Changemaker Q&A Season 2

When we think about ocean conservation, it’s easy to picture coral reefs, whales, sea turtles, or plastic pollution washing up on beaches. These are certainly important parts of the story, but they aren’t the whole story. As marine biologist and science communicator Andrew Lewin argues, conservation is ultimately about people. The ocean has existed for […]

When people think about systems change, they often imagine large-scale policy reforms, global movements, or sweeping institutional transformations. Yet one of the most important lessons from the sustainability movement is that systems change often begins with something much smaller: helping people take the first step. This was one of the key themes that emerged from

We are living through a strange contradiction. Mental health awareness has never been higher, and yet many people still feel deeply unsupported, disconnected, exhausted, or alone. We have more language for anxiety, burnout, trauma, and depression than ever before. Workplaces run awareness campaigns. Social media is filled with conversations about self-care and wellbeing. Schools and

A surprising amount of our approach to social change begins after something has already gone wrong. We provide services after someone has experienced harm. We introduce reforms after institutions fail. We respond to crises once they become impossible to ignore. We create reporting processes for incidents that have already occurred and build safety nets to

Changemakers spend a lot of time thinking about the systems we want to transform. We critique economies built around endless growth, workplaces that treat people as resources, cultures of overconsumption, and institutions that extract more from people and the planet than they give back. But there is an uncomfortable question worth asking: how often do

When we talk about creating a more peaceful and just world, much of our attention is understandably directed towards violence itself. We campaign to end violence against women, challenge oppressive institutions, call out racism, confront harmful behaviour and try to dismantle the systems that perpetuate injustice. But there is another question that receives far less

People often assume that working in the nonprofit or social impact sector must feel deeply fulfilling all the time. After all, if you are dedicating your life to helping others, contributing to your community, or working toward a cause you believe in, shouldn’t that be energising? Sometimes it is. But as Anthony Silard explains in

One of the most powerful questions a changemaker can ask is this: How much of my life am I consciously choosing, and how much am I simply inheriting from the world around me? We spend so much time challenging the assumptions embedded within society. We question economic systems, political institutions, cultural norms, and dominant narratives

When people think about the creative industries, they tend to think about what is visible. They think about the fashion campaign, the immersive brand activation, the film set, the TV studio, the festival installation, the exhibition stand, the Christmas window display, the theatre production. They think about creativity at its most exciting: bold ideas made

We often talk about social change as though it happens through policy reform, public campaigns, or major institutional shifts. And it does. But sometimes the most revealing insights come from people whose work has placed them right at the intersection of harm, vulnerability, power, and accountability. In a recent episode of Changemaker Q&A, Eric Robinson