FutureSeeds - Cyprien Clerc

09/02/2023

❤️ Episode 29 // Hope for the World: The Benefits of Purposeful Business Practices, with Phil Preston

In Episode 29, we continue our conversation with Phil Preston on the topic of aligning business with purpose. This episode explores the connection between purpose and performance, as well as the relationship between purpose and well-being. We also delve into the significance of purpose for society as a whole. Finally, as always, our guest delivers a hopeful message to conclude the episode.
About Phil Preston

Phil left a corporate career in 2007 where he was overseeing billions of dollars of investments to help businesses go beyond token and symbolic acts of charity to really making a difference – and purpose is central to that task.

https://www.futureseeds.news/hope-for-the-world-the-benefits-of-purposeful-business-practices-with-phil-preston/

02/02/2023

❤️ Episode 28 // Committing Business to Purpose, with Phil Preston


In this episode we will be exploring the question of purpose through the business lens.
 My guest for this episode is Phil Preston. Phil used to work in the finance world, more specifically he was in the investment realm, overseeing 50 Billion dollars of global investments. But in 2007, he starting asking himself “Why am I doing this?”.
This question lead him to build his current business two years later, in 2009, where he now a speaker a facilitator and a consultant, whose mission is to bring more purpose to the business world. We exchange on how businesses can embed purpose into their values, whether it is through their mission statement, their KPIs, or their culture, and generally what it takes to have a whole company following a purpose that is not simply “making money” but also having a cause, how to get the business to commit to that decision, and what are the challenges and rewards that such a business faces along the way.

21/03/2022

📢 NEW EPISODE ANNOUNCEMENT ❤️

FutureSeeds #26 - The New Normal: Disasters, Resilience and Regeneration

With Dr Jean Renouf, founder of Resilient Byron and lecturer at Southern Cross University
https://www.futureseeds.news/the-new-normal-disasters-resilience-and-regeneration-with-jean-renouf

“We will have to let go of what we think is normal, and invent the new normal as it unfolds because we are going to get hit harder and harder by unprecedented events”

08/07/2021

An interview with Mara Bun on "Building an Economy that Values the Planet", recorded on 26th May 2021 at FutureSeeds LIVE@Byron.

Enjoy! And don't hesitate to comment, share, and join our FutureSeeds Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/426469831551813

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Building an Economy that Values the Planet

In this episode, I interview Mara Bun. Mara is the president of the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), and I had the honor of having this conversation with her one day after her organization, ACF, had won its court case against the Adani mining company. Mara is also a director at Australian Ethical Investment - a $5.4B investment fund, and sits on the board of Australian Impact Investments. She has a wealth of experience in finance, business, sustainability, activism and much more. In this episode, her and I discuss the different ways in which we can use money to steer the world in a positive direction.

MARA BUN is a Brazilian/Australian nature lover (who sounds American). Her early career with Morgan Stanley’s technology group shaped a career in innovation, with roles including DIrector of Business Development for CSIRO, Strategy leader for Food Agility CRC, and Senior Internet Equities Analyst for Macquarie Bank. Her NGO experience includes senior roles at Greenpeace, Choice, Green Cross Australia and Bush Heritage Australia. She applies environmental and humanitarian values as a Non-Executive Director of Australian Ethical Investments, and as Chair of asset consultants Australian Impact Investments. Mara is a Founding Director of the board of Enova Community Energy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGK7m3RBQeE

Building an Economy that Values the PlanetIn this episode, I interview Mara Bun. Mara is the president of the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), and I...

05/07/2021

Talk #3 from our event premiere FutureSeeds LIVE@Byron on 26th May 2021: Kyle Redman on Democratic Lotteries.

