Season 5 · Episode 56 · 30 Jan 2026
56 - Samata Pattinson
With Samata Pattinson
“"Biodiversity is the auditorium we should be sitting in a lot more. Nature for me is one of the most incredible things we’re privileged to be around and I just wish we had a lot more deference and humility to it."”
Reflections
Q1: Place
If we could do a flypast on any part of the world that is significant to you, which place, city or country would it be and why?
Ghana in Africa
Q2: Life
Give us a glimpse into your life story so far with an emphasis on what you are doing currently?
Born in Cambridge and shaped by diverse cultures and experiences. Samata eventually studied economics, finance and management in London but her main draw and passion was the fashion industry where she was introduced to design and sustainability. After winning a design award Samata became the CEO of Red Carpet Green Dress which is now a global creative community working with brands delivering a 360 approach to sustainability and design solutions.
Q3: Reset
Where on earth is your place or reset or re-charge?
A large body of water
Q4: Wonder
What wonder of the natural world excites you the most?
"There is so much undiscovered biodiversity, we have so much yet to discover which blows my mind."
Q5: Hopefulness
What is your story of hopefulness (not your own) about a person, business or non-profit who are doing amazing things for the world?
Atlas of the Future. I think that so often the conversations we have centres around how bad things are and we aren't having enough conversations about what we're trying to build towards, the positive side. So Atlas of the future have all of these different ways to communicate a different type of future and they use media in a way that is, to me the future of media.
Location
Flyover
Ghana in Africa
Guest
🇹🇬 Los Angeles