Ree-thinking Sustainability

Aaron’s passion in life is trying to help influence how large complex businesses can function better. He is a public policy professional, with particular interest in planning, futures, technology governance and organisation of complex systems. Outside work he has published poetry, teaches multi-disciplinary university courses on policy and leadership, and volunteers in community building, inter-faith dialogue and youth development. Aaron shares his views and insights on data, insights, technology at large and some of the threats they can pose to society on a geopolitical level. How do we regulate tech in a responsible way without eliminating the advantages it presents? Aaron generously shares his foresight observations in this episode - governments take note.  This episode was recorded at the Dubai Future Forum, the world’s largest gathering of futurists organized by Dubai Future Foundation. Gathering more than 2,500 global experts from diverse future-focused fields at the Museum of the Future to discuss the most pressing matters that shape tomorrow.  Follow Us  Instagram: reethinking_sustainability  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mccabeandpartners LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reecycle-app/   Our Hosts  https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmccabe1/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-maniam-a86a842/ 

Continuing on from our previous episode with Ricardo, we sit down with two more UNICEF fellows, Norhan and Iman, who co-created the Youth Future Foresights Playbook. Both share some great insights into the challenge of putting such a mammoth project together and how diverse perspectives of youth in North Africa and Sub Saharan Africa are incorporated. This groundbreaking initiative has been created to build youth engagement capacities, to find tangible opportunities for meaningful youth engagement, and to inspire young people. It is also intended for those who work with young people, to not only embrace foresight methods and tools but to make them accessible, thereby fostering a collaborative environment where youth are engaged as equal partners in shaping all our futures.   This episode was recorded at the Dubai Future Forum, the world’s largest gathering of futurists organized by Dubai Future Foundation. Gathering more than 2,500 global experts from diverse future-focused fields at the Museum of the Future to discuss the most pressing matters that shape tomorrow.   Follow Us   Instagram: reethinking_sustainability   Our Hosts   https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmccabe1/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nourhan-badr-el-din/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/1manbashir/   

Ricardo Guzman is a Sustainable Development Engineer at heart. Originally from Honduras, he has dedicated his time and research to development, sustainability, climate change mitigation and decarbonisation. He is a decarbonisation leader and promoter of climate action empowerment in Honduras and has been working with UNICEF to cocreate the UNICEF Youth Foresight Playbook. This groundbreaking initiative has been created to build youth engagement capacities, to find tangible opportunities for meaningful youth engagement, and to inspire young people. It is also intended for those who work with young people, to not only embrace foresight methods and tools but to make them accessible, thereby fostering a collaborative environment where youth are engaged as equal partners in shaping all our futures.  This episode was recorded at the Dubai Future Forum, the world’s largest gathering of futurists organized by Dubai Future Foundation. Gathering more than 2,500 global experts from diverse future-focused fields at the Museum of the Future to discuss the most pressing matters that shape tomorrow.  Follow Us  Instagram: reethinking_sustainability  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ree-thinking-sustainability Dubai Future Foundation: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dubaifuturefoundation/ Dubai Future Forum: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/dubai-future-forum/posts/?feedView=all   Our Hosts  https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmccabe1/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardopinedaguzman/  

In this episode we are joined by Co-Founders Brett Thompson and Tasneem Karodia of Newform Foods, a foodtech startup offering a B2B bioproduction platform for cultivated animal and food products. Newform Foods is leveraging a continent-spanning research and development network to help food producers, retailers and business owners develop and scale cultivated animal products, at a significantly lower cost than the industry norm. They represent the convergence of cost-efficiency and pioneering science. Through their cutting-edge bioplatform and tailored solutions, including media development, cell line creation, and bioreactor plans, they are partnering in constructing the future of food.  This episode was recorded at the Dubai Future Forum, the world’s largest gathering of futurists organized by Dubai Future Foundation. Gathering more than 2,500 global experts from diverse future-focused fields at the Museum of the Future to discuss the most pressing matters that shape tomorrow.  Follow Us  Instagram: reethinking_sustainabilityNewform Foods: https://newformfoods.com/   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mccabeandpartners LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/newformfoods/   Our Hostshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/benmccabe1/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nourhan-badr-el-din/   

