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How We Change the World

The mission at How We Change the World is to inspire the kind of hope that leads to action toward solving the many global challenges unique to the times in which we live. We’ll do that in by engaging in conversations with people making progress in the areas of climate change, poverty, health, governance, social justice, animal welfare, preserving the natural world, and so much more. We’ll talk to people around the world who are engaged at all levels of action, from scientists to political leaders,

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01:07:31

Your Plate, Your Fate: How Dr. Rosane Oliveira is...

How We Change the World ·

2023/11/22

Full Show Notes, Photos and More... What if the food on your plate could talk to your genes? Dr. Rosane Oliveira unravels this fascinating interplay, showing how our everyday choices can significantly impact our genetic expression and overall health and longevity. As the founder of the Integrative Medicine department at UC Davis and President and CEO of the Plant-Based Life Foundation, Dr. Oliveira is at the helm of a movement that's redefining healthcare. Discover how she's merging

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01:04:59

Jennifer Jewell: Unearthing the Significance of Seeds...

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2023/11/15

⁠SEE FULL SHOW NOTES AND BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS ON OUR WEBSITE Author of the new book, What We Sow: On the Personal, Ecological, and Cultural Significance of Seeds, Jennifer Jewell reveals the power of seeds in our world "for food, for medicine, for utility, for the vast interconnected web we include in the concept of biodiversity and planetary health, for beauty, and for culture.” In her role as host of the award-winning NPR radio show and podcast, Cultivating Place, Jennifer strives to help

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01:05:48

The Future is in the Fields: Cultivating Creativity &...

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2023/11/08

⁠See full episode notes, links & photos on our website. Lisa Fingleton is an artist, filmmaker, writer and grower of organic fruits and vegetables. From her home on a nineteen-acre organic farm and native woodland on the west coast of Ireland, Lisa is a prime example of one who thinks globally and acts locally. Through her art projects, films and books, Lisa cultivates seamless connections between art, food and farming in a project called ⁠The Barna Way⁠. The Barna Way is a mindset, an

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00:04:08

Racing Extinction: The Film Exposing the Hidden World...

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2023/11/01

WATCH THE FILM RACING EXTINCTION This week, on How We Change the World, we're taking a brief pause from our usual interviews to bring you something distinct, eye-opening, and incredibly impactful: a special on-demand screening of the groundbreaking documentary, Racing Extinction. "When you're talking about losing all of nature, it's not a spectator sport anymore." - Director Louie Psihoyos Directed by the Oscar®-winning director Louie Psihoyos, the brilliant mind behind

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01:05:46

Remaking a World in Crisis: The WECAN story with...

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2023/10/25

See full episode notes, links & photos on our website. Walking among the giant redwood trees near her home, Osprey Orielle Lake had a moment in 2009 that changed the trajectory of her life and her work. Frustrated by the lackluster results of that year’s COP 15 Climate Change talks in Copenhagen, Osprey decided to commit her life help protect the earth for future generations. She has not only kept that commitment, but has also helped transform the face of climate activism by elevating women’s

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00:53:53

Avery Bang on Engineering, Entrepreneurship, and...

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2023/10/18

See Full Show Notes Photos and More Links In 2006, fresh from graduate school with degrees in Business and Geotechnical Engineering, Avery Bang couldn’t wait to go out and save the world. Her business and engineering knowledge combined with her passion for social justice had her chomping at the bit, searching for a problem she could solve. After fifteen years serving as CEO of Bridges to Prosperity, Avery now serves as a Principal at the highly-respected Mulago Foundation, helping social

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00:59:34

Dr. Caleigh Campbell: How Physical Therapy is...

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2023/10/11

See full show notes and photos for this and all episodes here. Dr. Caleigh Campbell chose to practice a specialty still unknown to many women and even to other doctors, though its results are simple, effective, and often life-changing: pelvic floor physical therapy. While practitioners of the field are still few, demand is growing rapidly as more and more women understand the benefits that span a lifetime. "It's a very intimate subject, and most people don't talk about it at all. And

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01:15:02

Polar Ambassadors: At the Heart of Climate Change...

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2023/10/04

“As a polar ambassador, think it's important that people know about how important these areas in the end of the world are on the North Pole, South Pole, the ice caps, the cryospheres, the white parts of our earth. I think that's a knowledge that I and Sunniva are trying to spread through our mission and our movement.” -- ⁠Hilde Fålun Strøm SEE PHOTOS AND FULL SHOW NOTES ON OUR WEBSITE: https://www.howwechangetheworld.co/episodes Though many imagine the North Pole perennially covered in snow,

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01:13:26

Project I See You: Helping Women Buy Homes & Build...

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2023/09/27

SEE FULL SHOW NOTES AND PHOTOS ON OUR WEBSITE: https://www.howwechangetheworld.co/episodes When a church mission led Mercy Tucker and her husband to take their four year-old and 18 month-old children to live in a barrio in the Dominican Republic, some very real truths emerged. The greatest of these was observing the utter lack of resources available to young, single, poor mothers who lacked even the most basic housing. Yet somehow these young women used any scraps or resources to construct the most

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01:13:43

The Holistic Warrior: Dr. Ed Tick on Healing PTSD...

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2023/09/20

SEE FULL SHOW NOTES ON OUR WEBSITE As a novice therapist in who had yet to earn his doctorate, Ed Tick was at a loss of how to treat the wounded Viet Nam vets coming to get help with their war trauma. The year was 1976. PTSD—Post Traumatic Stress Disorder—would not be identified as a behavioral disorder for another four years. But Ed already knew from hearing their stories that no matter how the presenting issue would be diagnosed, the men were suffering from soul wounds. “Stress disorder

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01:13:11

Democracy in Peril: Israelis Push Back on Threat of...

