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Ocean Protect Podcast

The health of our oceans is under major threat. Every fortnight, Brad Dalrymple (Environmental Engineer with Ocean Protect) hosts a variety of guests, including scientists, engineers, and activists – to discuss the key issues affecting the health of our oceans – and what can be done about it.This podcast is for anyone interested in learning more about the health of our oceans, the key pressures, and potential solutions. Disclaimer: This podcast is for general discussion purposes, and the views

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50:24

Captain Peter Hammarstedt on the fight against...

Ocean Protect Podcast ·

2023/10/29

Peter Hammarstedt is Global Director of Sea Shepherd campaigns and Chairman of the Australian Board. Peter has captained Sea Shepherd's MY Bob Barker for 11 years and is now Captaining their new vessel, the Allan Kay. In this amazing chat, Peter shares some of his insights from over 20 years of navigating the globe, confronting illegal whaling, sealing and destructive fishing. Useful links:Sea Shepherd's leadership team: https://www.seashepherdglobal.org/global/leadership/Sea Shepherd's Illegal

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48:00

Mark Pages on the aquaculture industry, omega 3's &...

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2023/10/01

Mark Pages is a specialist in the field of micro-algae and other plant based ingredients, and founder of Phytality - a company specialising in the manufacture and supply of unique marine micro-algae and vegan omega-3 product solutions. In this chat, we discuss the sea 'food' and aquaculture industry, the importance and potential sources of Omega 3, and the benefits of the microscopic plant-like organisms called phytoplankton.Useful links:https://phytality.com.au/Mark on

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43:56

Jonas Larsen on putting the biology into bioretention...

Ocean Protect Podcast ·

2023/09/17

Jonas Larsen is an Environmental Scientist and Water Sensitive Urban Design Technical Officer at Logan City Council. In this chat, we talk about Jonas's incredible journey from a vision impaired child to a passion for protecting the environment he came to eventually see - working in a various roles in environmental, soil, and contaminated land and water industries, and applying his learnings to the water sensitive urban design space and bringing the biology into bioretention systems - one of the

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46:59

Dr Paul Harvey & The Plasticology Project

Ocean Protect Podcast ·

2023/09/03

Dr Paul Harvey is an environmental chemist and scientist, science communicator, speaker and author of The Plasticology Project book, which is a broad, comprehensive analysis of global plastic pollution – how it spreads, the damage it causes, and the risk it poses to our health and wellbeing. In this chat, we talk about all those things and more, and what we can (and ultimately must ) do to 'turn the tide' on plastic pollution. https://docpjharvey.com/ Paul on

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42:59

Forever chemicals & their impact on wetland snakes...

Ocean Protect Podcast ·

2023/08/20

Dr Damian Lettoof is a Postdoctoral fellow at CSIRO and loves snakes. Returning for this second Ocean Protect Podcast appearance, we chat about Damian's new research that has found tiger snakes in Perth’s urban wetlands are accumulating high levels of chemical substances from ingesting PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), impacting the venomous reptiles’ overall health. The research, jointly led by Curtin University, Australia’s National Science Agency CSIRO and the Department of Water and

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49:40

Erin Remblance on ‘Degrowth’ and Why You’ll Love It

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2023/08/06

Erin Remblance is a freelance columnist and co-founder of re(Biz) with a passion for (re)generative and post-growth thinking and strategies. After some 12 years in National Account Management in fast-moving consumer goods companies (e.g. Univilever, Nestle, L’Oreal), bringing 3 kids into the world, and then a few years in carbon reduction and energy efficiency initiatives, she pivoted to learn what we REALLY need to do to better protect our planet – and ultimately help us all to live happier,

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51:51

Shannon Mead on butts, vapes & the Intergovernmental...

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2023/07/23

Shannon Mead is the Founder of and Chief Butt Officer of "No More Butts" - returning for his third appearance on the pod. In this chat, Shannon drops truth bombs about dropped cigarette butts, vaping, and how cigarette filters do more harm than good - along with insights from participating at the 'INC2' (Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution) in Paris - where delegates from 180 nations took the first concrete step toward a legally binding treaty to

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45:21

Dr Michelle Blewitt on 5 years of identifying...

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2023/07/09

Dr Michelle Blewitt is the Program Director of the Australian Microplastic Assessment Project (AUSMAP) - a bridge between a massive problem and the solutions, designed to document and analyse microplastic pollution in Australian aquatic environments. Michelle joins us on AUSMAP's 5th birthday for a chat in Bondi to discuss rent AUSMAP research findings, what makes a 'spot' 'hot' and recent research documenting the scourge of synthetic tyre rubber crumb from sports fields and playgrounds.Useful

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47:14

Remote marine debris campaigns with Grahame Lloyd

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2023/06/25

The legendary Grahame Lloyd, Sea Shepherd Australia's Remote Marine Debris Campaigner, is back for his third appearance on the Ocean Protect Podcast. In this chat, we discuss the life and times of doing marine debris clean-ups in some of the most remote parts of Australia, the impact of the debris on indigenous communities in these areas, and drop some truth bombs on how to help solve the plastic pollution crisis.Useful links:Grahame Lloyd -

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55:34

Dr Denise Hardesty on the 740,000km of fishing line &...

