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Our New WorldWho Wants to Tax a Millionaire? With Marlene EngelhornWhat do you think about a wealth tax?
Marlene Engelhorn is a millionaire who wants to be taxed more. She isn't alone in this, and when I spoke to her she stressed that she is not alone in having this idea as a wealthy person, nor is she an expert on the issue. That being said, she is very well informed, extremely passionate about the idea that social inequality could be improved with a wealth tax, and she understands the issue from a deeply personal perspective.
This episode was very much a lesson for me...2023-02-1548 minOur New WorldAshely Gore - How to StartAshely Gore is a young climate activist who decided over lockdown that something needed to be done about the environmental crisis. In school, and now more globally, Ashely has set up movements and organisations that focus on action and collaboration. She is passionate, positive, and determined, and was a pleasure to talk with about her various projects and plans for the future. Her recent book on 'eco-poetry' (a new term for the 21st century!), is titled 'Unsaid', the link for which is below.
Unsaid Poetry: https://www.amazon.in/Unsaid-Ashely-Gore-ebook/dp/B0BCCKYWW2/ref=sr_1_4?qid=1673868860&refinements=p...2023-01-1829 minOur New WorldBringing Youth to the Table - Kevin PatelMuch of the current climate crisis seems devisive. Youth vs adulthood, wealth vs poverty, global North v global South. In reality, it is a problem that is impacting us all, and one that we all need to band together to tackle. Kevin Patel, of all people, recognises this and is doing something about it.
His organisation 'One Up Action' gives youth an opportunity to involve themselves in climate action with a focused and guided approach. It bridges the gap between adults and young people by giving youth the confidence to use their voices. Considering the lack of y...2022-11-1650 minOur New WorldGenesis Butler - Acting on BeliefsWhat would be your Ted Talk topic of choice? It's a great ice-breaker question, but I can't imagine many 10 year-olds thinking about it. Well, when Genesis Butler was 10 years old, she didn't even have to question that she was going to discuss healing the planet, when she did her own Ted Talk on climate change.
Starting off with an interest in animal rights, Genesis quickly realized that climate change was a major issue that had to be dealt with as soon as possible. She started with some humble social media postings with the aim of getting discussions...2022-10-2631 minOur New WorldNyombi Morris - Living Through CrisisGrowing up in Eastern Uganda, Nyombi Morris' life has been dictated by climate disaster. At the age of 9, awful flooding hit Nyombi's town, and his family was forced to move to Kampala, the capitol of Uganda. From there, he's gone on a serious journey and overcome a number of obstacles to get to where he is, including going back to school after years out, getting onto the job ladder by managing footballers' social media, and now living the challenges of being a young, Ugandan man trying to speak up. More people are talking about how the effects of climate c...2022-09-2846 minOur New WorldAaron Gekoski - Wildilfe is SufferingAaron Gekoski, also known as Bertie, is an award winning environmental photojournalist. He began life working a corporate job in the United Kingdom and after some years, Bertie felt dissatisfied with what he was doing and decided to change his work and lifestyle pretty significantly. So I've interviewed a few people who have made massive career changes and what Bertie did was right up there with some of the most extreme. He left his job and went to travel in Africa where he stayed for some years after finding work as a photographer, documenting the shark trade industry. After...2022-09-1435 minOur New WorldLilly Platt - Youth Leading the WayAt the age of 7, Lilly Platt learned of the damage that plastic waste does to the environment. Instead of leaving it to the adults, Lilly decided to take matters into her own hands. She began her own movement called Lilly's Plastic Pickup. As the name suggests, she started picking up litter and, piece by piece, has inspired others to do the same. Now 14, Lilly juggles school, public speaking on environmental matters and working alongside several organisations such as 'She Is the Universe'.
Lilly is a testament to the passion and determination of youth. She believes in being...2022-08-3128 minOur New WorldBen Goulet-Scott - Empowering OthersI always imagined a conversation between a student of botany and a student of zoology would be filled with nerdy hatred. On the contrary, Ben Goulet-Scott had so many important beliefs and qualities that I think the world needs.
Ben is a young naturalist who has just defended his PhD at Harvard University. What makes Ben such an important voice is his empathetic and gentle approach to leadership. He is humble and has that remarkable quality of wanting to use his platform to give other people opportunities. Leadership qualities are often seen as aggressive and competitive. Ben...2022-08-1739 minOur New WorldHannah Testa - An Age of ActivistsWhat a way to kick start season 2 of Our New World! A Future Leader if there ever was one.
Hannah Testa is 19. Hannah Testa is already an activist, public speaker, and author. She began her journey at the age of 10, and sheds light on how you can get involved in environmental work from any age.
We talk about how to turn ideas into actions, what gives her the confidence and motivation to keep going despite people looking down on her age, and also how she stays grounded when the environmental work feels heavy and a b...2022-08-0444 minOur New WorldFuture Leaders - Season 2 Trailer"Change is coming, whether you like it or not"
- Greta
Season 2 of Our New World is all about future leaders. Don't miss it, every other Wednesday on your podcasting platform of choice.
2022-08-0104 minOur New WorldWhy Bother? A Summary of Season 1 - with Max WinpennyWe’ve come to the end of season 1 of Our New World! Thank you all for listening - It’s meant a lot, and It’s been a great experience doing this podcast, and one that I’m going to continue with the input and help of all of you lot.
So, if we go back and remember that this series is all about women in the world, this episode is going to be clips from all the messages that these brilliant women shared about how we can move the dial environmentally and socially to make our world a...2022-01-2325 minOur New WorldVegan Fashion: What Are You Wearing - with Annick Ireland“The truth is that when you look at sustainability it can mean so many different things it’s a continuum.”
