The Futuring Podcast

May 11 2023 5
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Can we reimagine our future? What do we want it to look like? How do we get there? In this biweekly podcast, the Futures Centre - powered by Forum for the Future, brings you chats with innovators, activists and thought leaders about leverage points for transformation in this decade of climate action. Visit www.thefuturescentre.org for more insights.

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Reflecting on almost 30 years of Forum for the Future and the wider sustainability movement - with Jonathon Porritt, Sara Parkin and Paul Ekins

May 11 2023 59 mins  
In this special edition of the Futuring Podcast, Jonathon Porritt [Former Director, Forum for the Future] is joined by his fellow co-founders of Forum, Sara Parkin [Principal Associate, Sustainability Literacy Project] and Dr. Paul Ekins [Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy, University College London]. The podcast comes as Jonathon steps down from Forum, joining Sara an

Accelerating climate justice through intersectional multi-stakeholder coalitions with Susan Kruse and Zach Lou

Mar 01 2023 47 mins  
In the final episode of our American Climate Futures miniseries, a special edition of the Futuring Podcast, Ksenia Benifand [Senior Principal Change Designer, Forum for the Future Americas] sits down with Susan Kruse [Executive Director, The Community Climate Collaborative] and Zach Lou [Coalition Manager, California Green New Deal Coalition] to investigate how building intersectio

Disrupting the current system with community-led, just and equitable climate solutions with Laprisha Daniels and Rev Vernon Walker | American Climate Futures

Feb 22 2023 46 mins  
In the second episode of the American Climate Futures miniseries, a special edition of the Futuring Podcast, Ksenia Benifand [Senior Principal Change Designer, Forum for the Future Americas] reflects on climate, disasters, and adaptation with special guests Laprisha Daniels [Executive Director, Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice] and Reverend Vernon Walker [Program Direct

Decolonizing conservation through radical collaboration and capital with Kim Pate and Noah Oppenheim | American Climate Futures

Feb 14 2023 47 mins  
In this special edition of the Futuring Podcast, Sandra Seru [Former Managing Director, Forum for the Future Americas] is joined by Kim Pate [Managing Director, NDN Fund] and Noah Oppenheim [Homarus Strategies and National Policy Coordinator, Business for Conservation and Climate Action] to explore what it means to redefine American conservation and how centering equity and honorin

Could Earth observation data be the new GPS? Using satellite data to meet sustainable development goals with Carine Saut

Dec 13 2022 27 mins  
In the third episode of the Futuring Podcast’s mini-series in collaboration with Capgemini, Sol Salinas (Global Executive Vice President & Sustainability Lead - The Americas) from Capgemini, talks to Carine Saut, Business Developer, Science and Space Applications at CapgeminiTune in to hear what the present and future holds for the role of earth observation data, how it may b

How can we use futures thinking to reimagine how businesses can accelerate to a just and regenerative future? Featuring Alisha Bhagat

Nov 15 2022 30 mins  
In this special edition of the Futuring Podcast, Sol Salinas (Global Executive Vice President & Sustainability Lead - The Americas) from Capgemini and Alisha Bhagat, Forum for the Future’s Futures Lead and teacher of Futures Studies and Speculative Design at Parsons School of Design in New York reflect on the discourse around transformative change has shifted in recent decade

Why does your business exist? Discussing business, courage and humanity with Andrew Winston

Oct 26 2022 35 mins  
In this special edition of the Futuring Podcast, Sol Salinas (Global Executive VP & Sustainability Lead – The Americas) from Capgemini and Andrew Winston (Co-Author, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More than They Take) reflect on the interconnected challenges and stakeholders that businesses impact and are influenced by, the role of impact measurement

With a narrow window for innovation, will our food systems transform or unravel? Featuring Lesley Mitchell and Charlene Collison

Jan 26 2022 33 mins  
In this special edition of the Futuring Podcast, Forum’s Associate Director for Sustainable Nutrition, Lesley Mitchell and Forum’s Associate Director for Sustainable Value Chains and Livelihoods, Charlene Collison, reflect on the world’s food production systems and examine the fragility of the supply chains behind them.Tune in to hear this provocative discussion as they explo

Global collaboration, ticking clocks and food as the great unlock with Dr Agnes Kalibata

Jan 17 2022 51 mins  
In this special edition of the Futuring Podcast, Forum’s Director of Global Programmes, Caroline Ashley, is in conversation with Dr. Agnes Kalibata, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the 2021 Food Systems Summit. A scientist by training, a former Rwandan Minister of Agriculture, and now President of AGRA, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, Dr. Kalibata is

Intensive globalisation, recalling the triple bottom line and changing capitalism with John Elkington

Jan 03 2022 55 mins  
In this special edition of the Futuring Podcast, Forum’s Founder, environmental activist, and author, Jonathon Porritt, sits down with John Elkington, Founder and Chief Pollinator at Volans and one of the original founders of the sustainability movement in Europe.Tune in to hear John reflect on some of the shifts he has witnessed in the last 25 years, starting with the rise and m