Flowful meets…
A Podcast about transformation, visions, and theorys of change.
Flowful meets… is a podcast that gives a platform to all those wonderful people, projects, organisations, and enterprises out there that contribute in whatever way to a better world. This can be about veganism, energy conservation, sustainable consumption, permaculture, community living, or a zero-waste lifestyle. The podcast talks about how easy it is to contribute to a change, but doesn’t sugarcoat the challenges you have to face. On flowful meets… people share how to learn from mistakes and what keeps them motivated.
Flowful meets… spots the theory of change behind those projects. Starting from identifying the desired long-term goals, this podcast talks about what is needed to fill the gap between a particular situation and the vision of these very mindful, thoughtful, well… flowful projects.
Flowful meets… wants to inspire, spread knowledge, share experience, and, yes, make the world a little better.
Ep.2 - Flowful meets... The Peaceful Bamboo Family
The Peaceful Bamboo Family is a vocational training centre and living community for young adults with special needs that is based in Vietnam. Flowful meets… talks with them about their unique family approach that focuses on mindfulness education, social emotional learning, and about their successful manner to promote sustainability.
Ep.3 - Flowful meets... YogAct
YogAct is an association aiming to encourage social activism in a responsible and direct way through yoga. Flowful meets… talks with the founder, Monica, about their purpose to boost the communication and cooperation among people who have ideas and projects in common and share an ethical, spiritual, humanist, and ecologist vision of social change.
Ep.4 - Flowful meets... Green Youth Collective
Green Youth Collective is a learning community that inspires living practices in harmony with nature and people. Their main focus is sustainable gardening, low-impact communal living, and youth education. Flowful meets… talks with the founder Hanh aka Stoney and Bphu at their home and working field, An Nhien farm. We chat about their philosophy and values towards a nature-human harmony, as well as about their way to become part of the next door village community to inspire people inside and outside of GYC.
Ep.5 - Flowful meets... CERES
CERES - Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies is an award-winning, not-for-profit, sustainability centre located on 4.5 hectares on the Merri Creek in East Brunswick, Melbourne. Flowful meets… talks with the CEO, Cinnamon, and Communication Manager Sieta at Merri Table, an organic restaurant located within CERES. We chat about CERES' role in the neighborhood, the importance of financial independence, and the need to constantly renew and adapt while keeping the main values.
Ep.6 - Flowful meets... GreenID
GreenID - Green Innovation and Development Centre is the leading civil society actor in the ongoing energy transition in Vietnam. Flowful meets… talks with Executive Director Nguy Thi Khanh at the Southeast Asian energy symposium in Bangkok. Impressed by the regional platform, we talk about the power of bringing people and information together and how to create a holistic alliance for a renewable-powered Vietnam.
Ep.7 - Flowful meets... Karma Waters, Hoi An, Vietnam
Karma Waters - Vegan Education and Restaurant in Hoi An is a family-founded & managed business and charity that was started in 2005. Flowful meets... talks with Karma Waters founder Grace about promoting sustainability with organic and healthy vegan food.
Ep.8 - flowful meets... Ren Workman - Youth Empowerment & Environmental Protection
Flowful meets… Lauren Workman, called Ren, is an inspiring young woman from Upstate New York who is very active in environmental education and youth empowerment. We talk with her about the importance of diversity, equality, and the need to provide opportunities to everyone to be part of the big change.
Ep.9 - Flowful meets... La Vie Est Belle - Nature & Body Connection at Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam
The spirit of the Cat Tien National Park in Vietnam brought 3 people together: Phuc, Phil, and Thuat. In this episode,e we talk to Thuat about how his community movement saved the Cat Tien National Park and to Phuc and Phil about how they are about to turn Thuat’s dream into a community that offers a peaceful space to connect with nature and body.
Ep.10 - Flowful meets... Bamboo Cottages - Sustainable off the grid resort in Vietnam's Island Phu Quoc
Bamboo Cottages is Vietnam's first 100% off-the-grid solar-powered eco-resort. flowful meets… talks with Charles Vaught, former general manager, about how everything started, about challenges, and about what Bamboo Cottages does to make your holiday as sustainable as possible.
Ep.11 - Flowful meets... die Utopianale - Dokumentarfilmfestival in Hannover (German)
Die Utopianale ist ein jährliches Dokumentarfilmfestival in Hannover mit dem wunderbaren Slogan „Weil es ein Morgen gibt”. Wir sprechen mit Felix vom Wissenschaftsladen e.V. über die Entwicklung der Utopianale in den vergangenen sechs Jahren, wie alles begann, über die Theory of Change der Utopianale und über aktuelle Herausforderungen.
Ep.12 - Flowful meets... flowful - A journey beyond sustainability
This is the 12th episode of Flowful meets… Reason enough to talk to ourselves about our journey beyond sustainability and what we’ve learned during the last 1,5 years with flowful. Time to reflect on our approach to contribute to a better world; from the beginning, to our first steps towards a life beyond sustainability, and our theory of change.
Ep.13 - Flowful meets... Brown's Field - Macrobiotics & Natural Farming in Japan
In this episode of Flowful meets… we talk to Junko Kobayashi, a member of Brown’s Field in Japan. Brown’s Field is an organic farm, a vegan café, a shop, and accommodation,n but also has a huge educational component.
Junko has lived and worked at Brown’s Field, which is located just 80km from Tokyo, for almost two years now. Growing up in an international environment and travelling around the world for a while, she felt like it was time for her to go back to Japan to connect with her own heritage and culture, came back to Japan and found Brown’s Field.
All Episodes: Flowful meets…
Ep.1 - Flowful meets... Vegan cheese maker CASHEWBERT
Anderson Santos Silva, originally from Brazil, is a passionate vegan and one of the leading artisan vegan cheese makers in the world. We talk with him about CASHEWBERT, hits and misses in vegan cheese making and about an open source community.