All The Small Things Venetia La Manna

Season finale! Tessa Khan is an international climate change and human rights lawyer, campaigner and strategist. She is the founder and executive director of climate action organisation Uplift who are on a mission to support and energise the movement for a just and fossil fuel-free UK. Tessa spent more than fifteen years supporting grassroots, regional and international movements for justice and has served as an expert advisor to UN human rights bodies and national governments around the world.
In this episode, we’re going to be speaking about fossil fuels and climate breakdown and what it means for ours and our children's future. We'll also be touching on eco fascism, the overpopulation myth, climate tipping points, the future of democracy, the energy crisis and Big Oil's recent profits.
Tessa is my first return guest to this podcast. Listen to our first conversation on the fight for a fossil fuel free future.
Since we last spoke, Tessa recorded an unmissable TED talk titled: "How Can We Escape Soaring Energy Bills? Stop Using Fossil Fuels"
Follow Tessa on Twitter
Join the campaign to #StopRosebank!
Listen to this previous episode with Swatee Deepak on Do Ethical Billionaires Exist?
Check out this related episode on reproductive justice with Dr Pragya Agarwal
Find me: Venetia
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This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.

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Poppy Okotcha is a trained horticulturist and regenerative grower, on a mission to inspire people to engage with and connect to the natural world.
With her joyful instagram content, poppy teaches people how to grow and forage their own food, whilst living and eating consciously - for personal, community and planetary health. As a young black woman, Poppy also advocates for those who are underrepresented and marginalised in the world of horticulture and environmentalism.
A former successful model, in 2016 Poppy began her horticulture studies with the Royal Horticultural Society, and spent time working with a number of community gardens in London. She also studied alongside Martin Crawford, the creator of the oldest “food forest” in England, qualifying in 2019 as a Permaculture Designer. Poppy has been featured on Gardeners’ World (BBC2), and is a regular contributor to the Royal Horticultural Society podcast. She recently relocated to Devon, where she has more growing space to work with, and more links to a landscape of established, sustainably run farms and community gardens.
Mentions
Right2Roam
Wintering by Katharine May
The Book Of Trespass by Nick Hayes
Who Owns England? by Guy Shrubsole
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This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.

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Rina Raphael is a journalist who specialises in health, wellness and tech. She was the health and wellness features writer for the Fast Company and has also contributed to New York Times, LA Times, CBS and NBC News and was previously senior producer and lifestyle editor at The TODAY Show.
In her new book The Gospel Of Wellness, Rina balances the good with the bad, taking a deep, nuanced dive into this $4.4 trillion dollar industry, and how it’ s a direct result of gender inequalities and structural sexism within medicine and society.  She is here to help us tear down the false idols that have taken hold and ultimately shows how we might shape a better future for the movement - and for our well-being.
Find Rina: rinaraphael
Buy her book: The Gospel Of Wellness
Find me: Venetia
This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.

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Angie Tiwari is a yoga, meditation and breath work coach specialising in diversity, accessibility and inclusion. Her teachings show how we can incorporate powerful ancient rituals in modern day life. 
Angie has been listed as one of eight women breaking the bias in sports, fitness and wellness by Women's Health Magazine and her retreats have achieved multiple accolades, including being listed as one of the best in the UK & Ireland by The Times and the best for beginners by Condé Nast Traveller. 
Angie has collaborated with businesses who want to learn about wellness, diversity and accessibility through corporate coaching sessions, hosting, featuring on panels, and speaking with the media on topics across wellness, South Asian culture and trusting your intuition. UNEARTHED is her wellbeing community platform that I am a proud member of. It’s aim is to connect you with ancient Indian rituals to apply in your modern day life.
In this episode, we take a deep dive into the whitewashing of yoga and how we can all learn to appreciate the practice rather than appropriate it, and create meaningful change so that is respectful of its roots and inclusive of all bodies. 
Find Angie: @TiwariYoga
Check out her platform: https://www.tiwariyoga.com/
Find me Venetia
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This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.

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Josephine Philips is the CEO of Sojo, a seamless and scalable clothing alterations and repairs app, on a mission to make the fashion industry more circular. Sojo wants to make it easy for everyone to show their clothes the love they deserve and they do this through alteration and repair of clothing, allowing more of us to love our clothes for longer. In this episode, we learn about Jo's path to sustainable fashion, how she raised $2.4 million in pre-seed funding for Sojo, their aims to democratise sustainable fashion, the highs and lows of running your own business and much more. 
Resources
Check out Sojo
Chloe Asaam on fast fashion's waste crisis
Last week's episode with The Or Foundation's Liz Ricketts
Learn about the women carrying our clothing waste here
Follow Sojo on Instagram
Follow Jo on Instagram
Find me Venetia
Other recommended episodes
Marielle Elizabeth on size inclusive fashion
Aja Barber on the cost of fast fashion
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This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.

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Liz Ricketts is an educator, designer and the co-founder of The Or Foundation, a USA and Ghana-based non-profit working at the intersection of environmental justice, education and fashion development.Working within the industry as a designer and stylist, Liz witnessed the toxicity of fashion’s disposable culture firsthand and has since been dedicated to transforming the industry. She holds a Masters in Education from Harvard University. Her upcycled garments have appeared in international magazines, film and TV. Her work as a researcher and advocate for a Justice-Led Circular Economy has been published widely.
Useful resources
Learn about The Or here: https://theor.org/
New to the work of The Or Foundation? Start with this ATST podcast episode: Chloe Asaam on fast fashion's waste crisis
Watch this video with Chloe
Read Liz's piece for Atmos This Is Not Your Goldmine
Learn about the women carrying our clothing waste here
Read Chloe's op-ed for Teen Vogue here
Follow The Or on Instagram
Find me Venetia
For accessibility reasons, a subtitled video version of this conversation is available here.
This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.