In this episode, originally recorded during the 2020 elections, Inner Green Deal co-founder Jeroen Janss spoke to Bryan Welch, leading publisher on sustainability, former CEO of mindful.org (http://mindful.org) and committed rancher from Kansas.He asked Bryan how he felt about the prospect of a second-term Donald Trump presidency and what a contested election means for America.Knowing the system from the inside, he points to the divisions that he has seen deepening over the years and the media and vested interests that have played a role in that. Yet despite the challenging outlook, Bryan also sees many positive developments and talks about the millions of people that discover the power of compassion – a quality that he sees not only as distinctively human - and grounding - but also as critical at a time of societal division, environmental mass extinction and climate change. So take a deep breath and listen to Bryan’s wisdom while the US election season gets underway in earnest. More about Bryan Welch at https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-welch-3383311/.About the Inner Green Deal The Inner Green Dea (https://innergreendeal.com/#_blank)l is a non-profit organisation based in Cologne and Brussels with a growing community around the world. We address the human dimension of sustainability and support leaders, change makers and facilitators to accelerate the green transformation. We offer a range of short and longer programmes cultivating capacities such as collaboration, systems thinking and compassion. In addition to programmes for organisations, we empower facilitators and offer train-the-trainer programmes, access to curricula and digital tools to create cohesive communities of change. Our podcast is hosted and produced by Tamsin Walker. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamsin-walker-768133219/) Executive producer is IGD co-founder Jeroen Janss (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeroenjanss/). For more information, visit us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/inner-green-deal-initiative#_blank), innergreendeal.com (http://innergreendeal.com) or write to info@innergreendeal.com (mailto:info@innergreendeal.com). (mailto:info@innergreendeal.com%23_blank) In the four years since it has been running, the Inner Green Deal podcast has been entirely self-funded and we are committed to keeping it that way, which means commercials-free. To live up to this ambition, we are inviting you to support us. Every contribution, however small, makes a difference and allows us to continue sharing inspiring stories that highlight how understanding what is going inside can help in tackling the climate crisis. If you would like to donate, click here (https://www.betterplace.org/en/projects/131867?utm_campaign=user_share&utm_medium=ppp_stats&utm_source=Link). If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing to our podcast or leaving a review. In doing so you make it easier for people to discover our podcast. We thank you for your support.  Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy (http://ausha.co/privacy-policy) for more information. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Despite the importance of resilience, many myths continue to exist. In this episode we take a deeper dive and explore the nature of resilience and how to cultivate it collectively.Our guest is Chris Tamdjidi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-tamdjidi-b786192/), co-author of The Resilient Culture and co-founder of Awaris (https://awaris.com/), a global consulting and training company.Tamsin Walker spoke to Chris about where resilience comes from, the benefits of being curious and how engaging with the natural world can open us up to a deeper understanding of ourselves.With a focus on mindfulness, enlightened leadership and understanding cause and effect, Chris has notched up more than 25 years working in business consulting, leadership development, mindfulness practices and change management. Drawing on that experience and knowledge, he has now co-authored a book out in July together with our Inner Green Deal co-founder Liane Stephan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/liane-stephan-93396911b/): The Resilient Culture – How collective resilience leads to business success (https://www.resilientculture.info/). It explores, amongst others the linkage between resilience and natural world and how it can become woven into the fabric of an organisation. Our podcast is hosted and produced by Tamsin Walker. Executive producer is IGD co-founder Jeroen Janss. For more information, visit us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/inner-green-deal-initiative#_blank), innergreendeal.com (http://innergreendeal.com) or write to info@innergreendeal.com (mailto:info@innergreendeal.com). (mailto:info@innergreendeal.com%23_blank)   In the four years since it has been running, the Inner Green Deal podcast has been entirely self-funded and we are committed to keeping it that way, which means commercials-free. To live up to this ambition, we are inviting you to support us. Every contribution, however small, makes a difference and allows us to continue sharing inspiring stories that highlight how understanding what is going inside can help in tackling the climate crisis. If you would like to donate, click here (https://www.betterplace.org/en/projects/131867?utm_campaign=user_share&utm_medium=ppp_stats&utm_source=Link). If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing to our podcast or leaving a review. In doing so you make it easier for people to discover our podcast. We thank you for your support.   Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

