“We talk about ‘throwing something away’, but there is no ‘away’. There is only here.”

- Michael Kennard. 

In this episode we speak with inspiring grassroots ChangeMaker Michael Kennard, founder of community composting business Compost Club, based in the Brighton and Lewes area of East Sussex, UK.

Compost Club is a social enterprise with a focus on soil regeneration, food waste emissions reduction and education. Their mission is to introduce as many people as possible to the world of composting and the many benefits it brings to our soil, air quality and water systems.

Michael comes from humble beginnings and has always been interested in the environment - his mum called him her “little eco-warrior”. Michael has been very open about his struggles with anxiety, and after years of feeling like he was sleepwalking through life, he went through what he describes as a “spiritual awakening” that revealed to him how everything is interconnected. This helped him reconnect to the natural world, rediscovering his passion for soil health and stewarding natural processes to bring about change.

As well as talking about Compost Club, we discuss themes of microbiology, spirituality, and education, weaving the connective tissue of life below, upon, and above our earth through the essentialness of good, healthy soil. 

ABOUT THE PODCAST:

The Human Hive Podcast is a podcast for ChangeMakers. We define a ChangeMaker as a person or organisation actively striving to be the difference WITH, not FOR others - which means they work inclusively and collaboratively to solve collective problems, to regenerate People, Place, and Planet.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

The Compost Club: https://www.compostclub.online/

Kiss The Ground: https://youtu.be/64R2MYUt394

A Life On Our Planet: https://youtu.be/64R2MYUt394

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“THIS GOOD EARTH is a film that offers answers to how change can happen, and points the finger at those standing in the way.  It is vital for young people in particular to look into their future.”

-Robert Golden

The Human Hive Podcast is a podcast for Changemakers. We define a Changemaker as a person or organisation actively striving to be the difference WITH, not FOR others - which means they work inclusively and collaboratively to solve collective problems that regenerate People, Place, and Planet.

In this episode we interview changemaker Robert Golden, director and producer of brilliant farming and climate change documentary THIS GOOD EARTH. 

THIS GOOD EARTH is a beautiful, emotional film providing a view of the destruction wrought by the globalised farming system of landscapes, animal and plant species. It talks of the trap farmers are caught in and the life threatening use of man-made fertilizers, toxins and huge soil crushing machinery. It explains the relationship between the long food chain of corporate power, political failures with the resulting rise of obesity, non-communicative diseases, poverty, early deaths, and the denial of basic human rights. And ultimately resulting in the global climate crisis. It’s a hard-hitting film, but also offers hope and possible solutions from a wide range of minds, including bakers, farmers, doctors, scientists, health officials and leading experts on food security, human rights and justice.

About Robert Golden

Robert Golden is an internationally known photographer and documentary film-maker.

In the 80’s and 90’s he was one of the most recognised and successful food and still-life photographers in the world and worked as director and director of photography on 900 television food commercials and two award winning feature films.

From 1999 to 2005, he created two successful television series: Savouring the World and Savouring Europe. These films are good-time stories looking at the food and culture of 26 different regions around the world.

He has since made 50 documentaries. His research into food production, his personal love of food and his care for those who work so hard to produce it, led him to make a second film focused on his home region of West Dorset - THIS GOOD EARTH.

Mentioned in the episode:

Robert Golden: https://robertgoldenpictures.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertgoldenpictures/

THIS GOOD EARTH: https://this-good-earth.com/

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Welcome to The Human Hive Podcast, a show about people actively making a difference, WITH rather than FOR each other. The Human Hive is an ever-growing network of individuals and organisations who want to do things differently, who want to change the world collaboratively, make a sustainable impact and leave a lasting legacy.

In every episode we’ll focus on one of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, humanity’s collective call to action to solve the most pressing problems facing people and planet today. We’ll share how people in our community are addressing those needs right now. And we’ll also give you easy, practical and inexpensive ways to start making a difference yourself, and share our toolkit for getting you from wishing the world was different to making it different.

Enjoy guest interviews with people running their own projects, snippets from our Human Hive school in the Dominican Republic, and listener questions, all focused around a different UN Sustainable Development Goal each time (with a sparkling new episode out every 6-7 weeks).

The Human Hive is a community interest organisation, and we’re all about linking up with others, so we’d love you to get involved! Follow us on socials under @humanhiveglobal, and join our Mighty Network - a private, online community where you can access our courses, trainings and programmes, get involved in projects around the world and meet like-minded people, all involved in Being the Difference wherever they are.

If you want to get your hands dirty taking direct action to solve global problems, join us to get started: https://the-human-hive.mn.co

Thanks for listening! Get out there, Be the Difference and Join the Evolution!

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Podcast Editor: Megan Bay Dorman

Podcast Music by Jim Pinchen

For this special takeover, Human Hive co-founder Darren Abrahams takes the reins and hosts an episode of the art27 ReSounding Podcast! Featuring Jennie Spears & Bemeriki Bisimwa Dusabe.

Art27 is a brilliant platform for artists, arts educators and arts organizations working with refugees and asylum seekers in Europe and beyond. 

Darren has a fascinating conversation with two organizations that use gardening, plants, food, and permaculture to create sustainability and resilience for refugees living in camps in East Africa and Northern Iraq/Kurdistan.

Bemeriki Bisimwa Dusabe is the founder of the Rwamwanja Rural Foundation, working in Uganda to create farming and sustainable food solutions within refugee camps. He is an educator in the field, leading training for young refugees to develop permaculture gardens.

Jennie Spears represents The Lemon Tree Trust, an organization transforming refugee camps in Iraqi Kurdistan by focussing on garden making, cooking, and working with the lands as a practice of security, culture, and community.  

