Sustainable News | with Revani Manicum | Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency - audio version of full interview Revealing headlines of the most important sustainable news. Topics we look at: Sustainability | Services | Responsible Travel. We highlight organisations and people that are doing the right thing.

ATC 058 Sustainable News | with Dave Budge | co-founder and CEO | Jaunt 
Up-cycling/converting Land Rovers into EVs - electric vehicles 01:00 Intro - background 
01:44 Land Rovers, why and why converting to EVs?
 09:18 Keep and reuse as much as we can, recycling of unused parts 
13:26 Target market 
19:05 In terms of cost
 24:26 Bendigo Tech School - STEM education 
27:34 Royal Family and Laros 
 29:40 EVs, are they really good for the environment? What about batteries, etc. 
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https://www.jauntmotors.com We talk about Sustainability, Wellness & Responsible Travel, volunteering, digital nomads, funny, inspiring and extraordinary tales. Touching on organisations and people that are doing the right thing. We reveal this week’s most important news, with a good dose of scepticism and humour, so you can make up your own mind and travel with a clear mind! Thank you for listening. 
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ATC 057 Sustainable News | with Wiebe Wakker | Speaker | Sustainable Adventurer Travelling to the UAE overland from the Netherlands 10-day journey crossing 9 countries with 7 trains, 4 busses and 1 ferry 01:12 Intro - background 04:26 To the UAE by train 06:04 Asked by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to give presentation at Dubai expo, 09-41 Preparation 12:03 Difference for the environment 13:37 Wiebe making a point about why 17:30 What if there is a delay 19:13 Sleeping-accommodation 20:46 Website: https://plugmeinproject.com We talk about Sustainability, Wellness & Responsible Travel, volunteering, digital nomads, funny, inspiring and extraordinary tales. Touching on organisations and people that are doing the right thing. We reveal this week’s most important news, with a good dose of scepticism and humour, so you can make up your own mind and travel with a clear mind! Thank you for listening. 
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Podcast 056 Sustainable News - with Thames21 CEO - Debbie Leach | Fleur Anderson - MP (Labour Putney) | John Dillon-Leetch - The Port of London Authority’s hydrographer High-resolution sonar and laser scans of the riverbed of the Thames in west London have been collected along the River Thames in Hammersmith. Data shows a mound created by wet wipes, which has grown to the size of two tennis courts and over a metre tall in the past six years. We use 11 billion wet wipes every year in the UK and 90% of them contain plastic. 01:20 John Dillon-Leetch - The Port of London Authority’s hydrographer 07:58 Fleur Anderson - MP (Labour Putney) 12:01 Debbie Leach - CEO Thames21 http://www.pla.co.uk https://www.fleuranderson.co.uk https://www.thames21.org.uk/2021/11/laser-scans-show-devastating-impact-of-wet-wipes-on-the-thames/ We talk about Sustainability, Wellness & Responsible Travel, volunteering, digital nomads, funny, inspiring and extraordinary tales. Touching on organisations and people that are doing the right thing. We reveal this week’s most important news, with a good dose of scepticism and humour, so you can make up your own mind and travel with a clear mind! Thank you for listening. Send us your feedback and story suggestions via twitter https://twitter.com/aTravelCompanio https://sustainable.news

Podcast 055 with special guest - Erwin Boermans | ComfortId | Is flying safe - HEPA filters 01:34 start interview Erwin Boermans - lockdown - Covid-19 02:40 Heating, ventilation, airconditioning in Erwins genes 05:56 In aircraft - myth of HEPA filters being safe 06:41 The American Hospital in Dubai 10:14 two major Sydney hospitals as SIX HUNDRED staff are plunged into isolation after being exposed to a Covid-infected student medic 11.22 If hospitals are not that safe, how safe are planes - aircraft and how safe is flying. 15:28 Recirculating air and other issues. We talk about Sustainability & Responsible Travel. Touching on organisations and people that are doing the right thing. Thank you for listening. Send us your feedback and story suggestions via twitter https://twitter.com/aTravelCompanio Visit our website https://sustainable.news

Podcast 054 with special guest - Dr Simon Lockrey - RMIT - Fight Food Waste CRC project leader 02:24 intro, the smart company article, in line with what the Fight Food Waste CRC does https://www.smartcompany.com.au/sustainability/australia-food-waste-targets-2030-sustainability/ 04:48 Largest funding world wide 09:15 Packaging to protect the products - so in order to dial back packaging, we need to transform our systems of supply. 15:34 at the moment - food packaging is better for the environment - ultimate goal no packaging 21:04 difference by 2030 from his side. 24:43 We need a national campaign, just like the one around skin cancer in the 1980s https://fightfoodwastecrc.com.au https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/l/lockrey-dr-simon We talk about Sustainability & Responsible Travel. Touching on organisations and people that are doing the right thing. Thank you for listening. Send us your feedback and story suggestions via twitter https://twitter.com/aTravelCompanio Visit our website https://sustainable.news