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This company is making endlessly recyclable shoe soles from Mediterranean cork! Aug 12, 2023

Series 3, episode 14 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast!

Introducing David Even, the Co-Founder of PRIMAL Soles, a company that specialises in making circular cork insoles which are endlessly reusable.

According to Circular Online, 23 billion pairs of shoes are made each year and 22 billion pairs are thrown into landfill. With sneakerhead and trainer consumption only growing every year - more of what goes into our shoes is just ending up in landfills.

Shoes are one thing, but shoe insoles themselves are contaminating the environment by emitting chemicals into the soil and groundwater.

So, what is the solution to this problem?

PrimalSoles shoes believe they have the answer.

PRIMAL Soles are CO2 negative and endlessly recyclable high performance cork insoles. The bottom of each insole is made from recycled cork and footwear waste. Made for a lifetime of maximum comfort without the environmental footprint.

What makes it even better is you can return your PRIMAL Soles and reuse the material endlessly.

With Carbon neutral shipping on all orders, now that we at SC have discovered this brand, we will be using what David and his team have made in our shoes going forward. A small change with such a huge impact!

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https://primalsoles.com

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This company makes a more sustainable, resilient future for the tourism and hospitality industry. Aug 09, 2023

Series 3, episode 13 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast!

Introducing Julie Cheetham; Founding Member and Managing Director at Weeva - and Aimee Henning; Sustainability Manager at Weeva.

Weeva is a company that specialises in making tourism more sustainable. From small actional steps within an organisation that can have a big impact on the surrounding area and environment it operates from.

Weeva was designed by sustainable tourism experts from the ground up, using the latest science to ensure our efforts translate into maximum impact. They focus on using sustainability to create more efficient and resilient businesses.

By bringing all this knowledge and information into one place, explained in simple language, and with clear instructions, their team has built something this industry has been waiting for: a 360° sustainability management platform.

Because that's exactly what managers and those in hospitality and tourism need – something to guide them to do better without the guesswork or the effort of searching for the right information.

Weeva is building a community of sustainability experts and people who work in tourism, to ensure we can meet every new challenge, together.

Whether you own or manage a single holiday apartment, a lodge in the wilderness or a multinational chain of hotels; Weeva is to help you make a meaningful difference.

Learn more about Weeva through the link below:

https://weeva.earth

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This ‘Changemaker’ from Tomorrow University has developed an emissions reduction service as part of her studies! Aug 05, 2023

Series 3, episode 12 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast!

Introducing Eilecia Bovard - EU Climate Pact Ambassador and CEO & Co-Founder of The Perfect Farm. Perfect Farm is a company that specialises in helping farmers and corporations use their platform to enable EU livestock farmers to find funding, solutions providers and supplemental revenue channels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with the new Industrial Emissions Directive, IED, 2027.

To reduce emissions to meet the 2030 climate agenda will require innovative thinking, backed by proper education.

Eilecia is a Master of Science student at Tomorrow University, where she had the opportunity through one of her modules at the university discover the idea behind Perfect Farms and make it a reality.

We have shown Tomorrow University on our channel earlier this year to understand their approach to educating and training learners with the knowledge to become, as they put it, ‘Change Makers’.

As part of her experience studying at Tomorrow University this year, Eilicia will be finishing her Masters in September and looking to scale her start-up with the vision to create a platform that creates a more sustainable, thriving and resilient agricultural sector that protects the planet’s resources and animal welfare.

If you are interested in becoming a ‘Change Maker’ Tomorrow University is having an online open next week. Click the link below to learn more:

https://www.tomorrow.university/events?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=openday

This weekend's podcast guest features Eilecia Bovard from Perfect and a student at Tomorrow University.

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This company is transforming discarded wood set for landfills and turning it into valuable products! Aug 02, 2023

Series 3, episode 11 of the Sustainability Champion's Podcast!

Introducing Theo Hooker, Co-Founder of Cambium Carbon; a company that specialises in transforming fallen trees into valuable products with place-based impact!

Put simply, the team at Cambium Carbon looks to source locally, save locally and reinvest in local tree planting. A circular economy model that creates new green jobs and funding support for urban canopy restoration in the communities that need it most.

The problem that Theo and his team are looking to address is that in the US alone, more than 45 million tons of urban tree waste is generated every year. With wood reuse, in the US alone, this has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 251 million tons annually.

The approach that Cambium Carbon takes is unique—reduce wood waste, create jobs in a transparent supply chain, and support equitable restoration of community forests.

This week’s podcast guest features Theo Hooker from Cambium Carbon.

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https://cambiumcarbon.com

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This company has made affordable, low-cost and low-carbon heating systems! Jul 29, 2023

Series 3, episode 10 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast!

Introducing Tom McGee, Founder and Managing Director of X-Heat, a company that specialises in making affordable low-cost and low-carbon heating systems.

X-Heat is a leading company, located in the U.K., operating within the commercial and leisure industries, specialising in developing heating applications using cutting-edge catalytic technology. Their flagship product, Nano-Heat, has been designed to revolutionise the way businesses and individuals heat their spaces while reducing energy consumption by 50%.

For over a decade, X-Heat have been committed to providing energy-efficient and eco-friendly heating solutions that save their customers money and reduce their carbon footprint.

X-Heat’s Nano-Heat is fully approved and compliant with the latest industry standards. Unlike traditional heating systems, their products eliminate harmful pollutants and make them safe for both the environment and people.

Energy efficient, reduced operating costs, and hydrogen ready.

In this week’s podcast, we learn more about X-Heat Heat.

This week’s podcast guest features Tom McGee Graham from X-Heat.

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https://xheat.co.uk

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This tea company’s factory that runs on 100% renewable energy and gives back to the grid! Jul 26, 2023

Series 3, episode 9 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast!

Introducing Daniel Graham, Managing Director of Birchall Tea, a company that specialises in making fine teas with a focus on sustainability using plant-based tea bags.

For those who watch our podcast weekly, you will know that our Host, Daniel Hartz, loves, as the British call it - a cuppa.

In fact, per episode, Daniel will go through an entire pot of tea - so approximately 4 cups per episode.

So when the opportunity came about to interview a tea company, with sustainable practices and infrastructure, we (Daniel) were extremely excited!

A company that’s been in the tea trade since 1872, Birchall Tea is an award winning, family-run business located in England. What makes Birchall tea stand out from their competitors is their commitment to sustainability - and this is evident in their factory, which is powered 100% by 482 solar panels - which produces twice as much electricity than their factory needs, meaning they give a lot of the energy back to the grid!

What’s more - Birchall Tea has become the first tea company in the world to officially join the UN’s Climate Neutral Now initiative, which invites organisations to work towards global climate neutrality by addressing their own climate footprint.

Even down to their tea - Birchall Tea have created a biodegradable tea bag, which is plastic free. So with 165 million cups of tea enjoyed in the UK each year, Birchall Tea are on a mission to make sustainable practices at the core of their operations.

Guilt-free sipping.

In this week’s podcast, we learn more about Birchall Tea and their approach to being more sustainable.

This week’s podcast guest features Daniel Graham from Birchall Tea.

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https://birchalltea.co.uk

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This app is helping consumers reduce their emissions and live more sustainability - each purchase at a time! Jul 13, 2023

Series 3, episode 8 of the Sustainability Champion's Podcast!

Introducing Sanchali Pal, Founder of The Commons Earth, a company that specialises in helping consumers measure and reduce their carbon footprint.

For Sanchali, she saw first hand the impacts the climate crisis is having on people when working in Ethiopia and India. When returning to the US, Sanchali began tracking her carbon footprint in an excel spreadsheet, and through tracking her purchasing, and other activity, was able to cut her emissions by over 30%. For Sanchali - her life is richer, healthier, and happier because of it.

“We have an intuition for other important metrics in our lives – dollars, calories, steps. Soon we’ll have an intuition for carbon, too.”- Sanchali Pal.

So how does The Commons Earth app work?

Every spending choice is a climate choice, and every purchase is an opportunity for action.

The products and services we buy require resources from the Earth to produce. Those are carbon costs, and they’re part of being alive.

The Commons Earth helps you grow your carbon institution so we can shrink our collective impact.

Track your emission, act on how you are building a lifestyle that is more in balance with the planet, offset to compensate for unavoidab;e commissions, and multiplying - getting more people to have more balance.

It’s that simple.

In this week’s podcast, we learn more about The Commons app, and how it works. We also discuss Sanchali’s background and the inspiration she had in developing this app - also what’s next for The Commons Earth as they begin to scale out!

This week’s podcast guest features Claire McGovern from Rhyme Studio.

Learn more about The Commons Earth through the link below:

https://www.thecommons.earth

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This company is on a mission to reduce waste, and reliance on fossil fuels in the wool market! Jul 05, 2023

Series 3, episode 7 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast!

Introducing Claire McGovern, Founder of Rhyme studio, a company that specialises in advisory, interior design and design manufacturing of high quality, customisable, responsible, and healthy sustainable furnishings that includes; carpets, tapestry & textile collections.

In many of our recent podcast episodes, we have discussed the textiles industry widely and the issues textile materials have on the environment. So we are always delighted to learn about new champions who are working in this space to reduce waste, introduce a circular approach in production and reuse as much as possible.

And that is exactly what Claire and her team are doing at Rhyme Studio.

After the collapse of the Irish wool market in 2020, Rhyme Studio became the sole entity both inside and outside Ireland promoting the use of native Irish wool for carpet & textiles. An environmental tragedy persists today as many sheep farmers the world over dump or burn freshly shorn wool deemed unacceptable by a fashion industry that will only trade in merino or fossil fuel based synthetic fibres.

With a shift towards mass production of petrochemical based synthetics and resource draining cotton, this approach has transformed the global fibre market, largely driven by the whims of the fashion industry. Within the EU alone, there is considerable wool waste and a failure to recognise the multi-faceted renewable and biodegradable qualities of this earliest known natural textile.

At Rhyme Studio it is their desire for the design world to put nothing out that does not give back in equal measure. Calling attention to the unnecessary waste, the decline of the global market for wool and the environmental crisis facing the industry. Carbon sinking, renewable & biodegradable wool fibre, not synthetic and fossil fuel dependent fibre is Nature’s way and has a multitude of uses not limited to their customizable surfacing and textiles.

Rhyme Studio’s ultimate goal is a circular production model for a genuinely responsible design collection.

This week’s podcast guest features Claire McGovern from Rhyme Studio.

Learn more about Rhyme Studio through the link below:

https://www.rhymestudio.com

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This brand is positively impacting society with clothing through transparency and education. Jun 28, 2023

Series 3, episode 6 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast!

Introducing Josh Gelder, Founder and CEO of The Fision, a company that specialises in making fashionable T-Shirts with a purpose.

When our team was introduced to The Fision all we could think was ‘Looking good never felt so good’. On our channel we have been showcasing a number of fashion brands who are specialising in a circular approach, or waste reduction, to their brands' clothing.

Fast fashion and the fashion industry are contributing largely to many environmental problems. From the carbon the industry emits each year, to the landfill crisis doubling year after year with textiles, to human rights issues surrounding workers' rights in factories around the world.

More ethical, sustainable fashion brands need to be available to set standards within the industry, and that is exactly what the team at The Fision is doing! By putting intention into each and every step of its process, The Fision uses innovative methods such as regenerative farming, blockchain technology, and even traceable packaging created from ocean-bound plastics to ensure, as the team at The Fision puts it, “radical transparency to prove what we claim [in our marketing and communications] is true." The mission at The Fision is simple: continue to be innovative, and develop a fully sustainable and circular apparel model.

From incorporating ‘Good Earth Cotton’ and using blockchain technology, this podcast covers a wide range of issues and how The Fision is addressing each.

This week’s podcast guest features Josh Gelder from The Fision.

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https://thefision.com

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This company is on a mission to prevent 1 billion tonnes of CO2e emissions by 2030! Jun 21, 2023

Series 3, episode 5 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast!

Introducing Louis Potok, Co-Founder & CEO at Recoolit, a company that specialises in, put simply, fighting the most neglected problem in climate change.

The planet is burning, and we need as the team at Recoolit put it “all hands on deck”. Summer after summer, we are seeing more extreme forest fires all over the world. With extreme weather changes, drought in regions and extreme rainfall in others, we need companies to innovate, and create solutions that protect our environment, communities & homes.

And that is exactly what Recoolit are on a mission to do!

In 2019, guest of this week’s podcast, Louis Potok, went looking for an opportunity to make a difference in the fight against climate change.

The problem Louis discovered was that refrigerants are responsible for more warming than the entire aviation industry - with 3 billion tonnes of CO2e being emitted each year!

So, in 2020, Louis founded Recoolit and what started as a 1 man team grew to a team of 9 based in California and Indonesia as the team at Recoolit looked to capture harmful refrigerant waste and destroy it.

Their work depends solely on businesses and individuals that purchase their carbon credits - and the impact Recoolit has made over the years is huge!

Removing 10k tonnes already this year, 1497.79 tonnes of CO2e prevented so far, the equivalent to:

4,036,853 miles driven or 24,950 trees planted.

This week’s podcast guest features Louis Potok from Recoolit.

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https://www.recoolit.com

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This company is using drones data to offer a better understanding of our changing environment! Jun 21, 2023

Series 3, episode 4 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast!

Introducing Markku Koivisto, Chief Business Development Officer at Globhe Drones, a company that specialises in creating drones that collects imagery and information to offer a better understanding of our changing environment - in the effort to protect people and wildlife.

Globhe Drones mission is simple: they are focused on one thing - providing the best possible understanding of our planet. From Drone data, the team at Globhe have created one of the largest drone data platforms.

Working with reputable organisations on climate change matters such as the United Nations, The World Bank and more - the team at Globhe are giving organisations and researchers the means and technology to collect data quicker, in the most remote parts of the world or areas that aren’t accessible.

This week, we wanted to invite Globhe and Markku onto our podcast because with forest fires becoming more prevalent each year, climate change becoming more deadly to people in remote parts of the world, we wanted to understand what researchers and organisations are doing with this technology and the impacts this data is having on the ground.

This week’s podcast guest features Markku Koivisto from Globhe Drones.

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https://www.globhe.com

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This company is on a mission to create sustainable and long-lasting electronic products! Jun 07, 2023

Series 3, episode 3 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast!

Introducing Fabian Hühne, Co-Founder of Syllucid, a company that specialises in creating sustainable electronics that are good for the planet and look to reform the mining industry for the better.

Fabian and his team use products as magnifying glasses in the electronics industry. By researching their supply chains, they show us what challenges the industry is facing. What problems the current supply chains cause and what we must do to solve these issues.

Syllucid can’t change the industry alone or overnight, but they are steadily putting solutions in place!

Fabian and his team are dedicated to fairly and responsibly sourced materials and creating planet-centric supply chains for their products. This means using recycled and fairly sourced minerals and plastics, as well as good working conditions for employees along the entire supply chain.

From durable designs, supply chain research and transparency for their customers, in this week’s episode, Fabian sheds light on an industry that has caused so much harm to the environment where these mining practices are carried out, and how unsustainable the industry really is with a limited number of materials and minerals available.

On this week's episode as we begin a new podcast series, we speak to Fabian Winstone from Syllucid!

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https://syllucid.com

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This company creates their cleaning products from 100% natural biological and plant based liquids! May 31, 2023

Series 3, episode 1 of the Sustainability Champion's Podcast!

Introducing Nick Winstone, Co-Founder & Managing Director of Biovate Hygienics, a company that is pioneering the migration to sustainable cleaning products for the past decade, using the power of nature’s biological cleaning activities.

The team at Biovate Hygienics is on a mission to develop products from the ground up - so that their products are not only good for the planet but for the people who use them too!

Using the latest biological activities, surfactants, fragrances and packaging, their team are developing the next generation of biological cleaning products.

From ensuring 100% of their cleaning products are made from natural and plant based liquids to using reusable and renewable packaging to avoid any excessive waste in their products, this team is creating unique products in a sector not widely known for its sustainable actions.

On this week's episode as we begin a new podcast series, we speak to Nick Winstone from Biovate Hygienics!

Learn more about Biovate Hygienics through the link below:

https://www.biovatehygienics.com/about-us

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This company is helping homeowners live in safer, more sustainable spaces! May 24, 2023

Series 3, episode 1 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast!

Introducing Jen & Rusty Stout, Co-Founders of Healthier Homes, a company that was ‘born out of necessity’’.

To understand the story of Healthier Homes, is to know the background for the inspiration behind Jen & Rusty’s work. In 2009, when working on her MBA, Jen discovered her health was deteriorating. The cause—hidden black mold in the walls of her new Dallas apartment.

The results from this were catastrophic on Jen’s health and well being.

During Jen’s recovery, and meeting her now husband Rusty, they were inspired to rethink how we build, furnish and live inside our homes. For both our health and the environment.

For many of us, especially during the pandemic, we spent much of our time indoors surrounded by a wide variety of chemicals. So Jen & Rusty are building and decorating homes and hoping to inspire other contractors and homeowners to make smart building choices. This starts from the construction and goes to fixtures, home furnishings and more.

With a combination of their book, ‘Healthier Homes’ and their online shop which sells eco-friendly, sustainable home products, Jen & Rusty are on a mission to educate audiences on the issues poor buildings and home products can have on our health.

‘All the beauty minus any of the harsh chemicals’.

To learn more Healthier Homes, simply click the link in our bio!

This week’s podcast guests as we start a NEW series features Jen & Rusty from healthier Homes./

In what was an insightful and unique conversation, the first episode of our new series is live this Wednesday.

You can watch our new episodes on our website, or on YouTube or listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts.

On this week's episode of this week as we begin a new podcast series, we speak to jen & Rusty from healthier Homes

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This woman is an ambassador to conservation organizations to help preserve our natural environment! Apr 29, 2023

The final episode—episode 8—of our Women In Sustainability series features wildlife photographer, cinematographer, environmentalist and business owner, Shannon Wild.

When planning this podcast series, ‘Women In Sustainability’, Shannon was one of the guests we wanted to feature because her work defines a Sustainability Champion. While championing real change to protecting endangered animals and educating audiences on wildlife preservation and conservation in Africa and around the world, Shannon is using her experiences ‘in the wild’ and working as an ambassador to a number of conservation charities and foundations.

Australian born, Shannon now lives in South Africa with her husband where she works as a photographer and cinematographer for channels like NatGeo, the BBC, and Disney to name a few. Through the moments she captures on camera, Shannon brings the natural world safaris to people's attention and helps to showcase the beauty of some of the most endangered species in Africa and around the world.

After a near death experience when filming, Shannon was inspired to create her own line of handmade bracelets - Wild in Africa - with the mission to give back to wildlife and habitat conservation.

Shannon has appeared on our channel before through an Instagram Live, and this week, she is the EIGHTH and final guest of our Women In Sustainability podcast series.

On the SECOND episode of this week and final of our Women In Sustainability podcast series, we speak to Shannon Wild.

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This former Miss Universe Netherlands is using her platform to tackle plastic pollution! Apr 26, 2023

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Women In Sustainability Series, episode 7.

Introducing Sharon Pieksma, former Miss Universe Netherlands 2019, environmentalist and artist, who is on a mission through her work to address the global plastic pollution that is affecting our environment.

Our current series ‘Women In Sustainability’ is about showcasing the work of female led organisations and individuals who are making a real change to address the needs of climate change.

And with this week’s guest, we are showcasing a unique story of a sustainability champion!

Born in the city of Rotterdam, Sharon has fully immersed herself in the industry as an artist and model. Through everything Sharon does, she is trying to inspire and change people's attitudes and habits so that we use less plastic.

From cleaning projects with Dutch school children to educating them on the impacts plastic is having on our environment and getting schools involved with her clean-up projects to having a ‘plastic free sound studio’ when recording her new songs, Sharon has made a name for herself as an environmentalist.

Sharon’s passion and positivity is infectious. The team at Sustainability Champions is lucky to have gotten to know her and learn more about her work in preparation for this week’s episode and we look forward to sharing her story.

Sharon stated in the episode “I want to leave the Earth in a better place than I found it” and from her work in music, modelling and travelling, she is doing just that.

On this week’s podcast episode, we speak to Sharon Pieksma as part of our ‘Women in Sustainability’ series.

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These authors have created a complete guide to small-scale homesteading! Apr 22, 2023

Women In Sustainability Series, episode 6.

Introducing Stephanie & Michelle, the Authors of the book ‘Small-Scale Homesteading’.

With over thirty-five years of combined experience, homesteaders Stephanie Thurow and Michelle Bruhn have taught thousands of people across the globe how to garden, preserve food, tend backyard chickens, cook from scratch and care for their families with natural home alternatives.

Now, their homesteading knowledge and instructions can be found in one place in their new book!

You might be asking - What is ‘Homesteading’?

Homesteading is the term given to a lifestyle of self-sufficiency. It is characterised by subsistence agriculture, home preservation of food, and among other things.

Many of us want to be more self-sufficient, while also providing a more nutritious lifestyle for our loved ones. Books like Stephanie and Michelle’s offer us a guide to live more sustainably while learning how to grow our own foods, tap maple trees to make homemade syrup and maybe even successfully raise a small flock of egg-laying hens!

There are many sustainable advantages to homesteading—from soil health to avoiding food waste, to name a couple—and homesteading is a growing trend amongst those of us trying to lead a more sustainable lifestyle.

That’s why we invited Stephanie & Michelle onto our podcast to be part of this series and to share their knowledge and insights and introduce some of our audience to a homesteading way of life!

On this week’s podcast episode, we speak to both Stephanie and Michelle as part of our ‘Women in Sustainability’ series.

