In this new podcast, I'm chatting with Rebecca Stephens, MBE, the first British woman to summit Everest and the first British woman to climb the Seven Summits, the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. We talk through her childhood and upbringing in the UK, her experiences summiting Everest and what being on top of the world for five minutes felt like, her time leading mountaineering tours across the World, and how those contribute to local tourism and conservation efforts. We also dive into climate change and its impacts on glaciers and high-altitude mountaineering, as well as her leadership coaching and consulting journey and the lessons she applies from her experiences on the mountains. Enjoy and be inspired💚🎙️

I’m super thrilled to introduce to you our next guest on the Pod @lydiatiller, the head of the human-elephant coexistence program @amboseli_trust Lydia joined @amboseli_trust in January 2023 to focus on human-elephant coexistence and connectivity in the Amboseli ecosystem. over a decade@savetheelephants in Tsavo, Kenya as their Research and Science Manager, where she coordinated field research and managed an elephant tracking program. In this episode, we chat about the following: Lydia’s upbringing, her career life, and how her childhood shaped the person she is today How she got started working with and for Asian elephants in Thailand, Why elephants? What makes these majestic creatures special Biggest threats facing elephants and all about coexistence in an ever-increasingly changing landscape Her biggest challenge and most rewarding success in her career so far How she is empowering and mentoring the next generation of conservationists and so much more. Enjoy and be Inspired💚🎙️

Gender Bias, discrimination, harassment, inequity in pay, cultural constraints are just but some of the overarching and adverse impacts of gender-related challenges that women go through in the conservation realm. Less than 1% of landowners in the Maasai Mara Conservancies are women. Aside from harmful gender norms such as early childhood marriages, female genital mutilation, and teenage pregnancies, these are over-normalized in the community. As Angela points out, this makes it hard for real, meaningful change across the landscape. Meet our next guest Angela Sanau Paswa Senior Programmes Officer, Gender @mconservancies Her passion is driven by strengthening women's empowerment by working with communities to enhance internal governance structures and promoting inclusive spaces for women in conservation. Enjoy and learn💚🎙️