Goodie

Jennifer Chiu and Jean Parsons are the wonderful duo that form the self directed studies film collective. Their award winning films touch on important and complex issues from a humanistic perspective. Today I talk to them about how they met, started making films and what film making has taught them. Their films include, CABBIE, Memories of the Peace and Madre de Dios and can be found at https://www.selfdirectedstudies.com/. Did I also mention this is the last episode of the first season of Goodie? Thank you so much for your support and listener-ship! It's been good!

Laila is the designer behind the local, sustainable and ethical fashion line Harly Jae. Listen for stories about following dreams and reconciling fashion and sustainability. She is amazing!https://harlyjae.com/

Naitik Mehta is the CEO and co-founder of Next Billion. NextBillion.org connects talent with disabilities to inclusive employers in tech. Their mission is to build the largest community of people with disabilities in tech. Although Naitik is now a CEO, he was a designer for most of his life. On the show, I talk to him about finding design at a young age, immigrating from Pune, India to Vancouver and how he started Next Billion. He is using technology and community to do good in the world. https://www.nextbillion.org/

Iva Jankovic is an urban planner, tech designer and all around people person! I will talk to her about graduating from university at 18, how she found her niche interests and how they have come together for her, in her two start-up positions. She is somebody that is using creativity from all fields to make change.

Trixie is the founder of Flavours of Hope, social enterprise that supports and empowers newcomer women to earn a living wage and build social connections in communities through cooking and sharing culinary traditions and stories. Trixie uses business as a way to fill the needs of newcomer refugees. She was inspired to create Flavours of Hope after witnessing the challenges of being a newcomer, through her own immigration story and through her work in social services. https://www.flavoursofhope.com/

Grace is a lawyer tackling climate change with fearlessness and creativity. In addition to earning her PhD in climate law, she is also a talented storyteller. She has written a trilogy of YA novels, the Ava of the Gaia series, that feature empowering stories about women and climate change activism. She is currently working on producing a podcast called Planet Potluck to cultivate a narrative of positivity and inspiration behind the climate movement. http://planetpotluck.com/

Angelica Poversky is an award winning poet who uses the performing arts to bring light to the nuances of our complex lives, from touching reflections, laugh out loud performances and those about social and environmental issues. She has performed poetry at the 2017 UN Peacekeeping Defense Ministerial, National Culture Days and The Top 25 under 25 Canadian Environmentalists Awards, Word Vancouver, and The Vancouver Earth Day Parade.

In this episode, I talk to Caroline Merner! She is an environmentalist, athlete and a woman ready to empower. In addition to many professional accomplishments, she recently launched Climate Guides with her partners Marina and Michal. Climate Guides is a mentorship program that equips our current and next generation with professional development, mentorship, financial support, and climate-conscious community. They aim to build a narrative of hope and opportunity in tackling climate change by shifting from the current narrative of doom-and-gloom.

A social activist, product designer and businesswoman all in one! Today I talk to Madeleine Shaw about her early rebellious days, her discovery of social activism and how she now sees business as a source of empowerment.

Suzanne is the CEO of Lunapads, a Vancouver-based company that produces reusable menstrual products and supported many young entrepreneurs. She is using business as a force for good.

Roya Aghighi is a product designer that is seeking to make a difference with her work. In her recent project, Biogarmentry she created a photosynthetic and living textile. We will hear about this project as well as her journey to find her life's work.

In this episode, I talk to Chantal Gering who is a choreographer, dancer, actor and singer who is using the performing arts to create positive change.

I talk to Lisa Giroday, co-founder of Victory Gardens! Victory Gardens is a Vancouver based urban gardening co-op business that plants food in your space for your consumption! I talk to her about her journey towards sustainable food and starting a company.

In this show, I talk to Alisa Yao who is using product design to create a more sustainable future. Our conversation covers her journey of discovering her love for product design, as well as how she believes product design can be used to problem-solve in any situation.

It's the first episode of Goodie! To kick it off, I talked to Aaron Leung, a sustainability, youth and education advocate. He has been at the helm of sustainable change within the VSB since high school and has expanded his platform to Vancouver's City Council.