Alex Pastollnigg: Looking for purpose

In this podcast, Scott chats to Alex Pastollnigg, the founder of Fair Voyage, a social enterprise based in Zurich. She describes how she transitioned out of the world of finance and banking, and how she is finding her purpose through her work in promoting sustainable and ethical travel. She also shares insights into her new project on Global Healing which explores how the traumas we experience in childhood cast shadows forward into our adult lives.

Stephanie Lentz: The future of food - the way it used to be

In this podcast, Scott discusses sustainability with Stephanie Lentz, CEO and founder of Scoop Marketplace, a zero-waste grocery store in Seattle. Stephanie tells the story of how she became interested in sustainability and reducing our impact on the planet. She tries to inspire others to take imperfect action, making progress rather than always striving for perfection.

Nigel Majakari: Matching modern design and traditional artisans

In this podcast, Scott talks to Nigel Majakari, the founder of Ca'lyah, one of The Pond Foundation's founding members. Ca'lyah is a furniture company that was founded to create design and art objects by bringing together award-winning designers and traditional artisans/craftspeople.

Kijani Forestry: Sustainable Charcoal in Uganda

In this podcast, Scott talks to two of the founders of Kijani Forestry, Paul and Beau, about their fantastic project and the impact that they're having. Kijani Forestry is one of My Carbon Zero's project partners who produce sustainable charcoal in Uganda to save old-growth forests and better local livelihoods.

Emma Gallagher: Identity and sport

In this podcast, Scott interviews Emma Gallagher, cricket manager at Cricket Victoria. Emma discusses how sport shaped her idea of family, identity, and community in Australia; and how these experiences affected her wellbeing over the course of her life.

Josh Beaumont: Quietening The Mind In Service to Community

In this podcast, Scott talks to Josh Beaumont, a Club and Competitions Specialist at Cricket Victoria. Josh describes how he ended up in his position, and how he works with the sport and the local community.

Geeta Stillwell: Forest Therapy Guide

In this podcast, Scott discusses his experience with Geeta learning to become a forest therapy guide. Geeta also shares her story, explaining how she became a forest therapy guide and the philosophy and practice behind it.

Ben Page: Forest Therapy Guide

Ben Page is a Forest Therapy Guide and Trainer with the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy. He’s just published his first book, “Healing Trees,” has Founded a School and thinks deeply about his and all human relationships with the Earth. Scott was inspired to interview Ben after completing his own Forest Therapy Guide training.

The Art of the Possible: Addressing climate change

In this podcast, Scott addresses his perceptions and actions on climate change, one of the most pressing issues of our time. He discusses how each of us can cope with it and take action as individuals. We need to combat governmental and corporate inaction on climate change, which can come from each and every one of you.

Natasha Mahendran: Human rights in malaysia

Natasha Mahendran is an Australian, currently based in Malaysia. She works in Human Rights and International Development and is currently with the Earthworm Foundation on the supply chains of many big companies.

Chris Langwallner: Founder and CEO of WhatIF Foods

Chris Langwallner is the Founder and CEO of WhatIF Foods - The company addresses the paradoxical existence of hunger, obesity, micronutrient deficiencies and the destruction of our planet – what is known as the Nutritional Paradox. Chris and Scott discuss WhatIF Foods, the Nutritional Paradox, and life in general.

Tina Talbot: Children’s author

Tina Talbot is a children's author who is based in the UK. Her stories are based around nature and the environment, where she aims to "give nature a voice". In this podcast, Tina describes how she became an author, and why she writes about nature.

Welcome to the pond: A conversation with Julien Troussier

Scott Poynton and Julien Troussier have a conversation about a new community that they have set up, The Pond. Welcome to The Pond! what does The Pond mean to the co-hosts, and what can it do to help you?

Boris Gojanovic

Boris Gojanovic is a sports doctor at the Swiss Olympic Medical Centre in Geneva. Boris talks us through his life, his journey to becoming a doctor, and his relationship with well-being.

Manoj Krishna: Human wisdom

Manoj Krishna is the founder of the Human Wisdom Program, based in the UK. The project aims to transform individual lives and make the world a better place, by enabling people to understand themselves and how their minds work, since so many problems first begin in our thinking.

MICHAEL FISCHER: CHANGE-MAKING AND THE MOVEMBER FOUNDATION

Michael Fischer, a very good friend of mine, is the Country Manager at the Movember Foundation in Europe. Today, Michael tells us about the Movember Foundation's role as a change-maker, and how they go about making changes to the face of men's health.