In this very short episode following the European elections, we offer a pause to reflect on the divisions revealed by the elections and invite you to join us for a short exercise. While the knee-jerk reaction might be to seek distance from 'the other side', could that ultimately lead to deeper polarisation? In this special episode, we introduce a brief exercise based on the work of Emma Stenström (https://www.hhs.se/en/person/?personId=3831033)that offers a way to reach out and consider 'other' opinions with a view to building bridges and fostering understanding. For more information on this exercise: https://www.hhs.se/en/research/sweden-through-the-crisis/bubble-hopping/We hope you find this exercise useful and appreciate the moment to pause amidst the frantic news coverage. Please share with us your reflections on our Inner Green Deal linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/company/inner-green-deal-initiative/mycompany/?viewAsMember=true) or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/innergreendeal/?locale=en-us) page. Or write to us on info@innergreendeal.com (mailto:info@innergreendeal.com).About the Inner Green DealThe Inner Green Dea (https://innergreendeal.com/#_blank)l is a non-profit organisation based in Cologne and Brussels with a growing community around the world. We address the human dimension of sustainability and support leaders, change makers and facilitators to accelerate the green transformation. We offer a range of short and longer programmes cultivating capacities such as collaboration, systems thinking and compassion. In addition to programmes for organisations, we empower facilitators and offer train-the-trainer programmes, access to curricula and digital tools to create cohesive communities of change. Our podcast is hosted and produced by Tamsin Walker. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamsin-walker-768133219/) Executive producer is IGD co-founder Jeroen Janss (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeroenjanss/). For more information, visit us on innergreendeal.com (http://innergreendeal.com). Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

We only need to walk down a street, open a browser or turn on the TV to understand that we are being addressed as consumers. But what if behind that narrative, there were another waiting to step into the limelight and reshape the communities and countries in which we live?Jon Alexander, author or Citizens, Why the Key to Fixing Everything Is All of Us, argues that there is. He calls it the citizen story. Tamsin Walker sat down with Jon Alexander to talk about exactly what that is, what can happen when even a small group of people decide to take matters into their own hands, and how some leaders are also daring to dabble with more participatory forms of co-existence. Jon started his professional life in an advertising agency in London, but a decade in, had come to see that treating citizens as eternal consumers was undermining their inherent power as individuals. He returned to university and co-founded the New Citizenship Project (https://www.newcitizenproject.com/), a strategy and innovation consultancy operating on the belief that given the right opportunity, people can and will shape the things that matter to them for the better. To date, NCP as it is known for short, has worked with the European Central Bank, the Guardian and many others to shift the story of the individual in society away from that of consumer to that of participatory citizen.Since publishing his book Citizens (https://www.jonalexander.net/) in 2022, he has met with and heard from people all across the world, who he says are finding one another, organising together, and stepping into whatever power they have to shape the future for the better.About the Inner Green Deal The Inner Green Dea (https://innergreendeal.com/#_blank)l is a non-profit organisation based in Cologne and Brussels with a growing community around the world. We address the human dimension of sustainability and support leaders, change makers and facilitators to accelerate the green transformation. We offer a range of short and longer programmes cultivating capacities such as collaboration, systems thinking and compassion. In addition to programmes for organisations, we empower facilitators and offer train-the-trainer programmes, access to curricula and digital tools to create cohesive communities of change. Our podcast is hosted and produced by Tamsin Walker. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamsin-walker-768133219/) Executive producer is IGD co-founder Jeroen Janss (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeroenjanss/). For more information, visit us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/inner-green-deal-initiative#_blank), innergreendeal.com (http://innergreendeal.com) or write to info@innergreendeal.com (mailto:info@innergreendeal.com). (mailto:info@innergreendeal.com%23_blank)  Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