Becoming vegan seems to be the decision that plagues the mind of a lot of us. We keep getting told that eating meat is one of the biggest contributors to climate change, but there is still so much of it on the shelves, and a lot of us have grown up with meat being the staple ingredient of our diet. It’s hard to make that shift.
Eating meat is one thing, but as this conversa...2021-12-1933 minOur New WorldClimate Action - Because You‘re Worth It - With Danielle Azoulay of L‘Oreal“That’s what sustainability is about; It’s a commitment to continuous improvement.”
Do you ever feel completely frustrated that nothing is happening about our environmental crisis? Well, Danielle Azoulay did, and she did something about it. A common feature that I hear about people’s work is that they feel like they aren’t making as big a difference as they would like. This story tells us is that with some drive and passion, making a difference is more within our control than it perhaps feels. As a citizen, and an employee of Calvin Klein Jeans, Danielle fel...2021-11-0955 minOur New World6 Ways to Save our World - Part 2/2"This should be a hundreds of thousands of fires being lit across the planet".
In part 2 of episode 8, Dr. Phoebe Barnard takes us through the last 3 recommended areas of focus from her recent paper 'World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency', for which she was a co-author.
Food systems, population and the sustainable economy are on this weeks agenda, and this one also takes a dive into how increasing women's voices around climate issues can improve the way in which we are doing things, and help both women and men to become better leaders all aro...2021-09-2630 minOur New World6 Ways to Save our World - Part 1/2In this next two-part episode, I’m having a talk with Dr. Phoebe Barnard, who has been one of the 5 core coauthors of the “World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency” paper published with nearly 14,000 scientist cosignatories in 2019 and two follow-up papers. These papers made six fundamental recommended areas for urgent action by humanity to avert the worst of the climate emergency.
She talks about what these 6 recommended areas are, and how we, as citizens, can get involved with each one. The main point of today’s episode is that normally, when scientific warnings and studies like this are released, ...2021-08-2519 minOur New WorldReclaiming Our Clothes with Orsola De CastroDo you know where your clothes came from?
Episode 7 of 'Women in the World' has me discussing fashion with Orsola De Castro. Considering I am a socks and sandals kind of guy, I might be a little out of my depth, but she brilliantly guides me through how to be more sustainable in my fashion choices, both environmentally and socially. She talks about her recent book 'Loved Clothes Last', as well as giving us ideas about how to research our shopping choices before we buy, and how to easily get into the habit of rewearing and repairing o...2021-08-0340 minOur New WorldOppression of Women and Oppression of Mother Earth - With Riane EislerWhy is our Society so obsessed with domination? In this episode, Riane Eisler explores the link between the oppression of women and the oppression of nature. 2020/2021 showed us that oppression is still rife in today’s world and is a major barrier to the protection of our planet.
See Riane’s work here: https://centerforpartnership.org/, https://rianeeisler.com/, https://www.partnerism.org/
2021-07-2147 minOur New WorldJungle Underground with Diana WallEpisode 5 is a discussion with Dr. Diana Wall. She is a distinguished professor of Colorado State University, who studies climate change, and the jungle beneath our feet; soil. Like a lot of things in this world, It is easy to forget that our lives depend on it, but the ground we walk on affects our food, water and wellbeing in a way that is practically immeasurable. Diana’s research focused on looking at nematodes, a type of remarkable, microscopic worm which can survive in the harshest conditions. They tell us a lot about how life in soil contributes to he...2021-07-0141 minOur New WorldGreen Entrepreneurship with Paola and MadeleineWant to make money while saving the planet? No, this isn’t a get rich quick scheme; This is the idea that business and environmentalism do not have to be in opposition. We are often told about the failures of businesses and the dreaded ‘externalities’ (a cost or benefit that isn’t financially accounted for in a business e.g. pollution). That doesn’t have to be the case; we can still be ambitious in business and connect with the planet.
In this episode, entrepreneurs and lifelong friends, Paola (25) and Madeleine (26), discuss environmental entrepreneurship, the demands of creating t...2021-06-0631 minOur New WorldOverpopulation with Alexandra PaulHow on earth do we manage overpopulation? From David Attenborough to Thanos, it’s widely discussed, but rarely with solutions. It can feel taboo and dangerous to talk about, but it should be an important aspect of every environmental discussion. On the one hand, we know that overpopulation makes every environmental pressure that we put on the environment worse. On the other, we are inundated with messages that having children is the ultimate goal in life.
In this episode, environmental activist and ex-baywatch actress Alexandra Paul joins me in talking about the overpopulation issue and what...2021-05-2252 minOur New WorldSocial Revolution with Ashley ColbyCan one person really change the world? No matter how many times we are told that ‘change starts with you’, it’s hard to believe that ‘little old me’ can change the world when we feel like we’re battling against governments and major corporations.
Ashley Colby is a badass who has studied social change, and is now living social change. She is an environmental sociologist who did her PhD at Washington State University, and in her book, she explores subsistence farming as a potentially revolutionary act. In her own words: “I am interested in and passionate a...2021-05-0942 minOur New WorldEnvironmental Leadership with Patricia ZuritaThe first episode of the Our New World podcast is here! I'm feeling the nerves around releasing the first episode, but ultimately I'm very excited to get these conversations out there. Thank you for tuning in. Your input is key for this project, so please get in touch at max@mahbonline.org with your ideas and feedback!
What role do women have to play in environmentalism? What makes a good leader? Why is collaboration so important for our planet? These are some of the topics I talk about with Patricia Zurita, CEO of Birdlife International; the world’s...2021-04-2647 minOur New WorldOur New World TrailerWhat can you do to make our world a better place?
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