Heloise Buckland: Storing Carbon, Supporting Livelihoods

Heloise Buckland is co-Founder and CEO of Husk. Husk, working out of Cambodia, improves small farmers' livelihoods by transforming rice husk into biochar products to regenerate soils, increase yields and capture carbon.

Florian Reber: riding for the climate

Florian Reber, a Swiss-German political scientist, sustainability advisor and climate change specialist left the office and discovered true innovation in climate change on two wheels, riding thousands of kilometres across the Alps and in the US.

Alban Mayne: What is essential is invisible to the eye

Alban joined me on the Big Walk across Switzerland in August 2019. There he learned again to slow down, to hear the rain falling on the leaves of trees, to breathe, to marvel at the beauty of the small things. He was reminded that what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Jacques Nollet: From Tech To Trees on Big Walk 2019

Jacques Nollet is a Senior Exec in a French Tech firm. He works crazy hours and struggles to find time to wind down. Jacques came on the Big Walk in August 2019 and here, in French, shares his impressions of how time in the trees helped him get back to himself.

Kat BrucE: Scientist & Entrepeneur

Dr Kat Bruce, is the Founder and CEO of NatureMetrics, mixing the rigour of science with the drive of being a young entrepreneur. Kat shares the story of her journey to science and everything about NatureMetrics’ funky new technology to help protect biodiversity.

Anne-Marie Hunsaker: I believe My Pain

Anne-Marie is an inspiring and truly courageous human being deeply connected to Mother Earth. She shares her battle with shame, growing up in a conservative religious community and finding her way after a terrible experience.

Robyn Tyner: Inspiring Teacher

Robyn is a truly inspiring teacher. I talk to Robyn about the International Baccalaureate Diploma but more interestingly, his life and background that bought him to be the teacher he is today.

John Watkin: Cleansing Heart and Soul In Nature

John Watkin had a great job and belonged. He was doing what he loved, had great purpose and was well rewarded which included being sponsored to do a study tour to Harvard Business School. Then he was made redundant.

Scott Williams: Running For Life

Scott, my Big Walk walking buddy, shares his love for running marathons, his family and what it means to get to the starting line.

Tony Rinaudo: The Man who inspired others to grow trees

Tony Rinaudo is a humble Australian who has changed, for the better, millions of people's lives. He stumbled upon a way to get trees back into the dry, barren landscapes of Sahelian Africa and 20 years on, he’s been responsible for the reforestation of more than 5 millions hectares in Niger alone.

Tony Rinaudo is a humble Australian who has changed, for the better, millions of people's lives. He stumbled upon a way to get trees back into the dry, barren landscapes of Sahelian Africa and 20 years on, he's been responsible for the reforestation of more than 5 millions hectares in Niger alone.

Humanity: What to do? Finding a way forward

We're failing to end deforestation. Blaming companies isn't working. We need to speak to each other, to work together.

Luca’s stories: A little story about my son, Luca

A follow up to the "Broken Boys" Podcast which I did in February, which reminded me of the stories my youngest son, Luca, wrote for some of his school projects. Here are his stories.

Roisin Mortimer: role of values in No Deforestation policies

Roisin Mortimer, a TFT colleague, completed a Masters of Agro Ecology in 2017. Her thesis explored the role of values in the origination, formulation and implementation of No Deforestation Policies (NDPs).

Broken Boys: A reflection on what's happening with boys

A personal reflection on the recent tragic shooting in the US and a New York Times Op ED on the subject. Why is it that it's always boys?

Worms for Peace: Podcast update from the West Bank

A follow-up episode from “Global Worming”. Sara Moledor and Julien Troussier let me know how the Worm Project in Palestine was going. Using a waste management problem, and a few worms, they are trying to figure out a solution to the soil degradation issue.

Walk sew good: The story of Megan O'Malley and Gab Murphy

Megan O'Malley and Gab Murphy set out on a mission in 2017/18 to walk across 4 SE Asian countries to raise awareness of sustainable fashion - they wanted to know who made their clothes. Listen to their story to hear about all of the great experiences they had.

Hilary Thompson: Strength and Guts

Hilary Thompson has dedicated her life to looking behind the products we see on the shelves. She has focused on environmental practices such as no-deforestation, and primarily focuses on labour practices and exploitation issues.

Sarah Mortimer: Teaching in Nature in the Aussie bush. Call of the red dirt

Sarah Mortimer is an early childhood educator in the Punmu community. Sarah bases her teachings to the children in this very remote area in Western Australia around Nature-Pedagogy, a program based around the human connection to nature.