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This blogger serves up easy and budget-friendly plant-based recipes to inspire readers to go vegan! Apr 19, 2023

Women In Sustainability Series, episode 5.

Introducing Toni Okamoto, Food Blogger and Author of the vegan recipe book, ‘Planet-based and on a Budget: Quick & Easy’.

What if we could help the environment while eating delicious and healthy meals that save both money and time?

Toni’s new cookbook makes this possible! With 100 recipes that show how easy and affordable it is to cook decadently without meat, eggs, diary—‘Planet-based and on a Budget: Quick & Easy’ is full of helpful advice whether you are fully vegan or just trying to eat more veggies. Toni’s relatable approach is all about “progress over perfection” and that’s what we are all about here at Sustainability Champions!

Plant-based diets have the potential to make a huge positive impact on the environment by reducing diet-related land use, greenhouse gas emissions, and water use as much as it bolsters our health and quality of life. Toni is on a mission, through her work, to share tips that support her readers to reduce the carbon footprint of their diet by growing their own food, homesteading, shopping organic/locally sourced, and more.

Toni’s message is simple: eat more environmentally friendly and improve your nutrition in the tastiest and most affordable way!

Toni has appeared on NPR, NBC News, and Parade Magazine and has a sizable following on social media! Through her influence she is making plant-based diets more accessible to more people who think eating healthy is too expensive.

From the health and environmental benefits, Toni’s work is changing people’s lifestyles for the better.

On this week’s podcast episode, we speak to Toni Okamoto as part of our ‘Women in Sustainability’ series.

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This woman is making sustainability mainstream as a sustainable model, consultant and investor! Apr 15, 2023

Women In Sustainability Series, episode 4.

Introducing Teresa Moore, Sustainability Consultant, Investor and Sustainable Fashion Model.

Teresa’s modelling career took off when she was a teenager after appearing on the covers of W, Elle, and Shape magazines. She established herself as a model early on in her career, working with Pamela Hanson and Ellen Von Unwerth, and working with clients like L’Oréal, Diesel, Ralph Lauren, to name but a few.

Whilst modelling, Teresa was interested in how brands could be more sustainable. She wanted to collaborate more with brands that aligned with her values. After graduating from NYU with a Sustainable Business Degree, Teresa has gone on to work on projects as a Sustainability Consultant. From advising clients to improve their environmental practices, energy efficiency and procurement, Teresa has developed a reputation as an active leader in the sustainability sector.

From marketing, ESG strategy and sustainable business development, Teresa is a unique figure in the world of sustainability—her work, along with her lifestyle, champions change across a variety of industries.

On our channel, we have interviewed and showcased a number of champions and Teresa is the epitome of an influential figure in the world of sustainability.

On this week’s episode, we speak with Teresa to learn about her career as a model and how this has shaped how she works with brands today. What’s more, we learn more about what a sustainable consultant is and her previous successes when consulting her clients. Finally, we discuss the impacts Teresa has had through her work both as a consultant and investing in organisations.

On this week’s SECOND podcast episode, we speak to Teresa Moore as part of our ‘Women in Sustainability’ series.

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This woman repurposes old garments and materials to make hand-made luxury pillows! Apr 12, 2023

Women In Sustainability Series, episode 3.🎙

Introducing Cate Brown, Founder of Cate Brown Design, a design studio located in New York that creates sustainably sourced, hand-selected objects of finery to make luxury pillows for clients around the world.

The team at Cate Brown Design are offering an alternative to the fast-fashion approach to homewares and celebrating reclaimed luxury craft.

You might ask ‘Why is it essential to repurpose or reuse materials, especially for pillows?’

In the United States alone, an estimated 11.3 million tons of textile waste—equivalent to 85% of all textiles—end up in landfills every year.

Fast fashion has created an industry focused on quantity over quality—with consumers buying pieces that they only wear a handful of times and then end up in our already-overfilled landfills.

Something needs to be done to address the environmental impacts fast fashion is having on our planet.

We love showcasing champions who creatively solve this challenge by making unique designs and products from materials that already exist within the industry. Form curricular approaches from Sumedhaa at By.Sume for clothing to Cate Brown Design for luxury, handcrafted pillows.

With all their products designed in-house and produced by skilled seamstress Cate Brown, Cate Brown Design’s pieces are designed and made locally in Brooklyn, New York, and Vancouver.

With Cate’s products stocked in some of the best-known retail stores—and used in many hotels—her pillows are finding a new use for garments that otherwise would be discarded!

In this week’s episode, we speak with Cate Brown to learn about the environmental impacts fast fashion is having on our environment and how a more creative approach to circular designs is needed to address the problem. We also learn more about her design studio, her team, and the brand she has created.

This week’s podcast guest features Cate Brown, Founder Cate Brown Design as part of our ‘Women in Sustainability’ series.

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This women’s cosmetics brand is cruelty free and vegan! Apr 08, 2023

Women In Sustainability Series, episode 2.🎙

Introducing Christina Flach, the Founder and CEO of Pretty Girl MakeUp and Beauty Expert on NBC. Christina’s brand, Pretty Girl MakeUp, was founded in 1996 as she looked to create a better product for both herself, her clients, and customers.

She could never find a high quality lip gloss that would last after application throughout her busiest days. Every gloss she tried and was referred to would seemingly disappear within an hour of application or a sip of water. After trying a dozen products, Christina decided to fix the problem herself–and after a year of formulation, Pretty Girl MakeUp was born.

Christina wanted to do more than just create another lifestyle and cosmetic brand. Christina wanted her brand to resemble her beliefs. From the quality of the product, to how the product is made and even packaged, Christina created something for more than a lifestyle product–she challenged the cosmetics industry to do better.

From skin and eye products, many cosmetic brands use animal testing–something that has been condemned by many animal rights groups and consumers. As such, Christina wanted her brand to be different and take a stand against this. So all of her products at Pretty Girl Makeup are cruelty free.

What’s more, as Pretty Girl Makeup grows, Christina is developing new brands and products. With her business growth, she continues to look for ways to reduce waste in the packaging and postal of her products by using less material and biodegradable packaging.

This episode covers some interesting topics–from understanding more about her approach to health & lifestyle, living more sustainably, creating a brand and businesses with sustainable practices and goals, to also defining a ‘vegan’ cosmetic product!

This week’s podcast guest features Christina Flach, Founder and CEO at Pretty Girl MakeUp as part of our ‘Women in Sustainability’ series.

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This brand is on a mission to do something about the damn plastic in our environment! Apr 05, 2023

Women In Sustainability Series, episode 1.🎙

Introducing Victoria, Co-Founder at Damn Plastic, a franchise and online store that sells plastic free products like edible straws, bowls, spoons, biodegradable ear swabs and bamboo toothbrushes!

Based in Austria, the founders of Damn Plastic are on a mission to make sustainability more mainstream by selling products that reduce the amount of single use plastics.

Founded in 2018, the idea for Damn Plastic originated when Co-Founders Victoria and Steph “got drunk” at a festival and they couldn’t stop looking at all the plastic and single-use trash that was, in their words, “f***ing everywhere”.

So in 2019, they opened their flagship store in Salzburg, Austria. Since the launch, the team at Damn Plastic have grown rapidly over the past three years and have accomplished a lot: from receiving the UN Sustainable Development Goals Action Award in 2020, to helping other green entrepreneurs in discovering their dream and launching their own Damn Plastic franchises. With more franchises appearing not just in Europe, but now around the world, the team at Damn Plastic is growing and so too is their #DamnPlastic reach!

From their stores, consultancy and B2B work, the team at Damn Plastic believe in making a damn solution to addressing the needs of climate change and reducing our environmental footprint. Their focus is making environemntally-friendly purchasing habits–which eliminate harmful single use plastics–as easy as possible.

This week’s podcast guest features Victoria Neuhofer, Co-Founder at Damn Plastic as part of our ‘Women in Sustainability’ series.

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This PR firm helps designers and textile organisations be seen by their target audience! Mar 30, 2023

Industry professionals Interview series on the Sustainability Champions podcast 🎙

Introducing Andrew Joseph, the Founder & CEO at Andrew Joseph PR or ‘AJPR’ for short.

AJPR is an all-in-one marketing and public relations firm that offers marketing support for clients in the textile and home furniture/manufacturing industry.

Founded in 2012, AJPR is a New York-based firm that collaborates with and represents a number of high profile clients from the Sustainable Furnishings Council (SFC), including ASH Interiors & Design, Cortina Leathers, Cate-Brown-Design, to name a few.

Andrew and his team believe that having a niche in home furnishings, textile, and design ensures that their marketing expertise and delivery on client projects is backed by a proven track record in the industry.

However, during this interview Andrew helps explore the conversion of public relations and marketing by applying his knowledge to sustainability based organisations, regardless of industry.

As a media business, our team have had the fortunate opportunity to work with Andrew, the team at AJPR, and some of their sustainability-based clients such as the SFC, Cate-Brown-Design and Cortina Leathers. So on today’s episode, our Founder Daniel Hartz was keen to find out more about Andrew’s take on marketing and PR, his advice for businesses on their PR and marketing strategies, insightful tips on best marketing practices for sustainable businesses.

This is the final episode of our three part ‘Industry professional Interviews’ series. We hope you enjoyed these interviews and the information our guests shared!

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This sales trainer has mentored over 25,000 sales professionals, guaranteeing sales growth! Mar 29, 2023

Industry professionals Interview series on the Sustainability Champions podcast 🎙

Introducing Steve Bussey, Founder, Sales Coach, Mentor and Consultant at Salestrong, one of the UK’s leading sales training providers and sales consultancy.

Salestrong is a sales performance consultancy that works with a range of clients in a variety of industries.

Steve and his team at Salestrong have an approach to sales training that is built around two key areas:

Building capability within a sales team and its leaders through training and coaching
Delivering results, a consultative approach to a sales process where the challenge is increasing sales and driving profit

As an organisation, through their sales training and coaching, Steve and his team's mission is to help companies develop world-class teams that create, communicate, and capture value across the entire sales process.

In the second episode of this three-part, ‘Industry Professionals Interviews’ special on our channel, our founder Daniel Hartz wanted to understand how exactly a sustainable organisation can communicate the value of their sustainability-based ideas or solutions to decision-makers and customers. What’s more, understand what the term ‘emotional intelligence’ is and how this applies to sales teams. Finally, the key insights or tips Steve would have for a sustainable organisation building a sales team that can deliver results.

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The UK’s leading trade mark house is helping brands discover and protect their intellectual property Mar 28, 2023

Industry professionals Interview series on the Sustainability Champions podcast 🎙

Introducing Oliver Oguz, the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Trade Mark Wizards, a UK based trade mark law firm that specialises in protecting all aspects of their clients brands including trade marks, designs, copyright, domain names and cyber law.

Based in London, Oliver is a chartered trade mark attorney and intellectual property consultant who has worked with brands in London, across the UK, and internationally protecting his clients brands both in the country they reside and in international markets.

For the attorneys and team at Trade Mark Wizards, the heart of their business is to ensure that they deliver an outstanding level of customer service to their clients. It drives their commitment to be the UK & global trade mark registration, protection, dispute resolution and litigation experts.

Trade Mark Wizards have worked with a wide variety of clients over the years, including celebrity clients like former heavyweight boxer David Haye for his promotion company ‘Hayemaker promotions’ to large retail chains such as B&M Stores and as well charitable organisations such as Missing people.

In the first of a three part ‘Industry Professionals Interviews’ special on our channel, our founder Daniel Hartz wanted to understand how exactly a sustainable organisation can go about trade marking their intellectual property.

Oliver covers some useful insights on what every business owner and organisation should know about trade marks as well as some of the risks that sustainable organisations that create innovative products or solutions could face if they do not A) trade mark protect themselves or B) fail to trade mark their brand properly.

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This woman's affordable clothing brand reduces fashion waste through inventive upcycling! Mar 22, 2023

Series 2, episode 13 of the Sustainability Champions podcast 🎙

Introducing Sumedhaa Kothari, Founder of By.Sume, a clothing brand that is challenging fast fashion by making clothing from upcycled materials at affordable prices.

Based in the US, Sumedhaa attended the University of California, Berkeley where she graduated with a degree in Cognitive Science. Starting her career at Google, and continuing her career at the FinTech company Stripe, Sumedhaa decided to launch her own circular-based clothing brand for customers online around the world.

Sumedhaa has made a variety of clothing items out of bed skirts, plastic, and leaves. She even turned seaweed into a one-shoulder floor-length gown!

For Sumedhaa, her brand is about more than just offering an alternative to fast fashion–through her creativity she is able to create wearable pieces of art that cater to her customers’ sustainable lifestyles. By building a community of followers and customers, Sumedhaa is on a mission to create awareness of the environmental issues of fast fashion and the direct impacts it has on climate change.

This week’s podcast guest features Sumedhaa Kothari, Founder of By.Sume.

In this week’s podcast episode, we discuss the impacts fast fashion is having on our environment, why we as consumers need to assess our clothing buying habits, how a circular-based clothing brand allows for more upcycling and reuse in what we wear, and Sumedhaa’s plans as she looks to grow her brand!

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This company is changing everything we know about the insurance industry! Mar 15, 2023

Series 2, episode 12 of the Sustainability Champions podcast 🎙

Introducing Nina Rauch, Senior Social Impact Lead at Lemonade, an insurance company that is changing everything we know about the insurance industry and making a real impact in our society, having partnered with over 100 organisations and causes that support the environment, LGBTQ+ and much more.

Lemonade is an insurance company that offers incredible prices for monthly subscriptions and bundle discounts on everything for renters, homeowners, our cars, pets and much more.

Lemonade reserves the traditional insurance model and treats premiums you pay as if it's your money and not theirs. With Lemonade, everything becomes simple and transparent. They take a flat rate fee, pay claims super fast, and give back what’s left to causes you care about.

And this is what makes Lemonade a unique Sustainability Champion!

Lemonade is a purpose-driven brand that has its own Giveback program. A B-Corp-certified organisation, Lemonade has built partnerships with 108 organisations and causes in Europe and the U.S. giving over $6 million to life-saving causes.

To date, Lemonade has donated nearly $900K to climate-related causes and organisations to address the needs of climate change.

Some of these donations have contributed to the following climate-related impacts:

$63,941 to Environmental Justice Fund
7.6M participants in climate activities worldwide via 350.org
21 Clean Water Projects via Charity: water, and over 8,000 people provided with WASH for life.
42,725 tons of CO2 emissions averted via the Coalition of Rainforest Nations
77,000 ocean conservationists sponsored
280,844 trees planted

Here at Sustainability Champions, we believe that addressing the needs of climate change will require everyone to take action and do what they can - that includes private organisations.

This week’s podcast guest features Nina Rauch from Lemonade. In this conversation, we discuss the social impact initiatives Lemonade is a part of, how they are changing the business model for good in the insurance world, and Nina’s thoughts on how more organisations can begin to introduce purpose-driven programs and initiatives within their operations.

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This VC fund invests in founders addressing the most pressing challenges to our environment! Mar 08, 2023

Series 2, episode 11 of the Sustainability Champions podcast 🎙

Introducing Jon Dishotsky, Investment Partner at Giant Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in purpose-driven founders and organisations on a mission to offer real-world value while addressing the most pressing challenges for our environment.

Giant Ventures champions tech founders who are creating a more sustainable, equitable and resilient planet. The partners at Giant Ventures believe that the biggest companies of the decade will be built to solve the world’s most pressing challenges, from climate change to mental health.

Giant Ventures is a multi-stage, thesis-driven firm seeking systematic change across three main areas:

Climate
Health
Inclusive Capitalism

The partners at Venture Capitalism value courage, and global ambition.

As former founders, the team at Giant Ventures knows how hard it is to create something from nothing. Their approach to venture capitalism is to be part of the organisations they invest in and help these companies grow.

This week’s podcast guest features Jon Dishotsky from Giant Ventures. In this conversation, we discuss what VC funds can do to help Sustainability Champions around the world raise the funding needed to make their sustainability ideas a reality.

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This company’s technology converts organic waste into nutrient-rich compost within 24 - 72 hours! Mar 01, 2023

Series 2, episode 10 of the Sustainability Champions podcast 🎙

Introducing Tanner Farrow; the CEO of BioCoTech Americas, a company that specialises in diverting food and other organic materials from landfills. BioCoTech’s technology is the Biospeed solution that creates a full-circle waste management system, which eliminates the need to transport waste and transforms organic waste into nutrient-rich compost. With BioCoTech Americas solution, businesses and organisations of all sizes can make a tangible impact on the environment and be at the forefront of environmental, social & governance and carbon reduction goals.

With an upgraded waste management process, the power of the BioSpeed technology ensures that compost is reintroduced to the earth, and this process can help sequester vast amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere and regenerate our soils.

How much organic waste does your organisation produce each year? You can measure how much you can save from landfill waste and how much compost you can produce on-site through the link below:

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With composting having major environmental benefits, on this week’s podcast episode, we speak to the CEO of BioCoTech Americas to understand what composting is, learn about the BioSpeed technology the team at BioCoTech has developed, and its sustainable benefits for repurposing food and organic waste.

Today’s episode features Tanner Farrow from BioCoTech Americas.

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This company is addressing global drought by reducing the amount of water farmers need for crops! Feb 22, 2023

Series 2, episode 9 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙

Introducing Jeff Ciudaj, the Founder and CEO of Deep Root Irrigation, a company that specialises in making a water irrigation system for farmers that reduces the amount of water needed for harvests.

The team at Deep Root Irrigation created this solution to address the need to conserve water and reduce the amount of water used in the agriculture industry. In fact, agriculture uses approximately 70% of the world’s freshwater; this industry alone can address the issue of water scarcity globally!

And this is where the team at Deep Root Irrigation comes in.

As a company, Deep Root Irrigation, or ‘DRI’ have 5 key principles their team follow: Honour God, honour family, honesty, quality and bless the world.

For Jeff and the team at DRI, this product and their mission goes beyond innovation - for the team at DRI they believe this idea came to them as there is a need on earth, now more than ever, to conserve our natural resources.

As our population continues to grow and water scarcity continues to become a problem for billions of people globally, there is a need for more creative solutions and innovations that help conserve natural resources, improve practices such as agriculture efficiently and reduce waste.

On our channel we have highlighted thousands of champions and this week’s podcast guest is the true definition of a Sustainability Champion who has inspired us with their message, values and product.

What was certainly an inspirational conversation, this week’s episode features Jeff Ciudaj from DRI.

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This organisation uses the power of sports to restore the relationship between people and the planet Feb 15, 2023

Series 2, episode 8 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙

Introducing Amy Munro, Sustainability Officer at 11th Hour Racing, an organisation that was established to create strategic partnerships to promote collaborative, systemic change addressing environmental issues.

The organisation founded 11th Hour Racing to use the power of sport to restore a balanced relationship between people and the planet.

From working to eliminate single-use plastic at regattas, this organisation has evolved to integrate sponsorships, grantmaking and an ambassador program to champion collaborative, systematic change across the sailing and sports communities to benefit our ocean.

Although competing against other teams in ‘The Great Race’, this team's main goal is to integrate sustainability into the value of their organisation and inspire others to do the same across the entirety of their operation while educating, innovating and inspiring people with critical messaging of ocean stewardship.

A unique episode, this is the first sustainability champion our channel has highlighted and interviewed within the sporting world! This week, we speak with Amy Munro to learn more about the 11th Hour Racing organisation, their sailboat team, the Great Race their sailors are currently competing in and how this team is pioneering an environmentally conscious future - one degree at a time.

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This man is on a mission to make his products from 100% ocean-bound plastics by the end of 2023! Feb 11, 2023

Series 2, episode 7 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙

Introducing Ben Ridding, the Founder of Ulu, a company formed because of Ben’s love for the sea. Ulu makes waterproof backpacks and tow floats with the mission to make all of its products from 100% ocean-bound plastics.

So, why does the ocean matter?

When we think about the issues we face as a result of climate change, it’s important to remember that our oceans need to be clean and protected to avoid the most severe issues that climate change is causing globally.

Our oceans feed us, regulate our climate, and generate much of the oxygen that we breathe.

We sometimes overlook the need for a clean and protected ocean when we think about sustainability. But for many people, the ocean is their playground, where they go to escape life's challenges and reconnect with nature.

Ben does not necessarily consider himself a ‘Sustainability Champion,’ but rather someone who is eco-conscious, using common sense to make a small change to address a major crisis. In this episode, Ben discusses how he plans to make all of his products from 100% ocean-bound plastic.

This is how he and the team at Ulu ensure they are making a real difference when it comes to protecting the ocean from plastic.

In this episode we discuss the plastic pollution crisis, what brands and people can do to address this problem, ‘greenwashing’ - or falsely advertising a brand is sustainable - and how Ben is trying to create awareness by educating consumers, people and manufacturers.

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This company offers valuable insights so people and industry can ‘climate-proof’ our future! Feb 08, 2023

Series 2, episode 6 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙

Introducing Himanshu Gupta, the Co-Founder and CEO of Climate AI. Climate AI is developing a solution for those in the agriculture & food, finance, commodities, water risk management and climate risk management industries. He and the team are providing the world’s first Enterprise Climate Planning platform that offers risk intelligence to these industries that affect people, enterprises and governments.

The effects of climate change are already prevalent in the everyday lives for millions of people around the world. In fact, it was reported by ABC Australia at the start of 2023 that “Greenland temperatures the warmest in more than 1,000 years, new data show”.

