Field Notes from the Future

About Field Notes from the Future

Field Notes from the Future (https://auroracollective.partners/field-notes-homepage)is a podcast for visionaries, builders, and changemakers who aren't just imagining a better future, they're making it real. Each episode captures insights, experiments, and lived experiences from women creating practical pathways toward possibility. Brought to you by Aurora Collective (auroracollective.partners), a women-led collective of consultants and practitioners working at the intersection of environmental impact, conservation, systems change, and regenerative leadership. We center women in the story of systems change, because the future will be shaped by many voices, perspectives and lived experiences from women creating practical pathways. Each conversation traces what sustainability looks like in practice, not just in principle. These are the field notes from the edges of systems and the heart of communities, stories of practice, impact, and real change. About the Host: Shannon Salentine is the host of Field Notes from the Future, Founder and CEO of Lead for Good (www.leadforgood.co), and founding partner of Aurora Collective (auroracollective.partners), a women-led collective of consultants and practitioners working at the intersection of systems change, environmental impact, and regenerative practice. Shannon has spent years sitting across from women who are rethinking how they work, live, and lead, asking the questions that don't usually make it into a bio or a pitch deck. That work is what led her to start this podcast. This is the kind of conversation where the goal isn't to arrive at an answer but to sit inside the moment before someone can fully articulate what's shifting in them. Each episode in this season of Field Notes from the Future follows that same instinct. Shannon talks with women who reached a point where the old way stopped working, and asks them to walk back through it, what they felt before they had language for it, what it cost to change course, and what became possible once they did. This is a show about discernment, tension, and what it looks like to change course in real time, hosted by someone who has spent her career helping other people do exactly that.

Publisher

Aurora Collective

Category

business · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Aug 2026

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

5 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   What it Means to Choose Differently with Uma Tantri

   What happens when the life that looks right on paper no longer feels aligned? In this episode, Uma Tantri (https://www.linkedin.com/in/umatantri)shares her decision to leave a traditional path and start something new—building a company rooted in her values, her family, and the future she wants to help create. This is a conversation about the tension between stability and meaning—and the personal evolution required to choose differently when the old path no longer fits. Each of these conversations explores how personal evolution shapes the future we’re building—one decision at a time. Uma Tantri (https://www.linkedin.com/in/umatantri)is a founder, mother, and former CPG and consulting professional. In 2025, she launched Meena’s Planet, a regenerative snack company focused on creating healthier food systems for children and the planet. She holds a B.A. from Middlebury College and an M.B.A. from UC Berkeley Haas, and lives in Brooklyn with her family.

2. 

   28 Sept 2026

   What it Means to Return to the Land with Maria Murmis

   What does it look like to leave one path—and step into something that feels more true, and more necessary? María Murmis (https://ar.linkedin.com/in/maria-rosa-murmis-3a683811/en) shares her decision to leave a global career and return to her family’s farm, where she is building a model that integrates biodiversity, agriculture, and community. What began as a personal shift has become a broader reimagining of what farming can be—one that responds to the realities of our time. This is a conversation about land, legacy, and the work of building systems that can hold both conservation and production. Each of these conversations explores how personal evolution shapes the future we’re building—one decision at a time. María R. Murmis (https://ar.linkedin.com/in/maria-rosa-murmis-3a683811/en) is an Argentine-Canadian environmental practitioner with a background in economics and energy and resources. After years working on environmental and social aspects of development projects, she returned to her family’s farm in Argentina. Her work now focuses on integrating conservation with agriculture, restoring ecosystems, and building a model for sustainable land stewardship that connects family, farming, and biodiversity.

3. 

   8 Sept 2026

   What it Means to Change a System with Claire Bergkamp

   How does personal evolution shape the way we work inside complex systems? Claire Bergkamp (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/claire-bergkamp-2a6ab65) shares how her leadership has evolved alongside a deeper understanding of what’s needed to address climate and sustainability at scale. Her work now focuses on materials as a critical lever for change—shifting the foundation of the fashion industry itself. This is a conversation about leadership, decision-making, and what it takes to change systems from within—by aligning our work with what the future demands. Claire Bergkamp is the CEO of Textile Exchange and a global leader in sustainability strategy within the fashion industry. She previously served as Sustainability and Innovation Director at Stella McCartney and has played a key role in industry-wide climate initiatives, including the UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action. Textile Exchange: (https://textileexchange.org/)https://textileexchange.org (https://textileexchange.org)

4. 

   31 Aug 2026

   What it Means to Design from Essence with Roanne Adams

   What does it mean to design from a place of deep alignment—not just in what we create, but in how we live and lead? In this conversation, Roanne Adams shares how her work has evolved from building brands to helping women reconnect with their own clarity, creativity, and vision. As the world changes, so too has her focus—toward creating spaces where people can move out of noise and into essence. This is a conversation about personal evolution as a creative act—and what becomes possible when we design in response to what’s truly needed. Each of these conversations explores how personal evolution shapes the future we’re building—one decision at a time. Roanne Adams (https://www.linkedin.com/in/roanne-adams-1b1a191) is the founder and Chief Creative Director of RoAndCo Studio, a New York–based creative agency known for its artful and strategic approach to branding and design. Over the past 18 years, she has helped launch hundreds of brands and partnered with companies including Google, Nike, and Estée Lauder. Through her work—including Romance Journal and State of Feeling—Roanne creates spaces for women to reconnect with their creativity, clarity, and purpose. Her practice spans branding, publishing, and place-making, all grounded in a commitment to beauty, meaning, and impact. Website: https://www.roandco.com/ (https://www.roandco.com/) State of Feeling: (https://www.stateoffeeling.com/)https://www.stateoffeeling.com (https://www.stateoffeeling.com) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roandcostudio/ (https://www.instagram.com/roandcostudio/) Instagram (State of Feeling): https://www.instagram.com/state_of_feeling/ (https://www.instagram.com/state_of_feeling/)

5. 

   20 Aug 2026

   Trailer: Field Notes from the Future x Aurora Collective

   Field Notes from the Future is here. Four women. Four decisions. A brand new podcast from Aurora Collective launching August 31. Field Notes from the Future features four honest conversations with women actually living the shift, a brand strategist helping women find their own essence in leadership, a sustainability leader tracing fashion back to its materials, an environmental practitioner leading from her own family's land, and a mother who looked at what was missing and built something better. Follow now so you don't miss episode one. Learn more: https://www.auroracollective.partners (https://www.auroracollective.partners) Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AuroraCollectivePartners (https://www.youtube.com/@AuroraCollectivePartners) Questions? hello@auroracollective.partners (mailto:hello@auroracollective.partners)

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