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Reducing Our Footprint

Reducing Our Footprint

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ROF 2BUSY2ECO? Sustainability Podcast Series: Want to embrace a more sustainable lifestyle but don't know where to start? Let us take you on a journey through zero waste, minimalism, energy-saving, slow fashion and circular economy!

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Recycling Soft Plastics with Christie, Education Officer @ Replas

Reducing Our FootprintDec 21, 2020

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Reduce Food Waste with Annika Stott from OzHarvest

Reduce Food Waste with Annika Stott from OzHarvest

🗑 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. ⁠

Nov 09, 202140:02
Looking at waste as a useful resource with Dr Veena Sahajwalla

Looking at waste as a useful resource with Dr Veena Sahajwalla

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!

Jun 28, 202127:04
ROF Energy Series with Angus, co-founder of Future Crunch
Mar 25, 202129:17
ROF Energy Series with Geoff, co-founder managing partner @ Venn Energy

ROF Energy Series with Geoff, co-founder managing partner @ Venn Energy

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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Mar 18, 202127:56
ROF Energy Series with Tim, Chair @ GreenPower

ROF Energy Series with Tim, Chair @ GreenPower

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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Mar 11, 202129:16
ROF Energy Series with Hugh, head of operations @ Amber Electric

ROF Energy Series with Hugh, head of operations @ Amber Electric

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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Mar 03, 202125:58
Recycling Soft Plastics with Christie, Education Officer @ Replas
Dec 21, 202026:56
Reducing Marine Plastics with Alice Forrest, Marine Biologist
Dec 09, 202026:15
Resuable container schemes with Veronica, Founder @ Retub

Resuable container schemes with Veronica, Founder @ Retub

Veronica Shannon is the founder of the sustainability business Retub,  she’s also a lawyer, a published author and is an officer of a number of businesses. Join our episode and hear Veronica's story of how she has created a reusable container scheme across a wide network of cafe's and restaurants Victoria.

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Dec 02, 202023:48
Supporting local zero waste alternatives with Ellie, Founder @ Go For Zero

Supporting local zero waste alternatives with Ellie, Founder @ Go For Zero

Join us this week with Ellie, Founder of Go For Zero. Go For Zero is a low waste and toxin-free store but also a lot more than that. It is a community of like-minded people that are not willing to compromise their health nor their planet. Go for Zero’s mission is to educate and motivate people to make positive changes. All products are Australian owned & 100%  toxin free. Pack & Send is plastic free and delivery methods are carbon neutral. Go for Zero also donates a part of its sales to a good cause.

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Nov 26, 202030:04
Adopting more sustainable platics habits with Manuel, Founder @ Coaching for Cause

Adopting more sustainable platics habits with Manuel, Founder @ Coaching for Cause

Join us this week with Manuel Bergmann, founder of Coaching for Cause.  We will talk about the plastic waste issue in Bali (where Manuel is based), how this is causing challenges but also offering incredible opportunities for change. In this globally connected world we will explore how a problem in one country is connected today to a problem in another country. 

Manuel is a passionate sustainability activist and video maker who tries to inspire as many people as possible to make a positive change in the world. He has always been driven to help others through coaching while also supporting charity organizations at the same time. With his idea "Coaching for Cause” this is now finally possible!

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Nov 18, 202030:59
Alternative & home compostable packaging solutions with Ellen, Founder @ WeBarNone

Alternative & home compostable packaging solutions with Ellen, Founder @ WeBarNone

Join us this week with Ellen, Founder of WeBarNone. We bar None creates snacks that are: Delicious, Nutritious, Filling, Ethical and fit within a wide range of dietary choices and requirements. Ellen wanted to create a range that ticked all the boxes and would bar none!

We bar None uses home compostable packaging and is the first Victorian business to do so! A pioneer in this space, let’s hear how Ellen came up with the idea and how she is inspiring many other businesses to join her journey and reduce single use plastic packaging.

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Nov 12, 202033:43
Safety & switching to Reusables with Hayley, Managing Director @ Onya

Safety & switching to Reusables with Hayley, Managing Director @ Onya

Join us with Hayle Clarke, Managing Director of Onyalife. In this episode, Hayley will help us clarify some of the confusion around safety and introduce principles of circularity around reusables. We will discuss how reusables also can bring about an increased sense of community thanks to minimising packaging waste as well as choosing to shop more locally.

