New Podcast Series: Learning Event 2023
We are excited to share a new podcast series, featuring the Guest Speakers from our 2023 Learning Event.
In October 2023, INSPIRE convened a Learning Event titled “INSPIREd Leadership for Community Impact.” The event was designed to bring together diverse role-players from across the REIPPPP ecosystem to:
- Build capacity for inspired leadership in support of deepened community impact.
- Allow for strengthened relationships and networks of support to better understand the factors that are enabling and restraining bold leadership in our sector.
- Better understand the factors that are enabling and restraining bold leadership in our sector.
- Activate people to participate in collaborative projects, programmes and change within the renewable energy sector.
- Gain fresh perspectives and practical knowledge to apply to your work.
New Podcast Series
We are excited to share a new podcast series from the Learning Event, which features our guest speakers and dives deep into the intersection of energy, equity, and impact.
🔹 Dzunani Makgopa (IPPO) explores the power of local ownership and job creation through South Africa’s renewable energy programs.
🔹 Celiwe Mabaso (SAWEA WG Chairperson) urges a shift from cookie-cutter social impact to disruptive, context-driven approaches.
🔹 Sinazo Nkwelo (DG Murray Trust) shares strategies for investing in long-term human development through place-based community trusts.
🔹 Nomfundo Mogapi (Centre for Mental Wellness and Leadership) makes the case for trauma-informed leadership to drive authentic, sustainable change.
🔹 Shalanda Baker (US Dept. of Energy) brings a global lens, discussing how energy justice, climate action, and social equity must converge to transform communities and correct historical harm.
Listen now to discover how communities, leaders, and institutions can co-create solutions that are just, inclusive, and future-ready.
