True Heroes

The next season of True Heroes will be out soon, with all new interviews with the ordinary people on extraordinary missions to make the world a better place, one community at a time.  Format of the voicemail is: (your name, city/region, and a 10-word-or-less introduction of your city)

Naomi Fuller works with Avon Wildlife Trust, and she's an activist who advocates for creatures, critters, and the surrounding landscape that give these creatures their homes by telling stories of hope about nature’s recovery in the Avon region of England.  Check out more of Avon Wildlife Trust here: www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk All the other wonderful wildlife trusts around England are available @wildlifetrusts on Facebook and Twitter. True Heroes is brought to you by OHCO. OHCO is in the business of building communities, hope , and opportunity, and capacity for everyone in secondary cities around the world.  Subscribe to OHCO's newsletter here: mailchi.mp/df37044ce9e3/ohco -- Follow us on Facebook here: www.facebook.com/ohcocity 

Natalie Fee, started City to Sea in 2014, when she was distraught by the amount of plastic floating down Bristol channel to the seas. Since then, she has campaigned to ban plastic stems from cotton buds sold in the UK, promoting reusable plastic bottles, and stopping plastic reaching the oceans. In this conversation, we cover the realities of plastic pollution in our rivers and seas and her journey to becoming accidental environmental activist from her previous career as TV presenter. Support this podcast and the change we want to see by sharing the link with your friends: www.anchor.fm/ohco You can check out City to Sea at www.citytosea.org.uk. Their Twitter is @CitytoSea_ , you can also find them on LinkedIn and YouTube channel at City to Sea.  Natalie’s book How to Save the World for Free, is available here: www.amazon.co.uk/How-Save-World-Free-Natalie/dp/178627499X Check on Refill app on Google Play Store and Apple store. Natalie’s silly songs can be found on her Instagram, @NatalieFee_

Jamie-lee Cole is dedicated to spreading the truth about the people experiencing homelessness and helping the rest of the world grow their understanding and empathy for these people. She serves as the Communications Manager for the Wallich, a charity that works to combat homelessness in Wales.  In this conversation, we cover unconventional ways to start a career in the so-called third sector when you don’t have the luxury of tapping into bank of your parents, what are the real barriers before people experiencing homelessness to become independent and find their feet again, and how we should interact with the people that we see everyday on our own streets. Support this podcast and the change we want to see by sharing the link with your friends: www.anchor.fm/ohco Follow the Wallich on Twitter/Instagram/LinkedIn @TheWallich, or check out their website at www.thewallich.com 

Sara Telahoun is the Senior Sustainability Consultant, and a bona fide expert in urban carbon emissions. She helps cities map their carbon footprint and develops strategies to reduce their impact on the environment. Her mission is to enable sub-national governments to implement strategies that reduce their emissions whilst protecting their most vulnerable citizens from the devastating effects of climate change.  Support this podcast and the change we want to see by sharing the link with your friends: www.anchor.fm/ohco Follow Sara on Twitter @SaraTelahoun,  and check out Anthesis here: www.anthesisgroup.com. 

Eva Fernades is the Project Manager working to build the first eco-village in Bristol and the founder of Baby Bank Network, a charity that fights against child poverty by redistributing pre-loved childcare supplies to families in need. Her mission is to support people to live a joyful and productive life while living in harmony with each other and the earth. She's also an advocate for informed choices around healthcare and nutrition as the way to good health and wellbeing. She founded the campaign, 'Mums Say No to GMOs', initiated fundraising for Precious Drops Milk Bank at Southmead Hospital-- and is all around passionate about living lightly on the earth and improving our children's early years. Support this podcast and the change we want to see by sharing the link with your friends: www.anchor.fm/ohco Follow Eva on Twitter @EvaTheConnector, and feel free to reach out if you have land where she could develop her eco-village, or want to otherwise get involved with the work she is doing by shooting her an email at: [email protected]

Vincent Chiu is the youngest candidate to run for Canadian parliament, and Junior Project Manager at World of Walas, where he shares the knowledge of the most sustainable ways to build and develop our cities. His mission is to  increase the capacity of urban developers and to champion the role of cities as the solution to climate change, not the cause of it.   Support this podcast and the change we want to see by sharing the link with your friends: www.anchor.fm/ohco/  Check out Vincent's workplace at www.worldofwalas.com and Rocky Mountaint Institute at www.rmi.org. Vincent's book recommendation is: Reinventing Fire by Amory Lovins. 

Federica Foti works with vulnerable youth at the most critical stage in their lives, supporting their transition from foster care or refugee care to independent adulthood. In this episode, we talk about the lose-lose struggle of our modern foster care system, how youth workers manage to keep their sanity while working with the emotional ups and downs of teenagers, and what inspires her to keep going when everything in the system seems to be working against her mission.   Support this podcast and the change we want to see by sharing the link with your friends: www.anchor.fm/ohco/  Check out the initiatives that Federica recommends: www.youngbristol.com , www.1625ip.co.uk , www.creativeyouthnetwork.org.uk , www.bristolrefugeerights.org

Federico Biadene works for Partnerships for Forests, an incubator for innovative businesses that use and manage our tropical rainforests more sustainabilty. In this episode, we talk about how he landed in a microfinance and sustainable forestry business in Kenya, how to discover your passion as you go along, and what part you can play to combat climate change.   Support this podcast by sharing the love & this link with your friends: www.anchor.fm/ohco/  Check out the program that Federico works for: partnershipsforforests.com , www.komaza.com/

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