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47: Our Soil Situation with Ryland Engelhart, producer of Netflix’s Kiss the Ground

Saison 1 · Épisode 47

mercredi 10 novembre 2021 • Durée 01:08:03

When we begin our move into a more sustainable life, we can be so quickly reeled into the idea that consuming animal products and byproducts are bad; that we should be into much more plant-based food, but what if that isn’t the big picture?

In this episode, I have Ryland Engelhart, producer of Netflix’s Kiss the Ground, which is a documentary that focuses on our soil health situation. He shares with us what we need to do to keep our soils diverse, and how we can contribute as soil advocates.

Being earth-conscious is more than just consuming plant-based choices, it’s contributing and supporting industries and farmers that work in the most sustainable and natural ways to keep our soil healthy and rich.

In This Episode, We Discuss:

The Process of Photosynthesis
The Soil Sphere and the Carbon Cycle
Why our Soil is Sick
Soil versus Dirt
Veganism, and true sustainability
Become a Soil Advocate

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38: From Fishing Nets to Sustainable Skateboards with David Stover

Saison 1 · Épisode 38

mercredi 16 décembre 2020 • Durée 01:13:13

Solving the ocean plastic pollution won’t be easy but we have no choice since the ocean is littered with million metric tons of plastics every single year.

This problem is a great threat to all the marine species and their habitats.

Everyone can do something to reduce the amount of plastic that enters the ocean and our guest for today is contributing in reducing the plastic waste that’s being thrown at the sea.

Join me in this episode as I interview Bureo’s co-founder and CEO, David Stover! Bureo, Inc., is a certified B-Corp with a mission to end fishing net pollution to help protect our ocean!

Find out how discarded fishing nets are turned into the most sustainable skateboards and sunglasses!

In this Episode, We Discuss:

How Bureo started
Intentional recycling
Stats on why fishing nets are considered the most harmful ocean plastics
The importance of having a disposal system in every fishing ports
Ocean cleanups and tackling the source of plastic pollution
Plastic recycling and greenwashing
David and Bureo’s recycling process
What is ocean plastics?
Activism and why it’s needed to break into people’s and companies mindset
Why being a surfer matters to David and what it entails for his business

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37: The Impacts of Chemicals on Hormones in Our Bodies with Dr. Leo Trasande MD, MPP

Saison 1 · Épisode 37

mercredi 2 décembre 2020 • Durée 01:20:01

Plastics not only destroy our planet but also degrades our health. Harmful chemicals like endocrine disrupting-chemicals can be easily found in today’s products.

To have a better understanding of these hazardous chemicals, Dr. Leo Trasande returns to talk about the impacts of chemicals on hormones in our bodies!

Dr. Leo Trasande is a physician at NYU and the author of Sicker, Fatter, Poorer and an internationally renowned leader in environmental health. He is best known for a series of studies published in Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology and the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Join me in this episode as we talk about how you can avoid these harmful chemicals, the regulations on these materials, it’s impact on children and adults, and what you can do to spread more awareness about this issue!

In this Episode, We Discuss:

The regulations related to toxic chemicals
Why plastic is dangerous to our health
The chemical structure of plastics that makes it harmful
Dr. Leo explains the endocrine system and why you should be concerned about disrupting chemicals
Natural vs. Synthetic
The types of plastics
Safe and simple steps you can take to avoid plastics and harmful chemicals
The top 10 diseases linked to plastic exposure
The problem with lack of transparency and regulation
If plastic clothing is a concern or not
How to be the change you seek

Get to know Dr. Leo:

Dr. Leo Trasande is an internationally renowned leader in environmental health. His research focuses on the impacts of chemicals on hormones in our bodies. He also led the way in documenting the economic costs for policymakers of failing to prevent diseases of environmental origin proactively.

To know more about Dr. Leo and his works, you can go to his website here

Dr. Leo Trasande

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36: Resolving the Plastic Crisis: A discussion about the Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill 2020 with the Surfing Senator, Peter Whish Wilson

Saison 1 · Épisode 36

mercredi 4 novembre 2020 • Durée 54:14

Plastic pollution is emerging as a top threat to ocean ecosystems and no one knows how much un-recycled plastic waste ends up in the ocean that is killing millions of marine life every year.

