Meliora: a podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute

In this episode of the Meliora podcast Student Takeover Season we are discussing the impact of meat production and the potential of lab-grown meat as a sustainable alternative. We discuss the current and future projections of sustainability challenges in relation to the widespread consumption of meat-incorporated diets. We will be discussing the pros of the newly emerging product of lab-made meats and the positive impacts they could have on reducing this burden.  We highlight some of the challenges of introducing lab-made meats to the public, considering market potential and cultural impact, to show how they are not an effective or practical means of lowering meat consumption from a sustainability perspective

Host: Hannah

Guests: Paloma and Asmi

In this episode of the Meliora podcast Student Takeover Season we are discussing the impacts and sustainability of a meat tax on society. The three aspects we will be exploring are the social, economic and environmental impacts. Implementing a meat-tax based on the Carbon Footprint of a product can lead to reduced consumer spending and therefore decreased demand and production of these high-carbon foods. We are going to explore what this would look like in practice and whether this will have positive impacts regarding climate change and working towards achieving a number of the Sustainable Development Goals

Host: Emma 

Guests: Luca, Ajay and Jojo

In this episode of the Meliora podcast Student Takeover Season we will be discussing Feeding the Trends: who's controlling what's on your plate. We will look at ultra processed foods and government inaction, government schemes and legislation controlling what is on our plate, and why and how social media is the biggest controller of the food we consume.

Host: Tejal 

Guests: Jessica, Mia and Megan 

In this episode, we will be discussing some of the sustainability issues surrounding the food delivery industry. We may not be able to cover the topic in full but aim to highlight some key areas of concern and offer some insight into these areas.

Host: Alfie

Guests: Jamie, Akshyan, Jamie

Welcome to the Meliora podcast, from the Sustainability and Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton. This episode is part of the Global Sustainability Challenges module student takeover season where are discussing the sustainability impacts of university socials and nightlife.

Host: Cian 

Guests: Lucy, Natalie and Alex

Welcome to the Meliora podcast, brought to you by the Sustainability and Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton. This episode is part of the Student Takeover Season, produced for the Global Sustainability Challenges module where we debate some critical social justice aspects of 15-minute city concept, to conclude how it might be sustainably implemented in Southampton, UK.

Host: Joseph

Guests: Ruby and Trinity

Welcome to the Meliora Podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton. This episode is part of the Global Sustainability Challenges module student takeover season where we discuss the opportunities and challenges of ecotourism in the Arctic. 

Host: Luc 

Guests: Joe and Megan

Welcome to this episode of the Meliora podcast Student Takeover Season where we explore a groundbreaking urban development project that's sparked a global debate: The Line in Saudi Arabia. Today, we'll evaluate its sustainability impact, both in the short and long term, through the lens of sustainability.

The Line is located in the Tabuk Province of northwestern Saudi Arabia, stretching approximately 170 kilometres from the Red Sea coast towards the desert interior. It’s a key part of the $500 billion NEOM project, an ambitious venture led by the Saudi Arabians Public Investment Fund. 

The structure will be an impressive 200 meters wide and 500 meters tall, housing 9 million residents in a vertical living arrangement and running on 100% renewable energy, with no cars or roads.

This futuristic city promises to revolutionise urban living with its innovative design and sustainability goals and has already ‘attracted significant partners and investors interested in testing and implementing renewable energy technologies, and it is being developed as a test case for sustainable and economically feasible planned cities’

Host: Holly

Guests: Caleb and Ben

Welcome to Beyond The Clouds (The Impact of Vapes), a Meliora podcast episode from the Global Sustainability Challenges module students takeover season, where we will be discussing the impact of vapes from an environmental and socio-economic perspective in relation to SDG 12: Sustainable consumption and production. 

Host: Alexander

Guests: Millie, Will, Xinye, Swayam, and Eleanor

In this episode of the Meliora podcast Student Takeover Season we discuss equity in medical care in this short but sweet episode. This topic came to our interest due to both recent events in the world of healthcare, and its role as a proxy for many of the Sustainability Development Goals beyond just “good health and well-being”. For example, you can't have good health and well-being without food and clean water, equity and global partnerships.

Host: Joseph 

Guests: Bobby, Adchaya, George and Jack