About Onya

Onya prides itself on creating high quality, useful, reusable products for your everyday life that can easily be kept ‘On You’. From reusable shopping bags, produce bags, backpacks & coffee cups, to one of the highest quality stainless steel drink bottle ranges on the Australian market. All products are responsibly made and not only 100% recyclable, but they are also made out of recycled material such as rPET, a fabric produced from recycled plastic water bottles.

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Nov 04, 202032:12
Circular & plastic-free personal & home care solutions with Mike, Founder @ ZeroCo

Circular & plastic-free personal & home care solutions with Mike, Founder @ ZeroCo

Join us this week with Mike Smith, founder of Zero Co - a range of personal care and home cleaning products that get delivered direct to your home, minus all the single-use plastic. It works via a closed loop system just like the milkman...re-imagined. You order. They deliver. You return. They refill. They asked Australians to help get the idea off the ground late last year and it turned out to be the most funded Aussie Kickstarter of 2019. Their goal is to stop 1 million single-use plastic bottles from ending up in landfill over the next 12 months. 

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Oct 28, 202026:05
2BUSY2ECO Slow & Ethical Fashion: Episode 5 with Henrietta, Sustainable Fashion Model

2BUSY2ECO Slow & Ethical Fashion: Episode 5 with Henrietta, Sustainable Fashion Model

Join us this week with Henrietta. Henrietta is a sustainable fashion model, passionate about the environment and eco-friendly living, as well as thoughtful fashion and plant-based health. In this episode, Henrietta shares with us how we can all develop our own unique sustainable capsule wardrobe to communicate our specific style.

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Oct 21, 202022:03
2BUSY2ECO Slow & Ethical Fashion: Episode 4 with Jen, Founder @ ABeautCommute

2BUSY2ECO Slow & Ethical Fashion: Episode 4 with Jen, Founder @ ABeautCommute

Join us this week with Jen, founder of fashion brand ABeautCommute. A Melbourne brand offering stylish, functional clothing to women who commute via bicycle! With Jen, we talk about the challenges that professionals face when they want to create a sustainable brand… and how each brand comes to define what sustainable means to them! Alongside running a her business, Jen is a sewing teacher at Thread Den and the Online Teacher for The Social Studio. She animates workshops, provides online classes or private lessons and private parties!

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Oct 14, 202034:38
2BUYS2ECO Slow & Ethical Fashion: Episode 3 with Karen, Founder @ Reluv

2BUYS2ECO Slow & Ethical Fashion: Episode 3 with Karen, Founder @ Reluv

Join our slow & ethical fashion podcast. In this 3rd episode we have the pleasure of hosting Karen Freidin, the founder from Reluv. Reluv is one of Australia’s largest online retailers of second-hand clothing & accessories. They also support the garment workers who are making your clothes in earning a fair wage.

Want to learn how to create a capsule wardrobe, true to your values and respectful of the environment & the garment workers?

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Oct 07, 202037:51
2BUSY2ECO - Slow & Ethical Fashion: Episode 2 with Chloe, Founder @ BeKindCoco

2BUSY2ECO - Slow & Ethical Fashion: Episode 2 with Chloe, Founder @ BeKindCoco

Join our slow & ethical fashion podcast. In this 2nd episode we  have the pleasure of hosting Chloe from Be Kind Coco.  Chloe is a guide to all things cruelty-free, zero waste,  ethical, fair-trade and beyond. In the episode Chloe explains to us that it's not important to be perfect, but we cal all try to make a difference, start today with whatever we have, and  grow as we go!

Do you want to create a capsule wardrobe in simple & practical steps that is true to your values?

We got you sorted!

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Sep 30, 202024:18
2BUSY2ECO - Slow & Ethical Fashion: Episode 1 with Marcus, Creative Director @ Homie

2BUSY2ECO - Slow & Ethical Fashion: Episode 1 with Marcus, Creative Director @ Homie

Join our slow & ethical fashion podcast. In this 1st episode we have the pleasure of hosting Marcus Crook from Homie. Marcus is a photographer and videographer, and the Co-Founder and Creative Director of HoMie. Marcus was featured in Vogues 60 names that will define the next 60 years in Australia and Generation Next - Australian creatives, disrupters, visionaries and innovators leading the way and affecting change in fashion, beauty and culture.

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Do you want to create a capsule wardrobe in simple & practical steps that is true to your values?

We got you sorted!

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Sep 22, 202029:03