Denise Young (also LinkedIn, Twitter) is a writer & sustainability communications consultant. She has a background in financial journalism, which she applies in her green finance & net zero newsletter The Zeroist. Based in France, Denise grew up in Hong Kong with a mother from Shanghai and a father from Sydney. Thanks to this multicultural background, plus a career as a foreign correspondent, public relations expert and strategic science communicator in Asia, Europe and the U.S., Denise feels freed from having a singular worldview, and powers her ability to connect dots in unexpected ways.A big theme of our conversation was care: "I think my message is about care. If we care for ourselves, we can care for each other. If we care for each other, then we can care for the things that around us that we want to leave for future generations."How can we live in a way that we bring the intention of care to everything we do, whether it's big or small, short- or long-term? The intention: of care and very specific attention to the particular need in that particular moment; of people listening to each other more; of not being in such a hurry; of not kind of filling up life with lots of tasks and to do lists and making that a proxy for life itself.We recorded the interview on 4 March 2022.LinksInternational Council for ScienceIPCC-Working Group 1: physical science latest-Working Group 2: adaptation latest-Working Group 3: mitigation latest"Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu here(26: 20) Senegalise writer who won the Prix Goncourt: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr.Timings0:50 - Q1 What are you doing now? And how did you get there?1:52 - Q2. What is the future you are trying to create, and why?14:45 - Q3. What are your priorities for the next few years, and why?22:10 - Q4. If someone was inspired to follow those priorities, what should they do next?24: 50 - Q5. If your younger self was starting their career now, what advice would you give them?25:49 - Q6. Who would you nominate to answer these questions, because you admire their approach?27:05 - Q7. Is there anything else important you feel you have to say?Themes and more hereTwitter: Powerful_TimesWebsite hub: here.Please do like and subscribe, to help others find the podcast.Thank you for listening! -- David

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