Jenny Harlen is an entrepreneur in the field of food waste – helping people to return organic material to the soil where it is needed to improve fertility as well as help counter climate change.
Originally from New Zealand, she has started companies in Sweden and Myanmar based on innovative methods such as bokashi composting (a form of natural fermentation that boosts the soil microbiome and helps sequester carbon in the soil).
The company she runs in Sweden with her six colleagues, bokashi.se, was recently awarded third place in Sweden’s annual Entrepreneur of the Year award.
While the company is not big by any means, the award recognized the sustainability of the concept, the solution, and the business itself over the decade and a half it has been working for change in this critical environmental area.
Jenny has built the business organically since 2007, harnessing the power of social media to create a market for a previously unheard-of product, and a solution for a need that society has until very recently been largely unaware of.
Her driving force has always been to do something that is needed, and that makes sense on a personal as well as global level.
What you will learn
- How Jenny discovered her passionate purpose
- Where energy and drive comes from
- How to overcome fear and doubt
- What you should be doing comes from an intersection of 3 things
- The power of taking time off and silence can produce insights and get you in touch with your intuition
- Why timing is important in business
- How living simply gives you freedom and autonomy