Solitaire Townsend is the 'Chief Solutionist' at Futerra, the organisation she founded.
Futerra helps companies work towards a sustainable future. Solitaire gave herself that job title because she says if she’s “not serving solutions every day, by default that means she’s serving destruction.”
Solitaire became involved in sustainability action aged thirteen, when she saw a flyer on her school bus saying a nuclear processing company was planning to build near her hometown. After a successful local opposition campaign, she was converted to the business of change making.
In this episode she talks to Sarah about working with the world's largest bakery, helping F1 make a commitment to Net Zero and the challenges she faced at the start of her career.
She also talks about how crucial storytelling is to her work, ahead of the publication of her first novel Godstorm, described as a ‘gladiatrix adventure’ set in a petrol-fuelled Roman Empire.
Solitaire has already published The Happy Hero – a book about how to feel good by doing good – and The Solutionists – a handbook for businesses to help create a more sustainable society.
Sustainable Matters is a podcast series full of solutions and optimism for a more sustainable world, brought to you by the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP): transforming the world today for a sustainable future.
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