Enjoy! And don't hesitate to comment, share, and join our FutureSeeds Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/426469831551813

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Democratic lotteries: Imagine being represented by people like you

The original vision of democracy in ancient Athens used lotteries to select representatives, in order to prevent corruption and division. Now lotteries are again on the rise to form Citizens’ Panels and Citizens’ Assemblies around the world. These groups of everyday people investigate and shape public policy—without the campaigns, parties, and so much of what we dislike about politics.

Kyle is the Research and Design Program Manager at the newDemocracy Foundation. He has designed and managed a number of newDemocracy’s projects, including the Democracy in Geelong, Yarra Valley Water, ACT Housing Choices, and Byron Shire Council projects. He has also worked with international partners to design democratic innovations in Eupen, Fortaleza, and Madrid. He has also co-authored the recently published handbook ‘Enabling National Initiatives to Take Democracy Beyond Elections’ for the United Nations Democracy Fund.

The newDemocracy Foundation

https://youtu.be/f45pPRJaUuE

Democratic lotteries: Imagine being represented by people like youThe original vision of democracy in ancient Athens used lotteries to select representatives...

30/06/2021

Talk #2 from our event premiere FutureSeeds LIVE@Byron on 26th May 2021.

Enjoy! And don't hesitate to comment, share, and join our FutureSeeds Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/426469831551813

Helena Norberg-Hodge on "The Fork in the Road Post-Covid"

The COVID pandemic has strengthened two diametrically opposing movements worldwide: on the one hand global economic forces, with the help of national governments, are pushing for an ever-more competitive, fast-paced technological future; at the same time, from the bottom up, there is a widespread cultural turning towards more cooperative, feminine, community-based, ecological futures. People are recognizing that connection, both to others and to Nature, is the true wellspring of happiness. In almost every country, farmers’ markets, permaculture, community co-ops, local finance and business alliances, place-based education and nature reconnection testify to this great shift in values. In these ways, people are already sowing the seeds for a very different future, and demonstrating the way forward.

HELENA NORBERG-HODGE is a pioneer of the new economy movement and recipient of the Alternative Nobel prize, the Arthur Morgan Award and the Goi Peace Prize for contributing to “the revitalization of cultural and biological diversity, and the strengthening of local communities and economies worldwide.” She is author of the inspirational classic Ancient Futures, and Local is Our Future (2019). She is co-author of Bringing the Food Economy Home and From the Ground Up, and producer of the award-winning documentary The Economics of Happiness. Helena is the founder and director of Local Futures and The International Alliance for Localisation, and a founding member of the International Commission on the Future of Food and Agriculture, the International Forum on Globalization and the Global Ecovillage Network.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XomR15eZYqM

Helena Norberg-Hodge, Local Futures / Economics of Happiness, Byron Theatre

Links

https://www.localfutures.org

https://www.facebook.com/TheEconomicsofhappiness

https://www.instagram.com/economics_of_happiness

https://www.youtube.com/user/ISECeconofhappiness

https://vimeo.com/theeconomicsofhappiness

The Fork in the Road Post-CovidThe COVID pandemic has strengthened two diametrically opposing movements worldwide: on the one hand global economic forces, wi...

27/06/2021

It’s been a month since the FutureSeeds Event Premiere, and after some much needed rest, we are back online.

We have plenty of content ready to be released over the next few months. This week, we will be releasing the recordings of the talks we presented on 26th May 2021 at the Byron Theatre.

We're posting the first one today, Jean S. Renouf's “Community transformation in times of the Great Unraveling”. Enjoy! And don't hesitate to comment, share, and join our FutureSeeds Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/426469831551813

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Dr Jean Renouf, Lecturer in International Relations and Politics at Southern Cross University, and Founder of Resilient Byron.