Mentioned in the episode:

Art27

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Lemon Tree Trust

Rwamwanja Rural Foundation

This episode features an excerpt of ‘Permaculture Song’ by the Rwamwanja Rural Foundation   

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“There’s a real element of humility in creating partnerships. There has to be a willingness to hand over control” -Tina Ellen Lee

The Human Hive podcast focuses on change making. And one great way we believe we can make lasting change for people and the planet is through the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

However, achieving these vital goals by 2030 will be very difficult alone. That's why partnerships, no matter how big or small, are so important for making lasting positive change for People, Places, and Planet. 

This episode focuses on the theme of SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals; the aim of which is to strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development. 

During this episode we will hear from special guest Tina Ellen Lee FRSA, Artistic Director of UK based Opera Circus and producer of performing arts projects, youth and community programmes and documentary films.

We also find out how Matilda, a student at The Hive in the Dominican Republic, used partnerships to upcycle second-hand clothing and keep clothes out of landfill. 

Mentioned in the episode: 

Tina Ellen Lee: https://changingthestory.leeds.ac.uk/profiles/tina-ellen-lee-opera-circus/

Opera Circus: https://operacircusuk.com/who-we-are/

Lissa’s upcycled swimwear: https://www.instagram.com/swellkini/?hl=en

Get involved with the Human Hive and start making a difference today!: 

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Podcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman

Introduced by Darren Abrahams

Theme music by Jim Pinchen

“Arts & Culture should never be diminished because of the way it can bring people together, the way it can empower other people, and the way it can spark that dialogue.” Shaniqua Benjamin

The Human Hive podcast focuses on change making. And one great way we believe we can make lasting change for people and planet is through the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

However, we believe there is one SDG missing… Arts and Culture.

Arts and Culture is an incredibly important way for us to facilitate change, both in our own lives and the world around us.

Art brings different people together, enriches our lives, allows means of personal expression, and gives people purpose. And culture weaves itself through every aspect of our lives, helping us to appreciate each other and our diversity.

Join us for our very first takeover episode, hosted by Shaniqua Benjamin, poet, writer, creative workshop facilitator, and Croydon’s first Poet Laureate. She will talk about how Arts & Culture impact society and how they can enhance and complement the SDGs. 

Mentioned in the episode: 

Shaniqua Benjamin

Instagram: @shaniquabenjamin_

Twitter: @ShanqMarie

You can read Shaniqua's poem 'The Village' on Ink, Sweat & Tears

The Complete Freedom of Truth (TCFT): http://thecompletefreedomoftruth.com/

Young People Insight: https://youngpeopleinsight.wordpress.com/

Poetic Insight: Celebration & Moving Forward - watch here

Poetic Insight: Mental Health - watch here

YP Insight Talks Violent Crime - watch here

With thanks to: 

Tina Ellen Lee, Artistic Director of Opera Circus. Tina will be our guest in Episode 6 on SDG 17, Partnerships for the Goals, so stay tuned! 

Our interviewees: Obaida Sharkia, Elena Morina, Daniel Habte, Maria (Mia) Luiza, and Eduardo Zamorano. 

Rosie Russell for the beautiful episode artwork. 

Georgina Rose Swanson, Chetna Kapacee and Robert Golden for our promotional photos used on social media. 

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” - Rumi 

This episode is all about Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 - Responsible Production and Consumption.

Worldwide consumption and production — a driving force of the global economy — rests on the use of the natural environment and resources in a way that continues to have destructive impacts on the planet. In this episode we focus on how to make our consumption and production habits more sustainable. We interview Galia Orme, founder of sustainable cacao company CHOC CHICK, about how she has put sustainability and human rights at the heart of every stage of her business. And we speak to Kate McAllister, Principal of The Hive School and Co-Founder of The Human Hive about the Regenerative Strategy at The Hive.

Galia Orme took her passion for chocolate and founded CHOC CHICK, offering organic raw cacao ingredients, superfood cacao blends, raw chocolate making kits and cacao snacks in over 600 stores worldwide. All CHOC CHICK ingredients are sourced ethically and directly from cooperatives in Ecuador and Peru which Galia has personally visited and developed close relationships with. 

CHOC CHICK organic cacao products can be found online and in over 600 retailers throughout the UK and in over 200 international retailers including; Ocado, Asda, Holland & Barrett (UK, Ireland, Benelux and Sweden), Whole Foods Market UK, Sourced Market, John Lewis Foods Halls, Selfridges, Amnesty International,  Eden Project, Mega Mart (UAE), Spinneys (Dubai), Jones the Grocer (UAE, Saudi Arabia,  Singapore).

Mentioned in the episode:

Galia Orme’s CHOC CHICK

Ocean Clean Up of a trash flood in Guatemala

The Hive School

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Dominican Republic Recording & Editing: Jose Ramon Rodriquez Munoz

Music by Jim Pinchen 

Welcome to episode 3 of the Human Hive podcast, where we're exploring the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.

In this episode we're joined by Amina Krvavac, Executive Director of the War Childhood Museum in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina. Amina shares the history of the museum, the focus of it’s work and how they are working internationally towards resolving SDG16.

For more information on the museum visit https://warchildhood.org and follow them on Instagram.

If you’d like a step by step guide to becoming a change maker yourself, take our online course How To Make A Difference for the special podcast discounted price of $49.99 by following this link:  https://the-human-hive.mn.co/plans/183458?bundle_token=e50f8da256806fe2ee798b7f6f4f8957

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Thanks for listening! Get out there, Be the Difference and Join the Evolution!

Episode Host: Darren Abrahams

Producer & Editor: Megan Bay Dorman

Dominican Republic Recording & Editing: Jose Ramon Rodriquez Munoz

Music by Jim Pinchen