We talk to Li An Phoa, founder of the charity Drinkable Rivers about her work towards a world with waterways so clean that we can sip from their banks. Her mission started in 2005 when she canoed the full length of the Rupert river in Canada, drinking fresh water from it as she went. When she returned there just three years later, she was met with a different picture. The water had been polluted as a result of dams and mining. Fish were dying and local people were falling ill. Seeing the ecosystem thrown out of balance, Li An realised that being able to drink from a river was an indicator of healthy living. She now raises awareness and mobilise people to take action through river walks, citizen science and community building, like Mayors for Drinkable Rivers, a group that emerged from her 2018 walk along the River Meuse. That 1000-kilometer source-to-sea walk took her through France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Most recently, she embarked on 500 kilometre walk along the river Thames, starting at its source in the Cotswolds and ending four weeks later at the mouth of the North Sea. She has also co-authored a book ‘Drinkable Rivers: How the River Became My Teacher’Inner Green Deal host Tamsin Walker sat down with Li An to talk about how we can learn to use rivers as a marker for a healthy society, how we can reconnect with the water that keeps us alive and with each other to keep it clean. Please consider subscribing to our podcast or leaving a review. In doing so you make it easier for people to discover our podcast. We thank you for your support.  Drinkable Rivers: https://drinkablerivers.org/ About the Inner Green Deal The Inner Green Dea (https://innergreendeal.com/#_blank)l is a non-profit organisation based in Cologne and Brussels with a growing community around the world. We address the human dimension of sustainability and support leaders, change makers and facilitators to accelerate the green transformation. We offer a range of short and longer programmes cultivating capacities such as collaboration, systems thinking and compassion. In addition to programmes for organisations, we empower facilitators and offer train-the-trainer programmes, access to curricula and digital tools to create cohesive communities of change. Our podcast is hosted and produced by Tamsin Walker. Executive producer is IGD co-founder Jeroen Janss. For more information, visit us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/inner-green-deal-initiative#_blank), innergreendeal.com (http://innergreendeal.com) or write to info@innergreendeal.com (mailto:info@innergreendeal.com). (mailto:info@innergreendeal.com%23_blank)  Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Living within us all, imagination has no small role to play in rethinking the world of today and tomorrow. But how do we harness its phenomenal power? That is the question at the heart of this month's episode of the Inner Green Deal podcast.  Phoebe Tickell, founder of Moral Imaginations and former scientist, talks about the importance of imagination to bring us closer in relationship with the world - as opposed to escaping from it. A fresh and stimulating perspective.If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing to our podcast or leaving a review. In doing so you make it easier for people to discover our podcast. We thank you for your support.    Links https://www.phoebetickell.com/ https://www.moralimaginations.com/imaginactivism  About the Inner Green Deal  The Inner Green Dea (https://innergreendeal.com/#_blank)l is a non-profit organisation based in Cologne and Brussels with a growing community around the world. We address the human dimension of sustainability and support leaders, change makers and facilitators to accelerate the green transformation. We offer a range of short and longer programmes cultivating capacities such as collaboration, systems thinking and compassion.   In addition to programmes for organisations, we empower facilitators and offer train-the-trainer programmes, access to curricula and digital tools to create cohesive communities of change. Our podcast is hosted and produced by Tamsin Walker. Executive producer is IGD co-founder Jeroen Janss. For more information, visit us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/inner-green-deal-initiative#_blank), innergreendeal.com (http://innergreendeal.com) or write to info@innergreendeal.com (mailto:info@innergreendeal.com). (mailto:info@innergreendeal.com%23_blank)     Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

What is the future without Resilience? In this month's podcast we ask Daria Nashat (she/her) (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAABDutQB2wa6FyOy13H7aCRcV1dqt5q16Rk) how resilience can be cultivated to benefit not only individuals but also communities, societies and the planet.  Daria, a Resilience and Leadership trainer, talks about how to strengthen our resilience, what the role of stories and community is in cultivating resilience and what she means with the power of "looking beyond the walls".  If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing to our podcast or leaving a review. In doing so you make it easier for people to discover our podcast. We thank you for your support.    Daria Nashat: https://darianashat.com/  About the Inner Green Deal    The Inner Green Dea (https://innergreendeal.com/#_blank)l is a non-profit organisation based in Cologne and Brussels with a growing community around the world. We address the human dimension of sustainability and support leaders, change makers and facilitators to accelerate the green transformation. We offer a range of short and longer programmes cultivating capacities such as collaboration, systems thinking and compassion.   In addition to programmes for organisations, we empower facilitators and offer train-the-trainer programmes, access to curricula and digital tools to create cohesive communities of change. Our podcast is hosted and produced by Tamsin Walker. Executive producer is IGD co-founder Jeroen Janss. For more information, visit us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/inner-green-deal-initiative#_blank), innergreendeal.com (http://innergreendeal.com) or write to info@innergreendeal.com (mailto:info@innergreendeal.com). (mailto:info@innergreendeal.com%23_blank)    Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

