Reducing Our Footprint 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!

“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:
2020 has been a turning point in the fight against climate change!

How do we know it?
> BT and Shell, the two biggest oil producers in the world both (quietly) said that we reached peak oil in 2019.

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

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

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?
> It is a huge risk for the Australian economy if the government doesn’t prepare for the transition and pretend everything is going to be fine.

Join this 30-minute conversation with Dr Angus Hervey, a political economist, journalist, and widely sought-after international speaker on the topic of human progress. 

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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.


Geoff will share with us why the renewable energy industry is now competitive with the fossil fuel industry. He will discuss the positives of solar being now the cheapest form of electricity in the world and how emerging technologies and software are empowering individuals and businesses to take control of their energy needs.

During the podcast, we also explore another clean energy source: Green Hydrogen. What is it? For which industries? What role will green hydrogen play for Australia and other countries, like China (which pledged to become carbon neutral by 2060)?

Finally, we will address what it means to develop solar plans in AAA credit-rated economies with strong regulatory regimes and clear paths for development. Australia offers an incredible opportunity for companies like Venn Energy to accelerate the transition to clean renewable energy.

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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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