Welcome to Doing Hope—the podcast where we bring you stories of people building positive futures, today. I’m Claudia Geratz, a positive psychologist, coach, and facilitator based in Ireland, and I am passionate about supporting individuals, teams, and communities in creating meaningful change all around the globe. In each episode, we meet inspiring changemakers who aren’t just dreaming of a better world—they’re making it happen. Let’s go for a walk together.
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Feeding Us With Trees: Rethinking Food, Fire, and Our Role on the Land with Elspeth Hay
Writer Elspeth Hay discusses rediscovering older, hopeful food stories beyond industrial agriculture, emphasizing the role of nut trees, Indigenous stewardship, and cultural fire in creating biodiverse landscapes in an interview with Claudia Geratz.
16 Nov 2025
Turning Europe's Farmer into Rockstars: Reimagining Food and Farming with Cindie Christiansen
Cindie Christiansen, founder of Footprint Nordic, discusses the Top 50 Farmers initiative and reimagines the food system by recognizing farmers as innovators and essential stewards, in a conversation with host Claudia Geratz.
2 Nov 2025
Engineering Hope: Designing Flood-Resilient Futures with Leslie
French engineer Leslie discusses designing flood-resilient systems, emphasizing the importance of integrating data, biodiversity, and community needs to foster hope through collaboration in an interview with Claudia Geratz.
12 Oct 2025
Reimagining Activewear: From Wood Fibres to Sustainable Sportswear with Franziska Mesche
Franziska Mesche, founder of Tripulse, discusses her mission to eliminate plastics and toxins from activewear by creating sustainable sportswear from wood-based fibers in an interview with Claudia Geratz.
21 Sept 2025
Turning the Grid Green: What It Takes to Shift a State to Renewable Energy
Climate activist Leslie Glustrom discusses decarbonizing the U.S. electricity system through local advocacy and long-term vision, highlighting the importance of persistence and creating new messengers in this interview episode.
7 Sept 2025
From Spare Gardens to Shared Futures: Scott Bryan’s Vision for Community Roots
Host Claudia Geratz interviews community organizer Scott Bryan about how Community Roots transforms unused gardens into shared growing spaces, fostering connection and resilience.
24 Aug 2025
The Power of Climate Art: Nicole Kelner on Turning Watercolours into Climate Action
Host Claudia Geratz interviews climate artist Nicole Kelner about transforming watercolour infographics into accessible climate action and inspiration.
10 Aug 2025
Power, Policy & Possibility: Megna Rajagopal on Clean Energy and Climate Advocacy in MENA
Climate advocate Megna Rajagopal discusses her work in clean energy and climate advocacy in the MENA region, highlighting the importance of empathy and community engagement, in an interview with Claudia Geratz.
27 Jul 2025
From Ancient Oceans to Future Solutions: Maria Luisa Sanchez Montes on Climate, Curiosity, and Courage
Climate scientist Maria Luisa Sanchez Montes explores Earth's ancient climates through ocean sediments and plant lipids, revealing parallels to today's emissions and inspiring her shift towards sustainable solutions in this interview.
13 Jul 2025
Change Clothes, Change Futures - with Mary Fleming
Mary Fleming, founder of Change Clothes, discusses building a grassroots social enterprise focused on textile waste and community engagement with host Claudia Geratz in this interview.
29 Jun 2025
The Natural Rebel: Reclaiming Feminine Wisdom in Sustainability Work with Dani Baker
Sustainability advocate Dani Baker discusses the challenges of mainstream sustainability with host Claudia Geratz, exploring how feminine values can reshape leadership and work for change in this interview.
15 Jun 2025
A Wilder World Is Possible — one 3x3m Patch at a Time - with Jon Conradi Founder of Wild Mosaic
Jon Conradi, founder of Wild Mosaic, discusses making rewilding accessible through small land patches, transforming habitats, and fostering a personal connection with nature in an interview with Claudia Geratz.
1 Jun 2025
From Corporate Sustainability to Local Climate Leadership: Regeneration Starts Where You Are - with Laila JB Martins, Strategist, Trainer, and Facilitator
Laila JB Martins, a regenerative strategist, discusses transitioning from corporate sustainability to local climate action, emphasizing that hope is cultivated through practice, in an interview with Claudia Geratz.
18 May 2025
Doing Hope Episode 3: Caitríona Kenny, Co-Founder and Chair of Connecting Cabra: Sustainable Energy Community in Ireland
Today we meet Caitríona Kenny, a community officer, environmental educator and one of the co-founders of the Sustainable Energy Community Connecting Cabra in Dublin 7, Ireland. Sustainable Energy Communities are community-led initiatives to empower locals to take climate action at a local level. Cabra was one of the first to establish in Ireland and the community has since expanded their connect-learn-and-share model to also include biodiversity projects, tree planting and growing food together. I spoke with Caitríona to understand how they made this happen and what we can learn from their journey to inspire you to start your own community project.
