Podcast 046 with special guest - Dr. Shermin de Silva - TRUNKS & LEAVES  - “This Campaign is Telling People how to Behave around Elephants”

01:18 Introduction - Dr. Shermin de Silva - CEO/Founder TRUNKS & LEAVES - A Peaceful Coexistence of People and Elephants 
02:55 Background - a non-profit, based in the USA
06:23 Article “This Campaign is Telling People how to Behave around Elephants”

https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/travelnews/story/71168/dos-and-dont-dos-to-keep-in-mind-for-an-ethical-elephant-experience 

The focus of the organisation: conservation of wild Asian elephants and their habitats - a research driven organisation
16:43 the Dahaiyagala corridor, north of Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka. Land-grabbing, politicians and why the corridor is so important for the elephants

https://maximus.trunksnleaves.org/2021/02/05/deja-vu-at-dahaiyagala/ 

http://www.dailymirror.lk/news-features/When-poor-elephants-cant-fathom-political-thinking/131-205161?fbclid=IwAR3qRq-eXvRS-ftyLHZaKkCbJbH1yJWYcPcxuly61ark8qCrw4LI81cCIPE 

How does research help?
23:09 Impacts of deforestation on elephants and research/homework as a tourist
25:21 Politicians, government and local communities
29:30 The best advocate for wildlife is a reformed poacher
31:07 Removing habitats impact on elephant population in the long term. Data and research
33:48 Where can people find and support TRUNKS & LEAVES and Endnote

https://www.trunksnleaves.org  
https://www.facebook.com/Trunksnleaves/ 
Instagram / Twitter: @trunksnleaves
https://twitter.com/trunksnleaves 
https://www.instagram.com/trunksnleaves/ 

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 
Visit our website https://podcasts.earth

ATC 046 - Dr. Shermin De Silva - TRUNKS & LEAVES  - Advocating For An Ethical Elephant Experience

Podcast 051 with special guest - Thomas Power | Pura Aventura  | Travel Positive | a Certified B Corporation | Carbon Labels | Treeplanting Nicaragua

01:08 Intro to Thomas Power and hitchhiking in Argentina
06:09  a Certified B Corporation 
11:20 Carbon compensate 160% - Nicaragua - 1% for the planet commitment
18:46 Carbon labels - sustainability labels & the good ones. 
37:55 Absorbing the cost.

https://pura-aventura.com 
Are carbon labels the next big thing in sustainable travel?
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/sustainable-living/carbon-labels-travel-holidays-sustainable-b1881402.html 

We talk about Sustainability & Responsible Travel. 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 
Visit our website https://sustainable.news

ATC 051 Thomas Power | Pura Aventura | A Certified B Corporation | Carbon Labels | Sustainable News

Podcast 052 with special guest - Minister Lee White CBE | Gabon  | Minister of Water, Forests, the Sea, and Environment, charged with Climate Change , SDGs and Land-use Planning

00:59 Intro to Minister White and background story: setting up parks with the president Omar Bongo Ondimba - turning point towards sustainable forestry 
06:09 Payment by Norway - the way it all works and how Gabon is doing it 
22:08 Can the system be replicated elsewhere on the continent? The mechanism to save the Congo basin
29:40 The protection by law won’t help, because it is dying from climate change. 
38:28 When does climate change start? When do the polluters become liable?

Article: Gabon is first African country paid to protect its rainforest
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-57567829 

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

ATC 052 - Minister Lee White CBE | Gabon | First African Country Paid To Protect Its Rainforest

Podcast 053 with special guest - Anouj Mehta, Unit Head, Green and Innovative Finance and the ACGF, Southeast Asia Department, Asian Development Bank - The SDG Accelerator Bond or SAB 

01:46 South-East Asia Markets 
03:38 Sustainable bond issued in Thailand last year and why is the success so important
05:52 The SDG Accelerator Bond or SAB
15:05 return on investment

How SDG bonds can accelerate a green recovery
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/07/sdg-bonds-accelerate-green-recovery

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

ATC 053 Anouj Metha - ADB - ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility (ACGF) - SDG Accelerator Bond

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

ATC 054 Dr Simon Lockrey -  RMIT University | Fight Food Waste CRC

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

ATC 055 Sustainable News - Erwin Boermans | ComfortId | Is Flying Safe - HEPA Filters

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

ATC 056 Sustainable News - Thames21 | Debbie Leach | Fleur Anderson | John Dillon - Leetch

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.  Send us your feedback and story suggestions via twitter https://twitter.com/aTravelCompanio 
Article links on https://sustainable.news

ATC 057 Sustainable News - Wiebe Wakker - Sustainable Adventurer

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.  
Website:  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.  Send us your feedback and story suggestions via twitter twitter.com/aTravelCompanio  
Article links on https://sustainable.news

ATC 058 Sustainable News - Dave Budge - Jaunt - LandRovers -> evs

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.

Sustainable News 059 - Revani Manicum - UNHCR The UN Refugee Agency

We talk about responsible & sustainable travel, volunteering, digital nomads, wellness travel, funny, inspiring and extraordinary travel tales. Touching on organisations and people that are doing the right thing, or are trying to do so. 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 @atravelcompanio

Take nothing but pictures, 
Leave nothing but footprints, 
Kill nothing but time!

ATC 046 - Dr. Shermin De Silva - TRUNKS & LEAVES - Advocating For An Ethical Elephant Experience

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