In this episode, you’ll hear the incredible story of refugee-turned-model/entrepreneur and humanitarian Mari Malek. Mari shares with us how she went from fleeing South Sudan as a child refugee to modeling and DJ'ing for top magazines and luxury brands in NYC. Mari has worked with clients like Lanvin, Vogue, and Harper’s Bazaar, acted in the feature film The Nile Hilton Incident, started a wellness coaching practice, and is the CVO for the charity she founded, Stand for Education. We are honored and humbled to speak with Mari and this episode is dedicated to her amazing charity, which we’d love for you to support. Stand for Education is a global community of changemakers helping children, women and refugees in conflict-ridden areas access quality education, creative arts programs, and vocational training along with nutritious meals and medical support. By empowering children, women and refugees in South Sudan and beyond, Mari and Stand for Education are changing lives and uplifting communities. Go to standforeducation.com to learn more about the projects that you can stand up for. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” - Nelson MandelaBook recommendation: The Richest Man in BabylonMantra she lives by: “I am in alignment with all that helps me grow”Learn more about Mari Malek:Website: http://www.marimalek.com/Charity: https://www.standforeducation.com/Instagram: @iammarimalek CONNECT + FOLLOW:Podcast Instagram: @heychange_podcast Anne Therese:Website: https://theclimateoptimist.com/Instagram: @annetheresegennari Robin:Website: https://parentsxplanet.com/Instagram: @robinxshawIntro + outro music: No Copyright Music by Sapajou Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we speak with the incredible Dr. Julie Pullen about the importance of building community around climate solutions. Dr. Julie Pullen is a climate scientist using advanced computing technology and open-source software to quantify climate risk in the financial sector and beyond. With a background in earth system prediction and complex systems, Dr Julie brings a unique perspective as an oceanographer and former engineering professor, holding leadership roles in academia, non-profit, government, private sector, and scientific societies. Her work catalyzes sustainable investing in climate solutions and women-led ventures, and our conversation with Julie is nothing short of empowering.In this episode:The importance of slowing downEmbracing observation + learning to support a fair climate transitionWhat will happen to stranded assets as we make necessary changes towards a climate positive future?Things we can do to mitigate climate change todayWhat part does money play in climate action?Re-envisioning greener citiesThe power of imaginationWe also talk about her work with Women Power Our Planet, an organization she co-founded that channels the financial power of women as an impactful climate solution. You’ll hear Dr. Julie talk about three things we can do to mitigate climate change today, as well as her praise for the book All We Can Save by Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson. We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did. We know you, too, will feel optimistic and empowered!Learn more about Dr. Julie Pullen:Website: https://www.juliepullen.com/Instagram: @julie_pullen CONNECT + FOLLOW:Podcast Instagram: @heychange_podcast Anne Therese:Website: https://theclimateoptimist.com/Instagram: @annetheresegennari Robin:Website: https://parentsxplanet.com/Instagram: @robinxshawA special thank you to this episode’s sponsor, Clearloop. Hey Change Podcast Listeners can go to clearloop.us through the month of June and get your name on a solar panel! Let the sun shine in! Intro + outro music: No Copyright Music by Sapajou Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is for the creatives and creators! We had the pleasure of speaking with 26 year old, London-based poetic phenomenon, Tom Roberts, aka Tomfoolery. His poem “The Great Realization” has been viewed over 60 million times and been transcribed into languages all over the world. Tom’s mission to spread a message of hope, optimism, and socially constructive ideas inspired us deeply and we knew you’d love to hear from him too.In the early stages of the pandemic, Tom started putting out narrated videos that caught global attention. His sincerity, honesty, and ability with words made a lasting impression, enjoy this uplifting conversation with the one and only Tomfoolery.In this episode:How do we facilitate creativity?How do we put