Wonderspace

#149 - Kaj Lofgren (CEO of Regen Melbourne) [S13:E4]

An engine for ambitious collaboration, in service of Melbourne.In this Wonderspace Podcast we orbit over Melbourne in Australia which is the home to our guest Kaj Lofgren. Kaj is the CEO of Regen Melbourne, an alliance of more than 200 organisations that exists to drive ambitious, systemic and collaborative projects towards a regenerative future. He is also the Director of Labs at Small Giants Academy where he co-created the Mastery of Business and Empathy and Impact Safari."Melbourne needed a series of earth shots or wildly ambitious projects that could raise the ambition, so that we stop doing just what is possible and start thinking about what could be done if systems were to change around us.”Regen Melbourne → https://www.regen.melbourne/Kaj’s hopeful story featured Rob Shorter at the Doughnut Economics Action Lab - another source of regenerative wisdom and insight.→ https://doughnuteconomics.orgKaj was nominated by our 116th guest Ollie Pelling who was nominated by our 36th guest Tamsin Jones.

#148 - Jonathan Mizzi (Maltese-British architect, designer, and artist) [S13:E3]

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we orbit over Malta where we find our guest Jonathan Mizzi.Jonathan is the founder of Mizzi studios, an award winning nature inspired architecture and design practice dedicated to mapping out a resilient and sustainable future through climate responsive design solutions."I started to dive deeper into planetary science and permaculture and how we look at architecture from a much deeper interconnected system”.In this episode Jonathan talks about a recent commission to design one of the worlds first permanent carbon pavilions set within a carbon garden at the Royal Botanical Institute of Kew which will be opening this summer.He finishes this fascinating interview with advice for anyone pursuing architecture as a career.Jonathan was nominated by curator and consultant Vanessa Norwood who you can hear in EP120.Find out more: https://www.mizzi.co/

#147 - Mahak Agrawal (Urban Planner, Climate Science + Sustainability Expert) [S13:E2]

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we orbit with Mahak Agrawal. An urban planner, climate science and sustainability expert living in Delhi. Mahak is also the founder of the creative consultancy All Bits Count or ABC which was launched during COP29 in Baku. What began as a personal journey to make climate science more accessible has now evolved into a collective of changemakers using art, science, tech, and humour to demystify sustainability challenges and promote tangible solutions.💬 “One thing I have learned especially from my experience of going through an autoimmune disorder, was that even when things feel really awful with no way out, the only thing to do is just keep pushing forward, get up and just move forward.”All Bits Count (ABC)ABC → www.linkedin.com/company/all-bits-count/Vital Voices Fellowship →www.vitalvoices.org/fellow/mahak-agrawal/Travclan → explore.travclan.com/Bare necessities →barenecessities.in/WonderspacePodcast #ClimateAction #Sustainability #Changemakers

#146 - Dan Fox (Light Phone) [S13:E1]

For our first Wonderspace orbit of 2025, we welcome clown, comedian, actor, and writer Dan Fox from Brooklyn, New York. Beyond his work as a performer, Dan is part of the team at The Light Phone, a minimalist phone company on a mission to give us back our time and attention. 💬 “I decided from that point, to use comedy in service of a message instead of in service to my ego, especially because so much of what people do online is not about creating art or self reflection, it’s about creating content to feed an algorithm, and that for me does not have any nutritional value.  In fact it does the opposite, it feeds addiction to dopamine and getting likes.  I wanted no part of that and wanted to run in the opposite direction and ask people to take a solid look at their relationship with smart phones and social media because ultimately our lives are being manipulated by big tech algorithms that are created to sell ads." Dan brilliantly and entertainingly engages with our six questions that focus on wonder and hopeful stories but will also make you think about your relationship with your smart phone. 📌 Learn more about Dan Fox → danmaxfox.com 📌 Discover The Light Phone → thelightphone.com 💭 How do you navigate your relationship with technology?

#145 - Zorana Ivcevic Pringle (Senior Research Scientist at Yale) [S12:E8]

For our last Wonderspace episode of 2024, we orbit with Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, a senior research scientist at Yale and author of The Creativity Choice which is released next year. How do you bring ideas out of our minds and into the world?  Is Creativity a trait we are born with or the fruit of a decision that we make again and again? Through her work, Zorana unlocks the secrets of transforming ideas into impactful action, emphasising the choices and emotions that drive creative breakthroughs.  From her roots in Eastern Europe to her experiences studying creativity, Zorana brings a unique perspective on how we can harness our potential to create meaningful change. Check out Zorana's hopeful story about Elif Gokcigdem, a visionary leader fostering empathy and cross-disciplinary collaboration through the “One” movement. Newsletter: https://creativitydecision.substack.com Personal website: https://www.zorana-ivcevic-pringle.com/ Book, available for preorder: https://tinyurl.com/thecreativitychoice ONE: Organization of Networks for Empathy https://oneempathynetwork.com/about-us #WonderspacePodcast #ZoranaIvcevicPringle #TheCreativityChoice #EmpathyInAction #SustainableFuture #HopeInspiration #WonderAndAction