Meet Ronni Abergel, founder of the Human Library Organisation where, instead of books, real people are on loan to readers. For over two decades, this global movement has created a safe space to talk openly about taboo topics. At Ronni’s library, a conversation with a refugee, a transgender or a bipolar person is equally possible, open, and informative.   Find out more about the Human Library: https://humanlibrary.org/ https://www.instagram.com/humanlibraryorganization/ https://www.facebook.com/humanlibraryorg/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/human-library-organization This episode of Hope Is A Verb was hosted by Angus Hervey, cofounder of Future Crunch and Amy Davoren-Rose, creative director. The soundtrack for this podcast is "Rain" composed and performed by ⁠⁠⁠El Rey Miel ⁠⁠⁠from their upcoming album "Sea the Sky." Audio Sweetening by Anthony Badolato- ⁠⁠⁠Ai3 Audio and Voice⁠⁠⁠. You can contact us at: hope@futurecrunch.com.au

Meet Flora Vano, a climate activist who has rallied a female-led response to the climate crisis in Vanuatu. Fighting climate change with female empowerment, Flora has taken her mission to the global stage, including the recent COP28. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT FLORA'S WORK: help.actionaid.org.au/vanuatu This episode of Hope Is A Verb was hosted by Angus Hervey, cofounder of Future Crunch and Amy Davoren-Rose, creative director. The soundtrack for this podcast is "Rain" composed and performed by ⁠⁠⁠El Rey Miel ⁠⁠⁠from their upcoming album "Sea the Sky." Audio Sweetening by Anthony Badolato- ⁠⁠⁠Ai3 Audio and Voice⁠⁠⁠. You can contact us at: hope@futurecrunch.com.au

Meet Aidan Reilly, one of the cofounders of the Farmlink Project. In 2020, Aidan and his friends rented a U-haul with an idea to help their local food bank. Today, their 'one truck' mission has flourished into a movement, spanning the North American continent and delivering recovered food to people in need. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT FARMLINK: Website: https://www.farmlinkproject.org/ Movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZYkyNHFb3I This episode of Hope Is A Verb was hosted by Angus Hervey, cofounder of Future Crunch and Amy Davoren-Rose, creative director. The soundtrack for this podcast is "Rain" composed and performed by ⁠⁠El Rey Miel ⁠⁠from their upcoming album "Sea the Sky." Audio Sweetening by Anthony Badolato- ⁠⁠Ai3 Audio and Voice⁠⁠. You can contact us at: hope@futurecrunch.com.au

Welcome back to Hope Is A Verb! This season we'll bring you a new chapter of stories from the people who are mending our planet and tending to some of our biggest global problems. Episodes will be released weekly from 8th December, 2023. Hosted by Angus Hervey and Amy Davoren-Rose.

To celebrate the end of our first season of this podcast, we're delighted to share this conversation with Rutger Bregman- the person who inspired this project.  Rutger is a journalist, historian, and the author of Humankind: A Hopeful History, in which he challenges the assumption that people are inherently selfish and competitive. Instead, he argues that we are hard-wired for kindness and collaboration, and this is what has led to our flourishing as a species.  In this conversation we dive into a range of topics from news cycles, to Rutger's next book and why the key to creating a better future starts with the belief that we're better than we think we are. Find out more: www.rutgerbregman.com/books This episode of Hope Is A Verb was hosted by Angus Hervey, cofounder of Future Crunch and Amy Davoren-Rose, creative director. The soundtrack for this podcast is "Rain" composed and performed by El Rey Miel from their upcoming album"Sea the Sky." Audio Sweetening by Anthony Badolato- Ai3 Audio and Voice. We would like to acknowledge that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the Gadigal, Wurundjeri and Woi Warring People. These conversations are inspired by our charity partners and our Humankind Project that celebrates the people who are stitching our world back together. You can contact us at: hope@futurecrunch.com.au Transcripts will be available on our website soon

Meet Bala Amarasekaran, an accountant turned conservationist who founded the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Sierra Leone and empowered local communities to play their part in protecting native forests and wildlife. In this conversation, Bala shares his extraordinary story about how a chance encounter with a baby Chimpanzee led to an epic conservation mission that’s spanned more than three decades, saved countless chimps and connected him with the legendary Dr Jane Goodall. This episode is a masterclass in what it takes to show up and answer a call to mend the planet- even if it’s not the path you planned for.  Find Out More:  Website:  www.tacugama.com Instagram: @tacugama Facebook: www.facebook.com/Tacugama This episode of Hope Is A Verb was hosted by Angus Hervey, cofounder of Future Crunch and Amy Davoren-Rose, creative director.  The soundtrack for this podcast is "Rain" composed and performed by ⁠⁠El Rey Miel ⁠⁠from their upcoming album "Sea the Sky." Audio Sweetening by Anthony Badolato- ⁠⁠Ai3 Audio and Voice⁠⁠. We would like to acknowledge that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the Gadigal, Wurundjeri and Woi Warring People. These conversations are inspired by our charity partners and our Humankind Project that celebrates the people who are stitching our world back together. You can contact us at: hope@futurecrunch.com.au Transcripts will be available on our website soon.   

