Sustainability Champions

A kilogram of farmed shrimp may emit up to four times as much carbon as a kilogram of beef.   

It’s important when creating a more sustainable food supply that we find ways to disrupt the seafood industry. That way, we can enjoy shrimp dishes while avoiding the negative environmental side effects. Today’s guest is doing precisely that. 

In this Episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I speak with Dr. Sandhya Sriram, CEO of Shiok Meats, and Champion of Cell-Based Shellfish.   

Shiok Meats aims to create an alternative to the shellfish industry, with the world's first “clean shrimp”. Their plan is to manufacture shrimp, lobster, and crab meat from stem cells, thereby avoiding the unethical practices of farming animals, damaging ecosystems, and leaving behind a large carbon footprint. Aiming to launch around 2022, the lab-grown seafood also eliminates potential food-borne diseases, antibiotic resistance, and harmful chemicals in the production process.   

To learn about this promising technology that may hold the answers to some of our most pressing environmental challenges, please check out this episode!  If you like what you hear, we would love for you to subscribe to the podcast and leave a five-star review. 

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Bees are nature’s “free workforce” – they’re the world's most important pollinators, facilitating plants and crops to grow fruits and vegetables and produce seeds that continue their growth. Bees are also very important to us: one of every three bites of food eaten worldwide depends on pollinators for a successful harvest. Unfortunately, bee populations are declining rapidly due to human actions, threatening the world’s ecosystems and our food supply. Today’s guest focuses on  increasing the number of bees around the world.

In this Episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Callum Chambers, a beekeeper at The Travelling Bee Company, and Champion of Sustainable Beekeeping.

By taking care of many beehives, they’re actively helping to increase the otherwise dwindling honeybee population. They relocate beehives to places with varieties of flora, help agriculture by having bees pollinate their farms and even offer bees to backyard-beekeepers, so hobbyists can help prevent bee populations dying out. They offer a wide range of ethical honeys, candles and soaps on their website, and stick to a great ethos in their work: “Happy bees make the best honey”.

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Bees are nature’s “free workforce” – they’re the world's most important pollinators, facilitating plants and crops to grow fruits and vegetables and produce seeds that continue their growth. Bees are also very important to us: one of every three bites of food eaten worldwide depends on pollinators for a successful harvest. Unfortunately, bee populations are declining rapidly due to human actions, threatening the world’s ecosystems and our food supply. Today’s guest focuses on  increasing the number of bees around the world.

In this Episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Callum Chambers, a beekeeper at The Travelling Bee Company, and Champion of Sustainable Beekeeping.

By taking care of many beehives, they’re actively helping to increase the otherwise dwindling honeybee population. They relocate beehives to places with varieties of flora, help agriculture by having bees pollinate their farms and even offer bees to backyard-beekeepers, so hobbyists can help prevent bee populations dying out. They offer a wide range of ethical honeys, candles and soaps on their website, and stick to a great ethos in their work: “Happy bees make the best honey”.

I hope you enjoy it! Please make sure to subscribe to find out about all the new episodes and if you like what you hear, we would love for you to leave a review to support us!

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There is a way we can make safe meat that reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 96% while using 99% less land, 96% less water, and 45% less energy. It won’t use any antibiotics and won’t create future pandemics. This is cultivated meat - meat made from animal cells instead of raising an entire animal.

In this Episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I speak with Brian Spears, CEO and Founder of New Age Meats and Champion of Manufacturing Cultivated Meat. New Age Meats is pioneering research into cultivated and lab-grown meats, starting with pork sausages and in the future moving on to other meat delicacies.

With plans of becoming the world’s largest meat company, Brian spoke about how New Age Meats is refining their process for large-scale manufacturing, how the COVID-19 crisis has uncovered many problems with the meat industry, and of course, how good the cultivated meat tastes.

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There is a way we can make safe meat that reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 96% while using 99% less land, 96% less water, and 45% less energy. It won’t use any antibiotics and won’t create future pandemics. This is cultivated meat - meat made from animal cells instead of raising an entire animal.

In this Episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I speak with Brian Spears, CEO and Founder of New Age Meats and Champion of Manufacturing Cultivated Meat. New Age Meats is pioneering research into cultivated and lab-grown meats, starting with pork sausages and in the future moving on to other meat delicacies.

With plans of becoming the world’s largest meat company, Brian spoke about how New Age Meats is refining their process for large-scale manufacturing, how the COVID-19 crisis has uncovered many problems with the meat industry, and of course, how good the cultivated meat tastes.

I hope you enjoy the episode! Make sure to subscribe to find out about all new episodes and if you like what you hear, please leave a review to support us!

