Sustain Circularity Podcast Luka Paltana

This time I talk with Christophe Lasseur, He works in European Space Agency (ESA) as an Environmental Control and Life Support System  R&D coordinator & Head of the MELiSSA project, which been running for the past 30 years. I am extremely impressed by the work that has been done, I am even happier to share this talk with you.  

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OUTLINE: 

00:00 -  Introduction
00:41 - Childhood
3:16 - Engineering for space systems
6:16 - Why algae in space?
14:44 - How algae are researched in space?
18:10 - Growth in Mars and space
21:10 - Algae as astronauts nutrition
25:21 - Knowledge management
27:11 - COVID-19 and impact on ESA
29:32 - Melissa project
33:10 - Interdisciplinarity of ESA
33:50 - Why do we need to go to space?
35:20 - When we will fly to space commercially?
36:52 - USA vs EU vs rest of the world
40:40 - Elon Musk meme and aliens
42:10 - Government and aliens
43:56 - Space startups
45:09 - Career at ESA 

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The following conversation is with Stefano Pascucci. He is a proffesor in Sustainability and Circular Economy at the University of Exeter Business School and also a Visiting professor at Wageningen University & Research.  His research focuses on agribusiness, sustainability and circular economy. Another bright mind that I had a chance to meet in reality and therefore I am recording this discussion to encourage future minds to learn more and get excited about science.  Enjoy!  

OUTLINE:  

00:00 - Intro

00:39 - Childhood

2:57 - PhD

5:00 - Closed loops 

8:26 - Green wheel

10:11 - Mainstream circularity and defintion 

13:14 - Missinterpretations 

17:59 - Regenerative Agriculture 

24:09 - Advice for farmer 

34:45 - Blue Economy 

36:31 - Students mindset 

39:51 - Advice for future students 

42:53 - Conscious awareness

What's next?

Circular Economy Course: https://ssc.wur.nl/Studiegids/Vak/BMO-26806 

MOOC Circular Economy: https://www.wur.nl/en/show/Circular-Economy-An-Interdisciplinary-Approach.htm

Angelo Vermeulen is an artist, biologist, and space system researcher at Delft University and Technology, the Netherlands. Interdisciplinarity between art, engineering, and science is his strength. Next to that, he works towards biological life support in space. Enjoy the conversation! More about Angelo Vermeulen: http://www.angelovermeulen.net 

OUTLINE:  

00:00 - Podcast mission 

1:00 - Childhood 

6:25 - Art and holistic personality 

16:34 - Biology space and art 

21:39 - Ecology in space 

25:53 - Earth first space later? 

29:07 - Mission to mars and horticulture 

34:10 - Obstacles for food production 

39:30 - Aliens 

43:03 - Influential books

47:11 - Gaming 

48:19 - Advice for future students  

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Hans Langeveld is a highly influential researcher with over 100+ publications in an areas of biobased, bioenergy production, feedstock availability, and sustainability. He is an editor of a book Biobased Economy. He is a former Senior Researcher at Plant Research International at WUR. Currently, here in same Wageningen campus he is a Director of Biomass Research consultancy firm, where they provide highest quality data to organisations such as UN FAO, European Commision, Ministry of Economic affairs, Agriculture and Innovation in the Netherlands and so on.

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Leo Marcelis is sometimes called the Rock n Roll star of horticulture, because of his popularity in various medias, for example the latest YouTube series about Artificial Inteligence. Leo Marcelis is a Head of chair group Horticulture and Product Physiology at Wageningen University & Research. Sometimes WUR is called the Sillicon Valley of Agriculture. In this episode you will hear more about indoor, vertical farming, circular food systems and food production in outter space.

More about prof.dr.ir. Leo Marcelis research and his impact: https://research.wur.nl/en/persons/leo-marcelis

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