Leading with Social Impact

Listen to the latest episode developed in collaboration with Ashoka Changemaker Summit 2022. In this episode we talk to the founder of This Ability, an organisation whose mission is ''to advance the rights and inclusion of women and girls with disabilities in Kenya''.

This Ability - https://www.this-ability.org/
Ashoka Changemaker Summit 2022 - https://www.ashoka.org/en-us/event/ashoka-changemaker-...

Listen to the latest episode developed in collaboration with Ashoka Changemaker Summit 2022. In this episode we talk to the founder of Chayn, an organisation which helps victims of gender based violence by providing them the right information and support. Their resources help you spot abuse, collect evidence, stay safe, get well and connect to local services.

Chayn - https://www.chayn.co/
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Listen to the latest episode developed in collaboration with Ashoka Changemaker Summit 2022. In this episode we talk to the founder of Advance Peace, DeVone Boggan who support in interrupting gun violence in American urban neighbourhoods by providing transformational opportunities to young men involved in lethal firearm offences.

Advance Peace - https://www.advancepeace.org
Ashoka Changemaker Summit 2022 - https://www....

Listen to the latest episode developed in collaboration with Ashoka Changemaker Summit 2022. In this episode we talk to the founder of Touché, Marjan Gryson who is helping us to harness the fuel of anger to get things done, changed or improved.

Touché - https://vzwtouche.be/en/organization
Ashoka Changemaker Summit 2022 - https://www.ashoka.org/en-us/event/ashoka-changemaker-summit-2022

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Over the past 10 months, we continued developing the Nordic Changemaker Map initiative: shedding light on the voices and experiences of more than 500 changemakers, mapping the ecosystem and discovering the challenges and strengths from the field.

🎙️ Today, we are proud to share our new podcast episode developed in collaboration with Leading with Social Impact, in which Emma Lindgren - @AshokaNordic and Nicklas Wallberg - @ReachForC...

Since 2001, Ashoka East Africa has built an incredible network of leading East Africa Social Entrepreneurs. Our commitment to build an Everyone a Changemaker (EACH) world has seen us achieve a series of milestones over the last 20 years. In celebration of this and 20 years of Ashoka East Africa, we are spotlighting some of the incredible changemakers in East Africa. Listen to our FIRST podcast from the Inspiring Clare Wavamunno, As...

Listen to our latest podcast episode developed in collaboration with Ashoka Nordic and hear from the inspiring Nordic Fellow and founder of Ignitia AB, Liisa Smits, as well as the Lead Partnership and Program Manager of the #Dela Programme, Stella Printezi. In this episode, Liisa explains her changemaking journey and unique insights on accelerator programs like Dela - a systems change global accelerator co-created by Ashoka and IKE...

Have you ever wondered, how is the life in Antarctica? Whenever we look at documentaries about the diverse marine life like humpback whales, penguins, sea lions, orcas in Antarctica, we are awestruck and wonder how it must feel like to see it in-person. With the immediate challenge of climate change, the research work there has become even more important. How is climate change impacting the marine life?  

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Collaborative Systems Change is the way forward. Welcome to our fourth episode of the special podcast series developed in collaboration with Ashoka Nordic. In this episode, we present you to the award-winning and leading social entrepreneur Jeroo Billimoria. Jeroo is the founder of many successful social ventures and has been in the field for 40 years. 

Catalyst 2030 - https://catalyst2030.net
One Family Foundation - h...

Desertification is one of the biggest challenges we are facing in the world. We are currently losing 12 million hectares of arable land every year due to this problem. This is about 23 hectares per minute! And 30% of all world's agricultural land is already highly degraded. Dams and man-made lakes are some of the main reasons for land degradation in fragile alluvium ecosystems. More than 42% of the world’s dams will face silta...

“Be unreasonable and be fair” – A call for future #changemakers. Welcome to our third episode of @AshokaNordic special podcast series, developed in collaboration with @Ashoka Nordic. In our third episode, we present you to our inspiring Nordic Fellow Thorkil Sonne as well as to the European Leader of Ashoka, Marie Ringler.
Thorkil is the founder of @Specialisterne and @Specialisterne Foundation, working to achieve long-lasting...

We are living in a world where mental health is growing to become as important as physical health. But it is not always easy to seek help for mental health due to various reasons like social stigma, unavailability of resources, cost etc. Moreover, COVID 19 has had an adverse impact on people's well being which makes it even more important to provide valuable resources to help overcome these challenges. 

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Floating pollutants, debris, oil and sludge etc. are quite challenging to separate from the water surface. Starting from the industrial segment to the waste water treatment plants, everyone is looking for robust solutions for this problem. Most of the present solutions out there are either labour and energy intensive or takes a lot of time. Moreover, if done properly the floating waste like sludge can be reused to make biogas or fe...

Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. There definitely has been some progress over the last years but no where it is even close to achieving the UN Goals. The UN Policy brief on "The Impact of COVID-19 on Women" mentions that the outbreak exacerbates existing inequalities for women and girls across the sphere - from health and th...

Welcome to our second special episode of a podcast series developed in collaboration with Ashoka Nordic. Today, @Ashoka Fellow and founder of @Shifo, Rustam Nabiev, together with @Ashoka’s Vice President and initiator of the global initiative @Making More Health, Arnaud Mourot, reflect on why social entrepreneurs are relevant partners for big businesses to innovate differently and ensure a global and sustainable healthcare access. ...

Plant based solutions for carbon sequestration are one of the ways to solve the planet pollution and tackle climate change. We all have definitely at some point come across Bamboo or its products. Bamboo, the fastest growing plant in the world acts as a natural carbon sequester and can be handcrafted to make various products.  Companies can invest in this plant based solution which not only helps them to reach their net zero target...

Women social entrepreneurs are leading innovative and inspirational models for change around the globe (world icon). As the world celebrates #InternationalWomensDay, we are proud to launch our first special episode of a podcast series developed in collaboration with Ashoka Nordic. In this first episode, Sofia Appelgren - leading female social entrepreneur, Ashoka Fellow and founder of MittLiv - reflects on her Changemaking journey,...

Today, construction and real estate industry already does a lot to reduce its climate impact. The processes and material used for construction is already energy efficient and the waste is recycled. But when it comes to transport to and from the properties, there is still a lot to do. It is estimated that by 2050 almost 68% of world's population will be living in urban cities. Even with the urban planning solutions like "1...

When satellite was launched more than 50 years ago, no one new how much impact it would have in all aspects of our lives. There are various input factors that affect the farming which includes use of nitrogen based fertilisers, irrigation and adverse climatic conditions. The farmers face the challenges to quickly adapt to these changing conditions which in turn leads to over use of certain resources having adverse affect on the cli...