The Klosters Forum Podcast

Hannah MacInnes joins Susan Goldberg, Editor in Chief of National Geographic and Editorial Director of National Geographic Partners on The Klosters Forum Feed & Flourish Podcast series, to discuss the topic of biodiversity and ways in which we can transform our food systems in order to positively preserve our planet. As Editorial Director, she leads all journalism across platforms, including digital journalism, magazines, podcasts, maps and Instagram. She was named Editorial Director in October 2015 and Editor in Chief of National Geographic Magazine in April 2014. She is the 10th editor, and first female editor, of the magazine since it was first published in October 1888.

Hannah MacInnes joins Henry Dimbleby, Co-Founder of Leon Restaurants, Director of London Union and lead non-executive board member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on The Klosters Forum Feed & Flourish Podcast series, to discuss the topic of biodiversity and ways in which we can transform our food systems in order to positively preserve our planet. In June 2019, the Environment Secretary appointed Henry Dimbleby to lead the National Food Strategy.

Hannah MacInnes joins Isabella Tree, an award-winning travel writer and author, on The Klosters Forum Feed & Flourish Podcast series, to discuss the topic of biodiversity and ways in which we can transform our food systems in order to positively preserve our planet. 

Hannah MacInnes joins Tristram Stuart, an international award-winning author, speaker, campaigner and expert on the environmental and social impacts of food on The Klosters Forum Feed & Flourish Podcast series, to discuss the on the topic of biodiversity and ways in which we can transform our food systems in order to positively preserve our planet. His books, The Bloodless Revolution: a cultural history of vegetarianism from 1600 to the present (2006) and Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal (2009), have been described as "a genuinely revelatory contribution to the history of human ideas” (The Times) and have been translated into several languages. 

Hannah MacInnes joins Winnie Lau, a senior officer with The Pew Charitable Trusts' Preventing Ocean Plastics project, at The Klosters Forum 2019 to discuss the issue of plastic pollution and to hear her personal insights on this complex topic.Winnie Lau is a senior officer with Pew’s preventing ocean plastics project, which aims to propose economically and politically feasible strategies to reduce the global ocean plastic pollution problem. She has also worked on Pew’s international conservation unit, developing strategies, new projects, and partnerships in Asia.Before joining Pew, she was the climate change science and technology adviser for the United States Agency for International Development’s mission to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. She also served as manager of the Marine Ecosystem Services Program at Forest Trends, as well as a science and technology policy fellow for the American Association for the Advancement of Science at the U.S. State Department.Winnie holds a bachelor’s degree in integrative biology and environmental sciences from the University of California, Berkeley and a doctorate in oceanography from the University of Washington.

Hannah MacInnes joins Simon Widmer, Lead of the Circular Design Programme at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, at The Klosters Forum 2019 to discuss the issue of plastic pollution and to hear his personal insights on this complex topic.Simon is leading the circular design programme, an initiative to engage and support designers and creators in re-designing everything for a circular economy. Transitioning towards a circular economy is one of the biggest creative challenges of our time and it requires new mindsets and design approaches. Simon helped co-create the Circular Design Guide a freely available online toolkit that combines design thinking with a circular economy perspective. Previously, he has been a project manager in the New Plastics Economy initiative and involved in writing the report “Rethinking the Future of Plastics”, where he experienced first-hand the importance of design in enabling a plastics system that works.

Hannah MacInnes joins Elisabeth Whitebread, Marine Plastics Programme Manager at Fauna & Flora International from April 2018 to July 2019 (now at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership), at The Klosters Forum 2019 to discuss the issue of plastic pollution and to hear her personal insights on this complex topic.

Hannah MacInnes joins Carl Gustaf Lundin, the Principal Marine and Polar Scientist of the Global Marine and Polar Programme for IUCN, at The Klosters Forum 2019 to discuss the issue of plastic pollution and to hear his personal insights on this complex topic.Carl Gustaf Lundin is the Principal Marine and Polar Scientist of the Global Marine and Polar Programme for IUCN and he is responsible for the scientific and technical content of IUCN in this field. Prior to taking on this role in the fall of 2018 he was the Director of the programme for 17 years.  As the Director he was responsible for the development and management of the programme in Oceans and Coastal Governance, particularly in the High Seas and the Polar Regions, and to build partnership for conservation of marine protected areas, ecosystems, endangered marine species. Ocean Communication, fundraising and development of public information material was also part of his responsibilities. He built a team of 40 people working in 18 countries.  Before joining IUCN in 2001 he worked for The World Bank for more than 12 years, dealing with the effect on nature from port construction, shipping and other marine resources management issues. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Uppsala University in his native Sweden, and a Licentiate in Philosophy, Natural Resources Management from Stockholm University.

Hannah MacInnes joins Philipp Baier, founder of Cleanwave.org and owner of LifeXperiences, at The Klosters Forum 2019 to discuss the issue of plastic pollution and to hear his personal insights on this complex topic.Philipp Baier is founder of Cleanwave.org, a non-profit initiative that sets out to provide sustainable alternatives to single use plastic water bottles. Cleanwave has set up a network of water refill stations across the islands of Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentera, and the initiative has expanded as a social movement, working closely with government, civil society and businesses across the islands. The award winning Cleanwave documentary film ‘Out of Plastic’ has been widely screened across the Balearic Islands and internationally, and the Cleanwave school program has expanded exponentially, deeply impacting children's relationship to plastic, nature and the sea.Philipp is also owner of LifeXperiences, a well established destination management company offering high-end incentive travel to the Balearics, as well as experience based travel to East and Southern Africa. Philipp is passionate about nature and he thrives best when challenged by her elements. Whether it be kitesurfing the winds, surfing the waves, or free riding on extreme mountain peaks, he is committed to combining his entrepreneurial spirit with his love for nature to create a positive impact.

Hannah MacInnes joins William Davies, General Manager of Sustainability at Swire Coca-Cola Limited, at The Klosters Forum 2019 to discuss the issue of plastic pollution and to hear his personal insights on this complex topic.William is based in Hong Kong and holds an MSc in Physiology from St. Andrews University. He has been with the Swire Group for 23 years and worked for a number of their operating companies across their shipping, trucking, agriculture and aircraft maintenance businesses, in a number of countries.William is currently heading Sustainability for Swire Coca-Cola, the fifth largest bottler for The Coca-Cola Company, across Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southern China and a part of the US. He helped found #Drink Without Waste – a consortium of drinks producers, retailers, NGOs, universities, think tanks, resource managers (recyclers) and a number of other high footfall well renowned companies in HK, to help address the need to keep soft drink containers from landfill and general leakage.