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2023/06/11

Dr Denise Hardesty, Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO Environment, returns for her second appearance on the podcast. This time, we catch up in Bondi the day after the Ocean Plastic Action Forum featured in previous episodes. In this chat, we discuss some of the latest research on plastic in our oceans, including new research by Denise and the CSIRO team about how two percent of all commercial fishing gear is being littered in our oceans.Useful links:Dr Denise Hardesty -

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31:39

Ocean Plastic Action Forum 2023 (Part 4 of 4) – Where...

Ocean Protect Podcast ·

2023/05/28

This episode features the 4th (and final) part of recorded audio from inaugural Ocean Plastic Action Forum at Bondi Beach – held on 15th March 2023, as part of the Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival.This part includes the ‘where to from here’ session, where the speakers of theprevious sessions (Dr Denise Hardesty, Prof. Veena Sahawjwalla, and Allegra Spender MP) provided a short synthesis of the previous discussions and highlight key essential actions to 'turn the tide' on ocean plastic pollution.After the

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Ocean Plastic Action Forum 2023 (Part 3 of 4) – Path...

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2023/05/14

This episode is the third of a four-part series of recorded audio from the Ocean Plastic Action Forum at Bondi Beach – held on 15th March 2023, as part of the Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival. This part focusses on the “Path to Purging Plastic" session, where you will hear discussions and insights from current actions being undertaken to reduce ocean plastic pollution, including 'at source', recycling, treatment and 'clean up' initiatives.Allegra Spender MP (Parliament of Australia) provided a short

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Ocean Plastic Action Forum 2023 (Part 2 of 4) –...

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2023/04/30

This episode is the second of a four-part series of recorded audio from the Ocean Plastic Action Forum at Bondi Beach – held on 15th March 2023, as part of the Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival. This part focusses on the “Exploring Current Actions" session, where you will hear discussions and insights from current actions being undertaken to reduce ocean plastic pollution, including 'at source', recycling, treatment and 'clean up' initiatives.Professor Veena Sahajwalla (UNSW) provided a short

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Ocean Plastic Action Forum 2023 (Part 1 of 4) – Key...

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2023/04/16

This episode is the first of a four-part series of recorded audio from the Ocean Plastic Action Forum at Bondi Beach – held on 15th March 2023, as part of the Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival. The forum included industry leaders, innovators, scientists, government and community leaders discussing how to 'turn the tide' on plastic in our ocean – including a few short presentations and interactive Q&A panel sessions.This first part focusses on the “Key Trends and Impacts” session, which included

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Nicholas Carter on feeding the world without the BS

Ocean Protect Podcast ·

2023/04/02

Nicholas Carter is an ecologist and environmental science and policy analyst, and advocates for transformational food system changes. In this chat, we discuss the link between agriculture and land use, how to address the climate and biodiversity crisis while still feeding the world, and bust a few myths about 'regenerative agriculture'. Useful links:https://oceanprotect.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/OPPodcast_S5E5_resources.pdf - studies/ analyses referred to by Nicholas in episode (in

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51:04

The Great Bubble Barrier with Philip Ehrhorn

Ocean Protect Podcast ·

2023/03/19

Philip Ehrhorn is Chief Technical Officer and Co-founder of The Great Bubble Barrier - the first technology to use a bubble curtain to capture plastic pollution in rivers. We discuss the technology, how the idea came about (simultaneously in two countries), its development, its effectiveness, application and future plans. Useful links:https://thegreatbubblebarrier.com/Philip on LinkedIn (here)For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out atwww.oceanprotect.com.au Hosted on Acast. See

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45:58

Dr Jodie Rummer on protecting coral reefs from...

Ocean Protect Podcast ·

2023/03/05

Dr Jodie Rummer is Professor of Marine Biology at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia - and is an expert on climate change and coral fish. In this chat, we discuss the athletic awesomeness of fish, the key threats to the Great Barrier Reef and how to best mitigate them, and what the future looks like for all reefs around the planet. Useful links:www.jodierummer.comJodie on LinkedIn (here)https://physioshark.orgTEDx JCU Cairns presentation by Jodie "Athletes of the Great Barrier Reef"

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51:13

Professor Veena Sahajwalla is redefining 'waste'

Ocean Protect Podcast ·

2023/02/19

Professor Veena Sahajwalla is an expert in recycling, the founding Director of the Director of the Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology at University of New South Wales - and, last year, added NSW Australian of the year to her long list of honours and awards. In this chat, we talk about reimagining 'waste' as an opportunity - drawing on Veena's experiences growing up in Mumbai to her pioneering micro-factories and green steel innovation. Useful links:Veena at UNSW

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52:01

Dr Charlene Trestrail on how the human body is...

Ocean Protect Podcast ·

2023/02/05

We kick off Season 5 with a fantastic chat with Dr Charlene Trestrail - a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Technology Sydney. Charlene's particular speciality is understanding how microplastics threaten the animals we need to keep our ecosystems healthy. In this chat, we take a journey through the digestive system (like a microplastic!) and talk about how the different organs in the body are affected by microplastics - and how to minimise our ingestion of microplastics.Useful links:Dr

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54:03

Kimberly Bolton is making alternative plastic...

Ocean Protect Podcast ·

2022/11/27

Kimberly is the co-founder and CEO of Carapac - a company that takes waste crustacean shells and makes sustainable plastic alternative packaging. Frozen food processing plants across the Asia-Pacific region cumulatively produce about 8.1 million tons of crustacean waste per year. Carapac takes this otherwise 'waste' and makes truly biodegradable alternatives to petrochemical-based plastics.This fantastic story of innovation is an awesome way to wrap of our fourth season of the Ocean Protect Podcast

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