Jean-Luc started Les Vergers du Mekong 20 years ago in Vietnam after spending his career worldwide working for the Food & Beverage industry. He decided to settle down in Vietnam as he saw a great potential in the country.

Today, the company is working with only small local farmers to produce fair-trade coffee and fruits. They can offer a complete delicious European style breakfast with coffee, tea, juice and jam thanks to his two brands:

👉 Le Fruit

👉 Folliet

They recently received the B-Corp certification and are the first Vietnamese company to obtain it. It is a great accomplishment of their work towards fair business and clean products.

Episode recorded, mixed and published by PocketGreen

Music credits: Scootaloo by Jobii

Nia is back in our podcast but under a different hat this time. Nia  is a sustainable and responsible tourism specialist. Currently Regional  Sustainability Coordinator at Khiri Travel, she is on a mission to  making destinations more sustainable and responsible.

In  this special edition, we’ll be focusing on the challenges and  opportunities of sustainable projects in the tourism industry. However,  rather than discussing the projects themselves, we will take a look at  the processes involved to design, implement and monitor sustainable  solutions.

How do tourism actors come up with solutions?

How do they bring them to life?

What are the obstacles along the way?

These are the questions we intend to answer in-depth in this episode, stay tuned!

At 24 years old only, Huy is the co-founder and manager of Midori Farm Hills: an organic coffee farmstay in Dalat. Through his joyful and peaceful energy you will learn:

Léonie started Bees4Life a few years ago when she arrived in Dalat, Vietnam to help preserving bees and insects that are essential to the natural cycle of life.

From an online education initiative, Bees4Life has multiplied into several projects:

👉 Bee Community Garden & Compost

👉 Offline Bees4Life crafting workshops

👉 Dalat EcoMap listing ecofriendly coffeshops, restaurants, hotels and farms

👉 Dalat organic farmers market

We are discussing about all those initiatives as well as the importance of bees and organic agriculture for human's health and food safety.

Episode recorded, mixed and published by PocketGreen

Music credits: Scootaloo by Jobii

Nia is a member of Refill My Bottle and the founder of Ecocentric Festival:

👉  Refill My Bottle is the solution to find refill stations in South East Asia 💧

With a free app on your phone, you can find stores and restaurants where they will allow you to refill your bottle.

👉 Ecocentric Festival is the event to join in Saigon, Vietnam to meet up with sustainable actors. 🌳

You will enjoy great music and environment at while taking part to trending speeches on fair trade, responsible  travel and many other topics. It is also a good place to discover  sustainable actors like farms, restaurants, bakeries, etc.

We are also discussing sustainable travel in general and how we can reduce our impact as a tourist.

Episode recorded, mixed and published by PocketGreen

Music credits: Scootaloo by Jobii

Alex is the director of Gagaco Vietnam located in Saigon, Vietnam.

In this episode, we talk about what lead him from Germany to Vietnam and how he joined Gagaco, a company helping people setting up organic gardens at home. 

We are also discussing about why organic agriculture is a must for food safety and human's health ; how we can start our own organic gardens at home as well as composting.

To learn about gardening, composting and the importance of food safety you can contact Alex on the Gagaco Facebook page.

Episode recorded, mixed and published by PocketGreen

Music credits: Scootaloo by Jobii