The Stream (with Will & Tom)

For the fourth episode of the season, Tom and Will are joined by Noah Zelkind, VP of Business Intelligence, at 80 Acres Farms.

Noah talks about his background, moving from finance into the farming markets, reflecting on the journey with his father. 

He also discusses his love for data science, spotting patterns, and why this will be fundamental to growing nutritious food locally and consistently.

Noah also shares the reason for the bright purple lighting in the farms, which is reflected across the company’s marketing.

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

For the third episode of the season, Tom and Will are joined by Jairo Trad, Co-Founder & CEO of Kilimo.

In this episode he talks about how he spent months talking to farmers about their challenges, including on water, to really understand the customers’ paint points.

He discusses innovation in business models, and also funding challenges, including climate funds, which he believes should be renamed carbon funds!

Jairo also talks about how Kilimo started working with Microsoft, through a partnership with the Bonneville Environment Foundation (BEF).

It was super interesting to chat with an entrepreneur in the water-agriculture space.

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

In this second episode of the season, we’re joined by Dane Hague, CEO & Co-Founder of MyLand.

Dane openly shares his origin story, moving from a successful corporate legal career into co-founding a soil health company that harnesses microalgae.

He describes how we got to the stage of unfarmable land, with heavy industrial and commercial farming activity stripping out the life from soil.

The co-founder discusses the dire situation of farmland being abandoned at an alarming rate, and the impact of unhealthy soil on water. In his words, Dane says that we can’t solve the water crisis without thinking about soil.

He also talks about engaging in dialogue with farmers and why bombarding them with data isn’t the answer.

Personally, the topic of soil health was new to me and as a result, I found this episode and conversation with Dane so interesting, and perhaps alarming at the same time. 

We’re interested to know what you also think on this topic.

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

In this first episode of the season we’re joined by Michael Alexander, head of environment for Diageo, the British multinational alcoholic beverage company.

You would have heard of some of its world-famous brands including the stout, Guinness, Johnnie Walker whisky, Smirnoff vodka and Captain Morgan rum.

The organisation has developed a 10-year action plan called Society 2030 – Spirit of Progress. This includes the ambition to replenish more water than is uses across operations in 100% of water-stress areas by 2026.

In this episode, Michael kickstarts the season and discusses what regenerative agriculture means to Diageo, provides a reality check on industry “collective action” ambitions and also some thoughts on navigating the myriad of standards when it comes to water stewardship.

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

In the final episode of The Stream season 6, Will and Tom are joined by Jerry Gunderson, a 4th generation rancher and businessman from Colorado.

It was great to bring in the voice of agriculture and cattle into the conversation in this episode. Often, it’s a voice that doesn’t get an invite to these types of discussions. 

Jerry talks openly about life as a rancher, including anticipating water challenges and measures he’s taking to ensure there’s a water reserve available during times of water scarcity. 

 As a 4th generation rancher, Jerry has seen it all, from family feuds to drought and beyond. He takes us through his journey with water. 
We hope you enjoy the episode! 

Special thanks to this season’s sponsor Raymond James: https://www.raymondjames.com/ 

And thanks to our knowledge partners: 
British Water: https://www.britishwater.co.uk/ 
WWF: https://www.wwfca.org/en/our_work/water/ 
Water Alliance: https://wateralliance.nl/en/water-all... 
DCU Water institute: https://dcuwater.ie/ 
SurplusWater25: https://surpluswater2025.com/ 
Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab: https://eesa.lbl.gov/ 
Water Foundry: https://www.waterfoundry.com/ 
Atlantean Media: https://www.atlanteanmedia.com/

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes. 

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week Will and Tom are joined by James Eklund, Water & Natural Resources Practice Lead, Sherman & Howard. Known as the architect of Colorado’s first strategic water plan, he was the Director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board.

James talks about why involving all stakeholders, effectively democratising input on the future of their supply, was a central to the success of the plan.

He discusses his origin story – he’s a fifth generation Coloradan from the Western Slope of Colorado, where his parents operate a ranch homesteaded by his great, great grandparents in 1888.

He’s often consulted on implementing what has been considered the “gold standard” of water plans in the Western US.

Enjoy the episode!

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes. 

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

In this episode, Will and Tom are joined by Newsha Ajami, Chief Development Officer for Research, Earth & Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley Lab.

They talk about the role of water demand reduction to help increase water security across the Colorado River Basin.

Newsha discusses what’s needed to move from a centralised, aka the conventional water systems, to the decentralised model and the role of engaging community ambassadors.

She believes spurring the first movers is really important in the decentralised movement, and talks about policy developments and leading cities such as San Francisco

There is also talk, believe it or not, on pizza! That’s right, we discuss how digital innovation has given people insights on their pizza’s being cooked and delivered. Why is it that people have a more positive relationship with their local pizzeria than their water company?

It was great to have Newsha back on The Stream – we’re a big fan of her vision for the future of water.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes. 

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes. 

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

In this episode, Will and Tom are joined by Dave who gives context on Southern Nevada, providing water in the desert and meeting the needs of a population that booms from tourism and the attraction of Las Vegas.

As one of the Leading Utilities of the World, he discusses why they’re sharing lessons with like-minded water companies around the world on their 20-year demand management journey and also the long term, water resource strategy.

We also talk about grass, or turf, and the limiting of the Colorado river for the irrigation of non-functional turf, naturally refraining from breaking into the Tom Jones’ song, The green green grass of home.

And finally, Dave discusses an innovation on water footprinting with Southern Nevada’s tool being used to evaluate potential water use from incoming businesses.

Plus much much more! We hope you enjoy the episode!

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes. 

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

We've been looking forward to this one...

This week, Will and Tom are joined by one of the founders of the sustainability movement, the great John Elkington.

A founding partner and chief pollinator at Volans, and also the co-founder of ENDS (Environmental Data Services), John talks about the triple bottom line (people, planet and prosperity) vision, and why this ended up being recalled and revised.

Plus, John talks about the joint responsibility of younger and older generations when it comes to sustainability.

And John takes an interest in Will’s model spitfire in his office, telling an awesome story of his father flying planes during the war.

Plus much, much more!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Special thanks to this season’s sponsor Acciona.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes. 

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.