CarbonSessions

Episode Summary: Heavy metals can be found in a wide range of sources, from the air we breathe to the foods we eat and beyond. Do you know how heavy metals are impacting our health and the environment?

In this conversation, Olabanji and Brian speak with Ediomo Abikpa aka Eddie, a Nigerian advocate for climate change and sustainability who holds a Master of Science degree in Environmental Biochemistry. Eddie initially pursued this degree to explore her passion and interest in the field.

Humans can be exposed to heavy metals through various sources such as contaminated air, water, soil, food, and industrial products, which can lead to adverse health effects.

Eddie raises awareness about the risks posed by heavy metals and their negative impact on both the environment and human health. She provides useful tips for reducing exposure to heavy metals, including being cautious of consuming fish and shellfish that may contain high levels of heavy metals, and avoiding household products that contain these toxic substances.

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Olabanji Stephen and Brian Tormey

Brian is a Real Estate Title Insurance Professional and Goat Farmer in the US. 

Olabanji is from Lagos Nigeria, he’s a Creative Director and visual designer that helps brands gain clarity, deliver meaningful experiences and build tribes through Design & Strategy. He founded Jorney - a community designed to help people stay productive, accountable, and do their best work.

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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.

Episode Summary:  This episode is an excerpt from a past episode on Myths about climate change

If you live on planet Earth, you are affected by Climate Change in various levels of severity, and it’s not too late; there are things that can be done to avoid the worst consequences of climate change. 

Start a conversation

Find a climate action group

It’s not too late, but we have to get started and take action together.

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Listen to the full episode: Myth 9 and 10 about Climate Change

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You can find out more on pages 32 and 33 of the Carbon Almanac and on the website you can tap the footnotes link and type in 342.

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Jenn Swanson and Inma Lopez

From Langley in British Columbia, Canada, Jenn is a Minister, Coach, Writer and Community Connector, helping people help themselves.  

Imma is from Cádiz in the South of Spain, living in Aberdeen, Scotland. Imma is a sommelier, a poet, a podcaster, a mother, a slow food advocate, and an animist activist.

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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.

Episode Summary: a conversation with Leekei and Olabanji on the environmental impact of computers, gaming and cryptocurrencies

Did you know that: 

• One hour of playing Fortnite on PlayStation 5 consumes as much electricity as 40 LED bulbs per hour? 
• One hour of watching Netflix consumes as much electricity as 14 LED bulbs per hour?
• Trading Bitcoin uses far more electricity than New Zealand and four times more than Google worldwide?

In this discussion, Leekei and Olabanji share some insights about the electric consumption of some of our online activities.

While there is little we can do to lower the carbon emission (besides lobbying the service provider to decarbonize) however we can still create an impact by:

• switching to a renewable source of energy in our homes and at work
• using Ecosia as our web search engine as for 1 tree is planted for every 45 searches

Go here to switch to Ecosia.org 

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Olabanji is from Lagos Nigeria, he’s a Creative Director and visual designer that helps brands gain clarity, deliver meaningful experiences and build tribes through Design & Strategy. He founded Jorney - a community designed to help people stay productive, accountable, and do their best work.

Leekei is a fashion business founder, a business coach, an international development expert and podcaster from Paris, France.  

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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.

Episode Summary:  This episode is an excerpt from a past episode on Myths about climate change

Jenn and Inma discuss myth 7, which is a Styrofoam cup or takeout container placed in recycling bins helps the environment. 

It is not true. 

Styrofoam contains mainly air, the fraction of plastic is too small to be recycled

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Listen to the full episode: Myth 7 and 8 about Climate Change

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Don’t Take Our Word For It, Look It Up!

You can find out more on pages 32 and 33 of the Carbon Almanac and on the website you can tap the footnotes link and type in 342.

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Jenn Swanson and Inma Lopez

From Langley in British Columbia, Canada, Jenn is a Minister, Coach, Writer and Community Connector, helping people help themselves.  

Imma is from Cádiz in the South of Spain, living in Aberdeen, Scotland. Imma is a sommelier, a poet, a podcaster, a mother, a slow food advocate, and an animist activist.

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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.

Episode Summary: a conversation with Leekei and Olabanji on the environmental impact of laundry and some practical tips to reduce its carbon footprint.

Washing clothes is a routine task that we all need to do frequently. 

However, have you considered the impact of laundry on natural resources and climate change? 

In a discussion between Leekei and Olabanji, they share some thoughts on reducing the environmental impact of doing laundry.

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Don’t Take Our Word For It, Look It Up!

You can find out more on page 126 of the Carbon Almanac and on the website you can tap the footnotes link and type in 587

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Olabanji is from Lagos Nigeria, he’s a Creative Director and visual designer that helps brands gain clarity, deliver meaningful experiences and build tribes through Design & Strategy. He founded Jorney - a community designed to help people stay productive, accountable, and do their best work.

Leekei is a fashion business founder, a business coach, an international development expert and podcaster from Paris, France.  

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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.

Episode Summary:  This episode is an excerpt from a past episode on Myths about climate change (plastics recycling)

Jenn and Imma talked about another myth about climate change: ‘Recycling plastic helps solve climate change’! No, it doesn’t! It’s a myth!!!

Often brands use pictograms to indicate that a product/package can be recycled, while on the face of them, say they recycle, don’t recycle at all, and on average, only 20% of filed recycling actually gets recycled. 

Figures as low as 9% have been published.

