24 episodes

Arkansas Global Changemakers presents, with KUAF, the podcast Points of Departure, an extension of their work connecting people from around the world to each other to discuss possible solutions for local manifestations of global problems.

Points of Departure Leigh Wood

    • Business

Arkansas Global Changemakers presents, with KUAF, the podcast Points of Departure, an extension of their work connecting people from around the world to each other to discuss possible solutions for local manifestations of global problems.

    The empathy algorithm with Chris Thompson

    The empathy algorithm with Chris Thompson

    Chris Thompson develop the health app and social media platform Sober Sidekick out of desperation - facing his own recovery in isolation he needed to connect with other people struggling like him. Now that app and his

    • 38 min
    Leadership, sustainability and making 'bold change' with Dr. Sarah Elaine Lewis

    Leadership, sustainability and making 'bold change' with Dr. Sarah Elaine Lewis

    How do you reframe climate change anxiety to create sustainable solutions? Dr. Sarah Elaine Lewis shares how she helps companies, organizations and individuals make holistic choices to serve the planet.

    • 36 min
    A better guide for greener business with Heather Ellzey and Taylor Osburn

    A better guide for greener business with Heather Ellzey and Taylor Osburn

    In this episode we hear from sustainability coordinators with the city of Fayetteville about how they are working with students, consumers and businesses to develop guidelines that incentivize green practices.

    • 35 min
    Global development, local scale with Toshihiro Nakamura

    Global development, local scale with Toshihiro Nakamura

    Toshihiro Nakamura may have cut his teeth working for the United Nations in peace keeping and global development in conflict and disaster zones around the world, but his organization - Kopernik - scales down projects to see what fits for the local communities they work with.

    • 32 min
    Putting planet over profit with Martin Wolf

    Putting planet over profit with Martin Wolf

    Chemist and environmentalist, Martin Wolf explains how business and nature are out of balance and explores how to put the two on a more harmonious track.

    • 46 min
    Dispatch from Barcelona with Alyssa Snyder

    Dispatch from Barcelona with Alyssa Snyder

    We hear from Alyssa Snyder of Seeds that Feed, one of Arkansas Global Changemakers' community partners, about her experience joining the first changemakers course in Barcelona.

    • 25 min

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