Martijn Lindeman is co-founder of Follow - a social travel and experiences network with a focus on positivity, friendship and fun. Follow’s goal is to utilize and leverage their platform for the benefit of people and planet with smart business models.

Host Kate Hutchinson and Martijn discuss how the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are vital to how Follow runs as a company - they are using SDG 3 - (good health and wellbeing) and SDG 12 (responsible consumption and production) to help create SDG 11 (sustainable cities and communities).

Follow aims to combine the power of machine-learning based social media platforms (like TikTok) with wellbeing principles like The Blue Zones (places in the world where people tend to live longer) to enable people to connect, be inspired and be encouraged - in an action-based bespoke way - to live sutainably.

If you like the idea of making sustainability a core pillar of your business or lifestyle (and hopefully both) then this episode is full of fascinating and useful insights.

The 17 is a podcast themed around the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals. A new episode is published on the 17th of each month, and explores a different one of the 17 goals in detail or discusses a topic linked to sustainability.

The UN SDGs represent an all-encompassing plan to protect the future of our planet, it is our responsibility to know what they are, understand them, and make sure that we are doing our bit to help.

Help us grow this podcast. Please subscribe on your usual podcast platform, leave reviews and spread the word about the podcast. Thank you.

The 17 is produced by Bwlb - www.bwlb.co.uk

For the last 17 months on 'The 17' podcast, host Kate Hutchinson (Founder - Yorkshire Sustainability Festival) has been talking to sustainability experts about the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs. To celebrate our 17th episode, we're putting together a two-part 'Best Of' - featuring all our expert guests. The result is a powerful overview of the challenges facing the planet and the best ideas on how to progress.

This episode is Part 2.

Featured guests and SDG's in this episode:

Sustainability Pioneers:

Mike Berners-Lee (Carbon footprint expert)

Jo Fairley (co-founder of Green and Blacks, a pioneer of Fairtrade)

John Elkington (visionary author who coined many of the sustainability terms we use today)

Dr Alan James (future sustainable travel expert)

Sri Hollema (young eco-inventor)

SDGs and Episode Themes:

SDG 4 - Quality Education (Guest - UK and international education expert Nathan Atkinson)

SDG 5 - Gender Equality (Guest - Venture capitalist and employment charity Founder Helen Oldham)

Green Skills - Co-Founders of disruptive eco skills and employment consultancy Creaticity, Richelle Schuster and Martyn Long

The 17 is a podcast themed around the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals. A new episode is published on the 17th of each month, and explores a different one of the 17 goals in detail or discusses a topic linked to sustainability.

The UN SDGs represent an all-encompassing plan to protect the future of our planet, it is our responsibility to know what they are, understand them, and make sure that we are doing our bit to help.

Help us grow this podcast. Please subscribe on your usual podcast platform, leave reviews and spread the word about the podcast. Thank you.

The 17 is produced by Bwlb - www.bwlb.co.uk

For the last 16 months on 'The 17' podcast, host Kate Hutchinson (Founder - Yorkshire Sustainability Festival) has been talking to sustainability experts about the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs. To celebrate our 17th episode, we're putting together a two-part 'Best Of' - featuring all our expert guests. The result is a powerful overview of the challenges facing the planet and the best ideas on how to progress.

This episode is Part 1, with the second part to follow in September.

Featured guests and SDG's in this episode:

SDG 6 - Clean Water & Sanitation - Niki Roach (Planet Possible)

SDG 8 - Decent Work & Economic Growth - Tim Frenneaux (Economist)

SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure - Eve Roodhouse (Local Government Expert)

SDG 12 - Responsible Production & Consumption - Andrew Ostcliffe (Oxfam) and Josie Warden (Volans)

SDG 13 - Climate Action - Clover Hogan (Climate Activist) & Areeba Hamid (Greenpeace)

SDG 2 - Zero Hunger - Dev Sharma (Food Activist and Youth MP), interviewed by guest host and Digital Changemaker Lella Halloum

SDG 15 - Life On Land - Dr Wayne Visser (Nature Expert and Futurist)

The 17 is a podcast themed around the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals. A new episode is published on the 17th of each month, and explores a different one of the 17 goals in detail or discusses a topic linked to sustainability.

The UN SDGs represent an all-encompassing plan to protect the future of our planet, it is our responsibility to know what they are, understand them, and make sure that we are doing our bit to help.

Help us grow this podcast. Please subscribe on your usual podcast platform, leave reviews and spread the word about the podcast. Thank you.

The 17 is produced by Bwlb - www.bwlb.co.uk