Intentifiers

Intentional Sustainable Spending

Joel Solomon is a Founding Partner of Renewal Funds, Canada's largest mission venture capital firm, at $240 million assets under management. Investing in climate tech and organic foods in Canada and the USA, Renewal Funds is GIIRS-rated, a founding Canadian B Corp (5x “Best for the World”), a “1% for the Planet” member, recognized as ImpactAssets “Top 50 impact fund managers.” Joel is also 2021 Clean50 Canada lifetime achievement honoree, frequent public speaker, board member of the University of British Columbia, co-producer of the Just Economy Institute, and co-author of The Clean Money Revolution: Re-Inventing Power, Purpose & Capitalism. I saw it’s power, and also its ability to define and control humanity, in turn our effect on all life, human society, and experimentation with how it may be used more fairly and generatively for a better future for all. Joel's Story of Intent stems from his curiosity and drive for a more intelligent and long term perspective on the great societal questions around how money could be used to shift economic activity to a generative, more fair, and powerful force - one that could create a better future for humanity and ecology. While at the same time opening up the possibility of how money (and how we spend it) might having a more enlightened human influence on society, a long term evolution for a more just, safe soft landing for civilization and future generations. This is Joel and his Story of Intent connected to intentional spending.

Flavours of Hope

Trixie Ling was born in Taipei, Taiwan and grew up in many places from Taiwan, Singapore, United States of America, and Canada. She launched Flavours of Hope in March 2018 as a labour of love, stemming from her passion for creating intercultural spaces, o learn together, break down barriers, and build bridges between cultures through food, stories, and entrepreneurship. In Trixie's Story of Intent she speaks to her hope of people being intentional in thinking about their identity, culture, power and privilege, and the connection between food and race. This is Trixie and her Story of Intent.

Nourished Woman Living

Abneet Sandhar is a trained classical Indian yoga guide, receiving her 300hr teacher training with Master yoga lineage holder: Maitreyi Yogacharini from the Arkaya foundation in 2019. She is also a Feminine Embodiment Coach receiving Woman's Temple facilitation training with Awakening Women in 2017, and also is a certified Holistic Nutritionist + Chef. Abneet is OBSESSED with guiding women back to their inner healing capability and reclaiming inner power. She knows that the healing of the world takes place as the Sacred Feminine is brought back into balance. A former burlesque model, nude art model and life-long sacred arts dancer, she encourages women in her practice to enter their bodies more fully in order to show up more deeply in every aspect of their lives; in intimate relating, communication, money and . Her Story of Intent is about how after years of studying spiritual self-healing techniques, meditation, classical tantric yoga and dance, she curated "The Nourished Woman" - a safe space for women of all walks of life to come together in community to celebrate and express their most honest raw selves. She shares how defining Sankalpa has helped shaped her personal spiritual journey and the work I do with my clients. This is Abneet and her Story of Intent.

The Power of Self-Manifestation

Originally born in Montreal, Melissa was influenced by her mother who worked in factory garment production for large scale clothing distributors in that city. She can remember sitting at the foot of her mother's industrial sewing machine organizing buttons into their respective categories and playing with remnant scraps of fabrics to create colorful collages. Melissa established Adhesif Clothing in 2003 in Vancouver, BC Canada where she resided for 27 years before making the leap over to Europe. She currently operates a permanent studio & showroom in the beautiful countryside of Königstein im Taunus, just outside of Frankfurt Germany with plans to expand to an Atelier in 2022. Melissa’s Story of Intent is about her belief in the power of self manifestation, the law of attraction and that what you put out into the world is inevitably what you will receive back to you. She shares how she tries her very best everyday to live with an acute consciousness of her actions and how those actions impacts the world around her. She believes in “sustainability and quality over quantity” and explains how this is her way of being. This is Melissa and her Story of Intent.

Community Capacity Containers

Lystra, is invested in the success and amplification of my QmooniTi at every intersection and on a global scale. She/They is a multitalented human due to her curious nature which has driven her to access a multidisciplinary education and career. She/They is deeply invested in healing from the generational trauma(s) collected by my ancestors due to wyt supremacy and it’s deadly systemic culture. She/They has developed strong opinions in order to show up as her/their whole self and does so unapologetically. Lystra’s Story of Intent is about how she leads with integrity and intuition to inspire her/they in all things life, love, business, community building, healing, and relationship building! She shares what she means by 'community capacity containers' and the impactful work that comes from them. Often called audacious, this is Lystra and her/their Story of Intent.