Recording location: Caitríona’s sun-filled living room in the heart of Cabra, Dublin, Ireland.
Connect with Caitríona:
Website: www.connectingcabra.ie
email: hello@connectingcabra.ie
For comments, ideas and collaborations contact me at:
email: claudia@claudiageratz.com
website: claudiageratz.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudiageratz/
To become a guest on the Doing Hope podcast or nominate someone you know, please complete this short form: https://forms.gle/BzHSz7dNYcKDK8VLA
🎹 Intro Music by the talented Alberto Gariglio.
Listen to more of his piano music here:
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Thank you for listening.
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5 May 2025
Doing Hope Episode 2: Frederik Verstraete, CEO & Chief Impact Officer at EarthPlus and C-Biotech
Today, we are meeting Frederich Verstraete from Belgium, who combines his entrepreneurial spirit and decades of business expertise to build a greener future by bringing back hemp as a sustainable raw material for industries and manufacturing. But that’s not all. The real hopeful story is that he is growing hemp on contaminated land, land that is deemed unusable due to pollution with forever chemicals. Listen to how he and his team is making the impossible possible.
Recording location: Meeting via Zoom in the C-Biotech office in Belgium
Connect with Frederik:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederik-verstraete/
Earth Plus Website: https://www.earthplus.eu/
C-Biotech Website: https://www.c-biotech.eu/
Restoring 30000 hectares of land in Murcia, Spain - Case Study: https://www.earthplus.eu/projects/bringing-river-quipar-back-in-murcia-spain/
For comments, ideas and collaborations contact me at:
email: claudia@claudiageratz.com
website: claudiageratz.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudiageratz/
To become a guest on the Doing Hope podcast or nominate someone you know, please complete this short form: https://forms.gle/BzHSz7dNYcKDK8VLA
🎹 Intro Music by the talented Alberto Gariglio.
Listen to more of his piano music here:
https://www.instagram.com/albertogariglio.77
https://www.youtube.com/@albertogarigliomypianomusi1392
Thank you for listening.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit positiveclimatecareers.substack.com (https://positiveclimatecareers.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)
27 Apr 2025
Doing Hope Episode 1: Nathan Cruz Coulson, Co-Founder of Bold Donut Games
Today we are hearing from Nathan, the Co-Founder of Bold Donut Games and how his fun mobile games help 1000s of people learn about actionable sustainable behaviours in a fun and playful way.
Recoding location: A quiet spot among oaks and beech trees in Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland.
Connect with Nathan:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ncruzcoulson/
Bold Donut website: https://www.bolddonut.com
Play the game at MyWaste.ie "Take a minute before you bin it!" campaign game: https://bolddonut.itch.io/take-a-minute (https://bolddonut.itch.io/take-a-minute)
ESB Networks energy game case study: https://www.bolddonut.com/energy-case-study (https://www.bolddonut.com/energy-case-study)
KPMG waste game in an office environment case study: https://www.bolddonut.com/office (https://www.bolddonut.com/office)
For comments, ideas and collaborations contact me at:
email: claudia@claudiageratz.com
website: claudiageratz.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudiageratz/
To become a guest on the Doing Hope podcast or nominate someone you know, please complete this short form: https://forms.gle/BzHSz7dNYcKDK8VLA
🎹 Intro Music by the talented Alberto Gariglio.
Listen to more of his piano music here:
https://www.instagram.com/albertogariglio.77
https://www.youtube.com/@albertogarigliomypianomusi1392
Thank you for listening.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit positiveclimatecareers.substack.com (https://positiveclimatecareers.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)
25 Mar 2025
Doing Hope Episode 0: Intention Setting
I am delighted to introduce the Doing Hope podcast and bringing you Episode 0 today. In this short solo episode I share my intention for this podcast and a bit about my personal backstory of why I feel called to record inspiring stories of changemakers across the world.
Recoding location: A small woodland in Hennef, Germany
For comments, ideas and collaborations contact me at:
email: claudia@claudiageratz.com
website: claudiageratz.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudiageratz/
🎹 Intro Music by the talented Alberto Gariglio.
Listen to more of his piano music here:
https://www.instagram.com/albertogariglio.77
https://www.youtube.com/@albertogarigliomypianomusi1392
Thank you for listening.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit positiveclimatecareers.substack.com (https://positiveclimatecareers.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)
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