Climbing Deeper

Welcome to the Climbing Deeper Podcast!  In the Climbing deeper podcast, we explore our complex world, bringing curiosity and open-mindedness to topics that span art, business, culture, and technology. Your host, Afreezy, interviews artists, creatives, researchers, spiritual teachers and business leaders about their work, the inner workings of different societal systems, and how they strive to improve themselves and the world around them. This podcast is for:  Creators of art, business, and technology who strive to add more depth to their work from diverse.  Truth Seekers who wish to go beyond the surface of the current paradigms to dig deep into the systemic problems we face, solutions and the people who build them, and the collective future we’re headed towards.   Spiritual seekers of all stripes who don’t feel like the current boxes fit them. The people who’re always learning and growing but also like to turn up and have fun. Make sure you’re subscribed on all the Channels  Instagram Medium Twitter

On this episode, interview Alan Newton, Founder of virtuall, and an entrepreneur who's looking to create products that connect people, and the world, in a way that's profitable and sustainable. This conversation was full of gems for personal development and finding peace in the world. Alan's been hacking his own productivity and mental health for a while, and we go down some very fruitful wormholes together in this epsiode.  Connect with Alan Newton on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/alanrnewton Read more about virtuall and the work that they do: http://www.virtuall.company Thank you so much for listening to the Designing Impact Podcast. If you loved this episode, head over to your favorite podcast player and leave a rating and review. It would absolutely help raise awareness in making this world a better place. Check out my website here: https://emote.design Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/afreezyfrench Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emote.design I’m also on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-french

In this episode, I talk to Luca Pandolfi, Founder of Eterna Green Energy. He's a clean tech entrepreneur. He's also creating a transition to sustainability by working with forests, biofuels, and local economic development. Luca shares how Eterna Green Energy originated when he was in college while studying environmental science. In his studies, he noticed, from a business perspective, "that a bunch of businesses that had linear supply chains were not recapturing their finished product in any way and just either turning it into trash or releasing it in the atmosphere." Then he realized that if there’s a way to create an efficient cyclical system, it would be more profitable and environmentally sustainable. Luca then ended up doing a year of personal research with one of the professors to answer some questions specifically around the fossil fuel industry and whether they could create a cyclical system for creating transportation fuels. He also relates that the reason why he focused on fossil fuels was because it was “egregiously destroying the environment”. He wanted to create a more efficient, environmentally-friendly process. He details the process and the history of how, with the help of his engineer friend, they were able to create a renewable gasoline.  Listen to the full episode to learn more about this journey, and the many challenges that Luca Pandolfi encountered in his pursuit of doing his part to help save the environment, and also provide jobs to other people. Read more about Eterna Green Energy here: https://www.eternagreenenergy.com   Connect with Luca Pandolfi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luca-pandolfi-1977a789  Thank you so much for listening to the Designing Impact Podcast. If you loved this episode, head over to your favorite podcast player and leave a rating and review. It would absolutely help raise awareness in making this world a better place. Check out my website here: https://emote.design Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/afreezyfrench Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emote.design  I’m also on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-french

Was there ever a point in your life when a traumatic experience changed the trajectory of things and made you focus on creating impact and changing the world? This episode is for you. I talk to Cam Woodsum, a social impact founder, a serial founder, and venture creator who has created eight startups through his studio Nomad Impact Ventures, from beaches all around the world. He shares about making money online, passive income, going abroad to live cheaply and getting hooked on the wandering life in Bali and the island life in Barbados. Further, he talks about how his depression in high school, and feeling invisible, made him hunger for something more in life, despite going to college, and working on startups like Doordash. He also emphasized his awareness that life is short, and what we do in this lifetime matters. In Cam’s words, he states, “I do think acting with urgency is one of the most important things in my life where just thinking about how short life is.” Cam also reveals how he made money online by selling Allbirds shoes on eBay, the rise and fall of his Instagram venture when the algorithm changed, and how he was able to have sustainable income in content writing. If you want to learn more about Cam’s ventures and how he was able to make money online to be able to pursue his passions and interests, listen to the full episode.  Connect with Cam Woodsum on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/camwoodsum Check out Cam's Twitter here: https://twitter.com/camwoodsum Cam's YouTube is found here: https://www.youtube.com/c/CamWoodsum1/about Read more about Freedom Is Everything here: https://www.freedomiseverything.com/start-here-freedom-is-everything/ Thank you so much for listening to the Designing Impact Podcast. If you loved this episode, head over to your favorite podcast player and leave a rating and review. It would absolutely help raise awareness in making this world a better place. Check out my website here: https://emote.design Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/afreezyfrench Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emote.design  I’m also on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-french 

I talk to Robyn O’Brien, a serial food founder, speaker, systems thinker, and an insightful builder of a more regenerative and just food system and we discuss systemic change, the importance of farming and farmers being at the front and center of development and financial security, and the impact of food to the health of the next generation.  She also shares that the food in the 21st century is making people sick and so she has advocated for real food and has become a Real Food evangelist. Robyn also delves into the problem that farmers face, which she happened to share in her TEDx Talk in 2011. She talks about farmers “taking out an increasingly high level of debt, to finance the purchase of genetically-engineered seeds and finance the purchase of the chemicals required to grow them.” Further, she focuses on the multinational companies who have the power to coordinate with farmers and create sustainable plans and develop practices that benefit the farmers, the multinational companies, and the consumers. Connect with Robyn on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robyn-o-brien-a395b42/ Check out my website here: https://emote.design Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/afreezyfrench Connect with me on Instagram: instagram.com/emote.design I’m also on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-french