Empowering Indigenous Women

Sharon is Métis/Cree originally from Treaty Six Territory, is founder, and LEO of Cree8iv Collaboration Inc, doing business as DEVA Training & Staffing Solutions. Sharon is also a member of The Braid, an active member of PowHERhouse, a founding member of Impact Arts Co-operative, and a member of Zebras Unite Co-operative. Sharon is pursuing an MBA through Royal Roads University, and is writing her first book. Sharon’s Story of Intent is about how she spent most of my life running away from herself. She was ashamed of being Indigenous because of her upbringing and denial of her ancestry. She shares that in her 40’s she realized that a big part of herself was missing and how she started to explore her Indigenous ancestry and come to terms with it. “Everything I experienced throughout my life has led me to here”, she shares and has bought her to a life purpose of helping other Indigenous women believe in themselves and find their voices. This is Sharon and her Story of Intent.

Supporting Women with PCOS

Dr. Ami Patel, a pharmacist and Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist, is passionate about raising awareness about menstrual health, mental health, infertility and PCOS, especially in the South Asian community where these are all taboo subjects. Going through her own challenges with PCOS and feeling ashamed and alone, she now wants to build a community for fellow women diagnosed with PCOS to have a safe space to communicate, ask for help, and be understood. She is raising awareness through Instagram, Tik Tok and YouTube through the handle @PCOShealingadventure.This is Dr. Patel and her Story of Intent.

Finding Myself

Bhavana is the lead designer and CEO of BHAV, a Chicago based women's wear clothing line. A pharmacist by profession (and still currently practicing) she decided to pursue her dream of fashion design. She launched her debut line three years ago and has not looked back since. Bhavana is inspired with her own Indian cultural identity and seeks to empower women to find unique ways to embrace their cultural heritage. Bhavana’s Story of Intent is about how she found herself in the journey of entrepreneurship and how her past experiences in life brought her to create BHAV. She shares how she sees heritage as a piece of us - not the sole thing that defines us - and how she is inspired by women who have authentically incorporated their multicultural identity into their lives, whether it's related to career, motherhood or otherwise. This is Bhavana and her Story of Intent.

A Compassionate World Through Creative Design

Sangeetha Kowsik was born in Fremont, CA, a Parsons School of Design grad, is an NYC-based designer, interfaith chaplain, educator, and established gallery artist. The only person in the world doing this: A Hindu, Indian American woman who's an Islamic/Arabic calligrapher. Sangeetha is the Hindu Chaplain/Spiritual Advisor of NYU/Columbia Universities, founder of NYU Hindu Center, founding member of NAHCA (North American Hindu Chaplain Association), and awarded “Chaplain of the Year” for her interfaith initiatives by Chelsea Clinton.Horrified by the animosity/negative perceptions as seen on media and that plague South Asian Hindu and Muslim communities, IhsanIshan was initially launched to celebrate both faiths, its shared traditions, educate to remind the world that India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and parts of Iran were all one landmass before colonization/partition. Sangeetha's Story of Intent one where she shares her belief that through intentional art and design diverse communities can be brought together - it is a way to heal past traumas, phobias, and fight stereotypes. Her mission is to engage all people interested in knowing about the diversity of this world with intentionally crafted products meant to convey meaningful messages and provoke powerful conversations. This is Sangeetha and her Story of Intent.

Intentional Travel & Our Ecosystem

JoAnna Haugen is a writer, speaker, and solutions advocate who has worked in the travel and tourism industry for nearly 15 years. She is also the founder of Rooted, a solutions platform at the intersection of sustainable tourism, social impact, and storytelling. Her mission through Rooted is to responsibly document, support, celebrate, and share sustainable travel-related initiatives that prioritize local communities and the planet – and to help others do the same. A returned U.S. Peace Corps volunteer, long-term expat, international election observer, and intrepid traveler, JoAnna currently lives in Carthage, Tunisia.JoAnna's Story of Intent focusses on the intentionality she believes is required to create the conditions for a safer, more sustainable, more equitable future in relation to when we travel - that is we need to be intentional when leaving our homes and visiting someone else's. This is JoAnna and her Story of Intent.