Finding Nature
Find inspiration and guidance for the change you want to create and learn how others have achieved it in their life and work in pursuit of a more just, safe and healthier future.
Nourishment for the change making class.
Episodes
130 episodes
Choosing Our Path Up The Mountain - Sophie Bretag Knows That Kindness Is The Way
That’s Sophie Bretag, I’m Nathan Robertson-Ball and this is the Finding Nature podcast. The modern professional seems to lead a life of ever-increasing juggling complexity. As the expectations mount an...
Benn Coubrough Keeps Moving - What One Of Australia's Greatest Ultra Runners Can Teach Us All About Mindset, Living and Going For It
Hello wherever you might be, welcome to or welcome back to the Finding Nature podcast and my name is Nathan Robertson-Ball. Now what a week I’ve had and having, my cup feels very full after attending conferences and events, moving forward on lo...
Earth Emotions - Glenn Albrecht Has The Words To Fuel A Revolution
At the end of 2023 when I was starting to get this Finding Nature show on the road I was fixated on two questions after 20 years in and around large organisations where I felt both lost in my career but also demoralised by another leadership de...
Hidden In The Ice - Joy McCann On The Stories And Science Of Earth's Heart
Joy McCann is an environmental and public historian who has worked to understand and share the stories of how the histories of people, places, ideas and the non human world have and do interact to create the cultures, practices and rhythms of l...
Running The Finance System Transformation Gauntlet - Simon O'Connor Is Sustainability's Diplomat
Today’s guest is Simon O’Connor, who for more than two decades has worked at the forefront of responsible investment and sustainable finance. From his training and time as an economist and working with the Australian Conservation Foundation, ru...
Lost In A Maze - Is Corporate Sustainability Just Pretending To Try, with Cameron Tonkinwise
Hello out there and welcome to or welcome back to the finding nature podcast. My name is Nathan Robertson-Ball and today’s episode is a slightly different format to what is usual here. Today I’m chatting with the show’s most popular guest, and ...
Modelling A Dangerous Future - Timothy Neal Is Leading The World In Understanding The Economic Impacts Of Climate Change
A category of guest I really enjoy speaking with though are those who are on the way up. People like Holly Ransom or Kal Klanznig or Vanessa Pirotta who are clearly going places - it’s a thrill to spend a little bit of time with them before the...
Risking Life And Saving Pristine Ecosystems - Sukundemi Walks Before Manu Peni
One person who for a decade now has fought against the construction of what would be the largest mine in the South Pacific in Papua New Guinea by an Australian headquartered but Chinese backed mining operation in a pristine landscape in one of ...
The God We Made - Anna Goldsworthy Wants To Know Why We're Building A Future No One Wants To Live In
Is artificial intelligence here to solve every wicked and intractable problem our society currently faces? Will it morph into Skynet and become a paperclip maximiser that eradicates humanity to optimise for paperclip manufacturing? Will it just...
Imagining And Making A Whole New Human World - Katherine Trebeck On The Pursuit Of Economics As Just A Means
Today’s guest is Katherine Trebeck. Katherine is a political economist, writer and advocate for economic system change and from when I saw her speak at the end of 2024 I knew I wanted to spend some time learning directly from her. She’s the Eco...
Pursuing Impact - Kate Turner On The Twists And Turns In A Career Seeking Change
Now today’s episode is with Kate Turner. Kate is a recognised leader here and abroad in the world of responsible investment, sustainable finance and ESG data, not to mention an all round great person who hikes, triathlons, meditates, parents an...
Leaving No Worker Behind And Setting World Records - Alexander Horton Is Holding The Tongs
Today’s guest is Alexander Horton - or Big Al as he’s seemingly become through his social media alter ego in recent weeks. Alex is in the midst of breaking a Guiness World Record for the biggest BBQ lesson of all time, as part of a larger missi...
Beyond Box Ticking And Addressing Competency Greenwashing - Alexander Pui Wants You To Care
Alexander Pui is back on the show today for his third appearance. He’s been one of the most popular guests over the history of the Finding Nature podcast and I jumped at the opportunity to chat again while he was recently back in Sydney. For th...
What It Takes - Adrian MacDonald Leads An Ultra Life
So imagine that it’s 5am and you're standing in the cold and dark in the Blue Mountains, you’re there with 1500 other people. You’re carrying all the gear you’ll need for the next 24 hours, a headlamp on, and what lays ahead is running 100 kilo...
A New Climate And Energy Dawn - Thom Woodroofe On The Path From The Paris Agreement To A Necessary Future
Today’s guest is Thom Woodroofe. Thom is the author of the latest In the National Interest series titled ‘Power, Prosperity and Planet: Climate and Energy Policy For All
Built To Create - Holly Rankin Is The Voice Of A Generation
As for remarkable and impressive people - Holly Rankin is one of those. Born and raised in regional New South Wales, she experienced the worst form of loss and trauma during her teenage years and over the past two decades has built a life and c...
Climate Change, Human Rights And The Law - Gillian Moon On A State Of Denial
Gillian Moon is today’s guest. Gillian is a legal scholar who in recent years has been leading the Australian Climate Accountability Project wi...
Forging New Paths - Matt Kean On The Impending And All Encompassing Climate Transition
Hello out there, welcome to or welcome back to the Finding Nature podcast. My name is Nathan Robertson-Ball and when I started this show in 2024 I could only have dreamt about having today’s guest on the show. Matt Kean needs no introductions, ...
Climate Apartheid - Beth Goldblatt On The Loss, Damage and Injustice Of The Status Quo
Beth Goldblatt is today’s guest. Beth is a Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology Sydney where her research and teaching sits at the intersection of feminist legal theory, equality, discrimination law and human rights. ...
Putting Responsibility Into Corporate Responsibility - Gerbrand Havercamp and Pauliina Murphy On The Myths of Trickle Down Sustainability
Gerbrand Haverkamp and Pauliina Murphy from the World Benchmarking Alliance join the show today. The WBA exists to assess, test and make transparent the performance of the world’s 2,000 mo...
Transforming Capital - William Burckart And The Necessity For Systems-Level Investing
William Burckart is today’s guest. Bill was recently in Sydney from New York where his list of credentials, accomplishments and titles is impressive - he’s the CEO of The Investment Integration Project, co-f...
Surrendering Attachment and Lessons from His Holiness The Dalai Lama - Geshe Lhakdor on What Ancient Spirituality Teaches Us About This Moment
Today’s guest was the person I needed to speak with - Geshe Lhakdor. Geshe is a Tibetan Buddhist monk who fled his homeland of Tibet when he was six years old and has committed his life to spirituality, Buddhism and service. Geshe served His Ho...
Don't Look Down - Emma Camp On The State and Future of Reefs
Today’s guest is Dr Emma Camp, a marine biologist who’s pioneering research into the resilience of coral reefs and their restoration. The awards and recognitions she’s alre...
Collective Intelligence or Collective Stupidity - The Choice is Ours, With Sir Geoff Mulgan
Today’s guest is someone who’s seen just about everything though, and is also the first person on the show with a knighthood - Sir Geoff Mulgan. Geoff is one of those people who’s seemingly done it all ...
Steve Martin on How Influence Works and Change Really Happens
Steve Martin is one of the world’s foremost experts on influence, persuasion and how change happens. Maybe I could have just read his research and books and acted on them instead of this elaborate rous, but that wouldn’t have been as fun. Steve...