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2023/09/13

In this episode, we explore the current, ongoing struggle to preserve democracy in Israel. SEE FULL SHOW NOTES & PHOTOS ON OUR WEBSITE Dr. Raed Mualem⁠ and ⁠Dr. Shaul Gabbay⁠, both citizens of Israel, are my guests today. They discuss the very real danger of a precipitous fall into authoritarianism in their country. Along with millions of other Israelis, they are strongly rejecting this shocking development. Both professors are highly educated and well-informed of the situation, and offer their

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01:14:41

Equality Under Siege: Lauren Y Casteel on the...

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2023/09/06

My special guest is Lauren Y. Casteel, community thought leader and President and CEO of The Women’s Foundation of Colorado, a non-profit community foundation focusing on gender, racial, and economic equity. Lauren has been outspoken in her criticism of the recent Supreme Court Decision of Students for Fair Admissions v. President & Fellows of Harvard College that struck down years of legal precedent that allowed colleges to use affirmative action as part of their admissions decisions. “This

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01:05:55

Sunniva Sorby: How a Polar Explorer Uses Citizen...

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2023/08/30

In 1993, Sunniva Sorby was part of the first all-women expedition team to ski across Antarctica to the South Pole. That history-making journey kicked off a thirty-year career of wilderness adventure that eventually transformed Sunniva into a citizen scientist conducting climate change research in the Antarctic and Arctic regions. (SEE FULL SHOW NOTES & PHOTOS: https://www.howwechangetheworld.co/episodes) In this episode, Sunniva describes her nineteen-month overwinter in a remote trapper’s

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01:06:26

#33 | Nature's Warning: Kristina Marusic on the...

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2023/08/23

In this episode, I had the privilege of engaging in an enlightening conversation with the award-winning environmental reporter and author, Kristina Marusic. Our discussion delved deep into the heart of her groundbreaking book, "A New War on Cancer: Unlikely Heroes Revolutionizing Prevention". See Full Show Notes at How We Change the World Website In this episode we discuss: • The critical role of environmental journalists and writers to translate scientific findings into jargon lay people

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00:44:50

Help in Maui: Mobilizing Medical Aid with Teresa Gray...

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2023/08/16

With medical facilities in Lahaina entirely decimated along with more than 2200 other structures––nearly the entire town––Mobile Medics International is not only responding to medical needs of the displaced population who are reeling from a massive loss of life along with their homes, they are also preparing to restore ongoing medical help to serve this population who are grieving and in shock. ⁠CLICK HERE TO SEE FULL SHOW NOTES “Honestly, every disaster we've ever responded to, I would guess

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00:54:15

Reviving Hopes in Pakistan: Empowering Women,...

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2023/08/09

Mike and Robin Gordon founded Shining Light International to empower women, educate children, and bring hope to the destitute, isolated populations of Northern Pakistan. SEE FULL SHOW NOTES AND PHOTOS ON OUR WEBSITE Twenty-two years since its inception, Shining Light's influence is gauged not solely by the thousands of lives it has elevated through tangible enhancements such as heightened literacy rates and household incomes. It is also evaluated by the intangible advantages of elevated dignity,

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01:05:36

Survivor-Driven Change: Thomas Keown's Long Game...

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2023/08/02

Fifteen years ago Thomas Keown was working as a journalist in NYC when, on vacation, he stumbled upon children suffering from injustice, poverty and indignity in the slums of Kenya. Appalled by the magnitude of suffering, he founded Many Hopes to create systemic change, and fifteen years later he is expanding his efforts globally. Believing that children who have survived abusive lives of slavery, trafficking, or destitution can become powerful agents of change, Thomas and his team designed Many

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01:03:49

Empowering Moms in a Challenging World: The Channel...

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2023/07/26

GET TICKETS TO ACCELEBRATE! CHANNEL MOM'S ANNUAL FUNDRAISER AT BANDIMERE SPEEDWAY! JULY 27TH AT 5 PM Jenny Dean is a remarkable woman with a passion for supporting mothers from all walks of life. As the founder and director of Channel Mom, Jenny used lessons from her own challenges as a new mom to create an outreach program that provides financial, spiritual, and practical assistance to moms from the suburbs to homeless shelters to prison cells. Through a range of community-based programs,

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01:06:42

Redefining Fashion: Leanne Mai-ly Hilgart on the Rise...

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2023/07/19

Meet ethical entrepreneur Leanne Mai-ly Hilgart, founder of Humans We Love, a company specializing in high-couture, ethically created wedding gowns, dresses, jewelry and more. Drawing on her own artistic talent, her career as a high-fashion model in Hong Kong, her MBA and her lifelong activism protecting animals, Leanne first took the plunge in 2011 to fill a need she saw no one else filling––ethically made high-fashion outerwear warm enough for Chicago winters, using zero animal products, and

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01:09:46

The Quadruple Win: Vikas Garg on abillion’s...

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2023/07/05

In this week's episode we meet Vikas Garg, the Singapore-based founder and CEO of a unique and transformative business and app named "abillion." In 2017, after spending thirteen years in the finance industry directing billion-dollar portfolios and hedge funds, Vikas Garg pivoted to helping make the world better for everyone. Using his vast knowledge of data analysis, algorithms, finance, and plant-based nutrition, Vikas developed an app that would create meaningful social change. His

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