Climate change accelerates volatility and escalates the risk of extremes, creating massive challenges for people, governments, and businesses around the world. Adaptation is a necessity — and the most important transformation of our time.

Himanshu and his team at Climate AI are on a mission to ‘climate-proof’ the economy while aiming for zero loss of lives, livelihoods and nature.

This week we speak with Himanshu Gupta, the CEO of an inspiring and innovative company to understand the AI technology that he and his team are developing and its benefits.

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This prize celebrates and acknowledges the work of sustainability champions from around the world! Feb 02, 2023

Series 2, episode 5 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙

Introducing the Zayed Sustainability Prize, the United Arab Emirates’ pioneering global award for recognising excellence in sustainability around the world.

Established in 2008, this prize recognises nonprofit organisations (NPOs), small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and high schools for their impactful, innovative and inspiring sustainable solutions across the categories of Health, Food, Energy, Water and Global High Schools.

With 96 winners across the world, the Prize has helped positively impact over 370 million people since the first awards ceremony in 2009.

In this week’s episode, we are showcasing two of this year’s winners from the 2023 ceremony in Abu Dhabi. The first of these winners is LEDARS (Local Environment Development and Agricultural Research Society). LEDARS is an organisation based in Bangladesh that integrates water resource management models to solve water scarcity issues in disaster-prone areas where water becomes unusable due to salinity and flooding.

The second is Neurotech, winner of the Zayed Sustainability Prize in technology. Based in Jordan, this organisation has developed Al-based algorithms with a blockchain-based transaction system to bring reliable energy access to refugee camps and underdeveloped areas.

Both of these sustainability champions are making positive, real-world changes to the most vulnerable in society who are impacted most by the changing climate.

This week, we speak with Mohon Kumar Mondal from LEDARS and Abdel Rahman Al Khalaileh and Omar Asad from Neurotech, in collaboration with the Zayed Sustainability Prize.

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This student-founded platform is on a mission to make your daily habits online more sustainable! Jan 28, 2023

Series 2, episode 4 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙

Introducing Joe Lipman: Co-Founder & CEO of NAME APP, an app founded by university students who are on a mission to make scrolling meaningful and shopping sustainable & stylish.

Having only recently launched their app, NAME APP was started because the founders felt that our favourite online habits were becoming increasingly meaningless.

The team at NAME APP sees the world slightly differently. They believe that as consumers, our everyday lives and habits can be improved for the better.

Through their app, the team of young students are working to make NAME APP mainstream so their users feel good while scrolling. This is done by featuring short, entertaining videos with experts discussing major topics in society and environmental sustainability.

In this series of our podcast, we wanted to showcase and highlight a range of sustainability champions. It is inspiring to see young entrepreneurs, who are finishing their studies at university in the UK, take the skills they are learning in class and apply them towards an online platform that has meaningful and purpose-driven content.

In our second episode of this week, we speak with Joe Lipman on the fourth episode of series 2 to discuss their sustainable, content-driven platform and their plans for the future of NAME App.

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This Climate Change Coach helps people overcome eco-anxiety by taking action in their daily lives! Jan 25, 2023

Series 2, episode 3 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙

Introducing Katharina Hellmann, certified Life Coach & Climate Change Coach, who specialises in turning climate anxiety into empowered action, from helping individuals reduce their carbon footprint, live more sustainability and become happier than ever before!

After reading in the 2018 IPCC report that humanity had a mere 12 years left to avoid the worst consequences of climate change, Katharina became crippled with climate anxiety, questioning everything including her dream to have a family.

It was only after she found life coaching that she learned how to manage her emotions in a healthy way and how to transform our minds so that we can create the change we want to see in the world.

She shook off her paralysis, reclaimed her power to act and embarked on an ongoing journey to slash her family’s carbon footprint without any sacrifice to their quality of life. And this journey has been so transformative that she decided to become a Life Coach for the sole purpose of putting the most powerful tools into the hands of people who are done watching the world go up in flames without doing anything about it.

Today, she helps eco-conscious people turn climate anxiety into empowered and effective action and actually implement a sustainable low-carbon lifestyle that maximises their quality of life.

The term eco-anxiety has only recently become mainstream and it was in an attempt to combat people's fear of the environment and overcome eco-anxiety that our Founder Daniel Hartz and our team here at Sustainability Champions started this channel.

In our first of two episodes this week, we speak with Katharina Hellmann on the third episode of Series 2 to discuss her work and how she is helping individuals.

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This organisation is empowering sustainability professionals across the workforce and around the world Jan 18, 2023

Series 2, episode 2 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙

Introducing Michelle Benavides, Executive Director at the International Society of Sustainability Professionals, or ISSP for short, an organisation that is set up to empower sustainability professionals across the workforce and around the world.

ISSP is the world's leading professional association of sustainability practitioners. A member-driven organisation, the ISSP moves the sustainability profession forward by empowering each other and defining professional excellence. Regardless of your area of specialisation or the sector you work in, ISSP is a leading partner in driving change.

The ISSP's mission is to collaborate with its members by providing opportunities for sustainability professionals to share ideas and resources through an online, member-only ISSP community platform. Through collaboration, capacity building and partnering toward goals, the ISSP facilitates dialogue among professionals to continuously clarify and update the Sustainability Professionals in its network.

Helping to define the standards of excellence for its professionals allows for the ISSP to properly educate the capable workforce that plays a critical role in driving true sustainability.

This week we speak with Michelle Benavides on the second episode of our new series to discuss in more detail the need for a professional community within the world of sustainability.

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This startup-founded university is on a mission to educate and empower the change makers of tomorrow Jan 11, 2023

Series 2, episode 1 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙

Introducing Dr. Thomas Funke, CEO and Co-Founder of Tomorrow University, the first fully state-accredited European university to be founded by a Tech-Startup.

Tomorrow University has been educating learners through its revolutionary approach to education since 2020, with a strong focus on sustainability and technology.

When the pandemic hit, Thomas and his co-founder, Christian Rebernik, quickly realised that our current education systems are not prepared to take learning into the 21st century. Traditional classrooms were simply taken online, resulting in highly ineffective learning through endless Zoom lectures and little peer interaction.

Seeing this as an opportunity to radically change education for the better, the two founders created Tomorrow University: a remote-first university allowing students to learn from anywhere in the world at any time, and forming a real-time community in a virtual campus.

Tomorrow University offers students the opportunity to acquire 21st-century skills in sustainability, technology and entrepreneurship through its challenge-based learning model. Learners tackle real-world problems and scenarios and devise strategies to solve them. They can choose from a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, an Impact Degree in Green Tech, or participate in one of the regular Open Challenges to discover a new way of learning.

This week, we speak with Dr Thomas Funke on the first episode of our new series to discuss their higher education courses and their approach to education in sustainability.

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This company is on a mission to divert 100 million tonnes of waste from landfill by 2025! Dec 21, 2022

Series 1, episode 15 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙

Introducing May Al-Karooni, Founder & CEO of Globechain, a company that is a leading ESG data reuse marketplace connecting enterprises with non-profits, small businesses and people to redistribute unneeded items.

Globechain generates ESG data on your impact, helping you reduce waste costs and achieve your sustainability and SDG targets.

May Al-Karooni realised no one had digitised the waste industry when the bank she worked for moved offices across the road. Rather than moving their office furniture, most of which was in perfect condition, they disposed of it all and purchased brand-new furniture.

Seeing this immense waste was a revelation; she knew there were charities and people that needed these items, and that her bank had also incurred high fees for both the disposal and repurchase of the furniture.

This revelation resulted in the birth of Globechain!

In February 2022, our founder Daniel Hartz interviewed May as she was scaling Globechain into new markets and its marketplace was beginning to be used by more users. Today, Globechain is the biggest reuse marketplace worldwide, with over 10,000 members operating in the UK, Spain, the UAE and New York.

We brought the Sustainability Champion's Podcast series back in September of this year, and Globechain has helped us facilitate this series by sponsoring our episodes! A champion we featured in 2020, two years later is now helping us showcase more champions from the world.

A truly inspiring sustainable champion, this week we speak with our series sponsor Globechain and their Founder May Al-Karooni!

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This company made a device that makes a bike ‘e’ instantly! Dec 14, 2022

Series 1, episode 14 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙

Introducing Som Ray, The CEO & Founder of CLIP, a company that specialises in making a portable propulsion device that is designed to transform any standard bike into an e-bike instantly!

Transportation is responsible for 24% of global direct CO₂ emissions, road vehicles account for nearly three quarters of transport emissions, and these numbers are not decreasing. On top of the unsustainable levels of carbon emissions that are ruining our planet’s climate, road vehicles are polluting our air at unprecedented levels.

Therefore, we will need much more cycling if we are to combat climate change!

This is what inspired Som, the CEO & Founder of CLIP Bikes to create an electronic solution for biking. CLIP's powerful friction drive delivers smooth power on demand to make any urban commute easy as the breeze.

Many of our team here at Sustainability Champions own an e-bike and we know e-bikes are expensive and they get stolen a lot! So, what if you could simply detach the ‘e’ from your bike to carry it inside?

Just detach & GO!

CLIP is as light as a laptop, fits in your backpack & looks great charging on your desk.

A truly inspiring sustainable champion, this week we speak with the CEO & Founder of CLIP; Som Ray

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This company has created a compostable and landfill biodegradable packaging solution! Dec 07, 2022

Series 1, episode 13 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙

Introducing Devana Ng; The Co-Founder of INVISIBLE COMPANY, a company that specialises in providing alternative packaging to different fashion brands, e-commerce, logistics and retails to replace the conventional packaging.

Their solution is water-soluble, compostable and landfill biodegradable packaging which is called #INVISIBLEBAG. This packaging doesn’t contain PP, PE, PS, PVC plastic and is Non-toxic to the environment!

The story behind Invisible Company began in 2018 when Co-Founder Devana and her husband Flavienthrough their love and passion for hiking, especially in the mountains in Hong Kong.

It was through this passion booth Devana and Flavien discovered they were cleaning up trails on their hikes, most of which included plastic waste and rubbish bags.

Devana and Flavien discovered that all the packaging they found was neither recycled nor biodegradable. They wanted to find a way to reduce waste at the source with an alternative solution which is not harmful to our environment. Hence, in 2020, they started researching and created this water-soluble material and design that makes up their INVISIBLE BAG packaging.

Since then, Invisible Company has started to work with over 700 brands worldwide, mostly in fashion, with the goal to create a greener online shopping experience for logistics companies and e-commerce brands.

Both Founders Devana and Flavien are passionate about addressing the needs of climate change and for Insviable Company, they are optimistic that their packaging solution will make a small change to both businesses and consumers, but make a big impact on the environment!

Truly inspiring sustainable champions, this week we speak with the Co-Foudner of Invisible Company; Devana Ng.

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This team is helping organisations repurpose and reuse old lab equipment for the circular economy Nov 30, 2022

Series 1, episode 12 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙

Introducing brothers Ryan and Justin Andrews, the co-founders of REUZEit, a company that specialises in redistributing used lab equipment from companies in the life science sector that no longer need it. REUZEit repurposes this equipment for people and organisations who can make good use of it.

Not only is REUZEit good for the environment, but it is also helpful for innovation because entrepreneurs can start working on their ideas by purchasing high-quality equipment at a low cost. Here at Sustainability Champions, we love sustainable entrepreneurship that is good for both the planet and people.

From a five-year case study carried out by REUZEit with one of their industry-leading clients that has more than 1,000 sites and 75,000 employees globally, REUZEit was able to divert up to 4.6 million pounds of equipment from going to landfills.

From reduced greenhouse gas emissions to pollution prevention, landfill avoidance and recycling efficiency are the key unique sustainable selling points of REUZEit’s platform the company is now scaling out its operations and currently going through a Kickstarter campaign.

This week we spoke with both Ryan Andrews, CIO & Co-Founder, and Justin Andrews, CEO & Co-Founder, to discuss their reuse marketplace and to understand the importance of the circular economy.

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This team aims to demystify the circular economy and design. Nov 26, 2022

Series 1, episode 11 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙

Introducing Michael Hirschhorn, CEO and Founder at Mebl Furniture & Scarlette Tapp, Executive Director at The Sustainable Furnishings Council.

Michael & Scarlette work together to create and publish The Circular Design Glossary, a glossary of terms that provides definitions on specific language used in the circular economy. The idea is to help the furniture industry move towards circular thinking and design of furniture products both in the US and around the world.

The very concept of sustainability is based on meeting the various needs of the present without compromising the possibilities of future generations. But what does furniture design have to do with the circular economy? Basically everything because they go together! Design is the starting point of the production chain of every piece of furniture.

WIth The Glossary, both Michael & Scarlette are on a mission to help more businesses within the furnishings industry to reuse and recycle different materials as many times as possible, therebye avoiding unnecessary pollution and waste, while simultaneously promoting values of social and environmental responsibilities, both with their members and nonmembers.

Michael, Scarlette and the team behind The Glossary want to feature inspiring circular-design applications from sofas to tables to lighting. The Glossary illustrates real-life solutions to today’s wasteful linear ‘take-make-waste’ way of living.

The Circular Design Glossary is an independent, non-sponsored publication featuring:

40+ circular design concepts, case studies and photographs
Emerging and established designers
Innovative furniture/furnishings companies
Insights, inspiration and concrete applications for practitioners

This week we speak with both Micahel and Scarlette on our eleventh podcast episode to discuss their Glossary publication and the concepts behind a circular approach to the furnishing industry.

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This company created an entire product line of condiments that are made from quality ingredients from organic farmers! Nov 24, 2022

Series 1, episode 10 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙

In life only two things matter: Food & love.

Well, that's according to the team at Curtice Brothers!

Introducing Mario Bauer, Founder of Curtice Brothers and Simon Korn, Production Manager at Curtice Brothers.

Curtice Brothers is a company that created an entire product line of condiments made from quality ingredients from organic farmers!

The team at Curtice Brothers cooked, experimented with the wildest recipes, tasted the worst and the best outcomes, drank wine, danced in the kitchen and learned how to squeeze 15 tomatoes into one small bottle. Although you can't call it ketchup yet, the outcome is promising.

Mario, the Founder of Curtice Brothers, had this crazy idea of creating a healthier and better ketchup that would exceed the expectations of his epicure friends – some of them sommeliers, chefs of upscale restaurants and the pampered lovers of good food.

By sourcing quality ingredients from some of the best organic farms, they don’t compromise a single step towards making a ketchup that they are proud to serve. And, as part of that, they work towards a more sustainable environment through the ingredients they source and make their condiments from!

Certified vegan and gluten-free, this brand's condiments are packaged in glass bottles, encouraging their customers to reuse their bottles with their orders or for other means in the kitchen!

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This company is changing everything we know about wind turbines! Nov 16, 2022

Series 1, episode 9 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙

Introducing Cheryl and Chris Moore, the Co-Founders and inventors of Harmony Turbines, a company that was founded with the idea to create a simple, efficient and affordable residential wind turbine that could meet the needs of most homeowners.

Founded in August 2020, Harmony Turbines have the goal of developing a wind turbine solution that can achieve mass adoption in the residential marketplace by addressing the deficiencies that are often overlooked by current wind turbines.

Chris Moore, Co-Founder of Harmony Turbines, is no stranger to the Clean Energy R&D space. Since 1998, he has worked with many teams and organisations to create innovative solutions for a cleaner, more sustainable future.

From his experiences, he has seen first-hand the issues with the current wind turbine models and is determined to create a more effective solution.

So what are the disadvantages of conventional wind turbines and why are Harmony Turbines looking to innovate and improve upon the existing models?

Although wind energy is a renewable, greener option of energy, it too still has its limitations. For example, many turbines pose a threat to the surrounding wildlife. Flying birds and bats whose habitats or migratory paths pass through turbines can be injured or killed if they fly under the blades of a turbine.

What’s more is that many turbines come with an expensive upfront cost and can, in some cases, be unreliable/unpredictable.
With Chris and Cheryl’s solution, they are looking to address these problems with Harmony Turbines and make clean, green energy more efficient and cost-effective.

Their goal is simple: they want to help make the world a better place. And, in their view, it starts with giving more people the ‘power’ to change the world.

An inspiring and innovative couple, this week we speak with both Cheryl and Chris on our ninth podcast episode to discuss their product and their current Kickstarter campaign.

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This company is improving water efficiency to prevent over-consumption in water-scarce areas Nov 09, 2022

Series 1, episode 8 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙

Introducing Yasmine Ben Miloud, the Co-Founder and Head of Marketing at Water-Sec.

At present; Tunisia is one of the most water-scarce countries in the world. In 2017, 367 cubic metres (m3) of water were available per capita to almost 12 million inhabitants, compared to a regional average of 526 m3 and a global average of 5,700 m3.

This lack of access to water has meant many Tunisians live with water curfews in the south and drought in many parts of the country.

Water-Sec was born to tackle the issue of water scarcity in Tunisia and the wider MENA countries. By offering a technological solution to monitor the water consumption of people and organisations, to help save the water used daily and face resource scarcity concerns.

This week COP27 will be held in the MENA region in Egypt and our Founder Daniel Hartz will be at COP27 speaking with sustainability champions from around the world to discuss the climate problems we all face and the solutions these champions are creating.

One of these champions is the team at Water-Sec and their Founder & Head of Marketing Yasmine Ben Miloud.

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This woman’s company empowers people to discover brands that align with their values! Nov 05, 2022

Series 1, episode 7 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙

Introducing Maryclaire Manard, the Founder and CEO at Cluey Consumer.

So what is Cluey Consumers? Cluey exists to solve the modern-day dilemma for impact-conscious consumers who want to align their purchases with their values & enables those consumers, through the collective power of the free market, to change how corporations impact people, the planet and even politics.

So how is Cluey making a difference? Cluey makes a difference by holding corporations more accountable to their consumers who care about spending their money responsibly. So instead of persuasive marketing campaigns from companies calling the shots on how our consumer habits should change over time, Cluey is putting that power back into the hands of the consumer. It may seem like a small action on the individual level, but with Cluey, it has the capability to make a revolutionary impact.

Cluey is rating brands using the three Ps: their impact on people, the planet and politics.

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This company saves 96,000 hides from landfill by turning waste into leather for upholstery! Nov 02, 2022

Series 1, episode 6 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙

What is the environmental cost of producing leather? Is it ethical to wear leather? Is leather considered sustainable?

The leather industry is one of many industries that brings about much conversation surrounding its ethics, its practices, its environmental impact and whether it is a material that is actually sustainable.

As a channel, we always want to meet new people and showcase their innovations and activism to a wider audience. We always aim to get their perspectives and understand their views on topics and issues that affect all of us and the environment we live in.

A different type of post to what we are used to here at Sustainability Champions; introducing Jack Prause, CEO of Cortina Leathers. Cortina Leathers started in 1903 and since then has become a market leader, with their leathers being made for clients in a range of markets globally from hospitality, workspaces, the automotive & aviation industries and residential spaces. With a large number of clients around the globe, you may have sat on a chair that has been upholstered with leather made by Cortina Leathers!

On this week’s podcast, our Founder Daniel Hartz speaks to the CEO at Cortina Leathers to discuss more widely the issues within the leather industry and explore the subject of whether or not leather is a sustainable fabric.

To be able to better answer this question, we wanted to speak with an industry leader and get their view, while also learning more about the industry itself.

In this episode, it was fascinating to hear about Cortina Leathers Environmental Stewardship initiative and learning about the certifications Cortina has received over the years from Future-Fit Business, SCS Global and ISO.

Are you interested in joining the conversation on whether leather is sustainable? We will be sending Jack Prause our listeners' questions after this episode goes live. You can send your questions and thoughts to our Marketing Lead Peter at peter@sustainabilitychampions.com

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This company is removing harmful carbon from the air with the aim to get the world to net zero and keep global warming below 1.5°C Oct 26, 2022

Series 1, episode 5 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙

Climeworks has been on a journey toward a solution that would empower everyone to take climate action.

Founded in 2009 by two Co-Founders Jan and Christoph, who met on their first day of university at ETH Zurich.

Sharing a passion for alpine sports and spending time in the Swiss Alps, they experienced the effects of climate change first-hand. Shocked by the retreat of the glaciers, they vowed to do everything they could to tackle climate change.

Combining their engineering expertise, they have created a technology called direct air capture, a way to capture carbon dioxide directly from the air. As a result, Climeworks was formed and is now the leader in direct air capture (DAC) technology.

So why direct air capture?

In recent years, climate action has experienced a paradigm shift. It’s now recognized that drastically reducing emissions alone won’t be enough to halt climate change. The IPCC reports show that drastic emissions reductions are more important than ever, but on top of this, carbon dioxide removal is needed to get the world to net zero and keep global warming below 1.5 °C.

But it’s no longer just the scientists saying this; individuals and businesses also agree. We need many carbon dioxide removal solutions working together to prevent further global warming and restore balance to our climate. The global capacity to store carbon dioxide is vast and lies between 5 and 30 trillion tons.

As a carbon dioxide removal solution, Climeworks’ direct air capture and storage (DAC+S) is particularly effective because it’s highly efficient, permanent, safe, and measurable.

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, if we want to limit global warming to 1.5°C, humanity must remove around 5 billion tons of carbon dioxide from the air annually by mid-century and 17 billion tons by 2100. And Climeworks believes direct air capture will play a significant role in achieving these goals.

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This man diverted 850,000 KGs of waste from landfill; aims to prevent 1M kgs in 2022! Oct 19, 2022

Series 1, episode 4 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙

Introducing Anthony Levy, Founder & CEO of Circularity First a company that specialises in helping businesses design, build, manage and quantify IT infrastructures with a circular mindset.

