Ocean Protect Podcast

Ben Penhallurick is a passionate environmental scientist, returning for his third experience on the podcast. This is a no holds barred chat about calling out the BS on the greenwashing rampant in the environmental industry, the dubious nature of environmental offsets (like biodiversity, water quality and carbon offsets) and how humans have been programmed to compete to survive whilst we what we really need is collaboration - and how to help achieve this.

Useful links:

• Ocean Protect Podcast "Here's to the crazy ones with Ben Penhallurick" (Season 3, Episode 32)
• Ocean Protect Podcast "Down the runoff hole and adventures in water land with Ben Penhallurick" (Season 1, Episode 6)
• Ben on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benny-penhallurick-3b7589ab/

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Mark Pages is a specialist in the field of micro-algae and other plant based ingredients, and founder of Phytality - a company specialising in the manufacture and supply of unique marine micro-algae and vegan omega-3 product solutions. In this chat, we discuss the sea 'food' and aquaculture industry, the importance and potential sources of Omega 3, and the benefits of the microscopic plant-like organisms called phytoplankton.

Useful links:

• https://phytality.com.au/
• Mark on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-pages-240a857/

For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at www.oceanprotect.com.au

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Jonas Larsen is an Environmental Scientist and Water Sensitive Urban Design Technical Officer at Logan City Council. In this chat, we talk about Jonas's incredible journey from a vision impaired child to a passion for protecting the environment he came to eventually see - working in a various roles in environmental, soil, and contaminated land and water industries, and applying his learnings to the water sensitive urban design space and bringing the biology into bioretention systems - one of the most commonly applied stormwater treatment assets to protect our waterways and oceans.

Jonas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonas-larsen-871998144/

For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at www.oceanprotect.com.au

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Dr Paul Harvey is an environmental chemist and scientist, science communicator, speaker and author of The Plasticology Project book, which is a broad, comprehensive analysis of global plastic pollution – how it spreads, the damage it causes, and the risk it poses to our health and wellbeing. In this chat, we talk about all those things and more, and what we can (and ultimately must ) do to 'turn the tide' on plastic pollution.

• https://docpjharvey.com/
• Paul on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drpaulharvey/

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Dr Damian Lettoof is a Postdoctoral fellow at CSIRO and loves snakes. Returning for this second Ocean Protect Podcast appearance, we chat about Damian's new research that has found tiger snakes in Perth’s urban wetlands are accumulating high levels of chemical substances from ingesting PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), impacting the venomous reptiles’ overall health. The research, jointly led by Curtin University, Australia’s National Science Agency CSIRO and the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation, tested tiger snake livers to better understand the impact of PFAS, which is commonly found in firefighting foam, water repellent clothing, and food packaging.

Useful links:

• Damian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/damian-lettoof-78905a71/
• Bioaccumulation and metabolic impact of environmental PFAS residue on wild-caught urban wetland tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus) (here)
• Inside Water article Forever chemicals impacting tiger snakes across Perth (here)
• Curtin University News article Harmful substances impacting tiger snakes across Perth, study finds (here)
• Previous Ocean Protect Episode Snakes as a bioindicator of wetland pollution with Damian Lettoof (Season 3, Episode 1)

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Erin Remblance is a freelance columnist and co-founder of re(Biz) with a passion for (re)generative and post-growth thinking and strategies. After some 12 years in National Account Management in fast-moving consumer goods companies (e.g. Univilever, Nestle, L’Oreal), bringing 3 kids into the world, and then a few years in carbon reduction and energy efficiency initiatives, she pivoted to learn what we REALLY need to do to better protect our planet – and ultimately help us all to live happier, healthier lives. In this chat, Erin introduces us to ‘Degrowth’ – a conscious set of policies designed to optimize human and planetary wellbeing while minimizing inequality, poverty and environmental harm. We discuss why current economic system isn’t working, what ‘degrowth’ actually is, and how it just might save us all.  

Useful links:

• Erin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-remblance/
• Erin’s writings on Illuminem: https://illuminem.com/illuminemvoicesprofile/erin-remblance
• (re)Biz: https://www.rebiz.io/

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Shannon Mead is the Founder of and Chief Butt Officer of "No More Butts" - returning for his third appearance on the pod. In this chat, Shannon drops truth bombs about dropped cigarette butts, vaping, and how cigarette filters do more harm than good - along with insights from participating at the 'INC2' (Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution) in Paris - where delegates from 180 nations took the first concrete step toward a legally binding treaty to regulate plastic, described as the most important green deal since the 2015 international climate agreement.

Useful links:

1. No More Butts website (here)
2. Shannon on LinkedIn (here)
3. Ocean Protect Podcast, Season 3, Episode 13 (May 2021) "No more butts with Shannon Mead" (here)
4. Ocean Protect Podcast, Season 4, Episode 15 (August 2022) "Smoke in the water with Shannon Mead" (here)
5. Belgium Superior Health Council article "Cigarette filters do more harm than good" (here)
6. The Guardian article "First steps agreed on plastics treaty after breakthrough at Paris talks" (here)

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Dr Michelle Blewitt is the Program Director of the Australian Microplastic Assessment Project (AUSMAP) - a bridge between a massive problem and the solutions, designed to document and analyse microplastic pollution in Australian aquatic environments. Michelle joins us on AUSMAP's 5th birthday for a chat in Bondi to discuss rent AUSMAP research findings, what makes a 'spot' 'hot' and recent research documenting the scourge of synthetic tyre rubber crumb from sports fields and playgrounds.

Useful links:

• https://www.ausmap.org/
• Dr Michelle Blewitt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-blewitt-711b1137/
• Dr Scott Wilson on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-wilson-84829437/
• Reef Clean report "Rubber crumb loss assessment from play areas in the Great Barrier Reef Catchment": https://www.ausmap.org/post/rubber-crumb-research-released

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The legendary Grahame Lloyd, Sea Shepherd Australia's Remote Marine Debris Campaigner, is back for his third appearance on the Ocean Protect Podcast. In this chat, we discuss the life and times of doing marine debris clean-ups in some of the most remote parts of Australia, the impact of the debris on indigenous communities in these areas, and drop some truth bombs on how to help solve the plastic pollution crisis.

Useful links:

• Grahame Lloyd - https://www.linkedin.com/in/grahame-lloyd-611295a5/
• https://www.seashepherd.org.au/our-campaigns/marine-debris-campaign/

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Dr Denise Hardesty, Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO Environment, returns for her second appearance on the podcast. This time, we catch up in Bondi the day after the Ocean Plastic Action Forum featured in previous episodes. In this chat, we discuss some of the latest research on plastic in our oceans, including new research by Denise and the CSIRO team about how two percent of all commercial fishing gear is being littered in our oceans.

Useful links:

• Dr Denise Hardesty - https://people.csiro.au/H/B/denise-hardesty
• CSIRO article (2023), 740,000km of fishing line and 14 billion hooks: we reveal just how much fishing gear is lost at sea each year: https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/Articles/2022/October/abandoned-fishing-gear

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