Hope Is A Verb

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=enRestore Local:https://www.wri.org/initiatives/restore-localAFR 100:https://afr100.org/The Audacious Projecthttps://www.audaciousproject.org/Green Belt Movementhttps://www.greenbeltmovement.org/Twitter: @WanjiraMathaiThis 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.auTranscripts 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 AustraliaYou 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.comThis 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.auTranscripts will be available on our website soon. 

Meet Jessica Wade, an experimental physicist in London who has written 1,997 Wikipedia biographies for unrepresented female and minority scientists to encourage more diversity in STEM. In this conversation, Jess chats about what inspired her to use Wikipedia as a platform for change and the power of a single entry to create global ripples. She shares her passion for combining science and engineering with the creative arts and why "celebrating" women is key to a more equitable future. Find out more:Twitter: @jesswade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Wadehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_RedWe are proud to have featured Jess 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.comThis 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.auTranscripts will be available on our website soon.

Meet Felix Brooks Church, a social entrepreneur who co-invented a small machine known as a "dosifier," which adds lifesaving nutrients to the staple food of communities in southern Africa. Felix and his team at SANKU have installed over 800 machines in local mills and are on a mission to reach 100 million people by 2030. In this conversation Felix shares his journey from rising gridiron star to inventor and how he dragged his machine across the borders of African countries to test it in local mills. He talks us through the impact of "hidden hunger" and the simple but powerful technology that could eventually end malnutrition, and the potential of fortified maize flour to create a more abundant future. FIND OUT MORE:www.sanku.comwww.facebook.com/SankuPHC/https://www.instagram.com/sankuphc/We are proud to have SANKU as a Future Crunch charity partner and we’d like to thank our paying newsletter subscribers for their ongoing support. We donate a third of our subscription fees to support under the radar charities that are helping people and the planet. If you’re interested in becoming a subscriber, you can find out more at www.futurecrunch.comThis episode of “Hope Is A Verb” was hosted by Angus Hervey, Co-Founder of Future Crunch and Amy Davoren-Rose, Creative Director of Future Crunch.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. Special thanks to Tane Hunter, Sarah Green, Lisa Taylor, and our wonderful subscribers to the Future Crunch newsletter for helping us to make this happen. 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. If you want to contact us, send an email at hope@futurecrunch.com.auTranscriptions will be available on our website soon.

Meet Shabana Basij-Rasikh, the founder of SOLA, Afghanistan’s first and only boarding school for girls who evacuated and relocated the entire school community from Kabul to Rwanda during the Taliban takeover in 2021. Today, SOLA is the only place in the world where Afghan girls have access to a full education.In this conversation, Shabana shares her memories of growing up under the first Taliban regime and the courage of her students and staff during the school’s emergency evacuation in 2021. She gives us a glimpse into daily life on the SOLA campus in Rwanda, her plans to empower and educate as many Afghan girls as she can and why we can’t turn away from the girls who remain in Afghanistan. FIND OUT MORE: ⁠www.sola-afghanistan.org⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/sola.afghanistan⁠⁠https://twitter.com/solaafghanistan⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/sola.afghanistan/⁠We are proud to have SOLA as a Future Crunch charity partner and we’d like to thank our paying newsletter subscribers for their ongoing support. We donate a third of our subscription fees to support under the radar charities that are helping people and the planet. If you’re interested in becoming a subscriber, you can find out more at ⁠www.futurecrunch.com⁠This episode of “Hope Is A Verb” was hosted by Angus Hervey, Co-Founder of Future Crunch and Amy Davoren-Rose, Creative Director of Future Crunch. 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. Special thanks to Tane Hunter, Sarah Green, Tim Green, Lisa Taylor, Teresa Bendzinski and our wonderful subscribers to the Future Crunch newsletter for helping us to make this happen. 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. If you want to contact us, send an email at hope@futurecrunch.com.auTranscriptions will be available on our website soon. 

What does it take to change the world?  It’s a question we started asking in August 2020 when we set out on a simple mission to find one human every week who was making the world a better place. After banking a hundred of these stories we realised the answer couldn’t be found in a video highlights reel or a glossy press release.  If you want to know what it really takes for someone to change the world, you have to ask the people who are doing it.  Over 8 episodes, Angus Hervey and Amy Davoren-Rose from Future Crunch hold conversations with some extraordinary humans who are repairing our broken planet and tending to the people on the frontline of global problems, who need our help the most.  We hope you can join us. First episode released Friday 16th June.    Music: “Rain” composed and performed by Will Tait. Future Crunch is an organisation on a mission to foster intelligent, optimistic thinking about the future, and empower people to contribute to it. We uncover stories of human progress and the latest breakthroughs in science and technology. Join over 50,000 people around the world who receive our newsletter, and make your inbox a more hopeful place.https://futurecrunch.com