"Astrid is a very special person - someone who not only has limitless energy, passion and love for what she does but, importantly, someone with the skills, dedication and the perseverance to create the change she wants to see in the world. Astrid has used her vision, creativity, and pragmatism, to help Sound Matters become an innovative and successful organisation. Her unique ways of sensing the world, and her ability to create movements around her visionary leadership, makes her one of the few people I know who is truly capable of making the world a better place."