Episode 32 – Bees As Biosensors – Can We Use Bees and Beekeepers To Monitor Biodiversity At Scale? – Max Rünzel, Hivetracks
In this episode, I speak to Max Runzel the cofounder and CEO of the company HiveTracks. HiveTracks creates technology to help beekeepers manage their hives. Started back in 2010 at the intersection of computer science and beekeeping and now supports over 40,000...
Episode 31 – The New Social Network For Changemakers, Why Individual Actions Do Matter, Applying The Sales Funnel Concept To Climate And More! – Carlos Terol, Good Ripple
In this episode, I chat to Carlos Terol. Carlos is a serial ecopreneur and around a year ago launched his latest venture Good Ripple which is a community platform for connecting passionate changemakers who are ready to make a difference in the world and take...
Episode 30 – How To Buy A Nature Reserve, Why We Need To Put A Price On Nature, Not Offshoring Our Biodiversity and More – Chris D’Agorne, Life To Land
In this episode I speak to Chris D’Agorne, the founder of How to Rewild – the UK’s most popular rewilding advice website, and is currently developing Life to Land – a nature recovery advisory service for smaller landowners. Chris is one of the...
Episode 29 – Restoring Nature Whilst Working on Your Mental Health, Becoming a LinkedIn Top Green Voice, The Importance Of Taking Action and More – Oliver Dauert, Wildya #2
In this episode I speak to Oliver Dauert the founder of Wildya, a platform that helps users understand their own complex minds and transform their eco-anxiety into action. They then use 15% of the revenue to protect & restore nature. People just show up and...
Episode 27 – The Open Innovation Green Lab – Designing Beautiful Solutions To Complex Food Problems In The Heart of London- Andrew Gregson, Green Lab
As more people move to live in cities, the disconnect between where food comes from and our plate seems to be growing all the time. But today’s interviewee is hoping to change that by helping design alternative food solutions from the very heart of London. The...
Episode 26 – Carbon Negative Shipping – Buidling a Sailing Vessel in Costa Rica – Danielle Doggett, SailCargo Inc.
With approximately 90% of the world’s freight moved about by large ships, it’s perhaps not surprising the industry has a big impact on the environment. In this episode, I interview someone who is on a mission to change that. Danielle Doggett is one of the...
Episode 25 – The Philosophy of Pseudoscience – Is GMO Opposition Valid Or Just Another ‘Belief’?
There are certain topics amongst environmentalists that seem not up for debate….I’m not talking about climate change, that is of course beyond debate and we can put that discussion to bed, I mean when 99% of scientists say something is true its time to stop debating....
Episode 24 – ‘Biochar’ as a Climate Change Solution – Creating the Google of Carbon – Jamie Bakos, Titan Projects
Biochar is a product created by applying lots of heat to plant matter in the absence of oxygen. This creates a form of pure carbon, not that dissimilar to what you would put on a bbq, but much purer. This substance that is created can then be stored in soils which...
Episode 23 – Conservation Engineering and Open Data – Applying The Mindset Of The Tech Community To Environmental Issues – Shah Selbe, Conservify
Technology has been used in conservation for a long time, from microphones able to pick up echolocation calls from bats to camera traps which can be triggered to capture a photo of an animal whilst the researcher is tucked up in bed. But whilst the price and...
Episode 22 – The Litter Collecting App – How A Hashtag Evolved Into A Platform To Take On Big Brands – Jeff Kirschner, Litterati
We’ve spoken about the issue of plastic waste in a few previous episodes, but the problem of litter extends much beyond that. There are many other materials and items that are used in an increasingly disposable manner and that contribute to this epidemic. The problem...