Circularity First Group have been working across sustainable IT for over 14 years. At their origin, they knew that systematic change was required. As the wider business community assesses its carbon footprint, others are realising it too.

Numbers suggest that IT contributes between 5% and 20% to a company’s Scope 3 carbon footprint. With 80% of that carbon coming from manufacturing, Circularity First has extended the life of what we have and stemmed the tide on new. For their founder and their team, it’s their belief that ‘It’s now or never.’

Circularity First works with both vendors and customers and over 14 years have achieved:

- Preventing 850,000 KGs of technology equipment from becoming eWaste, the equivalent of 6 blue whales.

- This year, 2022 Circularity First is on track to prevent 1M KGs from ending up in landfill

- Of the networking products they sell, 99% are sourced from manufactured, reused and redeployed authorised programmes.

- As a company, they aim to be carbon neutral by the end of 2022.

- Using science-based targets they also aim to be net zero by 2030.

In this episode, the CEO of Circularity First, Anthony Levy raises an interesting point; ‘How many sustainable IT companies can we name?’ As an industry, it is contributing to massive energy use & carbon footprint, requires extensive mining for minerals, and leaves an environmental cost with roughly $62.5 billion of electronic waste thrown away each year.

A conversation we have not addressed yet on this channel, we are delighted to announce that this week’s podcast episode will look at how the industry can be more circular, and environmentally friendly and how Circularity First aims to address the main issues centred on the industry over the coming years.

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This company makes plastic-free, biodegradable and compostable sanitary period pads! Oct 12, 2022

Series 1, episode 3 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙

Introducing Sparkle!

Sparkle’s story, quite fittingly, started with a spark. Founded by Hetal & Chirag Virani.

The social and cultural stigma surrounding periods in Surat, Gujarat, India while she was growing up, sparked Hetal to think about all the hurried whispers, hiding, guilty glances, and the almost shameful image that the society had set for its menstruators.

On the other hand, travelling the world, visiting many countries and experiencing (first-hand) the lack of sanitary products, as well as its physiological and socio-economic effects on millions of adolescent individuals, was the spark that set Chirag on his course.

When Hetal and Chirag came together with different perspectives yet a shared vision, that’s what sparked the inception of their journey to make a positive impact together. After having explored several paths, they’re now both taking the road less travelled by not just developing sustainable and plant-based period products; they’re also aiming to develop new mindsets, new perspectives, new avenues, and new ways of life for menstruators across the globe.

Sparkle pads are made using renewable resources which can help the pad biodegrade quickly after disposal and go back to nature without leaving any toxic residue. Since their pads do not contain plastic or harsh chemicals, you can also compost them in your backyard compost pit.

An inspiring couple, who are the true definition of sustainability champions.

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This women is on a mission to reduce single-use containers from ending up in landfill. Oct 05, 2022

Series 1, episode 2 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙

Atmosvu is on a mission to reduce single-use containers from ending up in landfill.

Every Atmosvu customer is helping end single-use candle container waste.

According to the team at Atmosvu, the U.S. retail sales of candle products are approximately $3 billion annually. Research indicates that only 8% of candle containers are recycled and over 35 million candle containers end up in landfills every year.

With their reusable candle containers, they've made things simple: no more candle graveyards and no more wax waste.

With quality vegan ingredients in their candle wax and a reusable candle container, the solution Atmosvu has created is inspiring!

To learn more about Atmosvu, simply click the link below to their website:

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This man's entire product range is 100% biodegradable, edible and turtle friendly 🐢 Sep 28, 2022

Series 1, episode 1 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙

Maxim Gelmann is the Founder and Chief Stroodler at Stroodles.

Having started with their flagship product their famous pasta straws (which are made entirely of pasta and are edible... a perfect after-cocktail snack) Stroodles has become a movement for conscious consumerism. We are thrilled to welcome our audience to the Stroodles revolution in our first episode of this new series.

What the Stroodle?

All of the Stroodles products are 100% biodegradable and good for the planet. And you can even munch on them after use, as they are all edible. The pasta straws are made from wheat + water only, plates and bowls are from 100% wheat bran, the spoons are like a biscuit and the cup is from a wafer. ‍

With Stroodles, there is no need to compromise on the experience, use time and quality of using traditional tableware. Switching to sustainable products is now simpler than ever - there is no need to change behaviours, use Stroodles instead. ‍

Change made easy!

To learn more about Stroodles, simply click the link below to their website: https://stroodles.co.uk/collections You can use discount code SC10 for 10% off your next order of Stroodles products.

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Smart Solutions to Environmental Risks | Dr. Deborah Brosnan Oct 15, 2020

Did you know coral reefs provide a buffer - protecting our coasts from big waves, storms, and floods? In a time with more frequent natural disasters due to the changing climate, there’s an important message to learn: when people live in harmony with nature, we minimize our environmental risks and can even benefit from strengthened ecosystems. Today’s guest knows all about nature’s role in our lives, offering science-based solutions that reflect the best environmental ethics and facilitate outcomes for the planet, people and profit. In this episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Dr. Deborah Brosnan, marine resilience specialist, environmental consultant in risk reduction and problem solving, and Champion of Environmental Solutions. Deborah Brosnan’s consulting company Deborah Brosnan and Associates offer ideas through regulatory, corporate, and community elements to provide the most cost-effective, prompt and valuable solutions, when it comes to local environmental issues. For example, she tells us all about the importance of natural vegetation on coastlines, whether coral reefs or mangroves, to prevent damage from floods and storms. Working with highly-skilled experts, her work lies at the intersection of cutting-edge science and real world decision-making involving environment, endangered species, development, energy, sea level rise, climate change and hazards - places where the stakes and risks are high. Listen to the episode, to find out all about her work and what we can do be more environmentally-friendly! Website: http://www.deborahbrosnan.com (http://www.deborahbrosnan.com) Twitter: https://twitter.com/deborahbrosnan?s=20 (https://twitter.com/deborahbrosnan?s=20) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeborahBrosnanAndAssociates/ (https://www.facebook.com/DeborahBrosnanAndAssociates/) Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahbrosnan/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahbrosnan/) -- Hosted by Daniel Hartz Sustainability Champions https://www.sustainabilitychampions.com Instagram: @SustainabilityChampions Facebook: @SustainabilityChampions LinkedIn: @Sustainability Champions

Lloyds Bank | Financing A Greener Future Together Oct 08, 2020

In this Episode I speak with Rachel Finesilver, Manager of Sustainability and Responsible Business at Lloyds Banking Group, and Champion of Sustainable Banking. According to a report by Morgan Stanley analysts, the cost of stopping climate change and reducing net carbon emissions to zero by 2050, is 50 Trillion US Dollars. That includes a whole array of alternatives to our current carbon-inefficient activities, that need to be invested in and developed further. From renewable energy to electric motors and cars, to carbon capture methods, biofuels and hydrogen power. The banking sector plays a big role, as with financial power comes a responsibility not only to shareholders, but also to the earth and everyone on it. Smaller green and socially-responsible Banks have long been attracting customers with their commitment to transparency, but traditional banks are following suit. Lloyds Banking Group is putting their money where their mouth is, by aiming to reduce the carbon emissions they finance by 50% by 2030. That includes commitments to support UK renewable energy projects, equivalent to powering on average 5million homes by 2020. Lloyds is leading the way in green financing in the banking sector, and they are actively working on reducing the emissions and waste of their own businesses. Listen to this episode, to find out all about the importance of green banking, exactly how Lloyds Banking Group aims to make a change and much much more. If you enjoyed this episode, please give the Sustainability Champions podcast a 5-star review in the Apple Podcast app and subscribe so you’ll know when the next episode is released! Resources: Website: https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/our-group/responsible-business/financing-a-green-future-together/ (https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/our-group/responsible-business/financing-a-green-future-together/) Linkedin Rachel Finesilver: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-finesilver-58805316/?originalSubdomain=uk (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-finesilver-58805316/?originalSubdomain=uk) Linkedin Lloyds Banking: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/lloyds-bank-commercial-banking/ (https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/lloyds-bank-commercial-banking/) -- Hosted by Daniel Hartz Sustainability Champions https://www.sustainabilitychampions.com Instagram: @SustainabilityChampions Facebook: @SustainabilityChampions LinkedIn: @Sustainability Champions

Strong, Non-Toxic Cleaners - Just Add Water! Oct 01, 2020

According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, more than 90 percent of a bottle of standard cleaning product is just water. Considering that people in most developed countries have access to clean water, this current production scheme seems like a waste. Factories mix their cleaning solution with water, package it in bottles and ship it around the world. Shipping products with heavy water requires more trips because of bulky packages, more carbon emissions and more work. Come to think of it, mixing cleaning products yourself doesn’t sound like such an unusual solution - think of how we make coffee at home: we buy dried coffee grounds and add hot water. In this Episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Jon Bostock, co-founder of Truman’s, author of the book “The Elephant’s Dilemma” and Champion of Breaking Supply Chains. Truman’s offers sets of powdered cleaning solutions for laundry machines, dishwashers and toilets that need to be mixed with water before use. With their subscription, all of your cleaning needs are handled because let’s face it: we all need to clean, so why not do it sustainably and with non-toxic products? The only thing they don’t provide - according to their website - is the motivation to clean; unfortunately, that’s something we have to get ourselves… Jon is also the author of “The Elephant’s Dilemma”, a guide based on his personal experiences creating businesses and products that fly above our norm and status quo. He shows that many people are chained to their current reality and big things can happen once we reimagine our future and break free. His book is an urgent battle cry asking us to step forward, live a more fulfilled life and leave a legacy for future generations. If you enjoyed this episode, please give the Sustainability Champions podcast a 5-star review in the Apple Podcast app and subscribe so you’ll know when the next episode is released! Website: https://www.trumans.com (https://www.trumans.com) Book: https://www.amazon.com/Elephants-Dilemma-Break-Reimagine-Future/dp/1544509847 (https://www.amazon.com/Elephants-Dilemma-Break-Reimagine-Future/dp/1544509847) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trumancleans/ (https://www.instagram.com/trumancleans) Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trumancleans/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/trumancleans) -- Hosted by Daniel Hartz Sustainability Champions https://www.sustainabilitychampions.com Instagram: @SustainabilityChampions Facebook: @SustainabilityChampions LinkedIn: @Sustainability Champions

Organic & Sustainable Diapers Sep 24, 2020

There are 11 million diaper-age babies in the US. Each baby uses an average of 65 diapers per week. That results in over 37 BILLION disposables being tossed EACH YEAR in the US alone. With raising awareness of single-use plastic bags, bottles and straws, why are diapers, which currently make up 30% of non-biodegradable waste in American landfills, disregarded? In this Episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Liz Turrigiano, Co-Founder and CEO of Esembly, and Champion of Sustainable Diapers. Esembly offers a sustainable diapering system that is built to last to help avoid all those throw-away diapers that end up polluting our environment and aren’t easily recyclable. With Esembly’s service, you’ll only need 48 diapers from birth through potty training. They are still reusable afterwards, meaning you can pass them on to other families or let Esembly buy the diapers from you to either be used again or recycled properly. Their other products include skin care and laundering products as well as a variety of accessories. Parents can make a huge positive impact on the planet with this switch and while it may seem a little gross at first, Liz assures us that it’s the natural and healthier way to go. She even compares the clean-up process to just washing the dishes! If you want to test out the diapers for yourself and your little ones, you can get a 15% discount by using this link: https://esemblybaby.com/discount/Champions15 (https://esemblybaby.com/discount/Champions15) or typing in the code “Champions15” at checkout. If you enjoyed this episode, please give the Sustainability Champions podcast a 5-star review in the Apple Podcast app and subscribe so you’ll know when the next episode is released! Website: https://esemblybaby.com (https://esemblybaby.com) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esemblybaby/ (https://www.instagram.com/esemblybaby/) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esemblybaby (https://www.facebook.com/esemblybaby) -- Hosted by Daniel Hartz Sustainability Champions https://www.sustainabilitychampions.com Instagram: @SustainabilityChampions Facebook: @SustainabilityChampions LinkedIn: @Sustainability Champions

Capturing The Climate Crisis Where It Hits Hardest | Ashley Cooper Sep 17, 2020

One of the biggest problems hindering a stronger global response against climate change, is that the effects are not felt equally all over the world, but in certain areas to a much stronger extent. Polar ice caps melting, ice bears stranded on drifting ice, floods and forest fires reaching unprecedented scales - while the west bears the most responsibility for climate disasters, they rarely feel the consequences. To accept our responsibility in causing the climate breakdown takes an effort of education, visually showing how terrifying natural disasters are and connecting the dots in how our lifestyles cause the change. In this episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Ashley Cooper, Environmental Photographer and Champion of Climate Photography. Ashley Cooper has been capturing the effects of climate change and renewable energy on all continents and the most remote places you could think of, since 2004. His journeys have taken him to Inuit villages in the arctic circle, tiny island states in the south pacific, and all across the world. His photos, published by The Guardian, WWF and other charities, magazines and news publications, aim to purvey the urgency of acting on climate change, as well as positives we can take from initiatives that are already well established, like renewable energy. We talk about some of the amazing experiences Ashley has made on his travels all around the world, and how he views the climate crisis from having witnessed the effects first-hand. If you enjoyed this episode, please give the Sustainability Champions podcast a 5-star review in the Apple Podcast app and subscribe so you’ll know when the next episode is released! Website: http://www.globalwarmingimages.net/index.html (http://www.globalwarmingimages.net/index.html) Book: http://www.imagesfromawarmingplanet.net (http://www.imagesfromawarmingplanet.net) Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-cooper-20417a13/?originalSubdomain=uk (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-cooper-20417a13/?originalSubdomain=uk) -- Hosted by Daniel Hartz Sustainability Champions https://www.sustainabilitychampions.com Instagram: @SustainabilityChampions Facebook: @SustainabilityChampions LinkedIn: @Sustainability Champions

Finding A Career in Sustainability Sep 10, 2020

In this episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Jules Hayward, Learning Executive Lead at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. In this conversation, we explore the importance of system thinking for finding global solutions and the fact that it’s easy to get overwhelmed when choosing how to shift our approach for the better. We discuss some interesting career tips for people wanting to have a purpose-driven career working on either climate change, business, education, policy making, urban planning or any other important area. Crucially, Jules also discusses ways to overcome apocalypse fatigue in order to start making an impact in our daily lives.

Eco-Friendly Design For A Sustainable Future Sep 03, 2020

In this episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Patrick Marsden, Partner and Co-Owner of MaCher and Champion of Sustainable Product Design. Not creating a product in the first place is the most sustainable thing you can do when creating products. Starting with the simple question “why” allows us to understand if the product is important to make in the first place and ultimately minimize our carbon footprint. MaCher is a global design company specializing in marketing products from design to delivery. Years of experience and a team made of people from America, Australia and Asia, contribute to their unique ability to design branded accessories and more. Additionally, they received B-Corp certification in 2014, balancing purpose and profit with a focus on helping other businesses reduce their environmental impact. Every year, MaCher sets themselves sustainability objectives, which are aligned with the United Nations’ Global Impact 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Plus each year, they release transparent reports that detail their success and failures on their journey to healing the planet. They’re helping brands be more eco-friendly, while setting an example for for-profit businesses to make a meaningful contribution to our planet. If you enjoyed this episode, please give the Sustainability Champions podcast a 5-star review in the Apple Podcast app and subscribe so you’ll know when the next episode is released! Website: https://macher.com (https://macher.com) Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/macher/?originalSubdomain=au (https://www.linkedin.com/company/macher/?originalSubdomain=au) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/macherusa/ (https://www.instagram.com/macherusa/) -- Hosted by Daniel Hartz Sustainability Champions https://www.sustainabilitychampions.com Instagram: @SustainabilityChampions Facebook: @SustainabilityChampions LinkedIn: @Sustainability Champions

Eco-Friendly Holiday Destinations Sep 01, 2020

In this Episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Bob Garner, Co-Owner of Casal dei Fichi and Champion of Sustainable Holidays. When we take a vacation, we oftentime enjoy luxuries beyond imagination in destinations around the world, whether artificial beaches and 5-star hotels in Dubai, enormous resorts in Mexico, or cruises that travel around the world. When we get our well-deserved breaks from everyday life, we tend to ignore how wasteful and carbon-inefficient travelling can be. Air conditioning every step you take, lunch-buffets that end up wasting food, and electrical bills we’re glad we don’t have to pay. A step towards eco-friendly holiday destinations is a step in the right direction. Casal dei Fichi is a farmhouse with holiday apartments, built and renovated with sustainability in mind such as solar panels, replacing air conditioning with smart window-placement and architecture, long-lasting, efficient LED lights with movement sensors and much more. They even installed a charging station for electric cars to encourage greener transportation. To further their sustainable mission even more, they also have an offset-program with local restaurants, which plants trees when you eat at their partner restaurants. If you enjoyed this episode, please give the Sustainability Champions podcast a 5-star review in the Apple Podcast app and subscribe so you’ll know when the next episode is released! Resources: Website: https://www.casaldeifichi.com (https://www.casaldeifichi.com) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Casaldeifichi (https://www.facebook.com/Casaldeifichi) -- Hosted by Daniel Hartz Sustainability Champions https://www.sustainabilitychampions.com Instagram: @SustainabilityChampions Facebook: @SustainabilityChampions LinkedIn: @Sustainability Champions

Data Makes The Trucks Go Greener | Tracks For Trucks Aug 27, 2020

In this Episode of Sustainability Champions I speak with Jakob Muus, Founder and CEO of Tracks For Trucks and Champion of Sustainable Supply Chains. Did you know that the road freight industry is responsible for roughly 6% of the European CO2 emissions? Our global world depends on intricate supply chains to move food and goods from centralized production facilities to sales points all around the world. Optimising our network of transport, whether trucks, ships or trains, will lead to both reduced CO2 emissions while also saving money for the companies moving the goods. Especially because the road freight industry runs on small margins, all cost savings helps. So do we go about improving the situation? Tracks For Trucks is an analytics firm that compiles data from freight trucks to help reduce environmental footprints and increase their efficiency. Every modern truck comes with a constantly-updating SIM card that sends data from multiple sensors to cloud-servers, Tracks for Trucks uses that data to develop strategies and solutions for greener supply chains. And considering the fact that before Tracks For Trucks, data analysis was done in lengthy spreadsheets with an error factor of up to 400% , their solution can impact the entire freight industry on a large-scale. If you enjoyed this episode, please give the Sustainability Champions podcast a 5-star review in the Apple Podcast app and subscribe so you’ll know when the next episode is released! Resources: Website: https://www.tracksfortrucks.com (https://www.tracksfortrucks.com) Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tracksfortrucks (https://www.linkedin.com/company/tracksfortrucks) Twitter: https://twitter.com/TracksForTrucks (https://twitter.com/TracksForTrucks) -- Hosted by Daniel Hartz Sustainability Champions https://www.sustainabilitychampions.com Instagram: @SustainabilityChampions Facebook: @SustainabilityChampions LinkedIn: @Sustainability Champions

Eating Insects For Food Aug 25, 2020

In this episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Francesco Majno, Co-Founder and CEO of Crické Food, and Champion of Insect Proteins. To facilitate our growing populations and to reduce the waste, inefficiency and the negative environmental impacts of meat farms, we need alternative proteins. On this podcast, we’ve already spoken about highly technical solutions like plant-based and cell-based meats, and now we’re looking at a different approach. To solve global problems, we need to think radically and be open to a wide variety of strategies. And that’s where we see that insects are a sustainable alternative protein. In fact, up to two billion people around the world eat insects as part of their regular diet. So what’s the easiest way to popularize this idea in countries where this is not common? Crické Food produces crackers made with cricket powder and flour, making a hyper-sustainable, protein-rich and nutritious snack for anyone. Crickets and insects, in general, are both a great source of protein and environmentally-friendly. When compared with cows, crickets require 0.05% the amount of water, 7.5% the amount of land, and they emit 1% the amount of greenhouse gas. Additionally, they contain almost twice the amount of protein as beef and are rich in vitamins and iron. In this episode, we talk about the challenges of getting beyond the taboo of eating insects in Europe and North America, other insect cuisines we can expect in the near future, and the efficiencies insects could bring to our food system. If you want to try Crické Crackers, you can order them on their website linked below (currently only in Europe)! If you enjoyed this episode, please give the Sustainability Champions podcast a 5-star review in the Apple Podcast app and subscribe so you’ll know when the next episode is released! Website: https://crickefood.com (https://crickefood.com) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crickefood (https://www.instagram.com/crickefood) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crickefood (https://www.facebook.com/crickefood) Twitter: https://twitter.com/crickefood (https://twitter.com/crickefood) -- Hosted by Daniel Hartz Sustainability Champions https://www.sustainabilitychampions.com Instagram: @SustainabilityChampions Facebook: @SustainabilityChampions LinkedIn: @Sustainability Champions

Luggage That Doesn't Break After Every Flight Aug 20, 2020

In this Episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Christine Riley Miller, Head of Sustainability at Samsonite, and Champion of Sustainable Luggage. We love seeing global companies commit to sustainability. It shows that being planet-friendly is possible even for the biggest players on the market, without disappointing their shareholders. When a company's products are made from sustainable materials and are built to last a long time, you could argue that sellers are missing out on revenue. We live in times where new kitchen appliances, clothes and electronics will only last a few years, while the same things that have been passed down from grandparents have stood the test of time. Today’s guest knows that building to last is the right thing to do. Samsonite is a global luggage and travel accessories manufacturer that takes the helm of brands like TUMI, Hartmann, American Tourister and others. They value sustainability highly and have implemented a number of policies across their global lines of products, from recycling materials, to easy repairs and products that last. Learning how an industry leading corporation like Samsonite implements their philosophy is truly fascinating. If you enjoyed this episode, please give the Sustainability Champions podcast a 5-star review in the Apple Podcast app and subscribe so you’ll know when the next episode is released! Resources: Website: https://www.samsonite.co.uk (https://www.samsonite.co.uk) Instagram: http://instagram.com/mysamsonite (http://instagram.com/mysamsonite) Twitter: https://twitter.com/MySamsonite (https://twitter.com/MySamsonite) Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/samsoniteeurope (https://www.youtube.com/samsoniteeurope) -- Hosted by Daniel Hartz Sustainability Champions https://www.sustainabilitychampions.com Instagram: @SustainabilityChampions Facebook: @SustainabilityChampions LinkedIn: @Sustainability Champions

Carbon Neutral Homes Are Possible! Aug 18, 2020

In this Episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Ian Pritchett, Co-Founder and Director of Ssassy Property and Greencore Construction and Champion of Making Sustainable Homes. On a global scale, households are responsible for 24% of total greenhouse gas emissions. Building housing with energy and carbon efficiency in mind, doesn’t only benefit the planet, it also saves families a lot of money. Whether it’s better insulation and airflow, green energy providers or solar panels on roofs, gardens and more green areas for higher biodiversity, the list of ways to improve construction is endless. Unfortunately, the average construction of a home emits about 50-60 tons of greenhouse gas. As we’ve seen with many other products and ventures, the possibilities exist for construction and homes to be carbon neutral, or even carbon negative. Ssassy Property is a property development firm that constructs sustainable, efficient and beautifully designed homes in and around Oxfordshire. Following the philosophy of Greencore Construction, they build high performance, low carbon buildings using natural materials (predominantly hemp, lime and timber). Listen to this Episode to find out about the amazing difference thoughtful property development can make, and why carbon negative homes are even possible! I hope you enjoy the episode! If you do, make sure to leave a review and subscribe to support us! Resources: Ssassy Property: https://ssassyproperty.com (https://ssassyproperty.com) Greencore Construction: https://www.greencoreconstruction.co.uk (https://www.greencoreconstruction.co.uk) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ssassyproperty (https://www.instagram.com/ssassyproperty) Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ssassy-property-ltd (https://www.linkedin.com/company/ssassy-property-ltd) -- Hosted by Daniel Hartz Sustainability Champions https://www.sustainabilitychampions.com Instagram: @SustainabilityChampions Facebook: @SustainabilityChampions LinkedIn: @Sustainability Champions

Alternatives to Meat-Based Proteins Are On The Rise Aug 13, 2020

We’ve spoken with a number of companies revolutionising the food industry with plant-based, cell-based and cultivated meat, dairy and fish products on the Sustainability Champions podcast in the past.

