Seeds Steven Moe

Patricia Allan was born in 1938 and so we get to learn from her life on this episode - she got her doctorate when she was close to 80 years old!  We also hear about her memories of the end of World War 2, how she travelled to Europe back when you did that by boat, moving to work in Pakistan, deciding to get married within a week, raising 4 children, spirituality and finding meaning, serving in the Church as an Anglican priest, and writing her PHD on 'The Once and Future Cathedral’ ... and falling in love and geting married a second time.  
If you enjoy interviews like this then why not check out the almost 400 others on seeds podcast at www.theseeds.nz 
More on her life: https://anglicanwomen.nz/patricia-allan-pathways-to-a-ph-d/

Patsy Bass founded the Reefton Distilling Co and it is one of a number of businesses which are adding to the community feel of West Coast town Reefton.  Its also her home town, so In this episode we talk about her childhood there, what it is like, coal mining of her Father and why she started the business and the plans for the future.  If you enjoy this then why not check out the other episodes of Seeds in the back catalogue as there are hundreds there.  
Website: https://www.reeftondistillingco.com/pages/our-team 
www.theseeds.nz 
Patsy's bio: "Patsy was born in Reefton and returned in 2018 after a successful career in Human Resources, Change, Project and General Management to contribute to the revitalisation of her home town.  She attributes roles with Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu, Outward Bound New Zealand and some of New Zealand’s largest cooperative and not for profit organisations, with leading her back home to create a business with an intergenerational focus."

This episode is a short reflection in response to a listener's questions about how I use my time and how I choose projects.  If it helps your thinking why not share the link, so others can see the content as well and benefit from it?
This is also a written article here https://theseeds.nz/articles/on-using-time-being-efficient-and-choosing-projects/ 
If you want to have access to more on this topic, I’ve also written on similar things in these posts:
• On being efficient and some tips on that are over here https://theseeds.nz/articles/on-being-efficient/ 
• On what we are building with our lives and how we should aspire to grand things – the vision to construct a cathedral not just a wall https://theseeds.nz/articles/what-is-your-cathedral/ 
• A reflection on 10 lessons I have learned that I wish my younger self had known https://seeds.libsyn.com/10-lessons-learned 
• A recent episode of seeds on weaving in creativity into all of your life that I presented at my former high school to 55 students aged 16 https://theseeds.nz/podcast/weaving-creativity-into-all-of-your-life/ 
Impact Investing legal opinion mentioned in the episode https://www.parryfield.com/impact-investing-information-hub/ 
For more content visit www.theseeds.nz 

I always enjoy catching up with people doing interesting things who specialise in things that we can all learn about.  In this case I talked with Paul McGregor about Facilitation.  However we start with his early years and what he studied - the law - and how that has led to what he does through a series of realisations.
What has been your career path and what has been instrumental in where you are today - and where you might go?  We learn a lot from Paul by reflecting on his journey.
If you enjoy this then why not check out some of the other 387 episodes of seeds podcast?  www.theseeds.nz 
Paul's site: https://www.paulmcgregor.co.nz/
 

This is the audio of the conversation held about Impact Investing to release the legal opinion on that topic.
You can download the legal opinion discussed here.  Impact Investment | Impact Law | Parry Field Lawyers
Paper on 7 hard questions to ask for charities Charting the Future: A framework for thinking about change - Parry Field Lawyers
More content is at www.parryfield.com and at www.theseeds.nz 

This is the audio version of my reading out the legal opinion that I wrote which Parry Field Lawyers has released this week on the 20th March 2024.  It tackles the issue of large funds and trusts which have amounts they invest, often conservatively.  It asks: do those in governance of such entities actually now have a positive duty to invest funds for impact?  
I argue that they do for a variety of reasons.  For example, because the new Trusts Act 2019 includes provisions which mean Trustees should consider the original purpose that the Trust was set up for when they go about investing.  As well as that, some of their duties can be modified now which would allow them to invest for impact and advancing the purpose of their Trust. 
The opinion also outlines the 9 practical realities that I think need to be considered as well – check them out too. 
On the same day as releasing this am in conversation with Shamubeel Eaqub about impact investing - what it is, how it is growing and the impact for both business and charities.  Watch out for that as a follow up episode. 

Thanks to my wife Ellie Moe for reading the headings of the opinion in this episode.

All of this is a follow on from the successful Seeds Impact Conference that had 500 attend and 100 speakers, this is a one off session designed to stimulate both thinking and action.

The video will be uploaded afterwards at https://www.parryfield.com/impact-investing-information-hub/
For other episodes visit www.theseeds.nz