power to words to successfully share the message of change and optimism?How happiness is a bi-product of a meaningful lifeAlso mentioned:Book recommendation: Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred LansingDostoyevsky quote “…we are all responsible to all for all.”Learn more about Tomfoolery:Website: https://www.probablytomfoolery.com/Instagram: @probablytomfoolery CONNECT + FOLLOW:Podcast Instagram: @heychange_podcast Anne Therese:Website: https://theclimateoptimist.com/Instagram: @annetheresegennari Robin:Website: https://parentsxplanet.com/Instagram: @robinxshawA special thank you to this episode’s sponsor, 2BDetermined. A career services firm that provides coaching for individuals and organizations, 2BDetermined can help you find success and satisfaction in work aligned with your values. As a socially conscious firm, they welcome the opportunity to support marginalized people with empathy, understanding and a passion to see their clients succeed on their own terms. 2BDetermined offers a complimentary consultation to understand your needs and see how they might help. For anyone looking for work with meaning and purpose, with a payoff that’s more than a paycheck, please contact Day Merrill from 2BDetermined today.  E-Mail: dmerrill@2BDetermined.ca  Office: 705.293.0492  Cell: 416.725.2947Or book your free consultation here:  https://calendly.com/2bd-day www.2BDetermined.ca Your future is still to be determined, so be determined! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money is power but is it OK to use that power to change the world? Here are my few cents on this right now - tune in and see what resonates, contemplate what feels new and different, and please challenge me on whatever doesn't feel right!My four truths right now:It's OK to make (a lot of) money changing the worldIt’s OK to not have the answers and still be optimistic about the future!⁣It’s OK to hold space for pain/fear and optimism at the same time!⁣You’re probably wrong about a lot of things and that’s OK, the sooner we can be OK with being wrong, the sooner we can let go and choose 𝘽𝙀𝙏𝙏𝙀𝙍!⁣CLIMATE OPTIMIST MASTER CLASS - Learn more + Sign up here: Hey Change SpecialConnect with Anne Therese:Website: https://theclimateoptimist.com/Instagram: @annetheresegennariLinkedIn: Anne Therese GennariTwitter: @AnneTherese_G Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today’s episode, we speak with two advocates for garment worker rights, Yeni and Nayantara, about what it’s like to be a garment worker in America today. Yeni Dewi has worked in the garment industry in Los Angeles and in Indonesia for over a decade. She is a leader at the Garment Worker Center, fighting for dignity and fair wages for all garment workers, as well as a CAST LA member advocating against human trafficking. Nayantara Banerjee is a former small business owner with over a decade of experience in tailoring & alterations. She has an undergraduate degree in Fashion Design from Syracuse University and has pursued graduate studies researching Labor & Responsibility in the Apparel Industry at New York University. After several years of volunteering with Los Angeles' Garment Worker Center, including leading creative sewing and pattern-making classes for its members, Nayantara now serves full-time in Industry Research & Strategic Partnerships for GWC.In this episode:Learn about Yeni's personal experience as a garment worker in the USWhy "Made in America" isn't necessarily a good thingThe important work of the Garment Worker CenterHow Senate Bill 62 could change the apparel industry in the US for goodWhy Yeni and Nayantara are hopeful about the futureAnd lots more...This conversation really opened our eyes to how we view the clothing we wear every day and we hope it makes you think differently about your clothes too!Learn more about the Garment Worker Center:Website: https://garmentworkercenter.org/Instagram: @garmentworkercenterSupport SB62: Petition CONNECT + FOLLOW:Podcast Instagram: @heychange_podcastSIGN UP FOR THE CLIMATE OPTIMIST MASTER CLASS with the Hey Change Special___ Anne Therese:Website: https://theclimateoptimist.com/Instagram: @annetheresegennariLinkedIn: Anne Therese GennariTwitter: @AnneTherese_G Robin:Website: https://parentsxplanet.com/Instagram: @robinxshawSIGN UP FOR THE CLIMATE OPTIMIST MASTER CLASS with the Hey Change Special___Intro + outro music: No Copyright Music by Sapajou Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by climate change? Are you afraid that if you allow yourself to fully understand the