To make sure Australia takes responsibility for its waste, the Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill was put into place! It's designed to ban the export of waste glass, plastics, tires, and paper. And this is a great opportunity for us to transform our waste and recycling ways into a resource!

To better understand what this bill is all about and how it'll benefit the Australian economy and help our planet, I'm bringing in the stealthiest MermanSenator, Mr. Peter Whish Wilson who stands to fight for our planet and our future!

Join me in this episode as we discuss The Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill 2020! We’re going to talk about the recycling crisis, as well as the plastics that are polluting our oceans.

In this Episode, We Discuss:

The Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill 2020
The government’s and producers responsibility, our responsibility as consumers
Commercial composting facilities
How we can support the amendments
The danger of burning waste
The circular economy and the ripple effect
A low way to dispose of waste
Support for different renewable energy sources
Regrowing ecosystems
Peter talks about being a surfer and his connection with nature
Ways you can contribute to help our planet

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35: A Surfer Who’s Been Protesting this Shit for 30 Years with Hugo Tagholm

Saison 1 · Épisode 35

mercredi 25 mars 2020 • Durée 16:45

Our guest for today is a surfer who’s been fighting against plastic pollution for 30 years! Hugo Tagholm is the Chief Executive of SAS (Surfers Against Sewage), a community dedicated to protecting our oceans, waves, beaches, and wildlife. They bring people together and empower communities to create positive change for the ocean and our environment.

In this episode, Hugo will share with us his years of experience and expertise working with grassroots activists, the government and the youth! He talks about the seaweed problem and what can we do about it. Find out how he is making an impact on creating change and how you can take part in it!

In this Episode, We Discuss:

How SAS started
The seaweed problem and what can we do about it
Fighting plastic pollution

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34: The Great Pacific Patch with Captain Charles J. Moore

Saison 1 · Épisode 34

mercredi 18 mars 2020 • Durée 35:47

Imagine you’re on a cruise ship enjoying the beautiful view of the majestic blue ocean until you see floating garbage of plastics and waste. Sucks right? Not only did it ruin your experience but also the ocean and the aquatic life in it.

Sadly, there’s actually a huge plastic garbage out there in the ocean floating called the Great Pacific Patch. And this is continuously damaging ocean life since its discovery.

Join me in this episode as we sail across the sea with Captain Charles Moore, as we talk about how he discovered the great pacific garbage patch and what is being done about it. He is the founder of the Algalita Marine Research Foundations. He captains the foundation’s research vessel, the Alguita, documenting the great expanse of the plastic waste that currently litters our beautiful sea.

In this Episode, We Discuss:

How Captain Moorer discovered the Great Pacific Patch
Oxidation and the different kinds of degradation
Why nature is not the key to human freedom
The importance of cooperation

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Captain Charles Moore

Know more about the #fightforthebight campaign

After several years of independent campaign work in Adelaide and with the communities surrounding the Great Australian Bight, a collection of local groups and environmental advocacy organisations came together to create the Great Australian Bight Alliance in January 2016.

The founding members of the Alliance included: Mirning Traditional Owners, Clean Bight Alliance Australia (West Coast SA), Oil Free Seas - Australia, Sea Shepherd Australia, Sea Shepherd Adelaide Chapter, Surfrider Foundation Australia, and The Wilderness Society South Australia. Since then, the Alliance has continued to grow.

Our vision for the Great Australian Bight is for a protected marine environment, where marine life is safe and healthy. Our unspoiled waters must be valued and celebrated. We cannot accept the risk of a catastrophic oil spill in our waters and along our coastline. Oil spills are irreversible.

Together, we can save the Bight from these risks.

You can learn more about their cause and how to become an ambassador here!

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32: The #fightforthebight campaign with Sean Doherty

Saison 1 · Épisode 32

vendredi 20 décembre 2019 • Durée 01:02:13

In today’s episode, Sean Doherty joins us to further talk about The Fight for the Bight campaign. He is a Surf Journalist and has written for the Sydney Morning Herald, and for the Surfer and Surfing magazines in the United States.

He talks about the #fightforthebight campaign and explains the climate change performance index. He also shares his opinion on the issues that currently surround Australiaparticularly around the topic of oil, coal, and gas.

We also touch the importance of activism, raising awareness and educating others to make a difference and make change happen.