In this episode, I talk to Kyle Vaughan, a design strategist, a researcher, an advocate and builder of a sustainable future. He's the founder of the Greatest Possible Good, which is a design strategy and research firm that uplifts everyone they come into contact with. We delve into how Kyle and his best friend Kenneth Wayman stumbled into the design thinking process by accident because of their desire to create change in the community, the design thinking process itself, democratizing creation through design thinking, and applying design thinking in your everyday life. In addition, Kyle also shares the processes involved in design thinking which are the following: empathize, synthesize, and ideate. Check out his comprehensive explanation of the processes when you listen to the full episode. Connect with Kyle Vaughan on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jettvance Check out my website here: https://emote.design Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/afreezyfrench Connect with me on Instagram: instagram.com/emote.design I’m also on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-french

In this episode, I talk to Breanne Gibson, a holistic life designer, whose life goal is to empower people through a regenerative lifestyle that is intertwined with nature and our true human nature. We discuss about the environment, food, health, medicine, and grounding. In addition, Breanne shares how she grew up on a 10-acre farm in British Columbia, Canada and how she joined the military when she was 17. She also points out how at 18, she felt she was not in alignment with herself and that in the next decade, because of her work in the military as a bio-science officer, she has become aware of the immense impact humanity has on the environment. Further, she talks about creating lifestyle as a regenerative system, activating one’s energy, places of alignment, and living essentially as one with nature. She also touches on EMF or electromagnetic field as something that could suck and drain one’s energy. If you want to know more about how EMF affects our health, and how grounding could help alleviate the effects of EMF, listen to the full episode to find out. Connect with Breanne Gibson on LinkedIn here: https://ca.linkedin.com/breannegibson Check out my website here: https://emote.design Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/afreezyfrench Connect with me on Instagram: instagram.com/emote.design I’m also on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-french

I talk to my good friend Jérémy Chevallier—a purpose-driven human, an experienced start-up marketer, and an amazing product designer—and we discuss community, design, and connecting people. He shares his experience how he started in design by doodling and sketching comic strips as a child, and then in high school started getting into Photoshop, then eventually became part of DeviantArt, one of the first social networks of thriving community artists online, where he refined his skills. Further, Jérémy talks about Publoft, a content marketing agency, and shares the beginnings, dynamics, system, and the growth of the company. He also discusses what Career Crash is about and how it has helped people. Finally, Jérémy emphasizes a community-based business model providing space for people to connect. He also shares what WikiProp is about and how it is part of his impact vision. “WikiProp is where curious citizens go to find out what their laws really mean, so they can vote informed and have a say in how their government operates.” Visit WikiProp here: https://wikiprop.org Read more about Jérémy Chevallier here: https://jeremy.chevallier.net Check out my website here: https://emote.design Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/afreezyfrench Connect with me on Instagram: instagram.com/emote.design I’m also on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-french

In this episode, I sit down with Bill Reed, a regenerative rebel, an accomplished architect, and a visionary in the community transformation area. He’s led and assisted on regenerative design projects over the last decade.  We talk about taking risks, how he has changed the attitude of communities in Bill’s past projects, regeneration and reconstructing our relationship with the world, the benefits of his projects to communities, and connection between self-transformation and the so-called controlled cultivation of a community group. In addition, we discuss movements that people can connect to, place as a unit of design, working on our places in order to save the world, climate change, and feeding the world in our backyards. We also touch on potential, our most important role in the planet, and what one can do in one’s communities to be an illumination for the people around. This episode is replete with ideologies and suggestions on how we can help change and save the world in our own little way—even by starting with self-love first. Bill is an internationally recognized planning consultant, design process facilitator, lecturer, teacher, and author in sustainability and regeneration. He is a principal of Regenesis, Inc. – a regenerative design, living systems integrator, and education organization. His work centers on creating the framework for and managing an integrative, whole and living system design process. This work is known as Regenerative Development. Read more about Bill Reed here: https://regenesisgroup.com/team/bill-reed Check out my website here: https://emote.design Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/afreezyfrench Connect with me on Instagram: instagram.com/emote.design I’m also on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-french

On this episode, I speak with Hildy Gottleib, founder of I interview Hildy Gottleib, the renowned social scientist and founder of Creating the Future, a non-profit that’s creating a more humane world through systems change. We discuss how social movements have been a consistent factor in the human experience, and break down Hildy’s framework of Catalytic Thinking, which is used to inspire and maintain social and cultural change. Creating the Future Website: https://creatingthefuture.org/ Using Catalytic Thinking Article: https://creatingthefuture.org/using-catalytic-thinking-to-find-your-true-north/ Hildy’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hildygottlieb/