Over the past few years, these sustainable innovators have become the center of attention and investment all over the world because of the methods they are developing to produce animal protein that don’t harm animals, don’t have lengthy and inefficient supply chains and don’t emit massive amounts of greenhouse gasses. These disruptive ideas can make a massive difference to our future and the bright minds behind these companies are getting lots of support!

In this episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Andrew Ive, Founder and Managing Partner of Big Idea Ventures, and Champion Of New Protein Investments. Big Idea Ventures is a venture capital and accelerator fund solving the world’s biggest challenges by supporting the world’s best entrepreneurs.

Their first fund and accelerator (based in both New York & Singapore) invests in plant-based foods and ingredients as well as cell-based proteins in order to positively impact climate change, animal welfare and people’s health. With applications to join the accelerator open until September 4th, 2020, they’re constantly looking to support ground-breaking businesses to help them reach global markets.

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Resources:

Website: https://bigideaventures.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bigideaventures/

Facebook: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bigideaventures/

Smarter Farming - Clean. Green. Pure. Aug 06, 2020

Much of the agriculture industry is broken. Global concerns around food security, extreme weather and increased costs to both the consumer and the environment must be addressed. Currently, there are three ways of growing crops: outdoor, greenhouse and indoor; however each method has its challenges.

Outdoor farming leaves us at the mercy of mother nature and as a result many farmers rely on pesticides, which can be harmful to the environment. Greenhouses may be efficient, but don’t unleash the full potential of crops because glass windows block out UV-light. And with indoor farms, artificial lights can’t replace natural sunlight, which is crucial to a plant’s growth. Combining all the options to create a clean, green and pure option is what we need now.

In this Episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Ingo Mueller, CEO of AgriFORCE, and Champion of Farming in a Biosphere. AgriFORCE has developed an environmentally-friendly and clean form of growing high-value crops that can be set up in almost any weather environment around the world.

Their intellectual property is designed to grow both pharmaceutical and agricultural crops in a way that leads to a 30-35% increase in crop yield, while using up to 90% less energy, 90% less water and 40% less fertilizer than most traditional indoor/greenhouse facilities.

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Resources:

Website: https://agriforcegs.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/agriforce-growing-systems-ltd/

Communities Can Accelerate The Transition To Sustainability Aug 04, 2020

Transitioning to a more sustainable future takes time and effort. Despite piling consumer pressure and groundbreaking technological innovations, not all businesses are taking the steps towards protecting the planet.

When the old ways of doing business are easier than the sustainable choices, companies could do with some support in transitioning, and today’s guest knows exactly how to offer a helping hand.

In this Episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Carl Pratt, Founder and CEO of Future Planet and Champion of Creating Communities. Future Planet is a platform that helps empower people to connect with likeminded changemakers in order to build a world that works in harmony with nature.

Members of Future Planet are part of a dedicated community, they can attend themed events, and contribute to amazing campaigns. Rubbing shoulders with sustainable entrepreneurs, business leaders and activists, helps to accelerate the transition to better, healthier and climate-friendly businesses. With love and support, Future Planet is helping build a better future all around the world.

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Resources:

Website: https://futureplanet.love

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/futureplanetlove

Twitter: https://twitter.com/OurFuturePlanet

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FuturePlanetLove

Linkedin: https://www.facebook.com/FuturePlanetLove

Combining Quality, Sustainability And Recycling Jul 30, 2020

This company has turned 1 million plastic bottles that would otherwise have gone to landfill or ended up in the ocean into luxury travel bags! What a great way to divert waste and reduce energy consumption.

Cheap technology and fast-fashion products often break after just a few uses, wasting all the materials and energy used in production. Incorporating sustainability into our everyday lives often means buying products that are built to last. It also means making products from recycled waste like plastic. And today’s guest does both: recycling plastic bottles into high-quality products that can last generations.

In this Episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Victor Sanz, Creative Director at TUMI and Champion of Sustainable Bags.

TUMI is a high-end American manufacturer of totes, backpacks, luggage and travel accessories that are built to last. Longevity has always been one of TUMI’s core principles and following their recent announcement, they’re launching lines of high-end bags made from recycled materials, specifically plastic bottles.

As a leading brand in the luggage space, they are living their slogan, “innovative by nature, sustainable by choice”, while maintaining the standard for which they are known.

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Resources:

Website: https://uk.tumi.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tumitravel/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TumiTravel

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tumitravel

Can Vegans Drink Cow's Milk? Jul 28, 2020

What if cows were treated so ethically that vegans drink their milk?

The dairy, meat and fish industries have come under a lot of scrutiny over the years. As a result, many conscious consumers around the world are switching to a vegan diet to avoid animal products altogether. But what if there were an animal-friendly and humane approach to treating cows that would make their milk suitable for anyone concerned about ethics?

In this Episode of Sustainability Champions, I interview Nimai Pandit, co-owner of Gopal Farm, and Champion of Ethical Milk. Located in the Hudson Valley in New York, Gopal Farm specializes in growing both specialty, heirloom Indian vegetables, spices and Ayurvedic herbs, as well as ethical milk products from their small herd of dairy cows.

In Sanskrit, Gopal means "Friend of the Cow" to highlight the special care Nimai and his team treat their cows. Even though vegans don’t eat or drink any animal products, Nimai believes their cows’ milk is suitable for anyone with ethical concerns about the dairy industry.

As an example of one of the many things Gopal Farms does differently, Nimai puts aside some money from each sale into a “retirement fund” for his cows so they can continue to live on his farm even if they don’t produce any milk!

In this episode we discuss the philosophy of keeping cows, the state of the dairy industry, and whether ethical farming is economically viable in the 21st century.

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Resources:

Website: https://gopal.farm
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gopal.farm
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gopal-farm

Eliminating Microplastics In Pesticides Jul 23, 2020

Shockingly, microplastics are an ingredient used in a wide variety of industries - ranging from agriculture to cleaning to pharma. They’re called “intentionally added microplastics” and they make products more effective.

At the same time, pesticides are a hot topic in farming: while they protect crops from weeds, fungi and insects, long-term exposure to these chemicals can damage the environment. Considering pesticides sometimes use microplastics in their formula, this is a product that is ripe for a Sustainability Champion to disrupt and create an environmentally-friendly alternative!

That’s exactly what today’s guest offers: a biodegradable pesticide that avoids microplastics in order to make agriculture and other industries more sustainable.

In this Episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Sean Smith, CEO of Eden Research and Champion of Sustainable Biochemistry.

Eden Research is a publicly-listed company that develops and supplies breakthrough bio-based chemicals and natural microencapsulation technologies for the crop protection, animal health and consumer products industries. Using natural, plastic-free and sustainable ingredients in their agricultural products, they’re supporting green agriculture by protecting high-value crops, improving crop yields and their marketability.

If you’re interested in learning about new technologies that harness the power of nature instead of fighting against it, check out this conversation.

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Resources:
Website: edenresearch.com
Twitter: twitter.com/EdenResearch
Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/eden-research-plc

Plastic Made of Potatoes Jul 21, 2020

Yes, plastic made of potatoes is a thing. And that’s what we’re talking about in this episode of the Sustainability Champions podcast!

All sectors within the design industry are under growing pressure to find ways to become more sustainable with the products they produce. As consumers demand companies to shift to more sustainable practices, companies are looking for better options, especially around the way plastics are used and recycled. Today’s guest presents another solution that fits perfectly into the circular economy and involves some interesting source materials.

In this episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Rob Nicoll, Co-Founder and CMO at Chip[s] Board and Champion of Potato Plastics.

Chip[s] Board creates bio-plastics out of waste from the potato industry. They make durable plastic that is biodegradable and recyclable post-use. Currently, their plastic is used to produce glasses and other fashion items. The name of their game really is sustainability because they’re aiming to become Cradle to Cradle Certified, which means their production is truly 100% circular economy.

Listen to the episode if you’d like to learn about how Chip[s] Board turns literally tons of potato peels into plastic that other companies use to create sustainable products.

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Resources:

Website: https://www.chipsboard.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chips_board

Accelerating Worldwide Sustainability Jul 16, 2020

Startup Accelerators mentor and provide some funding to new companies, with the goal of helping startups reach success. Benefiting from experienced mentors, funding and access to contacts and a strong network, participants have a higher chance of seeing their company grow. As we’re witnessing a shift towards businesses focusing on solving some of our biggest environmental challenges, we’re thrilled to see investors and mentors focusing in that direction.

In this Episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Hannah Davis, Program Manager at Techstars Sustainability Accelerator and Champion of Accelerating Sustainability. Techstars is a worldwide Accelerator Program that recently started a partnership with The Nature Conservancy. Their Sustainability Program works with companies that are building a world where people and nature can thrive together. That includes anything from regenerative agriculture to carbon sequestration to green energy. Techstars have stepped up their impact game with this program and it’s so inspiring to see the positive changes they’re funding and supporting.

Check out this episode if you’re interested in learning about the amazing companies and projects Techstars supports and the trends they’ve been seeing in the sustainability startup space.

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Techstars: https://www.techstars.com

Techstars Sustainability: https://www.techstars.com/accelerators/sustainability

Twitter: https://twitter.com/techstars

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/techstars/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techstars/

Making Fashion Sustainable Jul 14, 2020

The clothing industry has massive opportunities to become both resource-efficient and good for the environment.

Although fast-fashion results in tons of out-of-season clothes to be thrown away and producing clothing sustainably is currently costly, consumer demand and behavior is evolving.

Today’s guest says that change is coming to the industry as big industry players begin making the shift to eco-friendly products and practices. Innovations in recycling and circular production are the necessary catalysts to spur and create an environmentally-friendly fashion industry.

In this Episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Isaac Nicholson, Co-Founder and CEO of Circular Systems and Champion of Recycled Textiles. Circular Systems turns a variety of waste into high-quality fibers and yarns, which textile producers and apparel manufacturers then use to make clothes. These circular technologies include their Agraloop fiber, which uses food-crop waste to make BioFibre and their Texloop Recycling, which recycles consumer and industrial textile waste into yarn.

Apart from their own breakthroughs in technology, Isaac Nicholson believes the industry is responding to the ever-growing consumer demand for more sustainable production. We can’t wait to see fashion made with Circular Systems Technology hitting retail-shelves soon!

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Resources:

Website: https://www.circular-systems.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/circular-systems-spc/

Satisfying The World's Appetite For Meat Jul 09, 2020

This may be a bit taboo, but I’ll say it anyway: we love meat.

What we don’t love is the industrial farming methods used to produce meat. It’s bad for the planet, requires a huge amount of resources, and it’s cruel to animals. That’s why we love seeing bold solutions to our food challenges that deliver positive change, without compromise.

Today’s guest makes a great point: “Meat is here to stay.”

Taking into account the growing middle-class around the world and meat’s significance in different cultures, eating meat isn’t just here to stay, it’s a growing trend: more and more people are eating meat.

In this Episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Krijn de Nood, Co-Founder and CEO of Meatable and Champion of Pioneering the New Natural. Meatable is developing cultivated meat, which is created using the cells of an unharmed cow or pig, putting them in a vat that looks similar to those found in beer breweries, and growing these cells into meat.

Taking just three weeks to produce, their meat uses significantly less water and land, releases just a fraction of the greenhouse gas, and doesn’t harm any animals. A great plan for a cleaner conscience and a greener planet! Meatable plans to go to market in 2025.

Check out this episode if you’re interested in learning about the future of food and how we can feed ourselves more sustainably.

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Resources:

Website: https://www.meatable.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/itsmeatable/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/itsmeatable

A Global Government To Protect The Environment Jul 07, 2020

Reversing climate change is a daunting task. Governments have too many interests to follow and the climate change discussion is politicised. To make big changes, we need a new and revolutionary idea that supports protecting the environment for us and future generations. A global government that has one goal: protecting the planet.

In this episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Angus Forbes, author and international environmentalist and Champion of Global Climate Solutions.

The current government structures we have do not fully support our fight against climate change and other environmental challenges. In true visionary fashion, Angus created the idea of the Global Planet Authority (GPA), a governing body that sits above national governments and has the power of taxation and regulation to protect and heal the planet in the ultra long-term.

In this conversation, Angus outlines his ideas and explains why he thinks a global government is not as radical as it may first seem. In his words: “We need no one’s permission to vote a Global Planet Authority into existence. This will be our first act of global self-determination.”

Listen to this episode to learn about a new way of thinking about how we, the people, can govern ourselves with the environment at the front and center.

I hope you enjoy the episode! Subscribe to the podcast and leave a review if you did!

Resources:

Website: https://www.globalplanetauthority.com

Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Global-Planet-Authority-about-biosphere/dp/1912555301

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/globalplanetauthority/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXXegMQH7CKL9AEWHCkUaNA

Stop Wasting Energy Jul 02, 2020

Many buildings today are broken. Frustrated with the way even newly-built offices and skyscrapers waste energy and cause people discomfort, today’s guest set out to find a solution. Mismanaged properties tend to display weird behaviours - like the air conditioning or heating running unnecessarily, using energy and emitting carbon and costing money. In comes Demand Logic’s Building Management System, which can save property managers 10-30% of energy costs!

In this Episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Mike Darby, Co-Founder and CEO of Demand Logic and Champion of Sustainable Energy Management. Demand Logic provides facility managers of large-scale office buildings with a real-time data tracking system that offers insight into Heating, Ventilation & Air-Conditioning (HVAC) systems, utility meters and internal environmental sensors for temperature, CO2, air-quality, humidity and occupancy, all of which allow for office building optimization that can save lots of carbon emissions and money.

Listen to the episode to find out exactly how modern buildings can end up wasting energy and Demand Logic’s solution to solve these challenges.

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Resources:

Website: https://www.demandlogic.co.uk/index.html
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/demand-logic-limited/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/demandlogicuk

Highlighting The Sustainability Solutions We Need Jun 30, 2020

At Sustainability Champions, we believe many - if not all - of the solutions to reversing climate change and healing the planet are already available. From global energy needs to better insulated housing to planting trees, there are experts and companies all over the world offering remedies to earth’s biggest headache. Local councils and cities can take advantage of these amazing businesses and technologies today; however, with so many solutions, it’s easy to sometimes get lost. Today’s guest focuses on highlighting and supporting the most revolutionary businesses to make it easier for others to work with the best of the best.

In this Episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Harriet Lamb, CEO of Ashden and Champion of Rewarding Sustainability. Ashden, a London-based charity, rewards and promotes sustainable projects based in Europe and the developing world through its annual Ashden Awards. This year's award ceremony will take place online this Thursday, July 2nd 2020!

They’ve scoured the globe to find the front runners in the race to halt the climate crisis and create a fairer world - and the winners will be presented on Thursday. Listen to the episode to find out more about Ashden’s work of supporting sustainable innovations, the solutions that inspire them, and how they’re putting efforts into practice.

Resources:

Ashden: https://www.ashden.org
Ashden Awards 2020 - Online Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2020-ashden-awards-virtual-celebration-tickets-107799346748
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ashden_Org
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashden_org/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ashdenawards.org/

Eliminating Single-Use Plastics Jun 25, 2020

The average American uses up to 500 single-use plastic bags per year. Unfortunately, most of the bags that are put in the recycling bin aren’t recycled and end up in landfills. Dissolved plastic particles accumulate in oceans, float in the air, and contaminate our food supply. To solve our plastic waste crisis, we need to find reusable options that reduce the amount of plastic we produce and use. Today’s guest offers exactly that.

In this Episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Andy Keller, CEO of ChicoBag and To-Go Ware and Champion of Reusable Plastic Alternatives. ChicoBag offers a number of reusable and easily storable tote shopping bags, while To-Go Ware produces reusable containers and utensils, like bamboo fork and knife sets and steel containers.

Following their mission of eliminating single-use plastics and being sustainable, ChicoBag is a certified B Corporation, they have set themselves Zero-Waste Goals and they pledge 1% of their revenue to environmental charities. To raise awareness on the detrimental effects of plastic usage, Andy even invented and occasionally dresses up as the “Bagmonster”, a costume made of 500 single-use plastic bags, the yearly consumption of an average American.

I hope you enjoy the episode! If you did, please subscribe and leave a review to support us!

Resources:

Website: https://chicobag.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Chicobag/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChicoBag/

From Crisis To Change Jun 23, 2020

How do we use a crisis to spur change? The Coronavirus epidemic has slashed economic growth and unemployment has risen to never-before seen levels. Crises like these are often a gateway to change, whether political reforms, overthrowing dictators or healing the planet.

Today’s guest is an expert on changing our society - and in particular our mindset - where profit has been the ultimate goal. Social and environmental effects can be at the forefront of every investment opportunity and everyone plays an important role in changing our culture.

In this episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Indranil Ghosh, Author of “Powering Prosperity: A Citizen's Guide to Shaping the 21st Century”, CEO and Founder of investment firm Tiger Hill Capital and Champion of Sustainable Investing.

In his recently-released book, Indranil sets out the necessary functions of society that are needed to ultimately achieve change. From the need for inclusive institutions to empowering communities, he provides an in-depth guide to planning for a better future. As an investor, he puts his theories into practice, supporting developing companies that have a positive environmental and social impact.

Listen to this episode to learn Idranil’s vision for a better future and the individual’s power in helping make the required changes.

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The Future of Farming Jun 18, 2020

It’s estimated that the average meal travels about 1,500 miles to get from farm to plate in the US. What if we could grow most of the fruits and vegetables we eat in the cities where we live?

We’re talking about “vertical farming”, a new way of farming indoors that will reduce unnecessary food mileage, use less space, and deliver a higher yield than traditional farming. Because the food is grown in the city where it will be eaten, it can be picked when it’s perfectly ripe and delivered to the customer within a few hours.

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I speak with Chris Davies, CEO of Harvest London, and Champion of Vertical Farming.

Harvest London is a vertical farm in London that supplies specialty produce - like herbs and vegetables - to restaurants. Their hydroponic farming methods (meaning their produce is grown in water instead of soil), is incredibly efficient: they can grow crops in 5 weeks, year-round. We discuss the future of the food industry and that today’s technology can be the turning point for the vertical farming industry.

Hope you enjoy the episode! If you like what you hear, please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review!

Resources:

Website: https://www.harvest.london
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harvest.london/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvestlondon/

Turning Bread into Beer Jun 16, 2020

If you live in or have been to the UK, you may know that they have the biggest sandwich industry in the world: 80 million pre-made sandwiches are sold every year! During production, the crust and ends of the loaf are cut off and thrown away because they can’t be used in the sandwich. So what can we do about all this bread waste?

In this Episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I speak with Louisa Ziane, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Toast Ale, and Champion of Sustainable Beers.

