Conversations That Shape Tomorrow

[Y]our 2040
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The [y]our 2040 Podcast: Conversations That Shape Tomorrow shares live dialogues drawn from years of global gatherings, where people working across cities, systems and disciplines explore what truly matters. Each episode brings grounded perspectives, long term thinking and collective agency into focus, inviting you to engage with how positive and courageous futures are shaped in practice.

  1. 3d ago

    What Melting Ice Teaches Us About Planetary Change with Jerome Chappellaz, Sophie te Wierik & Felix Keller

    What Melting Ice Teaches Us About Planetary Change Season 2 - Episode 3 Jerome Chappellaz - Glaciologist Sophie te Wierik - Green & Atmospheric Water Expert Felix Keller - Glaciologist & Fiddler Water looks simple on paper: H2O. Two small, positively charged hydrogen atoms bonded to one larger, negatively charged oxygen atom. In practice, it is one of the most consequential substances on Earth. Every living organism depends on it. Entire climates, economies, and ecosystems turn on its movement and availability. Water circulates above, on, and beneath the planet's surface, but it also sits stored in less visible forms: locked in ice, held in aquifers, and contained within rock layers. Scientific thinking about freshwater has also expanded, with growing attention to both blue water in rivers, lakes, and groundwater, and green water held in soils and vegetation. Antarctica contains around sixty percent of the world's freshwater, preserved as ice. It is a living archive of the planet's climate history, and a critical frontier for research. In this episode of Conversations That Shape Tomorrow, we explore water's unusual properties, the governance possibilities opened up by green water, and the essential role of ice in keeping Earth's climate stable, in the past and in the present. Connect with [y]our2040 Website: www.your2040.com Linktree: Explore all our platforms Credits: Host: Chris Luebkeman Video and Audio: Newsroom Producer: Kinny Tran-Marazza Executive Producer: Jonelle Simunich Recorded in 2022

  2. Jul 14

    Can Global Resources Be Shared Fairly? with Desiree Ruppen, Omar Malmo Sambou, Christian Stamm & J. Carl Ganter

    Can Global Resources Be Shared Fairly? Season 2 - Episode 2 Desiree Ruppen - Environmental Researcher Omar Malmo Sambou - Environmental Activist Christian Stamm - Environmental Chemist Water is fundamental not only to life, but to a functioning economy. How we manage and distribute it shapes daily decisions, culture, and the long term success of civilizations. Water supports agriculture, mining, construction, and energy. It moves through our human systems and reshapes the environmental systems around them. It influences commerce, trade, and consumption. It can be priced, traded, and contested. Across history, access to waterways has often determined whether a city, region, or civilization flourished or failed. In this episode of Conversations That Shape Tomorrow, we explore the systemic implications of water dependence: the tradeoffs built into allocation decisions, the tensions between sectors and communities, and what it means to understand water's value in the way we work, live, and inhabit our environments today. Connect with [y]our2040 Website: www.your2040.com Linktree: Explore all our platforms Credits: Host: J. Carl Ganter Video and Audio: Newsroom Producer: Kinny Tran-Marazza Executive Producer: Jonelle Simunich Recorded in 2022

  3. Jul 7

    Why Water Holds the Key to Our Future with Ernest Bromeis & Natasha Fuerst

    Why Water Holds the Key to Our Future Season 2 - Episode 1 Ernest Bromeis - Water Ambassador Natasha Fuerst - Female Rights Activist It is human nature to explore the unknown, to seek what we have not yet seen, and to investigate what we find compelling. Water covers most of the Earth, and we all depend on it to survive, yet what happens in and on water remains unfamiliar to most of us. Deep sea divers often describe the ocean as another planet. Gravity feels different. Vast ecosystems remain unmapped. Species still exist beyond our knowledge and documentation. In this episode of Conversations That Shape Tomorrow, our discussion follows a single drop of water from a mountain peak to the open ocean. Along the way, we hear what it feels like to swim the length of the Rhine and to sail into the heart of the Atlantic. Connect with [y]our2040 Website: www.your2040.com Linktree: Explore all our platforms Credits: Host: Chris Luebkeman Video and Audio: Newsroom Producer: Kinny Tran-Marazza Executive Producer: Jonelle Simunich Recorded in 2022

  4. Jun 30

    The Story of [y]our 2040 with Reto Gurtner & Chris Luebkeman

    The Story of [y]our 2040 Season 1 - Episode 10 Reto Gurtner - Entrepreneur Chris Luebkeman - Futurist A different future begins when we choose to look honestly at the world our children will inherit. In a time when warning signs flash across climate, society, government, economies and local communities, this episode turns a gaze toward what it means to act together with intention. Host Jonelle speaks with the first co-founders of [Y]our 2040 - Chris Luebkeman and Reto Gurtner - about why they created the gathering, why they rooted it in Alpine villages, and how they imagine an event that returns every year from now until 2040. This conversation explores their focus on information, inspiration and implementation, their insistence on diversity and trust as core conditions for change, and their desire to align inner motivation with outer systems. It frames impact as a shared journey, held in a very real place that already feels the shifts of climate and culture. We invite you to consider what action you will bring to our collective future. Connect with [y]our2040 Website: www.your2040.com Linktree: Explore all our platforms Credits: Host: Jonelle Simunich - Designer & Strategist Video and Audio: Newsroom Producer: Kinny Tran-Marazza Executive Director: Jonelle Simunich Recorded in 2021

