The Sustainability Agenda

The Sustainability Agenda


Latest Episodes

Episode 127: Innovation Forum Founder Toby Webb on building resilient smallholder supply chains and sustainability trends within the food industry
July 22, 2021

In this deep dive on sustainability within the food industry, Toby identifies key trends –resilience, disclosure and consumer awareness – driving changes within the food industry generally. He discuss

Episode 125: Interview with Jeremy Lent on finding our place in the universe by integrating science and traditional wisdom
June 29, 2021

Jeremy Lent discusses his fascinating new book Web of Meaning which combines findings in cognitive science, systems theory and traditional Chinese and Buddhist thought, to develop a framework that int

Episode 124: Interview with Professor Daniela Gabor on funding the transition to a low carbon economy
June 09, 2021

In this fascinating interview, Daniela discusses the eye-opening sums of money needed to achieve a transition to a low carbon economy --how this can be funded, the role of state in dealing with curren

Episode 123: interview with economic anthropologist Dr Jason Hickel about his most recent book Less is more: How Degrowth will save the world
June 01, 2021

Thought provoking interview with economic anthropologist Dr Jason Hickel about his most recent book Less is more: How Degrowth will save the world—a deep dive into to the world of degrowth theory, our

Episode 122: Interview with Professor Wendy Brown, author In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise of AntiDemocratic politics in the West.
May 23, 2021

In this interview, Professor Wendy Brown discusses the recent history of neoliberalism, how this logic is everpresent in our ives today, and extend to the ways in which we conceptualise and try to sol

Episode 121: Interview with Kevin Starr, the founder of the Mulago Foundation--which funds high-impact organizations working on alleviating poverty
May 12, 2021

In this wide ranging and stimulating interview, Mulago Foundation's CEO Kevin Starr shares his perspective on the role of social entrepreneurship in solving social and environmental problems, the real

Episode 120: Interview with Joanna Pocock, author of Surrender, exploring the changing landscape and cultures of the American West
May 02, 2021

A compelling, moving, and eye-opening exploration of the outsider eco-cultures blossoming in the new American West in an era of increasing climatic disruption, rising sea levels, animal extinctions, m

Episode 119: Interview with Dr Jeffrey Kiehl, climate scientist and Jungian analyst
April 13, 2021

In this fascinating interview, climate scientist Dr. Jeffrey Kiehl brings to bear two very different ways of thinking about climate change: the scientific and the psychological—and his journey as an e

Episode 118: Interview with Professor Rupert Read, former XR spokesperson, author of Parents for a Future
March 28, 2021

In this thought provoking and spirited interview, Rupert Read shares lessons and insights from his decades long experience as an activist. He discusses his new book, Parents for a Future Parents for a

Episode 117: Interview with Dale Jamieson, Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, New York University on environmental justice.
March 11, 2021

Dale Jamieson, Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy at NYY, talks about the importance of environmental justice and explores the importance of taking a philosophical approach to the envir