Futurist

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. T…

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 …

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 …

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 an…

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 acr…

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 ever…

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.…

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 creat…

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 happine…

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…

Graham Stonadge is the UK Sales Director at Veg of Lund U.K, a Swedish company whose latest creation is making waves in the plant-based milk space. DUG is a potato-based drink that was launched in th…

Today's episode is a conversation with Katie Lopes, Creative Director of Stripe & Stare.

Katie spent 6 years creating the world’s comfiest and most sustainable knickers, and in my humble opinion, she…

Dr. Helena McMahon is the co-founder of new skincare and supplement collection called Seabody, which harnesses the power and potency of one of Ireland's most exquisite and abundant resources - seawee…

For many of us, finding calm, serenity and sometimes sanity comes in the form of being creative. This is certainly a story for Stefanie Bailey Clifford, founder of Glow Circle, an Irish wellness bran…

Today’s guest is Lex Kiefhaber, founder and CEO of United by Zero and co-host of the Who's Saving the Planet podcast. 

Like many of us in the sustainability field, Lex didn’t begin his career in clima…

Today’s guest is Luke Henning CFO of Circ, the only start-up in the world right now that can recycle and recover both polyester and cotton from fabrics.

The technology Circ is using could be one of th…

Stillgarden is not your run-of-the-mill distillery. Homed in Dublin 8, the team here has cultivated a community-led garden from which they are proudly sourcing botanicals for their range of fresh and…

Today's episode offers a deep dive into Dublin’s first net-zero hotel, Wren Urban Nest.

Tucked away on St Andrews Lane in Dublin’s city center, this sustainable safe haven, offers guests a holistic, c…