  5. Jun 23

    Why Business Must Rethink Circularity with Raphael Gielgen & Oliver Brunschwiler

    Why Business Must Rethink Circularity Season 1 - Episode 9 Raphael Gielgen - Futurist Oliver Brunschwiler - Circular Economy Entrepreneur Circularity becomes real when beauty, honesty, and responsibility meet in the objects we live with every day. In a world flooded with short lived products and invisible digital systems, this episode explores what it truly means to design for a circular future. Jonelle sits with Rafael Gielgen from Vitra and Oliver Brunschwiler - formerly from Freitag - to explore how companies that make physical things face the hard truths of waste, materials, and time, while still creating objects people love, keep and want to use. This conversation challenges the idea that circularity is solved through marketing or recycling alone, and instead insists that waste is a design error that begins on the drawing board. It reframes beauty as a guiding force, suggesting that people care for and repair what feels meaningful. It reveals that real progress depends on collaboration, courage to fail, and a willingness to speak uncomfortable truths within our own comfortable bubbles. We encourage you to look at the things that surround you and ask where you can nudge processes and products from disposable to enduring. Connect with [y]our2040 Website: www.your2040.com Linktree: Explore all our platforms Credits: Host: Jonelle Simunich - Designer & Strategist Video and Audio: Newsroom Producer: Kinny Tran-Marazza Executive Director: Jonelle Simunich Recorded in 2021

  6. Jun 16

    Government Strategies Transforming the Planet with Hans Bruyninckx

    Government Strategies Transforming the Planet Season 1 - Episode 8 Hans Bruyninckx - Environmental Policy Scientist Systemic change begins when we treat planetary limits as a starting point, not an afterthought. In a Europe facing climate disruption, biodiversity loss, and widening inequality, this episode explores how the European Green Deal reframes economic and political agendas around planetary boundaries. Chris speaks with Hans Bruyninckx from the European Environment Agency about what it means to build systemic sustainability transitions grounded in science and honest about power, politics, and uneven responsibility. The conversation challenges the assumption that nature is an externality to be priced, and instead places it at the core of twenty first century prosperity. It reframes your role from passive consumer to active citizen who can demand that finance, food systems, and public institutions move beyond small efficiencies toward structural change. It reveals that progress depends not only on scaling new solutions, but also on the resolve to stop harmful subsidies, fossil fuel dependence, and unjust patterns of inequality. We invite you to consider where your own influence lies and within which systems; and how you might support a more just and sustainable future. Connect with [y]our2040 Website: www.your2040.com Linktree: Explore all our platforms Credits: Host: Chris Luebkeman Video and Audio: Newsroom Producer: Kinny Tran-Marazza Executive Director: Jonelle Simunich Recorded in 2021

  7. Jun 9

    What Investing for Impact Really Means with Martina Mueller-Kamp & Nathalie Moral

    What Investing for Impact Really Means Season 1 - Episode 7 Martina Mueller-Kamp - Financial Manager Nathalie Moral - Business Leader Impact becomes real when we choose where to place our attention, energy, and courage. In a moment when urgency is clear yet pathways forward feel crowded with uncertainty, this episode explores how individuals and institutions decide what impact truly means. Entrepreneur and moderator Sunnie Groeneveld brings together Martina Müller Kamp from Graubunden Cantonal Bank and Nathalie Moral of KlimaNow to examine how choices about time, resources, and strategy shape the futures we make possible. Here we challenge the assumption that impact is simply the sum of good intentions and reframe it as a discipline grounded in clarity, informed decision making, and community involvement. Meaningful change emerges when diverse actors align personal conviction with transparent criteria, shared purpose, and a willingness to prototype before perfection. You are invited to consider where your own resources can create the most resonance and what story you will write. Connect with [y]our2040 Website: www.your2040.com Linktree: Explore all our platforms Credits: Host: Sunnie Groeneveld - Entrepreneur Video and Audio: Newsroom Producer: Kinny Tran-Marazza Executive Director: Jonelle Simunich Recorded in 2021

  8. Jun 2

    How Advocacy Shapes the Future Across Generations with Reto Knutti & Marie-Claire Graf

    How Advocacy Shapes the Future Across Generations Season 1 - Episode 6 Reto Knutti - Climate Scientist  Marie-Claire Graf - Intergenerational Advocate Climate urgency shifts systems when facts meet feelings and responsibility. In a world where climate science grows ever more conclusive, this episode explores how facts, feelings, and power intersect in the politics of change. Bruno Giussani joins climate scientist Reto Knutti and youth activist Marie-Claire Graf for a conversation that starts with clear data on climate and moves into questions of human behavior, political will, and intergenerational voice. This dialogue challenges the belief that more reports and sharper numbers will be enough, and instead asks what kinds of stories, emotions, and social innovations are needed to match the scale of the crisis. It reveals how fear, anger, and eco-anxiety can sit alongside courage, rest, and solidarity, and how young people are creating their own seats at decision making tables. This episode invites you to treat urgency as a lived practice, weaving honest facts together with brave empathy, reflection, and collective pressure. Connect with [y]our2040 Website: www.your2040.com Linktree: Explore all our platforms Credits: Host: Bruno Giussani - Author & Advisor Video and Audio: Newsroom Producer: Kinny Tran-Marazza Executive Director: Jonelle Simunich Recorded in 2021

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The [y]our 2040 Podcast: Conversations That Shape Tomorrow shares live dialogues drawn from years of global gatherings, where people working across cities, systems and disciplines explore what truly matters. Each episode brings grounded perspectives, long term thinking and collective agency into focus, inviting you to engage with how positive and courageous futures are shaped in practice.

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