Never Too Small to Make Big Changes | NOE Circle with Madina R.
This NOE Circle explores how one person's curiosity about the environment became a career, a community, and a movement spanning two continents. "Never Too Small to Make Big Changes" is about the power of accessible storytelling in driving real environmental action: how translating complex science into relatable conversations can shift mindsets, build communities, and influence policy. We'll explore what happens when you stop waiting for the perfect platform and start where you are. A question to sit with: What stops us from talking about the issues we care about most, and what would happen if we started anyway?
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About Madina
Madina R. is a sustainability and communications professional from Kazakhstan, working on international initiatives at the intersection of food systems, science communication, and women's empowerment. Originally from Kazakhstan, she currently works as a Food Systems Officer in Australian local government and is completing a Master of Environment at the University of Melbourne. A sought-after speaker and science communicator, she has been recognised at COP29 as one of the pioneers shaping the sustainable future for Kazakhstan; and a Women Empowerment leader by the Asian Development Bank. She also creates viral sustainable living content on social media hitting millions of views, and has co-founded Women in Science, championing girls and women in STEM across Central Asia.
About NOE Circles
Each Circle is built on the belief that shared experience is one of the most powerful forces for change. When change makers hear each other's stories - the struggles alongside the breakthroughs - something opens up. Solidarity forms. New perspectives emerge. The weight becomes more bearable, and the path forward becomes clearer.
NOE Circles are spaces to pause, reconnect with your purpose, and find the strength to keep going - together.
Healing Money Trauma | NOE Circle with Miho Soon
3 out of 4 Gen-Zs and Millennials have PTSD-like symptoms caused by financially induced stress. Mental health and trauma have gotten more into the mainstream, and yet we don’t apply the same lens to money - and it remains a staunch taboo in the West. Through Miho's research and her own personal story, she invites an inquiry around unearthing where our unconscious money beliefs may come from, what they reveal about the systemic reality and collective stories which we've grown up in, and how falling into binaries of such as romanticizing or rejecting money can prevent us from socio-political change.
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About Miho
Miho Soon is a researcher, facilitator, community organizer and coach-in-training from Malaysia. Her work focuses on money trauma and economic psychology. She has brought together hundreds of students, activists and organisations to talk about the human emotional relationship to money and work - and how that connects to a systemic context around capitalism and economic participation. She is the host of the recently launched documentary podcast Money Trauma, and an affiliate fellow of The Post Growth Institute.
About NOE Circles
Each Circle is built on the belief that shared experience is one of the most powerful forces for change. When change makers hear each other's stories - the struggles alongside the breakthroughs - something opens up. Solidarity forms. New perspectives emerge. The weight becomes more bearable, and the path forward becomes clearer.
NOE Circles are spaces to pause, reconnect with your purpose, and find the strength to keep going - together.
Community Gathering | NOE Circle in Berlin
This NOE Circle is a little different: an in-person community gathering in Berlin for change makers who want to connect face to face.
Join us for an afternoon of storytelling, honest conversation, and genuine connection with fellow NOE members and friends. Our board will be there too, to listen, share, and build community alongside you.
Whether you're already part of the NOE community or curious to find out what we're about, this is a low-key, open-hearted space to meet people who get it. Come as you are.
*Time in Central European Time (CET)
About NOE Circles
Each Circle is built on the belief that shared experience is one of the most powerful forces for change. When change makers hear each other's stories - the struggles alongside the breakthroughs - something opens up. Solidarity forms. New perspectives emerge. The weight becomes more bearable, and the path forward becomes clearer.
NOE Circles are spaces to pause, reconnect with your purpose, and find the strength to keep going - together.