Futurist

Sep 06 2024 34 ep. 27 mins 55
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Futurist explores the most exciting and innovative sustainable developments across fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home, business, finance, farming, and technology.
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Fashion's Circular Transition

Sep 06 2024 28 mins  
Welcome back to the Futurist podcast. This conversation was created in collaboration with the episode’s sponsor, Primark. Primark is committed to making more sustainable fashion affordable for all. Through Primark Cares, the retailer’s sustainability strategy, they have made nine commitments focused on their products, the planet, and the people who make their clothes. Thes

B Corp Explained with Earth's Edge Founder James McManus

Oct 02 2022 27 mins  
Today’s guest is James McManus, founder of Earth’s Edge and a B Corporation Ambassador. When he’s not scaling mountains or helping others to do so around the world, he’s busy establishing the B Corp community here in Ireland. James shares his own background and connection with nature and how that has inspired the work he does with businesses on a path to becoming

Fast Tracking Electric: A Practical Guide to Clean Transport

Sep 25 2022 25 mins  
Today’s guests are Dorothy Maxwell and Brian Minehane, two leading figures in the sustainability movement both professionally and personally here in Ireland. They joined me to share their experience of switching from fossil fuel transport to electric-powered vehicles. Dorothy speaks about her experience moving to a fully electric car while Brian, a long-time biker, shares hi

Human Collective: Conor Buckley on D&I, activism and building a truly sustainable clothing brand

Sep 17 2022 32 mins  
Today's guest is Global D&I (diversity and inclusion) Keynote Speaker & Founder of Clothing brand Human Collective Conor Buckley. I know I say this all of the time, but Conor’s passion, commitment and positivity made this conversation one of my all time favourites. We cover so much in this episode from the challenges to diversity and inclusion in the workplace, to ho

Slow Cabins: Meet Ireland's new off-grid destination

Sep 11 2022 12 mins  
Today’s guest is pioneering an unplug staycation experience here in Ireland. Matthew Parkinson is behind the Irish expansion of Slow Cabins, an off-grid staycation destination in hidden locations across the country. While just the first destination only launched this summer, Slow Cabins is already becoming a go-to for those in need of a digital detox or simply to reconn

In Conversation with Natura&Co’s Vice President of Sustainability, Marcelo Behar

Sep 04 2022 25 mins  
Today’s guest is Natura&Co’s Vice President of Sustainability, Marcelo Behar. As the world’s largest B-Corp, Natura&Co owns The Body Shop, Avon, Aesop and Natura, brands many of us interact with every day. Marcelo shares what it means to be a B-Corp and how its brands are implementing circularity through its supply chain and helping to protect biodiversity around

In Conversation with Aoife McNamara

Aug 28 2022 25 mins  
Today’s guest is Irish designer Aoife McNamara. Based in thatched cottage in Adare, Co Limerick, Aoife is creating a brand that in my opinion encompasses everything exciting about sustainable design. Inspired by nature, Aoife creates beautiful pieces with innovative materials, bringing a whole new meaning to cottage industry. Today, we talk about what started her journey in desig

Kopper Kreations founder Emmer Bosonnet on creativity and the power of real world experiences

Jul 31 2022 30 mins  
Today’s guest is Emmet Bosonnet, founder of Kopper Kreations. A former engineer, Emmet left a successful career to follow a passion he had to live a more creative and fulfilling life. Today, he creates one-of-a-kind pieces, including lamps and bookends from reclaimed copper, and heads up Raw Materials, an Irish design store in The Chocolate Factory Dublin. Emmet shares his o

VIBO Founder Hannah O'Neil on Unlocking the Power of Creativity

Jul 24 2022 27 mins  
Trying to find out what wellness meant to me, both mentally and physically, is what led me to start living a more sustainable life. I’m fascinated with the connection between our own personal happiness and health and how it intersects with finding harmony with nature and the planet. That’s why these next episodes of the podcast will focus on finding balance through nature, beau

The Future of Wine with WineLab Founder Ronan Farrell

Jul 17 2022 29 mins  
Today I’m joined by Ronan Farrell, founder of Winelab, Ireland's first wine on tap specialist. WineLab offers a range of over 60 high-quality wines and cocktails packaged in one-way kegs. In a bid to lower their carbon footprint, they have created their own closed-loop recycling system in collaboration with OneCircle, offering keg collection and recycling services. WineLab, by it