In a world where exploitation of natural resources is commonplace, the idea of granting rights to entities such as rivers is as abstract as essential.   In this month's episode, we explore the rights of nature with Mihnea Tănăsescu, a political ecologist who has spent many years immersed in the issue.   He is a research professor at the University of Mons in Belgium. His current work focuses on the concept of political representation and the politics of ecological restoration and his most recent books are Understanding the Rights of Nature (https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-5431-8/understanding-the-rights-of-nature/.) and Ecocene Politics (https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0274). The latter was included in the 2023 Choice Review's Outstanding Academic Title list.  Inner Green Deal host Tamsin Walker spoke to Mihnea about the arguments for and against granting rights to nature, where they have already been seen as a success and whether they can foster a new relationship between humans and the natural world around us.  If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing to our podcast or leaving a review. In doing so you make it easier for people to discover our podcast. We thank you for your support.    Mihnea Tănăsescu: linkedin.com/in/mihnea-tanasescu-3b538876 (http://linkedin.com/in/mihnea-tanasescu-3b538876) Understanding the Rights of Nature: https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-5431-8/understanding-the-rights-of-nature/. His book Ecocene Politics: https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0274  About the Inner Green Deal    The Inner Green Dea (https://innergreendeal.com/#_blank)l is a non-profit organisation based in Cologne and Brussels with a growing community around the world. We address the human dimension of sustainability and support leaders, change makers and facilitators to accelerate the green transformation. We offer a range of short and longer programmes cultivating capacities such as collaboration, systems thinking and compassion.   In addition to programmes for organisations, we empower facilitators and offer train-the-trainer programmes, access to curricula and digital tools to create cohesive communities of change. Our podcast is hosted and produced by Tamsin Walker (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamsin-walker-768133219/). Executive producer is IGD co-founder Jeroen Janss (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeroenjanss/). For more information, visit us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/inner-green-deal-initiative#_blank), innergreendeal.com (http://innergreendeal.com) or write to info@innergreendeal.com (mailto:info@innergreendeal.com). (mailto:info@innergreendeal.com%23_blank)    Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

In this end-of-year edition we talk food with Mick McEvoy. Originally from Ireland, he lives and works at Plum Village, a Zen Buddhist community in France established by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh more than forty years ago.   There, he mindfully manages the Happy Farm, which grows seasonal organic food for its community and the thousands of guests who travel there annually to take part in retreats. Mick also facilitates numerous retreats each year, integrating the practice of mindfulness with agro-ecology, nature connection, deep ecology and rewilding.   Inner Green Deal host Tamsin Walker spoke to Mick about growing our own food, the benefits in rekindling that skill, the concept of 'interbeing' and the cinematic experience that is "soil in action".   If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing to our podcast or leaving a review. In doing so you make it easier for people to discover our podcast. We thank you for your support.    Plum Village: https://plumvillage.org/about/plum-village  Happy Farm: https://plumvillage.org/community/happy-farm  Wendell Berry Poem: https://onbeing.org/poetry/the-man-born-to-farming/  Mick McEvoy: https://www.parallax.org/authors/mick-mcevoy/    About the Inner Green Deal    The Inner Green Dea (https://innergreendeal.com/#_blank)l is a non-profit organisation based in Cologne and Brussels with a growing community around the world. We address the human dimension of sustainability and support leaders, change makers and facilitators to accelerate the green transformation. We offer a range of short and longer programmes cultivating capacities such as collaboration, systems thinking and compassion.   In addition to programmes for organisations, we empower facilitators and offer train-the-trainer programmes, access to curricula and digital tools to create cohesive communities of change. Our podcast is hosted and produced by Tamsin Walker. Executive producer is IGD co-founder Jeroen Janss. For more information, visit us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/inner-green-deal-initiative#_blank), innergreendeal.com (http://innergreendeal.com) or write to info@innergreendeal.com (mailto:info@innergreendeal.com). (mailto:info@innergreendeal.com%23_blank)    Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

If stories shape our reality, how can we all become better storytellers? We ask Astrid Nierhoff, a passionate and seasoned storytelling expert.  Her academic research around the interplay between imagination and reality led her to co-found StoryAtelier, a non-profit that uses the power of stories as the basis for deepening understanding on individual and community levels.  Inner Green Deal host Tamsin Walker spoke to Astrid to talk about the power of story and narrative, the potential impact of asking ‘what if…’,  and why it is that we need to become better listeners.     StoryAtelier: https://www.storyatelier.org (https://www.storyatelier.org/) (in German) Imaginatives: https://imaginatives.org/ (https://imaginatives.org/) (in German)  If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing to our podcast or leaving a review. In doing so you make it easier for people to discover our podcast. We thank you for your support.   About the Inner Green Deal  The Inner Green Dea (https://innergreendeal.com/#_blank)l is a non-profit organisation based in Cologne and Brussels with a growing community around the world. We address the human dimension of sustainability and support leaders, change makers and facilitators to accelerate the green transformation. We offer a range of short and longer programmes cultivating capacities such as collaboration, systems thinking and compassion. In addition to programmes for organisations, we empower facilitators and offer train-the-trainer programmes, access to curricula and digital tools to create cohesive communities of change. Our podcast is hosted and produced by Tamsin Walker. Executive producer is IGD co-founder Jeroen Janss. For more information, visit us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/inner-green-deal-initiative#_blank), innergreendeal.com (http://www.innergreendeal.com/#_blank) or write to info@innergreendeal.com. (mailto:info@innergreendeal.com%23_blank)   Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.