Often the separation of plastics, tins and paper in our homes is then just collected together with general household waste. 

They discussed different projects designed to overcome this and how some companies and areas of the world are starting to take note.  Avoiding the use of plastic is one of the most effective ways of reducing plastic waste.   

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Listen to the Myths 5 and 6 about climate change

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Don’t Take Our Word For It, Look It Up!

You can find out more on pages 32 and 33 of the Carbon Almanac and on the website you can tap the footnotes link and type in 342.

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Jenn Swanson and Inma Lopez

From Langley in British Columbia, Canada, Jenn is a Minister, Coach, Writer and Community Connector, helping people help themselves.  

Imma is from Cádiz in the South of Spain, living in Aberdeen, Scotland. Imma is a sommelier, a poet, a podcaster, a mother, a slow food advocate, and an animist activist.

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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.

Episode Summary: a conversation with Stewart Watkins and Max Van Someren on sustainability and the Nolans project, a rare earth minerals mining project in Western Australia  

Rare earth minerals play a crucial role in the energy transition, as they are used in various applications like electric vehicles and wind turbines. However, the mining of these minerals has had a poor environmental record.

To understand how an Australian mining project is improving this issue, we had a conversation with Stewart Watkins and Max Van Someren, where we discussed the broader context of the Nolans project in the energy transition. We also explored the project's key sustainability pillars in both mining and processing, to understand how the project can contribute to a more sustainable future.

About the Nolans project

A presentation by Net Zero Perth on the Nolans Project

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You can find out more on page 167, 172, 242, 252 and 253 of the Carbon Almanac and on the website you can tap the footnotes link and type in 100, 092, 124, 120 and 112 

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Olabanji is from Lagos Nigeria, he’s a Creative Director and visual designer that helps brands gain clarity, deliver meaningful experiences and build tribes through Design & Strategy. He founded Jorney - a community designed to help people stay productive, accountable, and do their best work.

Leekei is a fashion business founder, a business coach, an international development expert and podcaster from Paris, France.  

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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.

Episode Summary:  This episode is an excerpt from a past episode on Golf Courses and Climate change

In this episode, we discuss Golf Courses and the issues that arise from their construction and maintenance, as well as having a conversation with Carbon Almanac Contributors Tania Marian, Olabanji Stephen and Sam Schuffenecker, a keen and talented Golfer.

Tania, Olabanji and Sam discussed how maintenance and care of golf courses pose environmental problems, how golf clubs are responding to this and what further steps can be taken.  

Click here to listen to the full episode on Golf Courses

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You can find out more on pages 202, 210 and 234 of the Carbon Almanac and on the website you can tap the footnotes link and type in 218, 108, 254 and 105

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Tania Marien, Olabanji Stephen and Sam Schuffenecker

From Riverside, California, Tania is an independent environmental education professional and hosts and produces The Talaterra Podcast.  

Olabanji is from Lagos Nigeria, He’s a Creative Director and visual designer that helps brands gain clarity, deliver meaningful experiences and build tribes through Design & Strategy. He founded Jorney - a community designed to help people stay productive, accountable, and do their best work. 

Sam is from upstate New York and started playing golf following success as Hockey Player, she is involved in Project management and Podcasting.

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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.

Episode Summary: climate change impacts mental health as learning about the facts and science behind climate change can be stressful and overwhelming. So what can we do about it?

While we encourage our listeners to learn as much as possible about climate change and take action, we also sometimes experience eco-anxiety ourselves. 

Kristina recounts an incident where she nearly had a panic attack after coming across a stack of plastic cups that reminded her of her potential negative impact on the environment. To manage the situation, she used Katie Byron's 4-question framework.

Leekei also provides a simple suggestion for coping with the situation she learned from Jean-Marc Jancovici, a French climate expert..

You can also listen to a past episode on eco-anxiety here

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You can find out more on pages 154, 155 of the Carbon Almanac and on the website you can tap the footnotes link and type in 252

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Brian Tormey, Kristina Horning and Leekei Tang

Brian is a Real Estate Title Insurance Professional and Goat Farmer in the US. 

Kristina is working on design theory and using design process in everything. With a background in architecture, civil engineering and education, she loves research, play and co-creating. Currently in Prague (that it is where she is originally from) and her base is US

Leekei is a fashion business founder, a business coach, an international development expert and podcaster from Paris, France. 

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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.

Episode Summary:  This episode is an excerpt from a past episode on Myths about climate change

In this episode, myth 3 is discussed.  People think that sustainable energy is more expensive.  Jenn and Leekei talk about to what extent this is a myth and where some upfront expenses can save a large amount in the long run. 

Myth 4 is that solar and wind energy only works when it is sunny or windy.  While energy can run out if there is very little sun or wind, energy is stored.  There can also be advantages when there is a lot of sun or wind!

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Listen to the Myths 3 and 4 about climate change

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Don’t Take Our Word For It, Look It Up!

You can find out more on pages 32 and 33 of the Carbon Almanac and on the website you can tap the footnotes link and type in 342.

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Jenn Swanson, Leekei Tang and Inma Lopez

From Langley in British Columbia, Canada, Jenn is a Minister, Coach, Writer and Community Connector, helping people help themselves.  

Leekei is a fashion business founder, a business coach, an international development expert and a podcaster from Paris, France.

Imma is from Cádiz in the South of Spain, living in Aberdeen, Scotland. Imma is a sommelier, a poet, a podcaster, a mother, a slow food advocate, and an animist activist.

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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.