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Virginijus Sinkevičius EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries

Virginijus Sinkevičius EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries

 Andrea Macdonald founder of ideaXme interviews Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries. The EU Commission: The Commission helps to shape the EU’s overall strategy, proposes new EU laws and policies, monitors their implementation and manages the EU budget. It also plays a significant role in supporting international development and […]

Philip Lymbery, CEO Compassion in World Farming, CIWF. Credit: CIWF

Compassion in World Farming: Protecting Animals, People and Planet

 Ira Pastor, CEO Bioquark and ideaXme life sciences ambassador, interviews award-winning author Philip Lymbery, CEO of Compassion in World Farming. Ira Pastor Comments: Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) is a campaigning and lobbying animal welfare organization which campaigns against the live export of animals, certain methods of livestock slaughter, and all systems of factory farming. […]

Dr. Frank D. Marks, MS, ScD, Director of Hurricane Research Division, at NOAA. Photo credit: NOAA.

Hurricanes: Evolution, Risk Reduction, Tracking and Simulation

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Dr. Frank D. Marks, MS, ScD, Director of Hurricane Research Division, at NOAA. Hurricanes and climate disasters Ira Pastor comments: Weather and climate disasters affect the world’s population. The total approximate cost of damages from weather and climate disasters in the U.S. alone from […]

Sir John Hegarty co-founder of BBH and founder of The Garage Soho

Sir John Hegarty: The Power of Creativity

Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme interviews Sir John Hegarty. Sir John Hegarty, co-founder of global advertising and communications company BBH (Bartle Bogle Hegarty) and founder of The Garage Soho, Investment Company is one of the world’s most awarded and respected creatives in history. He has written 2 best-selling books with a possible third in the […]

Christoph Promberger, Executive Director, Foundation Conservation Carpathia

Saving Carpathia, a Vast Wilderness in the Heart of Europe

 Karen Potter, Director of Sustainability Hub and ideaXme sustainability ambassador interviews Christoph Promberger, Executive Director, M.Sc, at Foundation Conservation Carpathia (FCC). Karen Potter comments: In 2009, the Foundation Conservation Carpathia (FCC) was founded by a dozen international philanthropists and conservationists with the goal to stop illegal logging and to protect a significant surface of Carpathian forests […]

Efe Ezekiel

The Great Reset: New Hope for the Youth?

Tali Ramsey, ideaXme guest interviewer and society, culture and youth commentator interviews Efe Ezekiel, BEM, Youth Mentor, Inspirational Speaker and Founder of Youth Mentoring Company, Ushine Ishine. Crises Are Times for Transformation We’ve reached a global tipping point. “Unless we take the action necessary and we build in a greener and more sustainable and more […]

Credit: ISEAL Sustainability

Patrick Mallet, Co-founder ISEAL: Crisis, Creativity and Sustainability

 Karen Potter, Director of Sustainability Hub and ideaXme sustainability ambassador interviews Patrick Mallet the Director of Innovations, ISEAL. Karen Potter comments: Climate change has become a defining issue of our era, particularly as it involves direct behavioural change from individuals, companies, and governments: everybody needs to play their part. But where and how do […]

Paula Owens PhD

Paula Owen: What Effect Will Covid-19 Have on Climate Change?

Karen Potter, director of Sustainability Hub and ideaXme sustainability ambassador interviews Paula Owen, Ph.D., Founder and CEO of Green Gumption and Director and Chief Fun Officer at Eco Action Games. Karen Potter comments: On 1 May 2019, the UK Government declared a climate emergency. It recognised that climate change was the biggest threat facing us […]

Dr. Renard Siew

Future Proof Our Planet: Dr. Renard Siew

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Renard Siew, Climate Change Advisor with the Centre for Governance and Political Studies in Kuala Lumpur. Today, we are going to be talking about Sustainability and Climate Change; two topics that have really come to the public forefront in recent months, and which […]

Sam Illingworth, Credit: Sam Illingworth

A Sonnet to Science: Dr. Sam Illingworth

Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme, interviews Dr Sam Illingworth, PhD Atmospheric Physics, Senior Lecturer in Science Communication at Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK. Dr Illingworth is a “poet scientist” who believes that poetry is a powerful tool to communicate and explore science. He is passionate about encouraging the cross fertilisation of ideas from one […]