{ Community transformation in times of the Great Unraveling }

The Great Unravelling has started and will be part of our story for the rest of our life. It is an ineluctable dismantling of the fabric of life as we know it, leading to rapid and at times violent, changes to human societies. It is the result of humans pushing the boundaries of our planet beyond sustainable levels, leading among others to climate change, but also rapid loss of biodiversity, pressure on freshwater, and more. We are currently going through an acceleration of the Great Unravelling due to the confluence of the environmental crises with other crises. While the 2020-2030 decade will be affected by disasters of unprecedented scale, it will also be the decade of unprecedented societal transformation as a way to adapt to these. In Australia, there has been an enormous wave of community activities that have sprung since the Black Summer bushfire season and Covid-19. The confluence of crises have led to a realisation that we can’t continue living the way we do. Mindfulness, resilience and regeneration are emerging as key ways to navigate the Great Unravelling. There is a thirst for social and environmental connection and as a result an innumerable amount of grassroots community initiatives are springing. In the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, Resilient Byron is a perfect example of it.

{ About Dr Jean S. Renouf }
Jean is an academic at Southern Cross University, a firefighter and a dad. Prior to this, Jean spent years implementing emergency relief projects in disaster zones and countries at war, including Afghanistan, Congo, Haiti, Iraq, North Korea, etc. All of this informs his passion for climate change, community regeneration & resilience and non-traditional security, and led him to found Resilient Byron.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOkTYqNI8Vs

Community transformation in times of the Great UnravellingThe Great Unravelling has started and will be part of our story for the rest of our life. It is an ...

09/06/2021

It's been two weeks since the first FutureSeeds LIVE event. Here are a few pictures of the night. Seriously, how awesome are these shots??
Credits to Lazer Malibu.

with:
Norberg-Hodge, Helena, Jean S. Renouf, Mara Bun, Kyle Redman, Anastasia Utesheva, Jade Green, Cyprien Clerc

Local Futures / Economics of Happiness
Resilient Byron
The newDemocracy Foundation
Australian Ethical Investment
Australian Conservation Foundation
FutureSeeds - Cyprien Clerc

01/06/2021

OUR AFTER-MOVIE IS READY
Watch it now and if you find it inspiring, please share it 🙏

Our event premiere on Wednesday 26th May was a great success. We had 180 participants on the night and managed to fit in 3 presentations, 1 interview, time to mingle and enjoy live music, and participate in an ideation and Q&A session.

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FOLLOW-UP WORKSHOP

Thursday, June 10th is the date of the first-ever “FutureSeeds LIVE: Ideas in Action” workshop!

We will meet to bring to life ideas inspired by the FutureSeeds LIVE event and transform them into actionable initiatives and projects in our local community.

Early bird tickets available until Thursday 3rd June, 11:59 PM

BOOK NOW: https://events.humanitix.com/futureseeds-w1
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Featuring Jean S. Renouf, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Mara Bun, Kyle Redman, Jade Green, Anastasia Utesheva, Empress Katia aka Katia Demeester, Mista Savona.

Local Futures / Economics of Happiness, Resilient Byron, The newDemocracy Foundation, Australian Ethical Investment, Australian Conservation Foundation, FutureSeeds - Cyprien Clerc, FutureSeeds Community, Byron Theatre, ByronCentre SocialImpact

25/05/2021

17/05/2021

📢 PRESENTER ANNOUNCEMENT - DR JEAN S. RENOUF

Dr Jean S. Renouf is an academic at Southern Cross University, a firefighter and a dad. Prior to this, Jean spent years implementing emergency relief projects in disaster zones and countries at war, including Afghanistan, Congo, Haiti, Iraq, North Korea, etc. All of this informs his passion for climate change, community regeneration & resilience and non-traditional security, and led him to found Resilient Byron.