In this episode Kwamou gives us some great insight into the work she has been doing in Africa, providing safe spaces and more importantly a voice for women often overlooked in policy making based on current and future needs. Kwamou is an anticipation specialist seeking the adequacy between our imagined futures and our values, especially fighting against the replication of 'used futures' onto the global South. She is an experienced facilitator and lab designer involved in labs run mainly in Africa and Europe since 2014 for governments, NGOs, CEOs, but also in family settings. Feukeu is also a member of the editorial board of two scientific journals, Futures and Prospective et stratégie. She has spoken for a variety of constituencies: Stanford D.school, World Bank, UN Office for Africa, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, African Technology Policy Centre, etc. She previously worked for UNESCO on building futures literacy in Africa and worldwide, the African Union on diaspora issues, and several NGOs in Niger, Uganda and Tanzania on minorities' rights and the implementation of necessary training for the actual fulfillment of their rights. This episode was recorded at the Dubai Future Forum, the world’s largest gathering of futurists organized by Dubai Future Foundation. Gathering more than 2,500 global experts from diverse future-focused fields at the Museum of the Future to discuss the most pressing matters that shape tomorrow. Follow Us Instagram: reethinking_sustainability LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ree-thinking-sustainability Dubai Future Foundation: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dubaifuturefoundation/ Dubai Future Forum: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/dubai-future-forum/posts/?feedView=all  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mccabeandpartners LinkedIn: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reecycle-app/  Our Hosts https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmccabe1/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwamou/  

Children and young people have been a driving force for change throughout history. It makes sense therefore that they should also be deeply involved in imagining the future – their future, our future, the future of the planet, and that their absence from foresight and decision making spaces greatly hinders our capacity to anticipate how the world is changing. In this episode we sit down with Fisayo Oyewale. Fisayo is an agriculturist, a Futurist, and a Facilitator working at the intersection of agriculture, technology, youths, and futures. As a foresight practitioner, she uses strategic foresight methodologies to rethink Africa’s futures in data governance, food systems, youth engagement, and artificial intelligence for development. She is a UNICEF Youth Foresight Senior Fellow, a 2021 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneur, a Young Africa Leadership Initiative RLC Fellow, and one of 100 delegates at the Global Youth Agriculture Summit 2021. Fisayo, along with several other fellows was responsible for putting together the recent UNICEF Youth Foresight Playbook which was launched at the Dubai Future Forum 2023. This episode was recorded at the Dubai Future Forum, the world’s largest gathering of futurists organized by Dubai Future Foundation. Gathering more than 2,500 global experts from diverse future-focused fields at the Museum of the Future to discuss the most pressing matters that shape tomorrow. Follow Us Instagram: reethinking_sustainability LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ree-thinking-sustainability Dubai Future Foundation: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dubaifuturefoundation/ Dubai Future Forum: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/dubai-future-forum/posts/?feedView=all  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mccabeandpartners LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unicef LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reecycle-app/  Our Hosts https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmccabe1/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/fisayo-oyewale/

We live on Earth at a time known as the Holocene. A time when atmospheric conditions have created the most beautiful balance of biodiversity ever known. Right now though, we literally consume our planetary boundaries.Food is in the middle of it all. It causes a third of all global emissions, chugs away 70% of our annual freshwater, and has simply zero respect for our planet. The system needs rebooting. In this episode we hear from Christian Poppe who at the time of recording was Director Global Public Affairs & Sustainability but is now General Manager APAC for Formo. They are one of Europe’s top early-stage biotech food business that is revolutionising the dairy industry, their promise, animal free dairy without compromise on taste and quality.  This episode was recorded at the Dubai Future Forum, the world’s largest gathering of futurists organized by Dubai Future Foundation. Gathering more than 2,500 global experts from diverse future-focused fields at the Museum of the Future to discuss the most pressing matters that shape tomorrow. Follow Us Instagram: reethinking_sustainability LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ree-thinking-sustainability Dubai Future Foundation: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dubaifuturefoundation/ Dubai Future Forum: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/dubai-future-forum/posts/?feedView=all  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mccabeandpartners LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/eat-formo/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reecycle-app/  Our Hosts https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmccabe1/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-poppe-8426b2155/ 

In this episode we hear from Greg Ombach who undeniably has such a critical role in leading the transformation for Airbus in their ambition to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. We discuss Greg’s techniques in block building, from aircraft modifications to improve fuel efficiency. We also hear about how Airbus are implementing Sustainable Aviation Fuel, Green Hydrogen and Carbon Capture. Will we see hydrogen aircraft by 2035? Spoiler alert, it looks very likely. Airbus approaches sustainability by respecting the planet, valuing people and enabling prosperity. These guiding principles are embedded in their operations and activities. Airbus pioneers sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world. The Company constantly innovates to provide the most efficient and technologically-advanced solutions in aerospace, defence, and connected services. In commercial aircraft, Airbus offers the most modern and fuel-efficient airliners. Airbus is also a European leader in defence and security and one of the world's leading space businesses. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions worldwide. This episode was recorded at the Dubai Future Forum, the world’s largest gathering of futurists organized by Dubai Future Foundation. Gathering more than 2,500 global experts from diverse future-focused fields at the Museum of the Future to discuss the most pressing matters that shape tomorrow. Follow Us Instagram: reethinking_sustainability LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ree-thinking-sustainability Dubai Future Foundation: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dubaifuturefoundation/ Dubai Future Forum: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/dubai-future-forum/posts/?feedView=all  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mccabeandpartners LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/airbusgroup/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reecycle-app/  Our Hosts https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmccabe1/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/grzegorz-ombach/