magnitude of the problem, you’ll lose yourself in despair? First of all, know that you’re not alone. Studies have shown that the more you learn about climate change, the less you tend to do, and the overwhelm that comes with this growing awareness is quite disempowering. This episode of Climate Optimist Fridays is about how to invite climate change awareness into your life in a way that will empower and heal you. Download the Healing Journaling Guides: https://theclimateoptimist.com/resourcesCLIMATE OPTIMIST MASTER CLASS - Learn more + Sign up here: Hey Change SpecialConnect with Anne Therese:Website: https://theclimateoptimist.com/Instagram: @annetheresegennariLinkedIn: Anne Therese GennariTwitter: @AnneTherese_G Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we speak with Ayesha Barenblat, CEO and founder of Remake.World. As a social entrepreneur with a passion for building sustainable supply chains that respect people and our planet, she founded Remake to mobilize citizens to demand a more just, transparent, and accountable fashion industry. Remake’s free educational resources, advocacy campaigns, and audited fashion brand directory are focused on making fashion a force for good. With over 800 members, remake puts pressure on brands to take accountability and do right by the people who make their clothes and has unlocked billions of dollars in unpaid wages owed to garment workers with their #payup campaign. Are you ready to learn about how you, too, can turn fashion into a force for good? Join us as we learn about being thoughtful citizens over consumers and how our choices make a difference in the fashion industry and beyond.Learn more about Ayesha’s work at Remake:Website: https://remake.world/Instagram: @remakeourworld#PayUp Campaign: https://payupfashion.com Also mentioned in the episode:Our video production with Remake: https://remake.world/films/10-ways-to-dress-like-a-sustainable-fashion-pro/Watch Remake’s “Made In” stories: https://remake.world/category/stories/made-in/Sign the petition #payup https://payupfashion.com/Sustainable Brand Directory: https://directory.remake.world/#/CLIMATE OPTIMIST MASTER CLASS - Learn more + Sign up here: Hey Change Special CONNECT + FOLLOW:Podcast Instagram: @heychange_podcast Anne Therese:Website: https://theclimateoptimist.com/Instagram: @annetheresegennariTwitter: @AnneTherese_G Robin:Website: https://parentsxplanet.com/Instagram: @robinxshawA special thank you to this episode’s sponsor, 2BDetermined. A career services firm that provides coaching for individuals and organizations, 2BDetermined can help you find success and satisfaction in work aligned with your values. As a socially conscious firm, they welcome the opportunity to support marginalized people with empathy, understanding and a passion to see their clients succeed on their own terms. 2BDetermined offers a complimentary consultation to understand your needs and see how they might help. For anyone looking for work with meaning and purpose, with a payoff that’s more than a paycheck, please contact Day Merrill from 2BDetermined today.  E-Mail: dmerrill@2BDetermined.ca  Office: 705.293.0492  Cell: 416.725.2947Or book your free consultation here:  https://calendly.com/2bd-day www.2BDetermined.ca Your future is still to be determined, so be determined!___Intro + outro music: No Copyright Music by Sapajou Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi friends, welcome to my Climate Optimist Fridays, a series of short motivational episodes to kick off the weekend and to reset after what might have been a long and challenging week. I’ve realized that when most people suffer from Sunday Scaries, I tend to suffer from Friday Anxieties. It’s interesting but when Friday afternoon comes around, I just feel… lost. It’s like all that juice that kept me motivated and busy throughout the week has run out, and I’m faced with having to deal with myself and the deeper questions like “Why are we here?” “Do we even have a shot at this climate change thing?” “Does my work to make this world a better place even matter?”I decided to start this series as a way to find something every Friday to be inspired and reminded by. I’ll be forced to tap into my own library of climate optimism thoughts and by sharing here, I can hopefully help someone else who might be dealing with Friday Scaries too! And if you’re not anxious on Fridays like I am, don’t worry, I need this for myself, so let this be whatever it needs to be for you! IN THIS FIRST ONE I'll talk about the core of what being a Climate Optimist