In this Episode, We Discuss:

The climate change performance index
The importance of raising awareness and educating others to create change
What the #fightforthebight campaign is all about
How we can transition away from our dependency with coal, oil, and gas
How activism can make a difference
What’s next move for the #fightforthebight campaign

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Know more about the #fightforthebight campaign

After several years of independent campaign work in Adelaide and with the communities surrounding the Great Australian Bight, a collection of local groups and environmental advocacy organisations came together to create the Great Australian Bight Alliance in January 2016.

The founding members of the Alliance included: Mirning Traditional Owners, Clean Bight Alliance Australia (West Coast SA), Oil Free Seas - Australia, Sea Shepherd Australia, Sea Shepherd Adelaide Chapter, Surfrider Foundation Australia, and The Wilderness Society South Australia. Since then, the Alliance has continued to grow.

Our vision for the Great Australian Bight is for a protected marine environment, where marine life is safe and healthy. Our unspoiled waters must be valued and celebrated. We cannot accept the risk of a catastrophic oil spill in our waters and along our coastline. Oil spills are irreversible.

Together, we can save the Bight from these risks.

You can learn more about their cause and how to become an ambassador here!

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31: Restoring the Reefs with Azri Separwan

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mercredi 18 décembre 2019 • Durée 21:31

Today’s coral reefs our on a major threat due to the ongoing impact of climate change. To prevent coral reefs from further dying, many organisations are on a mission to recover degraded coral reefs through the process of reef restoration.

In this episode, we are joined by Azri Separwan, a Marine Biologist and Conservation Professor her at Fisher Island for the Restoration project. He’s going to share with us the Reef Restoration project and how this project is helping conserve our underwater ecosystem.

Azri debunks the myth that surrounds coral reef bleaching and educates us on how a coral can reproduce as well as the symbiotic relationship between the algae and coral reefs.

Listen and learn how you can take part in this cause of conserving our beautiful corals!

In this Episode, We Discuss:

The Reef Restoration project
Debunking the myths about coral bleaching
The Coral Nursery
How corals reproduce
The symbiotic relationship between algae and coral reefs

Know more Reef Restoration Foundation:

Reef Restoration Foundation is a not-for-profit social enterprise that is establishing a series of ocean-based coral nurseries using a proven method, which is a part of the solution for a healthy Great Barrier Reef.

You can read their Reef Restoration Foundation’s full story here!

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30: How to Prevent Plastic Pollution? Keep Oil in the Ground. Fight for the Bight Anti Oil Activist and Surfer Heath Joske

Saison 1 · Épisode 30

lundi 16 décembre 2019 • Durée 43:20

One of the most unspoiled marine environments in the world is the great Australian Bight. And we all know that an oil spill would ruin the pristine coastline and threaten coastal homes and livelihood.

Unfortunately, the Australian government is trying its best to sell the rights to drill more oil to just any foreign bidder. BP and Chevron has already pulled out, but Norwegian company Equinor remains.

In this episode, Patagonia Surf Ambassador & BIG OIL Activist, Heath Joske, joins us to talk about these issues and what we can do to support and get involved with the campaign for protecting the Australian bight.

Since he learned of Equinor’s plan to turn the bight into a dangerous, deepwater oil field, he has been campaigning against it and spreading awareness and educating others to fight together with him.

In this Episode, We Discuss:

Fighting for the Great Australian bight
Equinor’s plan of drilling more oil from the sea
What we can do to prevent the Norwegian oil company’s plan
How to get involved and what you can contribute to the #fightforthebight campaign

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Know more about the #fightforthebight campaign

After several years of independent campaign work in Adelaide and with the communities surrounding the Great Australian Bight, a collection of local groups and environmental advocacy organisations came together to create the Great Australian Bight Alliance in January 2016.

The founding members of the Alliance included: Mirning Traditional Owners, Clean Bight Alliance Australia (West Coast SA), Oil Free Seas - Australia, Sea Shepherd Australia, Sea Shepherd Adelaide Chapter, Surfrider Foundation Australia, and The Wilderness Society South Australia. Since then, the Alliance has continued to grow.

Our vision for the Great Australian Bight is for a protected marine environment, where marine life is safe and healthy. Our unspoiled waters must be valued and celebrated. We cannot accept the risk of a catastrophic oil spill in our waters and along our coastline. Oil spills are irreversible.

Together, we can save the Bight from these risks.

You can learn more about their cause and how to become an ambassador here!

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