Announcing Cri de Cœur, a New Monthly Interview Series
I’m proud to announce the launch of Cri de Cœur, a new monthly interview series that explores the many ways that advocacy can take shape across disciplines and sectors in order to build a more sustainable future. Read below for an introduction to the series:
Cri de Cœur means “a cry from the heart; a heartfelt or sincere appeal”
It’s a phrase that demonstrates the meaning of advocacy, which harnesses individual power to create shared awareness and collective action.
In this series, I’ll be interviewing leaders who will share their insights, experiences and reflections about their approach to advocacy: how they wield influence, build coalitions, communicate and share knowledge, and work to facilitate civic engagement. We’ll take a look at some of the personal skills needed to be effective in the role of a “change agent.”
In an effort to document and reflect on on how to bring about actual positive change for sustainability as individuals, this series focuses on how advocacy could manifest within each of our own spheres of influence. To uncover this, we’ll dig into examples of leadership at the intersections of community, business, policy, finance, academia and the arts, given that to meet our goals we will need collective action on an unprecedented global scale. The series seeks to explore tactics and approaches to build a more sustainable future and uncover the ways that advocacy can take shape across disciplines and sectors.
The first interview will be released in April 2021, and will feature Anne-Marie Bonneau, author of the Zero Waste Chef Cookbook. Together, we will explore systemic and structural challenges impacting food waste and climate change, Anne-Marie’s approach to climate and sustainability advocacy, and her new cookbook which offers readers simple (and usually free) fixes to ease them into wasting less.
I’d love to know — who do you want to hear from in a future feature? If you have a leading voice to recommend or are interested in sharing your own approach to advocacy for this project, leave a comment below, or drop me an email at cc2073@cam.ac.uk
Featured Conversations from the Series
