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The Sustainability Options Podcast

Sustainability Options
Inner Development Goals
Wellbeing Economy Alliance
New Zealand
Wellbeing Economy
Nature As a Shareholder
Environment and Biodiversity
Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainability Options
Biodiversity
BIOFIN
Intergenerational Fairness
Indigenous Rights
Bioscience
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Gross Domestic Product
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Economy
Gareth Hughes
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Kia Ora and welcome to The Sustainability Options Podcast, a platform where we discuss all things healthy homes and sustainable living in Aotearoa New Zealand. Join Nik and Jo from the Sustainability Options lead team as they share what they know about how to achieve a healthy home from their decades of experience in housing and sustainability. From the science of mould to rental housing ideologie... more

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What happens to our economy if AI starts creating abundance instead of scarcity, and industries are transformed? 🌏

In our latest kōrero with futurist Steve Swallow, we dive into the $650B being poured into AI by 2026 and what it could mean for labo... more

This week, we sit down with Manu Caddie (Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngāti Hauā), who is a passionate entrepreneur, activist, and academic dedicated to Indigenous rights and sustainable development, to discuss what it looks like to have nature as a shareholder.

This episode we speak with Mount Maunganui college student, Jem Dougal, who is both politically active and incredibly grounded.

He shares his experience of being a tax payer who has no voice when it comes to what this country invests in.

He talks ... more

This week, Nik and Jo are joined by Ian Herbert, the University of Otago BIOFIN (Biodiversity Finance) Assessment lead.

Ian is an economist and an advocate for nature, and shares his insight as to how a sustainable environment can support a prospero... more

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Steve Swallow
Datacom's Director of Market Strategy in New Zealand
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Episode: Towards a Purposeful Economy - Steve Swallow
Manu Caddie
Activist and entrepreneur; Ngati Pukenga and Ngati Haua, indigenous rights advocate and bioscience entrepreneur
Self-described ventures in bioscience and indigenous-rights driven enterprises
Episode: Towards a Purposeful Economy - Manu Caddie
Jem Dougal
Mount Maunganui College student, Green Party member
Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
Episode: Towards a Purposeful Economy - Jem Dougal
Ian Herbert
BIOFIN Assessment Lead Strategy and Business Cases, University of Otago
University of Otago / BIOFIN
Episode: Towards a Purposeful Economy - Ian Herbert
Dr Katherine Trebeck
Political economist, writer and advocate for economic system change
The Next Economy; Centre for Policy Development; Wellbeing Economy Alliance (We Well, We All Scotland); University of Edinburgh (teaching)
Episode: Towards A Purposeful Economy - Dr Katherine Trebeck
Gary Shaw
New Zealand Ambassador for the Inner Development Goals
Inner Development Goals
Episode: Towards a Purposeful Economy
Sally Hett
Speaker from the Wellbeing Economy Alliance
Wellbeing Economy Alliance
Episode: Towards a Purposeful Economy
Gareth Hughes
Speaker from the Wellbeing Economy Alliance
Wellbeing Economy Alliance
Episode: Towards a Purposeful Economy

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What are the Inner Development Goals
Q: So Jo, what are the inner development goals?
Jo explains that IDGs are a framework of five inner capacities—being, thinking, relating, collaborating, and acting—derived from a global effort to link inner development with the ability to fulfill the outer Sustainable Development Goals.
Towards a Purposeful Economy - Steve Swallow
Q: Are universal basic income or universal basic services viable long-term solutions?
They may be transitional tools to cushion disruption, but the speakers suggest they don't solve the underlying incentive and structural issues; a broader rethink of the economy toward abundance and equity is needed.
Towards a Purposeful Economy - Steve Swallow
Q: What role does AI play in disrupting traditional labor and GDP-driven growth models?
AI could automate a large portion of knowledge and physical work, which may erode wage-based consumption unless new economic designs (like abundance-based models or AI dividends) provide alternative pathways for distributing value and maintaining demand.

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A thoughtful series centered on sustainable economies and healthy living, with recurring conversations about how to design systems that prioritize people, communities, and the planet. Episodes explore alternative economic models, wellbeing-focused metrics, nature-backed governance, and practical pathways for businesses and governments to operate with purpose beyond growth for growth's sake. Guests range from Indigenous rights advocates and biodiversity economists to climate- and policy-focused researchers, offering a mix of theoretical frameworks and actionable case studies. Noteworthy traits include a strong emphasis on wellbeing, intergenerational perspectives, and practical governance levers that can be applied in New Zealand contexts, m... more

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