Mixtapes

“If government and business don’t have a solution, maybe the people should take over?”. On September 15th last year, this woman and her team moved 17.8M people in 157 countries to participate in the biggest ever civic action against waste – World Cleanup Day. Through a 36-hour epic wave of cleanups on beaches, rivers and other polluted environments, communities across borders and cultural divides sent a strong message to the world by taking a symbolic step towards green stewardship for systemic c

Maestro Ernst van Tiel kindly invited me to attend the Star Wars film concert. It was magic, and time stopped. Can’t explain it. We must be able to learn something from these guys!? Maestro van Tiel kindly made some time for us to sit backstage the day after the performance to answer my questions and listen to music tracks I prepared for him. We decrypt what we can learn from orchestra conductors so you can hopefully apply some of it in your project and daily life. Just in case the Empire strikes bac

Zero Waste starts with good design, obviously. So we sat in the hallway of a design college and started talking. There is a lot to learn from Joan Marc’s journey in economics, lobbying, advocacy and activism. Catching him on his last day of vacation was a great way to take perspective on his career so far and on what's next. His organisation Zero Waste Europe has achieved a lot and made a meaningful contribution to how cities will manage their material streams from now on.

I was looking for a BIG abandoned industrial space for a campaign film I was working on last year. Guillem Ventura, our genius film director put me in touch with Daniel J. Hayes, who had 10,000m2 to offer, including 110 houses, a church, a bar and a dangerous industrial building ready for demolition. Perfect! What I uncovered is an incredible project in the making and a fascinating human being with a lot of insights and experience to contribute.

I sit with Rebecca Hubbard in the Thon Hotel EU in Brussels. it’s a peak lobbying day of the year! EU Ministers decide on (over)fishing quotas for European waters and the Thon Hotel EU is where most of the shady meetings happen and where deals get made, just besides us, as we record this interview. Rebecca specialises in campaigning for ocean issues. I hope you can use Rebecca’s energy and wisdom to advance on your own battles. Dance, do more, be cosmic! Camille

There is a lot to learn from his decades of experience with activism in Eastern Europe defending communities against large brown infrastructure projects driven by development banks and industry. We talk about where our money is going, the role of the European Investment Bank in financing the fossil fuel industry and how to deal with people in suits that are typically insensitive to what local livelihoods can represent. . We traveled back in time to the fall of communism, where Petr’s life took a turn.

It’s been a good 20 years I haven’t sat in front of TV cartoons first thing in the morning. Doing so with the author himself was like a dream come true. In addition to the great success of his comic book character Dickie, Pieter De Poortere happens to be a very insightful person I could ask about black humour, visual storytelling, the artist’s take on suffering and social issues. As always, I learnt a lot. I am pretty sure this interview will be thought-provoking for you as well.

It was impossible. He made it happen. During this interview, I had the chance to taste the result of years of immense efforts, advanced research, persistence and patient execution: fresh water. Something we take for granted everyday but that 1 billion people still don’t have access to. Water filters exist, but what Mauricio did is dramatically cut the cost of high-performing filters from 3 digits to just a few euros, crowdsourcing knowledge in the maker movement and keeping everything open source.

Heidi Hautala is one of the most inspiring women I ever met and her career speaks for itself. From her childhood spent feeling on the fringes in Northern Finland to starting up the country's Green party to then becoming Vice President at the European Parliament, her life is full of learnings and inspiring stories.

Hi everyone, a quick message to wish you the happy new year and update you on what we have been preparing for 2019 and on: We are launching Cosmic, an influencer network for change makers. This is where you will get the Cosmic podcast from now on. Stay tuned! Camille

Camille sits down to talk change with Álvaro Porro, Commissioner for Social Economy, Local Development and Consumption for the City of Barcelona. Álvaro shares his perspectives on the importance of municipalism and collective action for driving structural change, how much real power consumers have in driving demand, and what it takes to shape an economy that puts people at the center. And a message to take home: there's a lot happening on the local political level that will be responsible for real chan

When 485 refugees came to a tiny town in Jutland, Denmark, it changed the way integration had to work in Denmark. So many newcomers living in Jutland yet totally disconnected from the local community - something had to be done. With one small room and one coffee machine, Mads Nygaard helped start a new nationwide movement that brings people together through story telling, connection, and crowd-sourcing. The Venligboerne movement is proof that we have all the tools we need to solve the refugee crisis.