On 26th May at the Byron Theatre, Jean will be presenting his keynote "Living in times of the great unravelling"
BOOK NOW: https://www.futureseeds.news/futureseeds-live-byron/

14/05/2021

A bit of what I do on my free time, when I'm not busy with FutureSeeds. Lucky the Byron Theatre has a grand piano 😉

11/05/2021

Last day at $27.80

BOOK NOW
https://www.futureseeds.news/futureseeds-live-byron

09/05/2021

📢 PRESENTER ANNOUNCEMENT - Mara Bun

Mara is a Brazilian/Australian nature lover (who sounds American). Her early career with Morgan Stanley's technology group shaped a career in innovation, with roles including Director of Business Development for CSIRO, Strategy leader for Food Agility CRC, and Senior Internet Equities Analyst for Macquarie Bank. Her NGO experience includes senior roles at Greenpeace, Choice, Green Cross Australia and Bush Heritage Australia. She applies environmental and humanitarian values as a Non-Executive Director of Australian Ethical Investments, and as Chair of asset consultants Australian Impact Investments. Mara is a Founding Director of the board of Enova Community Energy.

07/05/2021

📢 PRESENTER ANNOUNCEMENT - Kyle Redman

Kyle is the Research and Design Program Manager at The newDemocracy Foundation . He has designed and managed a number of newDemocracy’s projects, including the Democracy in Geelong, Yarra Valley Water, ACT Housing Choices, and Byron Shire Council projects. He has also worked with international partners to design democratic innovations in Eupen, Fortaleza, and Madrid. He has also co-authored the recently published handbook ‘Enabling National Initiatives to Take Democracy Beyond Elections’ for the United Nations Democracy Fund.

03/05/2021

Our world is facing multiple emergencies. We need to start thinking about the solutions that are available to us today. How can we accelerate a positive change for our future? And for that, we need:

🌐 Economy: how we produce and exchange goods and services, the ways we accumulate wealth, and what we invest in

🌐 Ecology: how we take care of our environment and prepare for both natural and man-made changes

🌐 Democracy: the way we make decisions collectively

Join us on Wednesday 26th May 2021 for an evening of reflection on our future, with four experts in ethical economics, localization, socio-ecological resilience and democracy presenting their work and ideas:

✨ Helena Norberg-Hodge, Pioneer of the local economy movement, world-renowned environmentalist, founder of Local Futures and author the award-winning documentary "The Economics of Happiness"
✍️ Presentation: "The Fork in the Road Post-Covid"

✨ Kyle Redman, Senior design and research manager at the NewDemocracy foundation and co-author of the United Nations Handbook "Democracy beyond elections"
✍️ Presentation: "Democratic lotteries: imagine being represented by people like you"

✨ Jean Renouf, founder of Resilient Byron and lecturer in International Relations and Politics at the Southern Cross University
✍️ Presentation: "Community transformation in times of the Great Unravelling"

✨ Mara Bun, Director at Australian Ethical Investment and President of the Australian Conservation Foundation
✍️ Live Interview: "Investing in the Good"

18/01/2021

"Recognize that you are always in a state of becoming, and that you can always choose who you wish to be in this moment"

FutureSeeds Compilation

EP 9 Nicole Gibson, Love Out Loud, www.love-outloud.com
https://www.futureseeds.news/love-out-loud-with-nicole-gibson

EP 6 Mona Green, Namasme, www.namasme.com
https://www.futureseeds.news/changing-our-story-with-mona-green-namasme

EP 17 & 18 Susan Barnes, www.likewatersheflows.com
EP 17: https://www.futureseeds.news/meditation-purpose-and-work-with-susan-barnes
EP 18: https://www.futureseeds.news/how-meditation-can-improve-our-communication-and-heal-society-with-susan-barnes

17/01/2021

♥️ Episode 22 is out! The Science of Happiness: moving through fear and finding purpose, with Shadé Zahrai
https://www.futureseeds.news/the-science-of-happiness-moving-through-fear-and-finding-purpose-with-shade-zahrai/

08/01/2021

Episode 21 is out! ❤️ The Science of Happiness: 5 areas of fulfillment and 5 inner critics, with Shadé Zahrai
https://www.futureseeds.news/the-science-of-happiness-5-areas-of-fulfillment-and-5-inner-critics-with-shade-zahrai