Toast Ale is a UK brewery that takes the unused ends of bread from the sandwich industry and uses it to replace virgin barley, to create amazing “planet-saving” lagers, pale ales, and IPAs. Having already saved almost 2 million slices of bread from being thrown away, they also act as a social enterprise, donating all of their profits to charities in order to ultimately deliver systemic change to fix the food system.

Their bread-beer recipe is also open to the public so hobby brewers can make their own beer. Plus they’re constantly collaborating with other breweries around the world: from the US to the Netherlands to Iceland - their goal of reducing wasted food is really picking up speed! And if all that isn’t enough, the beer is delicious and is stocked in some of the UK’s biggest supermarkets!

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Resources:

Website: https://www.toastale.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toastale/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ToastAle
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/toastale
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/toastale/

Flying Cars Are Closer Than You Think Jun 12, 2020

What if you could easily get from New York to Boston or from London to Manchester in an hour?

As populations continue to increase and cities become denser, transportation - whether public or private - is drawn into the limelight of discussions. We want to reduce and avoid carbon emissions from cars, eliminate traffic jams and keep noise pollution to a minimum. Is the future closer than we think? We’re talking about flying cars…well almost.

In this Episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I speak with Oliver Walker-Jones, Head of Communications at Lilium, and Champion of Sustainable Aircraft. This well-funded German startup is working on creating a sustainable “Air-Taxi”, a new type of aircraft that can travel up to 300 kilometres (186 miles) per hour. The futuristic-looking vehicle doesn't need a runway because it does vertical takeoffs and landings like a helicopter, except safer, quieter and more efficiently.

The 36-engine, all-electric aircraft can hold four passengers plus a pilot and hopes to eliminate short-distance flights by offering an easier solution. Currently, the team is working on finishing their prototype and achieving scalable production. They are looking to roll out their fleet of Lilium Jets around 2025. In the meantime, a few days before this episode was published, Lilium raised an additional $35 million and has achieved unicorn status - valued at $1 billion!

What they describe as “the new mobility service for the modern, urbanized age” could really transform our skies and our future. While it may be a few years away before we can take advantage of this new form of travel, check out the episode to find out all about Lilium’s vision and future plans!

Lilium Resources:

Website: https://lilium.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lilium
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liliumaviation
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lilium-aviation-gmbh

How We Can Avoid Wasting Food Jun 09, 2020

Food Waste is a huge worldwide problem, with both ecological and social consequences. Between 33-50% of all food produced globally is never eaten, and the value of this wasted food is worth over $1 trillion. According to Project Drawdown, reducing our food waste is the third most important solution to preventing climate change. More than 50% of food waste takes place in our homes, so that means we can act ourselves. And today’s guest offers the perfect solution to reducing otherwise thrown away products. Think “getting a cup of sugar from your neighbour” – but in the 21st century.

In this Episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Tessa Clarke, Co-Founder and CEO of OLIO, and Champion of Sustainable Sharing. OLIO is an App that allows you to offer and collect unwanted food, whether vegetables, fruits, complete meals, unwanted spices, or even mismatched gifts, to and from people in your neighbourhood or community. The service is completely free, and most of the offerings on their app, are collected within 1 hour. With almost 2 million users, they’re creating an amazing network of active users. They also have a Food Waste Hero Program, where Users can offer to collect surplus food from local businesses at the end of the day and distribute it themselves via OLIO. They show amazing positivity and have already saved equivalent CO2 emissions of about 12 Million Car Miles!

Make sure to listen to the Episode to find more about how OLIO was started, how they’re offering a powerful solution and idea to help prevent climate change, and how they hope to scale up in the future!

Website: https://olioex.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/olio_ex
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/olio_ex
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/olio-share-more-waste-less

Cleaner, Safer, More Responsible Pet Food Jun 05, 2020

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been talking to pioneers of the meat and seafood industries, who are all creating the future of what we eat. The way meat is currently produced has many unethical and unsustainable flaws, so we look to innovations to find solutions. Cultivated or Cell-Based foods are created by growing meat from the cells of animals, meaning no animals are harmed for its production and we can create an unlimited amount of food. In the words of today’s guest, it’s just “cleaner, safer and more responsible”. When we talk about the food industry, let’s not forget our best friends, guardians of our homes, and balls of fur – cats and dogs.

In this Episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I speak with Rich Kelleman, CEO and Founder of Bond Pet Foods, and Champion of Cultured Pet Food. Bond is a Biotechnology company using cellular agriculture to make animal-free high protein pet food products. In their manufacturing process, which is often compared with brewing beer, they create cruelty-free animal proteins for dogs and cats that are safe, nutritious, and tasty. They’ve even completed their very first protein-packed dog treat bars, made with nutrient-dense yeast proteins and vegetables.

Listen to this episode to find out more about the future of our food industry, and how Rich came up with the idea of creating cleaner pet food!

Bond Pet Foods Resources:

Website: www.bondpets.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bondpetfoods
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bondpetfoods
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bondpetfoods

Switching to Sustainable Production Jun 02, 2020

To fully reduce our carbon emissions and minimize our impact on the planet, it’s important that both small businesses and well-established corporations take action. That includes finding alternatives to supply chains that have huge carbon footprints, reducing production waste and recycling as much as possible. And today’s guest is working on doing exactly that.

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I speak with Bruce Tretter, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Owner of VOmax, and Champion of Sustainable Activewear. Established in 1982, VOmax produces high performance sportswear for golf, running, cycling and skiing. VOmax is aiming to become a more sustainable company, which means using recycled or organic fabrics with fewer carbon emissions and organising more local production.

In this episode, we discuss the challenges for a company to become sustainable, what sustainability means to VOmax in a marketing context, and how VOmax is also trying to engage younger employees for a more sustainable future.

Hope you enjoy the episode! If you do, make sure to subscribe and leave a review to support us!

VOmax Resources:

Website: https://vomax.com/pages/about-us-page
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OfficialVomax
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vomaxofficial/

Cell-Based Shellfish: Saving Animals And The Environment May 29, 2020

A kilogram of farmed shrimp may emit up to four times as much carbon as a kilogram of beef.

It’s important when creating a more sustainable food supply that we find ways to disrupt the seafood industry. That way, we can enjoy shrimp dishes while avoiding the negative environmental side effects. Today’s guest is doing precisely that.

In this Episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I speak with Dr. Sandhya Sriram, CEO of Shiok Meats, and Champion of Cell-Based Shellfish.

Shiok Meats aims to create an alternative to the shellfish industry, with the world's first “clean shrimp”. Their plan is to manufacture shrimp, lobster, and crab meat from stem cells, thereby avoiding the unethical practices of farming animals, damaging ecosystems, and leaving behind a large carbon footprint. Aiming to launch around 2022, the lab-grown seafood also eliminates potential food-borne diseases, antibiotic resistance, and harmful chemicals in the production process.

To learn about this promising technology that may hold the answers to some of our most pressing environmental challenges, please check out this episode! If you like what you hear, we would love for you to subscribe to the podcast and leave a five-star review.

Shiok Meats Resources

Website: https://shiokmeats.com
witter: https://twitter.com/shiokmeats
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shiokmeats
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shiokmeats/

Happier Bees Make Better Honey May 26, 2020

Bees are nature’s “free workforce” – they’re the world's most important pollinators, facilitating plants and crops to grow fruits and vegetables and produce seeds that continue their growth. Bees are also very important to us: one of every three bites of food eaten worldwide depends on pollinators for a successful harvest. Unfortunately, bee populations are declining rapidly due to human actions, threatening the world’s ecosystems and our food supply. Today’s guest focuses on increasing the number of bees around the world.

In this Episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Callum Chambers, a beekeeper at The Travelling Bee Company, and Champion of Sustainable Beekeeping.

By taking care of many beehives, they’re actively helping to increase the otherwise dwindling honeybee population. They relocate beehives to places with varieties of flora, help agriculture by having bees pollinate their farms and even offer bees to backyard-beekeepers, so hobbyists can help prevent bee populations dying out. They offer a wide range of ethical honeys, candles and soaps on their website, and stick to a great ethos in their work: “Happy bees make the best honey”.

I hope you enjoy it! Please make sure to subscribe to find out about all the new episodes and if you like what you hear, we would love for you to leave a review to support us!

Traveling Bee Company Resources:

Website: http://www.travellingbee.co.uk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/travellingbeecompany
Shop: http://www.travellingbee.co.uk/shop#candles
Bee Facts: https://petpedia.co/bee-statistics/
Bee Facts: https://e360.yale.edu/features/declining_bee_populations_pose_a_threat_to_global_agriculture

Can Cultivated Meat Help Avoid Future Pandemics? May 22, 2020

There is a way we can make safe meat that reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 96% while using 99% less land, 96% less water, and 45% less energy. It won’t use any antibiotics and won’t create future pandemics. This is cultivated meat - meat made from animal cells instead of raising an entire animal.

In this Episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I speak with Brian Spears, CEO and Founder of New Age Meats and Champion of Manufacturing Cultivated Meat. New Age Meats is pioneering research into cultivated and lab-grown meats, starting with pork sausages and in the future moving on to other meat delicacies.

With plans of becoming the world’s largest meat company, Brian spoke about how New Age Meats is refining their process for large-scale manufacturing, how the COVID-19 crisis has uncovered many problems with the meat industry, and of course, how good the cultivated meat tastes.

I hope you enjoy the episode! Make sure to subscribe to find out about all new episodes and if you like what you hear, please leave a review to support us!

New Age Meats Resources:

Website: https://www.newagemeats.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NewAgeMeats
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/new-age-meats

Ethical Rings or Blood Diamonds May 19, 2020

The jewellery industry is one of the world's most unethical productions. From blood diamonds to dirty gold to sweatshops and child labour, it can be incredibly difficult to know where a piece of jewellery comes from. Times have changed - we can no longer find gold or diamonds at the bottom of riverbeds - and miners need to dig deeper. To do so, many large-scale mining firms use a huge amount of harmful chemicals to mine gold, for instance, without regard for the environment or their workers’ health.

As consumers become more and more conscious of what they buy and how products are produced, there is a rising demand for ethical and climate-friendly jewellery. Today’s guest offers exactly that.

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I speak with David Rhode, CEO and Co-Founder of Ingle & Rhode, and Champion of Ethical Jewellery. His story began in 2006, when David was looking for an engagement ring but couldn’t find a jeweller who could tell him where their diamonds had come from or the conditions under which their jewellery was produced.

Ingle & Rhode take extra care in finding out where their products are sourced so they can be confident that suitable working conditions are in place and the environmental impact of mining is taken into account. As a result, they have a unique offering of ethical and environmentally-friendly jewellery: recycled gold and platinum, gold from Fairtrade mines in South America, diamonds from sustainable companies in Canada, and even lab-grown “cultured diamonds”.

To find out more about the history of precious metals, from gold and platinum to rubies, sapphires, diamonds and emeralds, and how Ingle and Rhode produce their ethical engagement and wedding rings, check out the episode!

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Ingle & Rhode Resources:

Website: https://www.ingleandrhode.co.uk
Guide to Ethical Rings: https://www.ingleandrhode.co.uk/ethical-sourcing/your-ethical-ring/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ingleandrhode
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ingleandrhode/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ingleandrhode
Fairtrade Gold: https://www.fairtrade.net/product/gold

Could Cell-Based Seafood Save Our Food Supply? May 18, 2020

Global demand for seafood is at an all-time high and will most likely continue to rise, as the human population grows. The Coronavirus crisis has uncovered cracks in the American meat supply chain; similarly, our global supply for seafood cannot keep pace with our demand. Populations of marine species have halved since 1970 due to overfishing, illegal fishing, rising ocean temperatures, acidification, the damaging effects of trawling, and a number of other environmental, social, and political challenges. When finding solutions for global problems, we need revolutionary innovations, and today’s guest is taking the steps toward a new and different future.

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Lou Cooperhouse, Co-Founder, CEO and President of BlueNalu, and Champion of Cell-Based Seafood. BlueNalu is leading the research of creating cell-based seafood and will produce real fish directly from fish cells that is safe and healthy for people to eat, humane for animals, and sustainable for our planet. The first product they’ve made is yellowtail and Lou says it tastes great!

BlueNalu will be a third option available to consumers to supplement the current industry practices of either farming or catching fish. Awaiting checks from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), they plan to be launch-ready at the end of 2021, and are aiming to produce industrial volumes of fish between 2025-2030.

Considering that the US imports the majority of its fish from around the world and marine biodiversity is harshly affected by overfishing, cell-based seafood is looking like an incredible solution for the future of our food supply!

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BlueNalu Resources:

Green Taxis: For A Greener Future May 12, 2020

Reversing climate change and achieving sustainability means analysing every step of our day-to-day lives and finding out how we can reduce our carbon footprint. One of the hidden and elusive contributors to carbon emissions are taxi companies. The transport industry has always been in the spotlight of climate discussions, but the taxi sector is easily overlooked.

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I speak with Jonny Goldstone, Founder and Managing Director of “Green Tomato Cars” and Champion of Green Mobility. Green Tomato Cars is a climate friendly, green and ethical taxi service, operating over 600 of its own electric, hybrid and hydrogen-fuelled vehicles in London. Apart from taking their own steps towards making carbon-neutral transport the norm, this Uber-like car service double offsets their emissions, making the company carbon-negative! It shows their dedication to making a real difference.

To learn more on the commitment Green Tomato Cars has made to fixing climate issues, while leading a financially sustainable business, listen to this episode!

If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a review!

Green Tomato Cars Resources:

Website: greentomatocars.com
Twitter: twitter.com/greentomatocars
ISO 14000 FAMILY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: iso.org/iso-14001-environmental-management.html

Offsetting Carbon by Shopping Online May 07, 2020

“We know what causes climate change, and we know how to stop it, what we don’t know is how to pay for the transformation to going carbon neutral.” The words of today’s guest ring true with what we’ve discovered in many episodes of the Sustainability Matters Today podcast: to prevent climate change we need to both reduce humanity’s carbon emissions and offset the emissions we can’t reduce.

There are hundreds of carbon offsetting programs all over the world, ranging from planting trees to capturing carbon dioxide from the air. And if we’re serious about sustainability, we need to be funding these projects even more. We need ways to incorporate carbon offsetting into our everyday lives. UCapture makes this easy.

Listen to Avery Michaelson, Founder & CEO of UCapture and Champion of Funding Carbon Offsets, in the latest episode of Sustainability Matters Today Podcast.

Start reducing your own carbon footprint, for free, when you shop online by joining UCapture: https://ucapture.com/sc

UCapture is a browser add-on that gets 25,000+ partner stores to offset your carbon footprint, at no extra cost, when you shop online.

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UCapture Resources:

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Designing Buildings For A Healthy Environment May 05, 2020

Buildings and their construction produce 39% of global CO2 emissions according to the UN Environment Program. With humanity’s population rising, cities are becoming denser as demand for new property continues to grow. Now more than ever, greater building efficiency is necessary to minimise their carbon footprint.

Keeping heating costs low through good isolation, making sure electricity usage is kept to a minimum by increasing the natural light that comes through, and even designing with natural catastrophes like hurricanes in mind are all practices that are part of a sustainable approach to construction. Planning for the future, to ensure buildings last as long as possible, avoids unnecessary costs down the road. Today’s guest is an expert on these ideas!

In this Episode of the Sustainability Matters Today Podcast, I speak with Mike Brown, “Energy Engineer”, host of the 3P Theory Podcast, and Champion of Sustainable and High Performance Buildings. As an Energy Analyst & Energy Systems Design Engineer with HKS, Mike works alongside architects and engineers to assist building owners and developers create high performance buildings that save energy and are healthy for the environment.

An Engineer in Training, LEED Accredited Professional, and Building Energy Modeling Professional, Mike has been in the green building industry for over seven years collaborating on a variety of projects all over the U.S.. Utilizing building energy modeling and other innovative sustainability tools, he has been able to help building owners save an estimated $7.2M in energy costs and over $1.3 M in water costs on both LEED and non-LEED projects.

Passionate about his profession, Michael is currently involved in many professional organizations including as a Board Member of the Texas U.S. Green Building Council, as a member of the North Texas National Association of Energy Engineers, and the National Society of Black Engineers.

I hope you enjoy the episode! Please subscribe to get the latest episodes and leave a 5-star review if you like what you hear!

Resources:

3P Theory Podcast: https://www.3ptheory.com
HKS: https://www.hksinc.com
LEED Rating System: https://www.usgbc.org/leed
Hurricane-Proof House: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/21/how-to-build-a-hurricane-resistant-house.html

Making Moving Sustainable And More Efficient Apr 30, 2020

If you’ve ever moved from one apartment to another, you may be familiar with the chaos that comes with packing a life’s worth of possessions into cardboard boxes.

With the millions of families typically moving each year, hundreds of millions of trees must be used to produce the cardboard boxes that are oftentimes thrown away afterwards. This problem also exists - and usually on a significantly larger scale - with corporations that move from one office to another.

Today’s guest is fixing this problem and has saved over 35 millions trees in the process! In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I speak with Nadine Cino, Co-Founder and CEO of TygaBox and Champion of Moving Sustainably. TygaBox invented a plastic moving box and dolly system which can stack five boxes at the same height that other systems can only stack four, thereby reducing labour costs by 25%!

In addition to an innovative dolly that doesn’t need you to lift a box, TygaBoxes are built to last; in fact, many of the boxes they made during their initial production in the 90s are still in use today! Since these plastic boxes completely replace cardboard, they result in a 30% reduction of moving costs and 100% elimination of waste-to-landfill.

It’s always important to think of the three R’s of Sustainability: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. If we can reduce the amount of cardboard we use by replacing it with materials that are cost-efficient and reduce labor costs, we are already healing the planet!

Listen to our conversation to find out how Nadine went from working in the fashion industry to inventing an efficient moving system and her plans to continue innovating with trackable shipments, and much more!

I hope you enjoy the episode!

Resources:

Compostable Coffee Pods Apr 28, 2020

Over the past 10 years, coffee has become an incredibly accessible commodity. Everybody can enjoy the wonderful and varied tastes that come with different intensities and in different forms like an Espresso or a Latte Macchiato. These drinks are now easily made at home, using the little, loud and colourful coffee machine that takes a capsule and makes a perfect caffeinated beverage.

Each cup of coffee we make requires a brand new capsule, which is made from a combination of plastic and aluminium. Even though many of these capsules are recyclable, 80% nonetheless end up in landfills and oceans. In 2018 alone, the coffee industry produced 60 billion coffee pods. The good news is Halo Coffee created a simple solution to avoid pod pollution.

In today’s episode, I interview Sarah Lim, Business Development Director at Halo Coffee, and Champion of Compostable Coffee Capsules. Halo Coffee produces Nespresso-compatible, home-compostable coffee pods, which contain speciality-grade, high-end coffees. The capsules are made from a byproduct of the sugar cane industry and degrade in as little as 28 days in your compost heap or garden. What’s more, their packaging is also home-compostable and takes only 90 days to break down!

This episode was recorded in April 2020, amid the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. Until June 2020, Halo Coffee is donating two boxes of sustainable coffee pods to hospitals in London for each new subscription they receive and is offering special discounts for all NHS workers. During these trying times, it’s great to see the world coming together and supporting each other!

I hope you enjoy the episode!

Resources:

Website: https://halo.coffee
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HALO_Coffee
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HaloCoffeeltd/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/HALO_Coffee_co/

Why Organic Cotton Is Not Sustainable And Eucalyptus Is Apr 22, 2020

Happy Earth Day, Champions!

“If you like puns, sleeping and sustainability, potentially even in that order – Sheets and Giggles is the brand for you!” A perfect way to introduce this guest and his company! Today, I speak with Colin McIntosh, Founder and CEO of Sheets and Giggles (and, yes that’s a pun), and #Champion of Sleeping Sustainably.

Sheets and Giggles makes sustainable, 400-thread count sateen bed sheets out of Eucalyptus trees, which don’t use insecticides or pesticides. Compared with cotton, the production of their eucalyptus lyocell requires 96% less water and 30 % less energy! And if those numbers aren’t compelling enough, their sales pitch is simple: “Our Eucalyptus Lyocell sheets are softer, more breathable, and more sustainable than both cotton and bamboo.” And they’re bed serious.

Listen to this episode to find out about:

Their simple solutions to a wasteful textile industry;
How the 3-year-old company pledges some of its profits to a wide variety of charities (including 20% of every sale to COVID–19 Emergency Relief Funds);
How Colin came up with the pun title!

I hope you enjoy the episode!

Resources:

Website: sheetsgiggles.com
Koala Charity Blogpost: sheetsgiggles.com/blogs/news/over-17-000-raised-to-save-endangered-koalas
WWF Koala Charity: donate.wwf.org.au/donate/one-off-donation/help-koalas
Twitter: twitter.com/SheetsGiggles
Instagram: instagram.com/SheetsGiggles
Facebook: facebook.com/sheetsgiggles

Sustainable Living: When You Buy Better, You Buy Less Apr 21, 2020

Companies and industries realised one thing: consumers don’t buy many products if the products are built to last. On the other hand, short-lived products will be replaced, so building fragile items means companies create additional “demand” and in the end, more profit.

In today’s world, this regular and repeated consumerism has been indented into our lives. From Seasonal Fashion to feeling invigorated when buying new furniture, we’re used to receiving positive feedback from following our shopping urges. These shopping habits are not always good for the planet because of the amount of waste created from making these products.

Take it from Tara Button, marketing expert, and founder and CEO of Buymeonce.com and a Champion of Buying Less, and Buying Better. “BuyMeOnce” sells all kinds of products that are built to last. Whether it’s pots and pans, fashion, healthcare, bed linen, bottles, backpacks or bikes, all their featured products are sustainably produced and chosen because they’re meant to last a long time.

