independent real-world testing. He's become a go-to voice when road vehicle pollution is under scrutiny and has clear views on electric and hybrid cars, tyre and tail-pipe pollution. He's also clear we need open and honest conversations about what we are prepared to give up to combat climate change and who...
2024-03-06
37 min
ProGRESS
Leora Shlasko, Laura Yeates and the Sustainable Recruitment Alliance
This week’s guests are Laura Yeates and Leora Shlasko of the Sustainable Recruitment Alliance.Laura is the senior manager overseeing Global Professional Staff Diversity & Inclusion at City law firm Latham & Watkins. Laura has changed the face of recruitment for early careers not just in the legal world, but across the city and really shone a spotlight on unconscious bias and untapped talent. During lockdown Laura founded the Sustainable Recruitment Alliance (SRA), which is driving eco-friendly change to early recruitment by encouraging early career recruiters to decrease their emissions.Leora is the newest te...
2024-02-23
34 min
ProGRESS
How's ProGRESS?
Thank you to everyone who has listened to our first two episodes, subscribed, shared and rated our podcast. We're currently dropping episodes fortnightly, so listen out for our next guest next week. I'm keeping her name under wraps, but I can reveal that she has a big vision for sustainability in her sector... and people are already engaged with what she has to say, AND changing their processes and taking action.A big thanks also to my first two guests Rae Wilkinson and Jamie Osborn.As listeners, if you want hear about a...
2024-02-16
01 min
ProGRESS
Jamie Osborn Green Party councillor
After graduating from the University of Cambridge with a degree in English literature, climate activist Jamie Osborn started studying for a Masters in sustainability and behaviour change at the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales. But he points out a degree is not the only route into a green career and suggests looking at apprenticeships as a way to get trained and paid at the same time. In fact, apprenticeships are actively promoted by the organisation Jamie works for as a media and communications manager, The MCS Foundation. The foundation has a mission driving postive change...
2024-02-07
26 min
ProGRESS
Rae Wilkinson, award-winning sustainable garden designer
Award-winning garden designer Rae Wilkinson puts sustainability at the core of her approach to garden design and the beautiful results speak volumes. In this episode she discusses how sustainability plays a part in her everyday life as well as her career, and how she went from studying art and three-dimensional design to environmental conservation before becoming a horticultural expert and celebrated garden and landscape designer.Rae Wilkinson has an impressive portfolio that ranges from contemporary to traditional, from urban courtyards to large country gardens and landscaped schemes. Besides private residential projects, Rae also creates se...
2024-02-01
29 min
Fangirls Going Rogue: Star Wars Conversation from a Female POV
Priority Transmission 26: Moses Ingram on Obi-Wan Kenobi's Reva
Moses Ingram may be new to the Star Wars universe, but she proved to be a great conversationalist at an intimate roundtable of Star Wars media, including Tricia Barr (FANgirl Blog / Fangirls Going Rogue), James Burns (Jedi News), Dan Zehr (Coffee With Kenobi), and Charlotte Errity and Caitlin Plesher (Skytalkers Podcast). Moses Ingram shares her experiences getting ready for the action sequences and gives insight into Reva's drive to catch Obi-Wan Kenobi. It's less than a week until Obi-Wan Kenobi premieres on Disney+ this Friday, May 27th. Be sure to check out our interview with Ewan McGregor and director Deborah Chow...
2022-05-21
18 min
Fangirls Going Rogue: Star Wars Conversation from a Female POV
Obi-Wan Kenobi Director Deborah Chow
We were chomping at the bit to talk with director Deborah Chow about her all-new Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series. She shares so much at an intimate roundtable of Star Wars media, including Tricia Barr (FANgirl Blog / Fangirls Going Rogue), James Burns (Jedi News), Dan Zehr (Coffee With Kenobi), and Charlotte Errity and Caitlin Plesher (Skytalkers Podcast). Deborah Chow directed fan-favorite episodes of The Mandalorian before being handed the reins to the Obi-Wan Kenobi series. Her insights into the storytelling process will only make everyone more excited for the show, debuting on Disney+ Friday, May 27th. Social Media Fangirls Going Rogue Twit...
2022-05-21
20 min
Fangirls Going Rogue: Star Wars Conversation from a Female POV
Priority Transmission 24: Interview with Ewan McGregor
Ewan McGregor brought his uncanny charm to an intimate roundtable of Star Wars media, including Tricia Barr (FANgirl Blog / Fangirls Going Rogue), James Burns (Jedi News), Dan Zehr (Coffee With Kenobi), and Charlotte Errity and Caitlin Plesher (Skytalkers Podcast). The Obi-Wan Kenobi star discusses his role as executive producer and the vision of director Deborah Chow. Obi-Wan Kenobi premieres on Disney+ Friday, May 27th, 2022. Social Media Fangirls Going Rogue Twitter | Instagram Tricia Barr Twitter | Instagram Sarah Woloski Twitter | Instagram Sandra Choute Twitter | Instagram Facebook Public | Private You must answer the 3 questions to join the Private Facebook group...
2022-05-21
23 min
TMM Records
Vegim - Helikoopter EP [TMM243]
Including remixes from: Vertical Spectrum, Augusto Taito, David Temessi, Callum Plant. Release date: 01.06.19 --------------------------------- Supporters: DVS1, Jay Clarke, Tensal, Amotik, Takaaki Itoh, Volster, Paula Cazenave, Cristian Varela, Klaudia Gawlas, Kike Pravda, Sandra Mosh, Gaga, Arnaud Le Texier, Kessell, Kaiser, Astronomical Telegram, Kloves, Zitto, Alfredo Mazzilli and many more...
2019-06-01
17 min
Spectral Rebel Podcast
Spectral Rebel Podcast #64: Vegim
Sandra Mosh - Gryningshymn (dub) [Mosh Musik] Kessell - Kalliope [Granulart] The Plant Worker - Spaceship 004 [Sonntag Morgen] Patrik Carrera - Trace [Paranoid Dancer] Truncate - Pad Mode [Enemy] Deepbass - The Light That Never Was [Affin] Antigone - Astragral [Token] Donato Dozzy & Nuel - Aqua 1 [Spectrum Spools] Endlec - Force of Future [Mord] Vegim - Blue Elephant [Promo] Slam - Friction [Soma] Shl¯mo - Avadon Part 1 [Wolfskuil Limited] DJ Emerson - Anonymous [Clr] Kessell - Kelva [Pole] Vegim - Altered State [Promo] TWR72...
2017-10-01
1h 30