THRIVE Project is incredibly grateful to Niveditha Palani, Pippa Jarvis, and Dr. Graham Boyd for their captivating and inspirational presentations during the May 2025 Thrivability Matters Webinar. This webinar focused on THRIVE Project’s May theme – Sharing & Solidarity: Equity & Equality. Our presenters captivated us as they shared their extensive knowledge regarding this theme, discussing the need to reduce inequalities and share our resources with each other, ensuring that all people, no matter who they are, can live in peace and harmony with each other.
Here are the highlights from our webinar!
About the MAY 2025 Speakers
Niveditha Palani is the President of the Women and Child Development Society in Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India.
With a background in English Literature, she focuses on empowering women, children, and underserved communities through education.
Certified in AI, Digital Marketing, Cybersecurity, and Cloud Computing, she is committed to womens’ empowerment, and sustainable development.
Pippa Jarvis is a dedicated professional with extensive experience in early childhood education and community development.
As a key figure at TLC Children’s Centre and Embrace Village, she is passionate about creating nurturing environments, supporting vulnerable communities, and driving positive change and empowerment.
Dr. Graham Boyd combines his careers as a physicist, a manager leading new category development with P&G, and a serial startup founder, to run Evolutesix.
They exist as an accelerator for regenerative startups that intend to thrive across all capitals, a training and consulting provider for investors that seek positive impact and profit with no compromise, and a means to prepare for an ecosystemic investment fund.
Summary of the May 2025 Webinar
As an organisation, THRIVE Project endeavours to guide humanity towards a more thrivable future. We had the privilege of hosting both these speakers as guest presenters for our webinar.
Niveditha Palani –
“The Role of Gender Equality in Sustainable Development”
In a compelling presentation, Niveditha Palani discussed the critical link between gender equality and sustainable development.
Through case studies and data, it examined how gender equality is a key driver of long-term, sustainable growth in communities, and how empowering women can lead to better educational outcomes, economic independence, and improved family and community well-being.
It also explored the importance of dismantling gender-based barriers in achieving the broader goals of sustainable development, focusing on the tangible benefits of gender inclusivity in economic, social, and environmental contexts.
Pippa Jarvis –
“Healing Together: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Community Development”
The second speaker, Pippa Jarvis, highlighted how generational trauma, displacement, and poverty shape the lives of countless families across the world.
It asks how we can build communities of healing that not only provide safety but also foster long-term well-being, highlighting the trauma-informed approach of Embrace Village, which combines family-strengthening programs, collaborative healing spaces, and educational support to break cycles of adversity.
She also investigated practical ways to apply trauma-informed principles in community work, ensuring that care goes beyond meeting immediate needs to creating environments of lasting empowerment and dignity.
Dr. Graham Boyd –
“Why don’t we have an economy we can all thrive in?”
Following our first two compelling speakers, Dr. Graham Boyd, highlighted how investing and business strategies of today deliver social and environmental harm because they often rely on oversimplification.
Many economic theories focus on competition over co-operation, leading to wasted materials and energy, and worsened outcomes. By introducing methods to pool resources between people, communities, and regenerative businesses, they can thrive.
This is one of the main reasons why nature has thrived for 4 billion years, and is why indigenous communities often hold greater levels of collaboration, even in harsh environments. It also explains the impact of unpredictables on our lives, and why we control our lives far less than we’d like to believe!
Moving Forward from MAY 2025
The May 2025 Thrivability Matters Webinar showcased insights from Niveditha Palani, Pippa Jarvis, and Dr. Graham Boyd. If you missed the live event or the Q&A session, you can view the recordings on our YouTube channel.
If you’re interested in joining us after the May 2025 Thrivability Matters Webinar, there are plenty of ways to get involved. You can follow us on social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook. Additionally, you could subscribe to our YouTube, listen to our podcasts, sign up for our newsletter, stay up to date with our articles, attend our free webinars, or even join us as a volunteer to make an even greater impact on the world.
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