Their code of business is an idea worth following: “We’re demanding longer-lasting products, better guarantees and responsible manufacturing. By offering only the most long-lived products out there, we want to empower consumers to buy less, and buy better.”

As you might imagine, changing our society’s fundamental behaviour won’t be easy. Listen to this episode, to find out more on the origin and future of consumerism!

I hope you enjoy the episode!

Resources:

BuyMeOnce Website US: buymeonce.com
BuyMeOnce Website UK: uk.buymeonce.com
Tara Button’s Website: tarabutton.co.uk
Tara Button's Book “A Life Less Throwaway: The Lost Art of Buying for Life”: amazon.com/gp/product/0399582517/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0

Capturing CO2 To Combat Climate Change Apr 16, 2020

When talking about Climate Change, the elephant in the room is always our carbon emissions. Most of our guests find amazing ways of avoiding pollution altogether, but today’s guest takes a whole new approach:

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Louise Charles, Communications Manager at Climeworks and a Champion of Recycling Carbon Dioxide.

Founded in 2009 with the aim of capturing 1% of global carbon emissions per year by 2025, Climeworks is the first company in the world to absorb carbon dioxide straight from the air with fans and storage devices, in order to ultimately repurpose it. The Switzerland-based company has a direct air-capture technology that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and recycles it into different products like beverages and renewable fuels.

Climeworks offers amazing subscription plans, where you can support their technology, and thereby offset some of your personal carbon emissions. That’s also an amazing gift option!

As of January 2020, Climeworks will be collaborating with Svante Inc. to develop carbon capture technology solutions to transition to a net-zero emission future.

Please make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn more about other champions of sustainability like Louise.

I hope you enjoy the episode!

The Hidden Power Of Your Used Coffee Grounds Apr 09, 2020

Coffee – the world’s favourite energiser – from the streets of Turkey to the cafés of New York, it’s unilaterally enjoyed everywhere. When brewing coffee, thereby extracting the caffeinated aroma from coffee beans, we end up with a waste product of coffee grounds. And with an estimated 2,25 billion cups of coffee made every day, that leaves us with about 500,000 tonnes of wet, waste coffee grounds. Typically just dumped into general waste bins, this byproduct emits methane, a greenhouse gas 34 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

How can we prevent this waste problem from contributing to climate change? Simply denying the billions of morning warriors, late-night labourers and hipster Starbucks writers their coffee would get us into a hot mess. In comes Bio-Bean.

In this Episode I interview Matt Keniston, Commercial Head of Bio-Bean and #Champion of recycling coffee grounds. Bio-Bean offers a range of products, made from these otherwise destined for landfill coffee grounds. They are the world’s biggest coffee recycler, processing thousands of tons of waste into sustainable bio products. To find out what Bio-Bean produces, make sure you listen to this episode!

I hope you enjoy the episode!

How You Can Shop With Zero Waste Apr 07, 2020

There is so much plastic waste from food packaging – whether it’s the plastic bag inside cereal boxes or plastic milk bottles, berry containers or yogurt cups – it begs the question, can we avoid all this plastic?

While the big scale supermarket chains are slowly catching on, a brand-new breed of shops has come to life: zero-waste supermarkets.

In this Episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Catherine Conway, founder and CEO of Unpackaged, and a Champion of promoting a zero-waste lifestyle. Unpackaged sets up refill stations in stores around the UK, including Planet Organic and Waitrose, and customers bring their own refillable containers to fill them with products from the dispensers. This allows people to only buy the amount they need, limiting food waste while avoiding single-use plastics. Catherine also offers consulting services to help spread the idea of zero-waste stores as far as possible.

We discuss the challenges Catherine encountered when inventing the refill system, her history of advocating the zero-waste movement since 2006, and how mainstream supermarkets are slowly joining their cause and much more!

I hope you enjoy the episode!

Your Used Plastics Can Build Sustainable Roads Apr 02, 2020

In this episode, I interview Toby McCartney, Co-Founder and CEO of MacRebur: The Plastic Road Company, and a Champion of recycling plastic to improve roads. MacRebur takes plastic waste, destined for either landfill or incineration, and turns it into a strong and environmentally-friendly asphalt glue. This additive binder greatly increases road durability, while at the same time recycling plastic waste. A real win-win.

One kilometre of road built with MacRebur’s products, uses the equivalent weight of 684,000 bottles or 1.8 million single-use plastic bags! And amazingly, with their design, there is no chance of microplastics entering the water or air. Using plastic to build roads is literally paving the way for a better future.

Please make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn more about other champions of sustainability like Toby McCartney and MacRebur.

I hope you enjoy the episode!

The Ultimate Way To Get Paid For Being Sustainable Mar 26, 2020

Globally we emit over 36 billion tonnes of CO2 per year – a number so high, we can barely imagine its effect on our climate. While climate change awareness is reaching more and more people around the world, and we’re learning step by step how to avoid unsustainable lifestyles, it can be very difficult to imagine our own carbon emissions on a personal level. Do you know how much carbon you emit on a daily basis? Or the average person‘s emissions?

Today I interview Gilad Regev, CO-Founder and CEO of Kora App, and a #Champion of rewarding sustainable lifestyles. Kora is an ambitious start-up, aimed at creating an app that tracks your impact on the planet and rewards personal carbon reductions with Kora points. These Koras can then be spent in the built-in marketplace on offers from Kora partners and to support CO2 reduction projects.

Unlike the current flawed carbon credit system (also known as carbon offsetting), Kora wants to reward individuals for reducing carbon emissions, instead of punishing companies for emitting carbon. With a strong vision of partnering with cities and corporations, public transportation and even energy companies, Kora is truly innovating the way we see carbon emissions. Similar to airline miles, Kora’s Earth Loyalty Program’s point system is a unique way of first visualizing our levels of personal carbon emissions, and then reducing them.

Please make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn more about other champions of sustainability like Gilad.

I hope you enjoy the episode!

How Polluted Cities Can Become Healthier With Plants Mar 24, 2020

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Habib Khan, Director and Founding Partner at Meristem Design and a Champion of Urban Greening for Cleaner City Air.

Meristem Design specializes in creating green solutions for grey urban spaces and is heavily involved with ‘greening’ London.

Providing green screens and plants to the most polluted schools across London, building parklets in neighborhoods, planting living walls in the city, and maintaining green infrastructure in landmark office buildings like The Shard, Meristem uses plants to purify the air and provide many health benefits to people.

Their parklets have won the Global Good Award for making sustainability and social impact. They have also picked up awards from the International Healthy Streets Summit in Glasgow in 2018.

Please make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn more about other champions of sustainability like Habib.

I hope you enjoy the episode!

Why Sustainable Flour Tastes So Much Better Mar 12, 2020

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Steve Horton, founder of Baker’s Field Flour and Bread and #Champion of Local and Sustainable Wheat and Grains.

Working with flour every day to create a variety of artisan quality breads, Steve has a refined appreciation for the fundamental role fresh flour plays in great bread. This led him to start Baker’s Field Flour and Bread where he and his team use freshly milled local flour to bake their naturally-leavened breads. A three-time James Beard Awardee, Steve connects farmers, millers, and bakers to create exceptional flour and bread made from unique grains that are cultivated using sustainable and organic methods.

Please make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn more about other champions of sustainability like Steve.

I hope you enjoy the episode!

Resources:

Other resources:

Watch the full episode: https://sustainabilitym.at/Steve-Horton-Youtube

Read the transcript: https://www.sustainabilitymatters.today/steve-horton-transcript

How You Can Fly Sustainably with JetBlue Mar 10, 2020

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Sara Bogdan, Manager of Sustainability and Environmental Social Governance at JetBlue and a Champion of Carbon-Neutral Airlines.

JetBlue is the sixth-largest Airline in the US in terms of passengers carried, operating over 1000 flights a day. Being part of the aviation industry, that’s responsible for 2% of the world's carbon emissions, JetBlue has a unique philosophy for its sector: “Sustainable planning is essential to our success—if we aren't thinking about solutions and working to achieve them it's not good business.”

While on the one hand climate change awareness has led to flight-shaming all around the world, Jetblue is taking huge steps towards carbon-neutral flying. Electric passenger planes might still be years in the making, but the company offers several solutions to make flying more environmentally friendly. Their strategy includes reducing emissions, by voluntarily retiring older airplane models, and replacing them with more efficient models, offsetting carbon emissions when possible and developing sustainable and renewable jet fuel. Both in the air and on the ground, they’re committed to developing solutions that are both good for the environment and financially beneficial.

To find out more on how JetBlue is working on perfecting every step of the way, listen to this episode!

Make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn more about other champions of sustainability like Sarah and JetBlue!

Enjoy the episode!

Resources:

JetBlue Website: https://www.jetblue.com
Climate Leadership: https://www.jetblue.com/sustainability/climate-leadership
JetBlue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JetBlue
Sustainability Reporting: https://www.jetblue.com/sustainability/reporting
Sustainable Operations: https://www.jetblue.com/sustainability/sustainable-operations

Other Resources:

Watch the full episode: https://sustainabilitym.at/Sara-Bogdan-JetBlue-Youtube

Read the transcript: https://www.sustainabilitymatters.today/sara-bogdan-jetblue-transcript

Supporting Companies To Become More Sustainable Mar 05, 2020

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Dorry Price, Sustainability Consultant and #Champion of Contributing FutureReady Solutions to Corporate Sustainability.

Working to create innovative solutions and a thriving environment for communities across the UK, Dorry is a sustainability consultant and a steering group member of The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) Futures, which is a networking group for students, graduates, and young professionals who want to work in the sustainability field.

With her specialization in corporate sustainability solutions and services, Dorry wrote an article called “For the Record”, where she discusses the role blockchain could have in helping the UK transition to a low-carbon economy.

Please make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn more about other champions of sustainability like Steve.

I hope you enjoy the episode!

Resources

House of Fraser: https://www.houseoffraser.co.uk
Nordstrom: https://americanaatbrand.com/shopping/nordstrom
Farmdrop: https://www.farmdrop.com
Dorry's Article, "For the record": https://transform.iema.net/article/record
Materiality Assessment: https://us.anteagroup.com/en-us/blog/7-basic-steps-conducting-successful-materiality-assessment
Greenwashing: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/greenwashing.asp
JP Dallman's episode in SMT: https://www.sustainabilitymatters.today/jp-dallmann-smt

Other resources

Read the transcript here: https://sustainabilitym.at/Dorry-Price-Episode

Watch the full episode here: https://sustainabilitym.at/Dorry-Price-YouTube

Climate Cocktail Club Feb 27, 2020

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I speak with Alex Watson, the co-founder of the Climate Cocktail Club, London Branch and a Champion of Shaping the Conversation on Climate Change.

In 2017 Alex published an article called, "My case for doing business more sustainably", where he wrote about the possibility for companies to put purpose before profit in order to create social or environmental benefits while generating enough revenue to be financially sustainable.

After completing Al Gore's Climate Reality Training, Alex brought the Climate Cocktail Club, a collaboration platform for professionals who want to solve the climate challenge, to London in 2019.

Please make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn more about other champions of sustainability like Alex.

I hope you enjoy the episode!

Resources:

Climate Cocktail Club website: https://www.climatecocktailclub.org
Natural Capital Partners website: https://www.naturalcapitalpartners.com
Climate Reality Project website: https://climaterealityproject.org/training
Extinction Rebellion: https://rebellion.earth
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Framework_Convention_on_Climate_Change
The Paris Agreement: https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/the-paris-agreement
Deeds not Words: New Research Reveals the Climate Action of Fortune Global 500 Companies : https://www.naturalcapitalpartners.com/news-resources/article/deeds-not-words-new-research-reveals-the-climate-action-of-fortune-500-glob
My case for doing business more sustainably: https://medium.com/on-purpose-stories/my-case-for-doing-business-more-sustainably-af9a6561b514

Read the transcript here: https://sustainabilitym.at/Alex-Watson-Episode

Watch the full episode here: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Alex-Watson

Why A Plant-Based Diet Is Good For You And The Planet Feb 20, 2020

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Paul Shapiro, the author of the national bestseller Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World, the CEO of The Better Meat Co., a four-time TEDx speaker, the host of the Business for Good Podcast, and #Champion on Revolutionizing Food through Sustainable Plant-based Blended Meat.

Providing a sustainable solution to the globally rising demand of meat, Paul founded The Better Meat Co., a B2B company helping food-sellers enhance their meat products through blending innovative plant protein formulas into ground meat products. The Better Meat Co gets its name because their blends enhance the taste, nutrition, and the sustainability of meat products, all in a cost-competitive way.

The award-winning business has recently partnered with Perdue Food, the number one brand of fresh chicken in the US, in producing the first-of-its kind chicken nuggets blended with plants and vegetables.

In 2018, Paul released the book, “Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World”, the first book to explore the work of start-up businesses that are growing real animal products outside of the animal.

Please make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn more about other champions of sustainability like Paul.

I hope you enjoy the episode!

Resources:

Instagram: @thebettermeatco

Facebook: @BetterMeatCo

Website: https://www.paul-shapiro.com

Clean meat book website: https://www.cleanmeatbook.com

Podcast: http://www.businessforgoodpodcast.com

Brewer’s Yeast: https://www.healthline.com/health/brewers-yeast

BluNalu: https://www.bluenalu.com

Rennet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennet

Campylobacter: https://www.cdc.gov/campylobacter/index.html

Kobe Beef: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_beef

Mastodon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon

Geltor: https://geltor.com

The Good Food Institute: https://www.gfi.org

Grocery Outlet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grocery_Outlet

Read the transcript of the episode: https://sustainabilitym.at/Paul-Shapiro-Transcript

Watch the full episode: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Paul-Shapiro

Your Food Waste Could Become A Cleaning Product Feb 14, 2020

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Amanda Weeks, CEO and co-founder of Ambrosia and #Champion on Combining Waste Management with Closed-Loop Manufacturing.

Providing a solution to our massive food waste problem while simultaneously creating sustainable products and commodities, Ambrosia was founded by Amanda and became the first closed-loop manufacturing company launched to specifically address the circular economy. With the hopes of recovering some of the 40 percent of food that ends up in landfills, she developed an anaerobic fermentation to breakdown food waste and turn the resulting byproduct into organic fertilizers and natural surface cleaners. She recently launched their first product, Veles, the first closed-loop, all-purpose household cleaner derived from food waste.

This award-winning manufacturing company, was recently recognized as one of the winders of Waste360 2020 40 under 40 Awards, which recognizes innovators in waste and recycling industry.

Please make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn more about other champions of sustainability like Amanda.

I hope you enjoy the episode!

Resources:

Veles website: http://veles.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/velesofficial

Circular Economy: https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-economy/concept

New York Environmental Regulatory Office: https://www.dec.ny.gov

You may check the transcript here: https://sustainabilitym.at/Amanda-Weeks-Transcript

Watch the full episode here: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Amanda-Weeks

Sustainable Fashion using Lotus Flowers Feb 10, 2020

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Katherine Maunder, Founder of Threadtales and #Champion of Ethical Fashion through Sustainable Practices.

Threadtales is a luxury fashion brand that creates scarves, travel wraps and Kaftans using environmentally-sound fabrics.

Katherine is passionate about handcrafted raw materials to create unique designs, so she chose to make many of Threadtales’ pieces out of their signature Lotus flower fabric.

The Lotus flower grows naturally in lakes in Myanmar and benefits from harvesting, which helps the crop renew each season.

The clothes are then produced in Nepal using zero electricity, zero waste, and zero chemicals.

Thread Tales were recently awarded the Butterfly Mark by Positive Luxury for their company-wide commitment to strong environmental principles.

Please make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn more about other sustainability champions like Katherine.

I hope you enjoy the episode!

Resources:

Website: threadtalescompany.com

Fast Fashion: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_fashion

Rana Plaza Accident: ilo.org/global/topics/Rana Plaza

Cashmere wool: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashmere_wool

Threadtales video: threadtalescompany.com/pages/story

Instagram: instagram.com/threadtalesco

Twitter: twitter.com/ThreadTalesCo

Facebook: facebook.com/ThreadTalesCo

Seedrs Campaign: seedrs.com/threadtales

You may find the transcript here: sustainabilitym.at/ThreadTales

Watch the full episode: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Katherin-Maunder

Sustainability Matters Today: Year-End Special Dec 13, 2019

This is a special, end-of-year episode for the Sustainability Champions who have subscribed and supported the Sustainability Matters Today Podcast!

Thank you for listening to the show and learning from the Champions we feature who are taking steps every day to heal our planet. We look forward to speaking with you again in 2020 and greatly appreciate your continued support!I

If you haven’t yet, please follows us on IG @sustainabilitymatterstoday, and subscribe to our FB page, Sustainability Matters Today!

How You Can Improve Lives by Planting Trees Nov 26, 2019

Did you know reforesting about 2.2 billion acres could store 205 gigatonnes of carbon? That’s the equivalent of two-thirds of all the carbon humans have already released into the atmosphere!

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Dr. Stephen Fitch, founder and CEO of Eden Reforestation Projects and #Champion of Reforestation and Ecological Restoration.

Launched in Ethiopia in 2004, Eden Reforestation Projects restores healthy forests in Madagascar, Haiti, Nepal, Indonesia, Mozambique, and Kenya while reducing extreme poverty by employing thousands of local villagers to plant trees in deforested areas. Eden has been recognized as one of the most cost-effective reforestation projects in the world.

Please make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn more about other champions of sustainability like Steve.

I hope you enjoy the episode!

Resources:

Eden Reforestation Projects Website: https://edenprojects.org

Ecosia website: https://www.ecosia.org

Aquifer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquifer

Seed Balls: https://seed-balls.com/what-are-seed-balls

Carbon Sequestration: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_sequestration

Read the transcript: https://sustainabilitym.at/Steve-Fitch-Transcript

Watch the full episode: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Steve-Fitch

The Ultimate Organic Shampoo For Your Hair Nov 12, 2019

Did you know, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, a common cleansing agent found in shampoos and soaps, damages the natural protective barriers on your skin and lets in hormone-disrupting chemicals, which can be carcinogenic?

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Dennes James-Kraan, the co-founder of Tabitha James Kraan (TJK) Organic Hairdressing and #Champion of Sustainable and Organic Hair Care.

Founded in 1999, TJK is a pioneering, organic salon based in the Cotswolds, UK that runs 100% on energy from renewable sources. In 2015, they launched their own line of luxury organic hair products that deliver professional performance without compromising on the quality of ingredients. This organic hair care line recently won the Marie Claire Hair Awards in 2019 for being a game-changer in the cosmetic industry.

Please make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn more about other champions of sustainability like Dennes.

I hope you enjoy the episode!

Resources:

Sassoon Academy: https://www.sassoon-academy.com/en/academy/uk

National Vocational Qualification (NVQ): https://www.vocationaltraining.org.uk/nvq-overview

Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLS): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_laureth_sulfate

ewg.org website:https://www.ewg.org/

Soil Association UK: https://www.soilassociation.org/

TJK Website: https://www.tabithajameskraan.com/

Read the transcript: https://sustainabilitym.at/Dennes_James_Kraan

Watch the full episode: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Dennes-James-Kraan

Bean to Bar Chocolate: What You Need To Know Oct 30, 2019

Did you know smallholder farms provide up to 80 percent of the food supply in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa?

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Jeff Abella, co-founder of Moka Origins, a bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturer and specialty coffee roaster and #Champion of Economic Development through Sustainable Agriculture.

Founded in 2015, Moka Origins has been empowering rural African farming communities by providing smallholder farmers with technical training and sustainable marketing links, while supporting the local economy through their chocolate and coffee products. In April 2019, Moka Origins won the Bronze Prize in the Annual Fedex Small Business Grant Contest. They also received the Innovator of the Year award from the Wayne Economic Development Corporation in 2017.

Please make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn more about other champions of sustainability like Jeff.

I hope you enjoy the episode!

Resources:

Himalayan Institute: https://www.himalayaninstitute.org

Smallholder Farming: https://www.cropscience.bayer.com/en/crop-science/smallholder-farming

Origin Trips (sample: Mexico Coffee Immersion): https://mokaorigins.com/pages/mexico-origin-trip

Moka Origins website: https://mokaorigins.com

Read the transcript here: https://sustainabilitym.at/Jeff_Abella_SMT

Watch the full episode here: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Jeff-Abella

Palm Oil Can Be the Sustainable Choice Oct 20, 2019

Did you know palm oil is in around 50% of all products found on supermarket shelves?

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Inke Van Der Sluijs, head of European operations at the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (aka the RSPO) and #Champion of Sustainable Palm Oil.

Established in 2004, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil is the leading certifying body that demonstrates palm oil is produced with the environment and society in mind. The RSPO has more than 4,000 members worldwide who represent all links along the palm oil supply chain. They have committed to produce, source and/or use sustainable palm oil certified by the RSPO.

Please make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn more about other champions of sustainability like Inke.

I hope you enjoy this episode!

Resources:

Assurance Services International (ASI): www.asi-assurance.org/s

Jurisdiction approach to certification: rspo.org/news-and-events/announcements/public-consultation-jurisdictional-approach-for-rspo-certification

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organization

Peatland and Climate Change: iucn.org/resources/issues-briefs/peatlands-and-climate-change

RSPO website: rspo.org

Sustainable Palm Oil: eco-business.com/news/what-is-sustainable-palm-oil

You can read the transcript of the episode here: http://bit.ly/Inke-Van-Der-Sluijs-SMT

Watch the full episode: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Van-Der-Sluijs

How Socially Responsible Investing Can Heal Our Planet Oct 14, 2019

Did you know, investing the money in your savings into sustainable funds can have a 27 times bigger positive impact on your carbon footprint than eating less meat, taking public transportation, reducing your water use, and flying less, combined?