John Deighan: A passion to teach

John Deighan is a teacher at the International School of Geneva, who is responsible for bringing guest speakers to the school to talk to the students. These speakers bring great insights and life experiences to share at the school.

Toby Webb: Palm oil sustainability, partnerships vs lawsuits, and agritech

In the latest episode of the Poynton, Webb dialogue on all things sustainable the pair discuss: the decision to disband the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge, IPOP; IOI's decision to abandon their lawsuit against the RSPO, Resolute's decision to keep suing Green

Daniel Klein: FOunder of the perennial plate

Daniel Klein is the Founder of The Perennial Plate, a documentary series focusing on sustainable food. What I love about The Perennial Plate films is that they don’t judge the people they’re filming. They don’t try to force a message down your throat; they’re gentle. They just show their subjects’ way of life and I believe this is profoundly important, profoundly beautiful in fact.

enviva podcasts

Scott interviews the Enviva team to get their stories, and find out what inspires them and what is their biggest disappointment.

Sara Moledor: global worming

In this Podcast, Global Worming, Sara Moledor discusses the importance of worms in a modern world. We're starting a project to introduce worm farming to Palestine and Sara is helping us. Hear Sara's experience after a recent visit to the West Bank and learn more about the thinking behind earthworms in Palestine

Briony Taylor: inspiring teacher

Briony Taylor teaches Class 1 students at the La Chataigneraie Campus of the International School of Geneva. A few years back, Briony and I introduced worm farming to the 5-year-olds and now over 600 students in the Primary Campus are interacting with worms.

Letizia & David savin: Hosts At Plan de la Tour, Agriturismo, Cogne Italy

Letizia Savin and her son David the hosts for Earthworm's recent gathering at Plan de la Tour, Agriturismo, Cogne Italy talk to Scott Poynton and Julien Troussier about their work, their lives and their inspiration.

Pierre Fonjallaz: Biodynamic Winemaker

Scott Poynton talks with biodynamic winemaker Pierre Fonjallaz about his winemaking practice on the hills beside Lake Leman, Switzerland. Pierre talks about the motivations to change his approach, his new 5000-year timeline for sustainability, and his discovery how - as he started implementing biodynamic processes - that he began to learn from the land and the plants about other aspects of life.

Next Victim Please: Third and final Podcast from my trip to India

"Next Victim Please" is the third and final Podcast from my trip to India. This time I find out: Who are the hardy souls working to help people and plant trees in rural India?

Krishan Rao: On the Trail of the Sheesham Tree

The second podcast in the series from India after Stone Voices. I share it with you here so that you can learn more about Krishan and the tree planting project we do together.

People Planet Profit: A look at Nestlé’s Responsible Sourcing Studio in Thailand

People Planet Profit - A look at Nestlé’s Responsible Sourcing Studio in Thailand. Scott's insights after participating in a week-long induction for Nestlé's new Responsible Sourcing Team, led by Benjamin Ware.

stone voices: a glimpse into the global stone supply chain

In this podcast, Scott Poynton interviews several Indian villagers who work in the stone industry, aiming to learn more about global stone supply chains. With the help of NGOs, these villagers are striving, but they need more help from the developed world.

Julien Troussier: Reconnecting in a hypernormal world

Julien Troussier, co-founder of the Earthworm Foundation, on Adam Curtis's documentary Hypernormalisation.

klaus lackner: getting carbon out of the atmosphere

Professor Klaus Lacker is Director of the Center for Negative Carbon Emissions at Arizona State University. Here he describes the urgent need to take carbon out of the atmosphere and his research into ways to do it effectively and efficiently.

lorinda jane: the founder of Palm oil investigations

Lorinda Jane is founder and CEO of Australian NGO, Palm Oil Investigations. POI was founded in 2013 and has amassed a huge following on Facebook, which has now branched out into an eco-store for sustainable products.

barbara reid: in the circle of trust

Barbara Reid came to TFT in Switzerland to lead the Circle of Trust, an idea developed by Parker Palmer in the US. Barbara is the only trained facilitator of the Circle of Trust concept in Europe.

jeremy goon: wilmar international’s cheif sustainability officer

Jeremy Goon is the Cheif Sustainability Officer at Wilmar International, a TFT member since 2013. We have had a great experience working with each other in the past. Today he shares his difficulties implementing Wilmar's no-deforestation policy through its supply chains.

jesslyne widjaja: a chat about no deforestation palm oil

Jesslyne Widjaja is the Chair of the Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) Sustainability Committee, Indonesia's largest Palm Oil company. Jesslyne has a background in Finance, and only recently became involved in sustainability, who is helping GAR meet its sustainability goals.

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