Meet Christine Figgener, a marine biologist who sparked a global movement against single-use plastic when her YouTube video of a turtle having a straw removed from its nose went viral in 2015.   In this conversation, Christine shares her journey from growing up in an industrial town in Germany to running conservation programs in Costa Rica, where she first fell in love with leatherback turtles over 17 years ago. Reflecting on the eight years since her video “accidentally” fuelled a global debate over ocean pollution, Christine talks us through transition from scientist to storyteller and activist, and what it takes to save a species on the brink of extinction and in the face of climate change.    Find Out More:  Website:  https://www.seaturtlebiologist.com/ Instagram: @seaturtlebiologist "My Life with Sea Turtles : A Marine Biologist's Quest to Protect One of the Most Ancient Animals on Earth" will be released on May 21, 2024 by Greystone Books This episode of Hope Is A Verb was hosted by Angus Hervey, cofounder of Future Crunch and Amy Davoren-Rose, creative director.  The soundtrack for this podcast is "Rain" composed and performed by ⁠⁠El Rey Miel ⁠⁠from their upcoming album "Sea the Sky." Audio Sweetening by Anthony Badolato- ⁠⁠Ai3 Audio and Voice⁠⁠. We would like to acknowledge that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the Gadigal, Wurundjeri and Woi Warring People. These conversations are inspired by our charity partners and our Humankind Project that celebrates the people who are stitching our world back together. You can contact us at: hope@futurecrunch.com.au Transcripts will be available on our website soon. 

Meet Tarek Loubani, an emergency doctor who has created open-source, 3D printed medical supplies to solve critical shortages in war zones like Gaza and Ukraine.   In this conversation, Tarek shares his journey as a Palestinian refugee - the powerful moments that have shaped the trajectory of his life and inspired his mission to create high quality and open source medical hardware and make it accessible and affordable to those who need it most. Giving us a rare insight into the crisis zones we hear about in the news but rarely have access to on-the-ground stories, this episode is compelling, confronting and incredibly inspiring.    For more information:    Glia's website:https://glia.org Steth-of-hope:https://glia.org/blogs/news/the-steth-of-hope-campaign-with-make-a-medicGlia's Patreon, if you want to contribute in a durable way:https://www.patreon.com/gliaDonation to Glia:https://glia.org/collections/glia-donationsTo volunteer or reach out to Glia:https://glia.org/pages/contact This episode of Hope Is A Verb was hosted by Angus Hervey, cofounder of Future Crunch and Amy Davoren-Rose, creative director.  The soundtrack for this podcast is "Rain" composed and performed by ⁠El Rey Miel ⁠from their upcoming album "Sea the Sky." Audio Sweetening by Anthony Badolato- ⁠Ai3 Audio and Voice⁠. We would like to acknowledge that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the Gadigal, Wurundjeri and Woi Warring People. These conversations are inspired by our charity partners and our Humankind Project that celebrates the people who are stitching our world back together. You can contact us at: hope@futurecrunch.com.au Transcripts will be available on our website soon. 

Meet Wanjira Mathai, the Managing Director for Africa at the World Resources Institute who is empowering communities to restore landscapes and local economies through Restore Local, a project that is creating a new story for Africa one acre at a time. In this inspiring conversation, Wanjira shares her story of growing up in Kenya and how she "basks in the light" of her mother, Wangari Maathai, the first African woman and environmentalist to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the Green Belt Movement. This episode is about legacy, people power and the capacity we all have to change the narrative and heal our planet. FIND OUT MORE: 2023 TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/wanjira_mathai_the_tree_growing_movement_restoring_africa_s_vital_landscapes?language=en Restore Local: https://www.wri.org/initiatives/restore-local AFR 100: https://afr100.org/ The Audacious Project https://www.audaciousproject.org/ Green Belt Movement https://www.greenbeltmovement.org/ Twitter: @WanjiraMathai This episode of Hope Is A Verb was hosted by Angus Hervey, cofounder of Future Crunch and Amy Davoren-Rose, creative director. The soundtrack for this podcast is "Rain" composed and performed by El Rey Miel from their upcoming album "Sea the Sky." Audio Sweetening by Anthony Badolato- Ai3 Audio and Voice. We would like to acknowledge that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the Gadigal, Wurundjeri and Woi Warring People. These conversations are inspired by our charity partners and our Humankind Project that celebrates the people who are stitching our world back together. You can contact us at: hope@futurecrunch.com.au Transcripts will be available on our website soon.

Meet Tony Rinaudo, an agronomist who has helped local communities in Niger reforest six million hectares of desert, without planting a single tree. It's one of the greatest environmental transformations on the planet that has led to the restoration of land, livelihoods and dignity. In this conversation Tony shares his incredible journey from growing up in the Australian countryside to working in Niger during the famine of the 1980s, the moment of "divine intervention" that seeded the technique of Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration that has reshaped restoration efforts around the world. Tony will restore your hope, especially in the power of science, faith and nature to mend the world. FIND OUT MORE: https://fmnrhub.com.au/ FMNR | World Vision Australia You can read Tony's autobiography "The Forest Underground" - all proceeds go towards supporting FMNR efforts globally. We are proud to have featured Tony as one of our 100 Humankind Heroes and would like to thank our paying subscribers for making projects like this possible. If you're interested in supporting the work we do at Future Crunch, you can find out more at www.futurecrunch.com This episode of "Hope Is A Verb" was hosted by Angus Hervey, cofounder of Future Crunch and Amy Davoren-Rose, the creative director.  The soundtrack for this podcast is "Rain," composed and performed by El Rey Miel from their upcoming album "Sea the Sky."  Audio sweetening by Anthony Badolato- Ai3 Audio and Voice.  We would like to acknowledge that Hope Is A Verb is recorded on the lands of the Gadigal, Wurundjeri and Woi Wurrung People. These conversations are inspired by our charity partners and our Humankind Project that celebrates the people who are stitching our world back together. You can contact us directly at hope@futurecrunch.com.au Transcripts will be available on our website soon.