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The jewellery industry is one of the world's most unethical productions. From blood diamonds to dirty gold to sweatshops and child labour, it can be incredibly difficult to know where a piece of jewellery comes from. Times have changed - we can no longer find gold or diamonds at the bottom of riverbeds - and miners need to dig deeper. To do so, many large-scale mining firms use a huge amount of harmful chemicals to mine gold, for instance, without regard for the environment or their workers’ health.

As consumers become more and more conscious of what they buy and how products are produced, there is a rising demand for ethical and climate-friendly jewellery. Today’s guest offers exactly that.

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I speak with David Rhode, CEO and Co-Founder of Ingle & Rhode, and Champion of Ethical Jewellery. His story began in 2006, when David was looking for an engagement ring but couldn’t find a jeweller who could tell him where their diamonds had come from or the conditions under which their jewellery was produced.

Ingle & Rhode take extra care in finding out where their products are sourced so they can be confident that suitable working conditions are in place and the environmental impact of mining is taken into account. As a result, they have a unique offering of ethical and environmentally-friendly jewellery: recycled gold and platinum, gold from Fairtrade mines in South America, diamonds from sustainable companies in Canada, and even lab-grown “cultured diamonds”.

To find out more about the history of precious metals, from gold and platinum to rubies, sapphires, diamonds and emeralds, and how Ingle and Rhode produce their ethical engagement and wedding rings, check out the episode!

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The jewellery industry is one of the world's most unethical productions. From blood diamonds to dirty gold to sweatshops and child labour, it can be incredibly difficult to know where a piece of jewellery comes from. Times have changed - we can no longer find gold or diamonds at the bottom of riverbeds - and miners need to dig deeper. To do so, many large-scale mining firms use a huge amount of harmful chemicals to mine gold, for instance, without regard for the environment or their workers’ health.

As consumers become more and more conscious of what they buy and how products are produced, there is a rising demand for ethical and climate-friendly jewellery. Today’s guest offers exactly that.

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I speak with David Rhode, CEO and Co-Founder of Ingle & Rhode, and Champion of Ethical Jewellery. His story began in 2006, when David was looking for an engagement ring but couldn’t find a jeweller who could tell him where their diamonds had come from or the conditions under which their jewellery was produced.

Ingle & Rhode take extra care in finding out where their products are sourced so they can be confident that suitable working conditions are in place and the environmental impact of mining is taken into account. As a result, they have a unique offering of ethical and environmentally-friendly jewellery: recycled gold and platinum, gold from Fairtrade mines in South America, diamonds from sustainable companies in Canada, and even lab-grown “cultured diamonds”.

To find out more about the history of precious metals, from gold and platinum to rubies, sapphires, diamonds and emeralds, and how Ingle and Rhode produce their ethical engagement and wedding rings, check out the episode!

If you like what you hear, please subscribe to find out about new episodes and leave a review to support us!

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Global demand for seafood is at an all-time high and will most likely continue to rise, as the human population grows. The Coronavirus crisis has uncovered cracks in the American meat supply chain; similarly, our global supply for seafood cannot keep pace with our demand. Populations of marine species have halved since 1970 due to overfishing, illegal fishing, rising ocean temperatures, acidification, the damaging effects of trawling, and a number of other environmental, social, and political challenges. When finding solutions for global problems, we need revolutionary innovations, and today’s guest is taking the steps toward a new and different future.   

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Lou Cooperhouse, Co-Founder, CEO and President of BlueNalu, and Champion of Cell-Based Seafood.  BlueNalu is leading the research of creating cell-based seafood and will produce real fish directly from fish cells that is safe and healthy for people to eat, humane for animals, and sustainable for our planet. The first product they’ve made is yellowtail and Lou says it tastes great!   

BlueNalu will be a third option available to consumers to supplement the current industry practices of either farming or catching fish. Awaiting checks from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), they plan to be launch-ready at the end of 2021, and are aiming to produce industrial volumes of fish between 2025-2030.   

Considering that the US imports the majority of its fish from around the world and marine biodiversity is harshly affected by overfishing, cell-based seafood is looking like an incredible solution for the future of our food supply!   

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Reversing climate change and achieving sustainability means analysing every step of our day-to-day lives and finding out how we can reduce our carbon footprint. One of the hidden and elusive contributors to carbon emissions are taxi companies. The transport industry has always been in the spotlight of climate discussions, but the taxi sector is easily overlooked.

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I speak with Jonny Goldstone, Founder and Managing Director of “Green Tomato Cars” and Champion of Green Mobility. Green Tomato Cars is a climate friendly, green and ethical taxi service, operating over 600 of its own electric, hybrid and hydrogen-fuelled vehicles in London. Apart from taking their own steps towards making carbon-neutral transport the norm, this Uber-like car service double offsets their emissions, making the company carbon-negative! It shows their dedication to making a real difference.

To learn more on the commitment Green Tomato Cars has made to fixing climate issues, while leading a financially sustainable business, listen to this episode!

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