Number 16 of 289 - Vibhati Bhatia

Vibhati “Vibs” Bhatia is a social sustainability leader, founder and community builder working at the intersection of climate, culture and equity.

She is the founder of South Asians for Sustainability (SAFS) – a fast-growing platform amplifying South Asian voices in climate and social impact, while making sustainability more culturally relevant and accessible.

Alongside her work, she is also a fusion musician – singing in Hindi, Punjabi and English, and collaborating with artists including The Orchestral Qawwali Project.

Mishal Noor and I had the pleasure of speaking with Vibs - exploring her journey and why climate action must include the voices most affected.

“We’re all connected… the world is one family.”

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Her parents are farmers, so she knows how much work goes into producing food – and hates throwing it away.

That led to forming Olio • Share More, Waste Less in 2014, so it's a pleasure to bring this story through the latest episode of Moved.

Meet Tessa Clarke – solving food waste at scale, 140M+ meals shared safely, 15M+ household items rehomed.

We know food waste is wrong, yet a third of food produced globally never gets eaten, and millions are hungry.

🌍 9M+ people have joined the Olio community

🍽️ 140M+ meals redistributed

🏠 15M+ household items rehomed

♻️ 300,000+ tonnes of CO₂e prevented

💧 40B+ litres of water saved

🤝 1M+ volunteer collections every year

Moved by Olio, with Tessa Clarke.

Download the Olio app from the Apple App Store or Google Play.

Read more at https://olioapp.com/en/

In this episode of Moved, Gary Watts speaks with Madeleine (Maddie) McLaughlin – an award-winning designer, researcher and entrepreneur working at the intersection of design, resilience and human impact.

From designing tsunami escape routes in Japan to developing life-saving maritime safety solutions, Maddie shares how design goes beyond aesthetics – it becomes a tool for saving lives, rebuilding communities and solving “wicked problems.”

This conversation explores:

1. How design thinking can transform organisations
2. Why empathy and culture are critical in innovation
3. The hidden failures of disaster relief systems
4. How small interventions can create massive global impact

It’s a powerful reflection on responsibility, creativity and what it really means to design for people.

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