means and answer the question: Why are we here? I hope you'll feel inspired and that you come back for more Climate Optimist Fridays to come so that we can continue this journey of healing, optimism, and empowerment together. Let’s stay motivated so that we can get to business and co-create this new world!CLIMATE OPTIMIST MASTER CLASS - Learn more + Sign up here: Hey Change SpecialConnect with Anne Therese:Website: https://theclimateoptimist.com/Instagram: @annetheresegennariTwitter: @AnneTherese_G Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We had the privilege of speaking with a visionary of our times, Teju Adisa-Farrar. In this episode, we discuss intersectional environmentalism, eco apartheid, and how imagining a future outside of the capitalist system is a form of resistance. Teju is a Jamaican-American geographer, researcher, writer, and poet from Oakland, California. Her interdisciplinary work focuses on connecting the dots between environmental, social, cultural, and ecological issues.In this episode:What is Eco Apartheid?Intersectional environmentalismReframing consumer cultureImagination as a tool of climate actionThe importance of choice architecture for systemic changeHow to view ourselves as part of the ecosystemRadical optimism and how to envision new worldsLearn more about Teju:Website: https://www.tejuadisafarrar.com/Instagram: @misstejArticle: A Portrait of Grandma's Hands CONNECT + FOLLOW:Podcast Instagram: @heychange_podcast Anne Therese:Website: https://theclimateoptimist.com/Instagram: @annetheresegennari Robin:Website: https://parentsxplanet.com/Instagram: @robinxshawA special thank you to this episode’s sponsor, 2BDetermined. A career services firm that provides coaching for individuals and organizations, 2BDetermined can help you find success and satisfaction in work aligned with your values. As a socially conscious firm, they welcome the opportunity to support marginalized people with empathy, understanding and a passion to see their clients succeed on their own terms. 2BDetermined offers a complimentary consultation to understand your needs and see how they might help. For anyone looking for work with meaning and purpose, with a payoff that’s more than a paycheck, please contact Day Merrill from 2BDetermined today.  E-Mail: dmerrill@2BDetermined.ca  Office: 705.293.0492  Cell: 416.725.2947Or book your free consultation here:  https://calendly.com/2bd-day www.2BDetermined.ca Your future is still to be determined, so be determined!Intro + outro music: No Copyright Music by Sapajou Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re back with Part 2 of our life-altering conversation with brilliant and hilarious Epigeneticist Bruce Lipton, PhD. Building on the foundation of Part 1, Bruce shares the Three Keys to reprogram your subconscious mind so you can create the life of your wishes and desires. In this conversation, we explore how to use these tools and insights to change our lives, our relationships, our communities and to co-create a new kind of world.  Bruce is a Stem Cell Biologist, bestselling author, and recipient of the 2009 Goi Peace Award, and is internationally recognized for bridging science and spirit. He shares why the current chaos of the world is exactly what we need and what the purpose of this human existence is in the first place. This conversation blew our minds, get ready to find out the answers to some of the most important questions we have about life.Are you ready to feel excited and optimistic about the future? Do you wish to feel empowered as a citizen in your ability to create a climate just society and world? Let’s dive in!Learn more about Bruce:Website: https://www.brucelipton.com/Instagram: @BruceLiptonTwitter: @Biologyofbelief CONNECT + FOLLOW:Podcast Instagram: @heychange_podcast Anne Therese:Website: https://theclimateoptimist.com/Instagram: @annetheresegennari Robin:Website: https://parentsxplanet.com/Instagram: @robinxshawA special thank you to this episode’s sponsor, For Days. As a zero-waste clothing brand they use upcycled, Cradle to Cradle, and GOTS certified organic materials to create seasonless, effortless, comfortable pieces in Unisex, Men’s, and Women’s styles. They have a closed-loop model where you get swap credits with every purchase so you can send back that For Days item you’ve been wearing and swap it for something new! Hey Change Podcast Listeners get 15% off with code HEYCHANGE15.https://fordays.com/Intro + outro music: No Copyright Music by Sapajou Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.