Surfing and Saving the World podcast Surf & Help

Location of recording: Munich & Barcelona
Main themes: stand up paddling, clean water, sustainability, solo adventure

Surfing factor: 🏄🏄🏄 (3 of 3)
"Saving the world" factor: 🏄🏄🏄 (3 of 3)

Notes:
Today our guest is is combining our two podcast topics better than ever. Pascal Rösler from Munich is is the founder of the non-profit initiative Pure water for Generations e.V.. Pascal recently did something amazing: he took his stand up paddle board and paddled from Munich to the Back Sea, an over 2400 km and 63 days long trip. He used this trip to bing the water quality of our rivers on our agenda and to raise awareness and funds.

Links:
https://pure-water-for-generations.com
https://www.facebook.com/pwfgmunich/
https://www.spreaker.com/user/9784086/paddling-to-the-black-sea

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Location of recording: Barcelona
Main themes: Sierra Leone Marathon, Street Child, Sierra Leone, charity projects visits, travel, fundraising

Surfing factor: 🏄🏄 (2 of 3)
"Saving the world" factor: 🏄🏄🏄 (3 of 3)

Detailed notes:
Today I am so happy to talk to Jannah Britt-Green, co-founder of the Sierra Leone Marathon and long time volunteer and trustee on the board of Street Child in London. We are looking at the annual Sierra Leone Marathon trip organised by the charity Street Child.

Links:
https://www.sierraleonemarathon.com/
https://www.street-child.co.uk/
https://www.spreaker.com/user/9784086/sierra-leone-marathon-jannah

Show notes here:
http://www.surfandhelp.org/surfing-and-saving-the-world-podcast-show-notes/

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https://www.spreaker.com/user/9784086/effective-altruism-global-conference-london-2017

Location of recording: London

Main themes: effective altruism, EA Global conference in London in November 2017,
Surfing factor:  (0 of  3)
"Saving the world" factor: 🏄🏄🏄 (3 of  3)

Detailed notes:
Today I am happy to talk about one of my favorite discoveries of 2017: Effective Altruism and my trip to the 3-day conference "The Effective Altruism Global in London" in November 2017. First a brief introduction into the topic and then some short interviews with participants of the conference. 

What is effective altruism?
Effective altruism is a philosophy and social movement that has the goal to use scientific data to find the most effective ways to create benefits for others. To use one example: an often recommended charity in the contact of effective altruism is the against malaria foundation which works on the cause to protect people from malaria. For every about 4 USD donated they will by and distribute a mosquito net, and statistically for every 4000 EUR donated, they will prevent one person’s death from malaria.

What is the EA global conference London?
Part of an annual series of effective altruism conferences, in 2017 there was one in San Francisco, Boston and the one I visited in London. With about 500 participants and maybe 50 speakers, presentation and workshops.

Links:
Givingwhatwecan.org

Givewell.org

https://80000hours.org/

Book: Doing go better by  Will MasAskill

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Lugar de grabación: Barcelona (Spain)
Temas principales: Blue ecoforum, asociación Zero Zbel, movimiento Break Free From Plastic
Surfing factor:  (0 of 3)
"Saving the world" factor: 🏄🏄🏄 (3 of 3)

En el Blue ecoforum de Barcelona hubo varias charlas interesantes, entre ellas la de Mamoun Ghallab. Mamoun decidió adoptar un estilo de vida sin desechos, y a partir de sus experiencias nació Zero Zbel, una asociación que se enfoca en sensibilizar la gente para cambiar su comportamiento, y para intentar cambiar el marco legislativo. Esta asociación colabora con el movimiento “Break Free From Plastic”.

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https://www.spreaker.com/user/9784086/surfing-and-saving-the-world-mamoun

Links:
www.global-ecoforum.org/blue-eco-forum - Blue Eco Forum
www.zerozbel.ma - Asociación Zero Zbel
www.breakfreefromplastic.org - movimiento #breakfreefromplastic

Location of recording: Barcelona
Main themes: food waste, book launch of "Los tomates de verdad son feos" (why real tomatoes are ugly)
Surfing factor: (0 of 3)
"Saving the world" factor: 🏄🏄🏄 (3 of 3)

Detailed notes:
Today I am meeting Manuel Bruscas. He is someone that knows a lot about the topic of food waste and has written articles, appeared on TV or was speaking at conferences with the goal to solve this issue. Manuel also just wrote a book and launched a crowdfunding campaign to publish it.
Here some of the topics we talk about:
What is your book about?
How did the idea come along and how did it evolve?
If other people have the idea to write a book about a good cause, can you recommend to publish a book about it?
What does the term food waste usually stand for?
How big is the problem? Is it growing or getting better?
What can we as consumers do to improve the problem?

Links:
Support this cause and order your copy here:
https://www.goteo.org/project/los-tomates-de-verdad-son-feos

https://www.facebook.com/Los-tomates-de-verdad-son-feos-406146629738312/

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Location of recording: Barcelona
Main themes: surf trip to west Sumbawa/Indonesia, planning and reasons to go
Surfing factor: 🏄🏄🏄 (3 of 3)
"Saving the world" factor: (0 of 3)

Detailed notes:
I just got back from Sumbawa. Here how to plan a surf trip to this amazing corner, and some reasons why you might to go there:

A) Reasons to go on a surf trip to West Sumbawa.
1 stunning and empty beaches just for you
2 the local people and other travelers
3 the relax- and disconnect factor
Other: cheap, snorkeling, hiking up some mountains or to waterfalls and beaches, local food, seafood, nice climate, undeveloped and nature & monkeys. And, the surfing...

B) The surfing
World class waves like Scar Reef, Super Sucks, Yo-Yos, etc.
Empty waves
3 main zones: bay of Scar Reef, Super Sucks ay and Yo-Yos/Tropicals
Room for exploring
Intermediate waves, eg. Phantoms or downtowns and little biging
All spots are reef, nice mix of lefts and rights
Warm water temperature of about 27-28 degrees C
Beautiful scenery
Surfing hours are limited because of tides
Season: most of the year wind, se, dry April to September with most swell
My favorite: beach of Scar Reef at the village Jelenga, a left called Little Binging, and Phantoms/Downtowns. Very quiet and relaxing, setting, nice people

C) What special stuff to bring?
Limited supply, bring your stuff
Rashguard and 1-2mm vest
Strong sun protection
Malaria protection optional and mosquito protection
Strong and new leash
Google maps offline in your phone
Sim card insertable mobile
Reef cut stuff

D How to get there?
Some flight options to Sumbawa Sumbawa Besar or Lombok Selaparang Int. Airport
Then own transport or taxi
Or/and:
Rent a scooter in Bali or Lombok or car
Route Bali to Padang Bai, 5 hour ferry to Lembar for 70 EUR with car
Or too avoid traffic and hassle, rental car in Lombok for less than 30 eur/day
Then to the east side in Lombok in about 3 hour

E ) Other random info
2 nice places to stay in Jelenga:
Alam Dita or Harrys Homestay
And Santai Beach Bungalows at Yo-Yos
Refill your plastic water bottles
Say "No" to plastic bags

E) "High" and "low" lights
Lowlights:
1 long way to get there
3 poor infrastructure and medical options
3 limited beer (=Bintang) supply

Highlights:
1 Jelenga time: relax
2 great surfing
3 nice local people

Links:
Alam Dita - Scar Reef accommodation: https://alamdita.com/


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