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview JP Dallmann, Sustainable & Impact Investment Advisor and host of the “Impact Leaders” podcast.

The Impact Leaders podcast features individuals who focus on Impact Investment and Performance with Purpose. JP is the CEO of ILA & Partners, helping Investment Managers and Companies that want to transition into Sustainable & Impact Investing.

In 2017, JP started Impact Founders - a community of impact-driven entrepreneurs who use profit and technology as a force for good. He is also the co-founder of Realchangers, a platform that matches mission-driven talent with impact-driven companies that are solving the most pressing global issues of today. And he is a contributor to Forbes.com, where he promotes impact investing, the SDGs and change in our systems.

Please make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn more about other champions of sustainability like JP.

Enjoy the episode!

Resources:

Impact Investing: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/impact-investing.asp

Sustainable Development Goals: https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/envision2030.html

Impact Leaders Podcast: https://audioboom.com/channels/4974335

Impact Investing Article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jpdallmann/2018/12/31/impact-investing-just-a-trend-or-the-best-strategy-to-help-save-our-world/#7d87d3b475d1

Negative/Exclusionary Screening: https://thoughtfulfinance.com/2018/07/24/definitions-negative-exclusionary-screening

Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI): https://www.unpri.org

John Elkington Books: https://johnelkington.com/publications/books

Ray Dalio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Dalio

JP Dallmann website: http://jpdallmann.com

You can read the transcript of the episode here: sustainabilitym.at/JPDallmann

Watch the full episode: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-JP-Dallmann

Zero Waste Coffee Can Save Our Forests Oct 07, 2019

Did you know, used coffee grounds can reduce deforestation because they contain many of the same properties as palm oil?

In this episode of the Sustainability Matters Today podcast, I interview Fergus Moore, Co-Founder of Revive Eco and #Champion of Diverting Coffee Grounds from Landfill.

Revive Eco collects and recycles used coffee grounds to produce a range of eco-friendly products. Recently, they were chosen as a Solve - MIT Global Finalist for their proposal of converting coffee grounds into high value, natural oils. For their innovation, Revive-Eco received the LiveWIRE Smarter Future Award in 2016, a Green Champion Award from the Glasgow Business Awards in 2017, a grant from Zero Waste Scotland’s Circular Economy Investment Fund in 2018, and recently they were semi-finalists in the Chivas Venture Final in 2019, for which they received $20,000 in prize money.

Please subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn about other champions of sustainability like Fergus.

I hope you enjoy this episode!

Resources

Palm Oil: wwf.org.uk/updates/8-things-know-about-palm-oil

Palmitic Acid: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmitic_acid

Linoleic Acid: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linoleic_acid

Oleic Acid: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleic_acid

Stearic Acid: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stearic_acid

Circular Economy: ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-economy/concept

Ellen Macarthur Foundation: ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/

Iceland palm oil advert: youtube.com/watch?v=oA10-oZi4Xc

Gabe Brown’s SMT Episode: bit.ly/gabe-brown-SMT

May Al Karooni’s SMT Episode: bit.ly/MayAlKarooniSMT

You can read the transcript of this episode here: http://bit.ly/Fergus_Moore_SMT

Watch the full episode: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Fergus-Moore

How To Start Your Sustainable Kitchen Sep 30, 2019

Did you know one-third of all food produced around the world doesn't make it to our plates? That’s about 1.4 billion tons or enough to feed 2 billion people each year.

In this episode of the Sustainability Matters Today podcast, I interview Rosalind Rathouse, founder of The Cookery School at Little Portland Street and #Champion of Sustainable Cooking.

The Cookery School offers classes on simple, straightforward, and delicious cooking using sustainable methods and ingredients. They hold a Three Star Rating – the highest possible – from the Sustainable Restaurant Association for the last 8 years making them London’s only and most sustainable cooking school.

I had the privilege of taking an Indian food cooking class at the Cookery School and it was fantastic! Everything Rosalind describes as far as their approach to sustainability, fresh ingredients, and teaching style is true - I was really impressed. If you have the chance to go to a class at the Cookery School, I highly recommend it!

Please make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn more about other champions of sustainability like Rosalind.

I hope you enjoy the episode!

Resources

Cookery School website: cookeryschool.co.uk

Farmer’s Market: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers%27_market

Sustainable Gastronomy Day: .awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/sustainable-gastronomy-day-2019

Marine Stewardship Council (MSC): msc.org

Red Tractor: redtractor.org.uk/choose-site

Fairtrade: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairtrade_certification

Soil Association: soilassociation.org/

Climate Activists Protests: time.com/5683293/climate-activists-french-britain

Wasted: The Story of Food waste by Anthony Bourdain:.imdb.com/title/tt6207096

Obesity and Food Waste: foodsustainability.eiu.com/us

Sustainable Restaurant Association: thesra.org

Delphis Eco: delphiseco.com

You can read the transcript of this episode here: bit.ly/Rosalind_Rathouse_SMT

Watch the full episode: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Rosalind-Rathouse

Edible Water Bottles Are The Future Sep 23, 2019

Did you know, in 2018, almost 480 billion of plastic bottles were sold? That's almost 1 million every minute.

In this episode of the Sustainability Matters Today podcast, I interviewed Scott Edwards, founder and CEO of Drop Water and #Champion of Compostable Water Bottles.

Drop Water is making bottled water more sustainable with their unique packaging and manufacturing methods.

For their innovation, Scott and his team won the silver prize for the 2018 FedEx Small Business Grant Contest beating 7,800 other applicants.

You can get Drop Water beverages from Drop Kiosks currently found in both terminals at the San Jose Airport and a Kiosk was recently added into the San Francisco Airport.

Please make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn about other champions of sustainability.

I hope you enjoy the episode!

Resources:

Polyethylene Water Bottles: https://www.thomasnet.com/articles/materials-handling/plastic-bottle-manufacturing/
Polymers: https://www.osborneindustries.com/news/polymers-vs-plastics/
Adaptogens: https://time.com/5025278/adaptogens-herbs-stress-anxiety/
Drop Stations by Drop Water: https://bcmechanicaldesign.com/portfolio-item/drop-station-by-drop-water/
Thinking and Systems by Donella Meadows (2008): https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Systems-Donella-H-Meadows-ebook/dp/B005VSRFEA

You can read the transcript of this episode here: http://bit.ly/Scott_Edwards_SMT

Watch the full episode: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Scott-Edwards

Healing The Earth With Regenerative Farming Sep 14, 2019

Did you know due to modern agricultural practices you have to eat eight oranges today to get the same amount of Vitamin A as your grandparents would have gotten from just one?

In this episode of the Sustainability Matters Today podcast, I interview Gabe Brown, owner of Brown’s ranch and a champion of regenerative farming. Gabe is a producer and winner of many state and national soil health awards, including a Growing Green Award from the Natural Resource Defense Council, and a Zero-Till Producer of the Year Award.

In addition, he was named one of the 25 Most influential Agricultural Leaders in the United States. Gabe recently published, “Dirt to Soil: One Family’s Journey Into Regenerative Agriculture”, where he shares the story of healing his farm’s soil and paves the road for other farmers to follow in his footsteps.

Please make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn more about Gabe Brown and other champions of sustainability.

I hope you enjoy this episode!

Resources:

Brown’s Ranch Website: https://brownsranch.us

Regenerative Agriculture: http://www.regenerativeagriculturedefinition.com

Methanotrophs: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150826135724.htm

Nourished by Nature: https://nourishedbynature.us

Dirt to Soil: One Family’s Journey Into Regenerative Agriculture (2018) by Gabe Brown: https://www.amazon.com/Dirt-Soil-Familys-Regenerative-Agriculture/dp/1603587632

You can read the transcript of this episode here: http://bit.ly/gabe-brown-SMT

Watch the full episode: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Gabe-Brown

Why The Circular Economy Will Fix Our Waste Problem Sep 09, 2019

Did you know businesses can save more money by giving away unwanted items like desks, chairs and medical equipment for free instead of throwing them away?

In this episode of the Sustainability Matters Today podcast, I interview May Al-Karooni, CEO of Globechain, an award-winning reuse marketplace that connects businesses that want to throw items away with charities, people, and SMEs that want to use those items.

Since starting its operations in 2013, Globechain has over 10,000 customers, they’ve diverted over 5.2 million kgs from landfill, and they have helped over 14,000 communities and 82,400 people globally. Some of their partners include Marks & Spencer, B&Q, Nando’s, Radisson Hotels and the NHS.

May and I begin by discussing the ongoing demand for the Circular Model of Economy within the waste management industry. She explains that the Circular Economy focuses on reducing or even eliminating all waste by reusing and recycling all materials. Companies can therefore increase their profits significantly by saving money on materials and supplies.

We talk about businesses cutting their waste disposal costs by 50% simply by giving away 60% of what they were originally going to throw away. That’s a win-win-win situation: a win for the business, a win for the charities and the causes they support, and a win for the environment!

May was chosen by the Morgan Philips Group as one of the 5 Most Influential Female Online Entrepreneurs of 2019 and Globechain was listed in Forbes as one of The Startups You Should Watch In 2019. And since the recording of this episode, Globechain was also chosen as the Barclay’s Regional Winner for the Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

This is a really exciting episode. If you know someone who is a recycling warrior and reuses items rather than throws away, share this episode with them! You can find us at sustainabilitymatters.today. If you’d like to learn more about May and Globechain, visit their website at Globechain.com

And while you’re at it, tag us on Instagram to let us know you’re listening to this episode - @weareglobechain and @sustainabilitymatterstoday. We’d love to hear from you!

I also recommend checking out Globechain’s Twitter account - @Globechain - for fascinating facts and practical tips for living a sustainable lifestyle.

Alright, let’s jump in!

Resources:

Globechain website: http://globechain.com

Globechain and the circular economy: https://www.ns-businesshub.com/transport/globechain-circular-economy

Circular Economy: https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-economy/concept

ESG data: https://www.esg.adec-innovations.com/about-us/faqs/what-is-esg

Book by Malcom Gladwell, “Outliers” (2011): https://www.amazon.com/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0316017930

You can read the transcript of this episode here: http://bit.ly/mayalkaroonitranscript

Watch the full episode: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-May-Al-Karooni

This Winery Promotes Regenerative Agriculture Sep 02, 2019

Did you know, in the right conditions certain grapevines don’t need to be watered at all?

In this episode of the Sustainability Matters Today podcast, my guest is Brad Alper, owner of Square Peg Winery in Sonoma County, California.

Square Peg is a unique winery Brad does not use irrigation or any herbicides in his vineyards and is able to grow delicious and award-winning Pinot Noir.

We discuss the dry farming technique, which is location-specific, requires farmers to grow vines using the St. George’s rootstock, and needs the farmer to care for each vine by hand.

We cover Sonoma County’s goal of having 100% certified sustainable vineyards and wineries by the end of 2019, and they are well on their way to this accomplishment.

Brad clarifies a misconception that sustainable and organic farming are the same, when really sustainability encompasses farming, energy consumption and production, the health of the soil, and paying your workers a fair wage. This is a much greater achievement and makes a broader positive impact on the environment than just checking a few boxes that qualify your farm as organic.

If you know someone who’s passionate about wine, unique farming techniques, or sustainability, share this episode with them! You can find us at sustainabilitymatters.today. If you’d like to learn more about Brad and the Square Peg Winery, visit the website https://squarepegwinery.com/

And let us know you’re listening to this episode on Instagram! Tag us - @sustainabilitymatterstoday and @squarepegwinery. We’d love to hear from you!

Topics Covered in this Episode:

· Square Peg Winery’s history

· What is dry farming?

· The difference between sustainable and organic farming

Resources:

Square Peg Winery Website: https://squarepegwinery.com/

Sonoma County Winegrowers: https://sonomawinegrape.org/

St George’s Rootstock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitis_rupestris

“Science of Grapevines” by Markus Keller: https://www.amazon.com/Science-Grapevines-Anatomy-Physiology/dp/012374881X

“General Viticulture” by Albert Julius Winkler: https://www.amazon.com/General-Viticulture-J-Winkler/dp/0520025911

Watch the full episode: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Brad-Alper

Organic Farming Can Save The Earth Jul 04, 2019

Did you know fertiliser was first introduced in the 1940s because the US had lots of leftover nitrogen that wasn’t made into weapons during WWII?

Hey, this is Daniel Hartz with Sustainability Matters Today, a podcast where I showcase sustainability experts and discover their journeys.

The aim of these conversations is to share ideas from leaders in the field on the financial benefits of adopting eco-friendly methodologies. Can it really be cost-effective to be sustainable?

Through these talks, we also cover ways you as an individual can incorporate environmentally-friendly practices into your daily life.

In this episode, I interview Diana Martin, the Director of Communications at The Rodale Institute, a nonprofit considered to be the birthplace of the organic movement in North America. The Institute educates consumers and farmers on the benefits of organic and researches organic farming practices.

Diana and I talk about the significance of the Institute’s motto “healthy soil = healthy food = healthy people” and why it’s problematic that we’re losing topsoil 10 times faster than it’s being replaced.

We discuss the profitability of organic farming, especially in a time when many farmers sell their produce at break-even prices and live off of taxpayer-funded government subsidies.

Diana describes carbon farming, a practice that takes advantage of plants’ natural ability to sequester carbon dioxide and put it back into the soil, where it belongs.

This is a great interview and I’m really looking forward to it! If you know someone who’s passionate about organic food, farming, or sustainability, share this episode with them! You can find us at sustainabilitymatters.today. If you’d like to learn more about the Rodale Institute, visit their website at rodaleinstitute.org.

And let us know you’re listening to this episode on instagram! Tag us - @sustainabilitymatterstoday and @RodaleInstitute. We’d love to hear from you!

You can read the transcript of the episode here: bit.ly/Diana_Martin_SMT

Watch the episode here: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Diana-Martin

Why Sustainable Agriculture Makes Better Food Jun 04, 2019

In this episode, I speak with Luke Peterson, a regenerative farmer based near Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

By mimicking nature, Luke believes that his farm improves the health of the soil and healthier soil grows healthier food. And healthier food means healthier communities, which in turn lead to healthier economies.

On a grander scale, regenerative agriculture goes far beyond the importance of pollinators like bumblebees and butterflies flourishing on his farm: regenerative agriculture can actually have a direct impact on the strength of a country’s economy.

You can follow Luke and his farm on Instagram - https://bit.ly/2KrI5RS

Resources

Carmen Fernholz is Luke's mentor - https://bit.ly/2Mt8JfI
5 Principles of Soil Health: Armor the soil, Minimize soil disturbance, Increase plant diversity, Keep living roots in the ground all year, Integrate livestock grazing - https://bit.ly/2MDPosq
US Farm debt is at levels seen during the 1980s farm crisis - https://reut.rs/2EBsD1X
Luke works closely with a local bakery called Baker’s Field - https://bit.ly/2MwvcbC
Gabe Brown’s book Dirt to Soil - http://bit.ly/2HVdtqc
Mark Shepherd’s book Restoration Agriculture - http://bit.ly/2QOjeZt

You can read the transcript of the episode here: bit.ly/Luke_Peterson_SMT

Watch the full episode: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Luke-Peterson

How Our Governments Can Help Heal the Planet May 22, 2019

In this episode, my guest is Jay Manning, partner at Cascadia Law Group, an environmental law firm, based in Olympia, Washington, in the US. In addition to working as an environmental attorney, Jay was the Chief of Staff for Washington Governor Christine Gregoire from 2009 to 2011. He was the director of the Department of Ecology where he helped clean up and restore the Puget Sound and passed a bill on water management.

Recently, Jay helped create and now currently supports the Pacific Coast Collaborative, a partnership between the states of California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while spurring the economy. We discuss the economic opportunities governments have when they adopt environmentally friendly policies.

We cover Jay’s experience of working with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to make a positive impact on the environment. From there, Jay describes his involvement at COP-21 where the Paris Agreement was signed. Jay believes we have the capabilities to reverse climate change right now and hopes we’re able to take advantage of these advancements in technology.

Resources

Book recommendations: Project Drawdown: http://bit.ly/2HKyxhR

The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes: http://bit.ly/2HMzzKc

Resources Cascadia Law Group website: https://www.cascadialaw.com

Cascadia policy solutions: http://cascadiapolicy.com

Pacific Coast Collaborative: http://pacificcoastcollaborative.org/

International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification: https://www.oaalliance.org/

You can read the transcript of this episode here: http://bit.ly/jay-manning-transcript

Watch the full episode: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Jay-Manning

Bee Keeping On Skyscrapers May 07, 2019

In this episode, my guest is Camilla Goddard, founder and owner of Capital Bee (http://www.capitalbee.co.uk), an urban beekeeping operation in London, England. Camilla keeps around 70 beehives for businesses and organisations around London, teaches beekeeping courses on the rooftop of a 4-star luxury hotel, and finds homes for vulnerable bumblebees and honeybees.

We start with Camilla's journey getting started in beekeeping and go into the importance of bees for both the environment and humans and why they play a crucial role in our ecosystem. Although Camilla recognises the challenges bees are facing, she is hopeful they can adapt and flourish, despite urbanisation and climate change.

Resources

Hornbeam wood purchased via https://woodlands.co.uk;

Varroa Mites feed on larvae: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varroa_destructor;

Quakers greatly value sustainability: https://www.quaker.org.uk/our-work/sustainability;

Beekeeping workshops at the St. Ermine's Hotel London: https://www.sterminshotel.co.uk/offers/beekeeping-workshops/;

Urban beekeeping: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_beekeeping;

Lime trees (aka Linden trees): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilia;

Tree of Heaven: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailanthus_altissima;

St Ermine's Bee and Bee Hotel: https://www.sterminshotel.co.uk/about/bees-kitchen-garden/our-bees/;

To learn more about bee hotels: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect_hotel;

Amazon sells Insect Hotels: http://bit.ly/2H3qDQh

Pesticide poisoning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide_toxicity_to_bees;

Asian Hornets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_hornet;

Privets act as nectaries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privet;

Capital Bee's Honey: http://www.capitalbee.co.uk/sites-and-honey/;

Bee Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU_KD1enR3Q.

Guide to Bees and Honey by Ted Hooper: http://bit.ly/2H3qNqR

Honeybee Democracy by Thomas Seeley: http://bit.ly/2Vk6WO9

Cooking with Honey by Dr Paul J Vagg: http://bit.ly/2H6Ofn5

You can read the transcript of this episode here: http://bit.ly/CamillaGoddardTranscript

Watch the full episode: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Camilla-Goddard

How Tech Companies Can Be Sustainable with VMware Apr 04, 2019

Join me as I speak with Natasha Tuck (@nstuck), Sustainability Director at VMware, a leading Silicon Valley technology firm.

We discuss VMware’s strategies for being a corporate leader in sustainability and a major milestone they have already accomplished, becoming 100% carbon neutral two years ahead of schedule. VMware's virtualization technology makes I.T. infrastructure more efficient which fundamentally changes how their customers use power and with their tech, VMware's clients have avoided putting 540 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. That's the equivalent to powering 68 percent of U.S. households for one year.

You can learn more about VMware here: https://www.vmware.com.

Resources

[00:00:53] Information about how much carbon VMware's clients have saved was taken from this article: https://www.vmware.com/radius/achieving-carbon-neutrality/.

[00:05:19] You can learn more about what it takes for a company to become carbon neutral here: https://www.carbonneutral.com/

[00:05:48] You can read the press release of this announcement here: https://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-newsfeed.VMware-Achieves-Carbon-Neutrality-and-Partners-with-City-of-Palo-Alto-on-Community-Microgrid-as-Part-of-Global-Impact-Initiative.1641169.html.

[00:07:47] This article really helped me understand the differences between Scopes 1, 2, and 3 emissions, as well as the difference between Carbon Neutral and 100% renewable energy: http://100percentrenewables.com.au/carbon-neutral-100-renewable/. [

00:11:38] The stat Natasha referred to is that in Guatemala, 97 percent of water sources are contaminated, leading to the death of one in 20 children before the age of five. You can read more about it here: https://www.vmware.com/radius/low-carbon-sustainable-development/. You can learn more about the Ecofiltro projects here: https://www.ecofiltro.com/en. You can learn more about Ecofiltro's cookstove in this video: https://youtu.be/HpSuLc2qly4.

[00:20:48] You can read more about renewable energy credits here: https://www.epa.gov/greenpower/renewable-energy-certificates-recs.

[00:33:33] Natasha’s two book recommendations: 1) Leaving Microsoft to Change the World by John Wood 2) Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming by Paul Hawken

You can read the transcript of this episode here: http://bit.ly/NatashaTuckTranscrip

You can watch the full episode here: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Natasha-Tuck

Easy Tips On How You Can Become Self Sustainable Feb 12, 2019

In this episode, my guests are Elena and Zima Hartz, a couple who have a very productive home: they grow their own fruits and vegetables, preserve and ferment their own foods, and have a self-contained ecosystem with chickens that eat pests and produce eggs. We discuss a lot of things, but some of the highlights are the love of composting, the importance of keeping your own bees, and the best turkey they have ever had for Thanksgiving.

Let’s dive in and see why these topics contribute to an eco-friendly lifestyle.

You can read the transcript of this episode here: http://bit.ly/Elena-ZimaHartzTranscript

You can watch the full episode here: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Elena-and-Zima-Hartz

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