Reducing Our Footprint

🗑 Globally we throw away 1/3 of all food we produce.⁠

⁠🚛  6 garbage trucks of edible food are wasted every second.⁠

⁠🏋️‍♀️ 7.3 million tons/year of food is wasted in Australia.⁠

⁠💰 That is worth $AUD 20 billion ($USD 940 billion).⁠

⁠💁‍♀️ Annika Stott from OzHarvest is changing this. With expertise in food waste education and behavioural change, Annika is passionate about tackling the food waste issue from an environmental and social perspective. ⁠

⁠💬 “The trend that I have seen is that COVID has changed our relationship with food and particularly for the better. More Australians are purchasing more consciously and purposefully, and they are making what they’ve got go further.” ⁠

⁠🌏 OzHarvest rescues good food that would otherwise go to waste and redistributes it to people in need. In Australia, there are 5 million people who rely on food relief every single year. And since COVID, there has been a 47% increase in demand for food relief services. ⁠

Material scientist, engineer and inventor, enter please, Dr Veena Sahajwalla, founding director of the Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology at UNSW

🔉“We can actually look at waste as a useful resource.” 🔉

Veena is renowned for pioneering the high-temperature transformation of waste into the production of green materials. She truly understands the value of innovation as a catalyst for the materials revolution and highlights our role as users within scientific leadership.

Veena founded the Green Ceramics MICROfactorieTM, which produces a new generation of high performance, non-toxic, engineered bio-composites for use in various architectural and decorative applications. Through understanding recycling at the micro-level and “thinking a little bit differently,” Veena is forging the way for a holistic solution to material waste.

If Veena’s story interests you follow: #veenasahajwalla to keep up-to-date with her new and exciting activities in this space!

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“Use your voice and use your right to vote for political leaders that believe that decarbonization is essential and that a decarbonised society is more productive, safer and better for all of its individuals."

We started this enlightening podcast with Dr Angus Hervey by sharing this good news:

How do we know it?

Does this mean that 2020 represents the end of the fossil fuel area?

Can we expect carbon emissions to decline globally from now onwards?

If it is a matter of time for clean energy to replace fossil fuel, what does that mean for Australia, the 2nd largest exporter of coils on the planet?

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In today's episode, we are joined by our friend Geoff Stoker-Lavelle, co-founder and managing partner of Venn Energy.

Venn Energy focuses on developing and investing in renewable energy systems in advanced electricity markets around the world.

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Join us this week with Tim Stock, chair of the National GreenPower Steering Group. Greenpower is a government accredited renewable energy product offered by most electricity retailers to households and businesses in Australia. Tim has over 15 years of commercial and government experience in the clean energy industry in Australia & abroad.

In this episode we talk about the global & Australian energy landscape, discuss the latest emerging trends and what we as individuals can do to reduce our footprint and switch to renewable alternatives.

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Join us this week with Hugh McKenzie, Head of Operations at Amber Electric. 

Amber is an innovative business operating within the renewable energy space and offering an entirely new way to buy electricity. Discover Hugh’s exciting story and the changes that are shaping the energy space globally and in Australia.

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Join us this week with Christie, Education Officer for Replas Recycled Plastic Products. With over 15 years working in waste management, mostly in the retail sector, Christie will share her knowledge on recycling & sustainability and explain the endless possibilities of recycling soft plastics.

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Join us this week with Alice Forrest, conservationist & marine biologist based in the hills of Byron Bay. Alice’s passion for the natural world and the creatures who inhabit it has led to a range of incredible adventures, from studying blue whales in the Indian Ocean to documenting the most plastic polluted beach in the world on remote Henderson Island. Her research also documented the first records of plastic inside commonly eaten fish in the South Pacific. This knowledge has then been used to implement plastic education programs in Fiji & Australia. Alongside degrees in Conservation and Marine Biology, Alice is a PADI Divemaster and SSI Freediver and has worked extensively in the marine tourism industry sharing her love of the ocean with others.

She is happiest when interacting with wildlife, and passionate about protecting what she loves. When she's not at home in her off-grid tiny house, she's usually on a boat or under the water, and believes immersing ourselves in nature is the best inspiration & motivation. Currently Alice works as a wildlife guide & lecturer in Antarctica & a whale-watching guide in the coastal waters of her home in northern NSW.

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Veronica Shannon is the founder of the sustainability business Retub,  she’s also a lawyer, a published author and is an officer of a number of businesses. Join our episode and hear Veronica's story of how she has created a reusable container scheme across a wide network of cafe's and restaurants Victoria.

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