Join me today as we dive deeper into the fascinating culture of Indigenous people and the sea country with Indigenous Reef Education Ranger, Blake Cedar. Blake is a member of the Dreamtime Dive, the only boat in Australia that incorporates indigenous history, wisdom, and culture in their tours. He is very passionate about sharing his culture and heritage with everyone. In this episode, Blakes talks about the value of a rich culture, heritage, and the importance of sea country & spiritual con...
Sep 03, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Did you know that there are high levels of hazardous chemicals called PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in your takeaway food packaging? Before you freak out, what exactly is PFAS and why should you stay away from it? Join me as we understand what these chemicals are with Mike Schade, the Mind the Store Campaign Director for Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families. In this episode, Mike simplified what PFAS is all about and why we should be concerned about it. Mike will also share practical t...
Aug 12, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Agriculture is one of the biggest emitters of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect that’s responsible for the climate change we are experiencing today. On the other side, agriculture is also vital in ending the climate crisis that we are currently. Through a holistic farm management that bring nutrients back to the ground while lessening the plastic pollution effect called, regenerative farming ! Join me today as we discuss how we can reverse the climate cha...
Jul 29, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 15
The nutrients in beef greatly depends on what the cow eats. If eating processed and unhealthy food degrades our health, then it’s most likely the same with animals. Okay, you might be confused. But how does the way a cow is raised or fed could make any difference to your health and to the environment? Today on Mercast, Andrew Cameron, the owner of Byron Grass Fed (a company that connects ethical meat producers to like minded consumers) joins me to talk about the difference between grass-fed and ...
Jul 22, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Did you know that seaweed has many uses? Before, it was mainly harvested and gathered for basic uses such as food, fertilizers and animal food. Today it is used in a variety of applications; namely cosmetics, biofuel, and food supplements! Today’s episode, we’re going to learn everything about seaweeds with Ian O'Hollaren, the founder of Seaquoia, a wild California kelp and seaweed company. Ian is going to share his knowledge with us on harvesting wild Californian kelps and how to draw carbon ba...
Jul 15, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Join me today as we talk about the topics discussed from UWRAPPED with Maria Westerbos. Unwrapped is a conference that brings together world-renowned scientists to increase global recognition of the known human health risks of plastics while promoting a culture shift to safer alternatives! Maria is an expert in the communications world, founder and director of Plastic Soup Foundation, an organization that aims to stop plastic waste from spreading and polluting the seas. In this episode, we cover...
Jul 08, 2019•13 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Today’s episode will center around the plastic pollution in Southeast Asia. If you travel to Southeast Asia, you’ll notice how food packaging differs from what we are used to here in the global north. This small plastic packaging called “sachet” is now causing major harm to our environment particularly on bodies of water. In this episode, we’ll talk about the plastic food packaging in Southeast Asia and why it’s a common marketing strategy for companies to produce them in sachets with Beau Bacon...
Jul 01, 2019•6 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Today’s episode, Cyrus Sutton takes us back on the Hawaiian grounds and into surf filmmaking as we go deep into his life and work. Cyrus is an environmental and pro surf filmmaker. He is also the director of the award-winning surf film Riding Waves in 2003 and the filmmaker behind the documentary Island Earth. and he’s going to share his experience making the film as well as his learnings from documentary films like Ice on Fire and the indigenous culture of Hawaii! We touch a lot of topics on th...
Jun 24, 2019•58 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Jun 17, 2019•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 9
“We must work towards a world where plastic pollution is unthinkable” — Capt. Charles Moore When you scan your home, you’d probably find a lot of plastic packaging everywhere. We try to reduce our plastic consumption but it’s quite hard when business entities are using it on the products that we’re consuming daily. For real change to happen, we need laws that’ll require producers and manufacturers to create “sustainable packaging” instead of producing linear/single-use goods. And so, a bill was ...
Jun 10, 2019•32 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Beekeeping is becoming more popular today. Keeping your own bees is indeed appealing but the messy process of harvesting honey can stop you from actually doing it. Harvesting honey can really make you as “busy as a bee”, not only is it messy but you’re also disturbing the bees. If you want to experience the joy of harvesting pure, unprocessed honey minus the mess - Cedar Anderson, the co-founder and inventor of Flow Hive has the solution for that! Join me today as Cedar and I talk about Flow Hiv...
Jun 03, 2019•11 min•Season 1Ep. 7
May 27, 2019•58 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Join me today as we talk about mushrooms with Julian Mitchell, one of the co-founders of Life Cykel, an evolutionary mushroom biotech company that uses waste and mushroom to create healthy medicinal products and technologies! Now, doesn’t that sound amazing!? In this episode, not only will you learn that mushrooms are good for you, you’ll also learn about its amazing healing powers that benefits us and our planet. Julian will also talk about the wonderful things you never knew about this magic f...
May 20, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 5
The Philippines is one of the many countries around Asia that continue to struggle in managing non-recyclable waste or single-use plastics such as sachets. To address this problem, environmental groups insist that such waste shouldn’t be addressed through a linear waste management approach, but through Zero Waste management system. In this episode, Asia Pacific Coordinator for GAIA, Froilan Grate is here with me today to share his knowledge about the zero-waste cities program and how it can help...
May 07, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In Indonesia, locals use rivers for washing, bathing, and drinking. But many are unaware of how contaminated the water is due to industrial waste from industrial factories and irresponsible dumping. The river water is so polluted, eating fish from it can cause food poisoning and even death! To stop pollution from flowing into the Indian rivers, Prigi an Indonesian scientist turned radical environmental activist, made it his mission and purpose to make the river water clean and let other people k...
May 07, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Imagine a world free from plastic. Wonderful isn’t it? Our vision of a plastic-free world is possible and it’s slowly happening. There are many amazing people working hard to make this happen and one of them is Emma! Emma is a Plastic Pollution Campaigner at Friends of the Earth. I met her from the Break Free from Plastic Global Leadership meeting and she’s here to talk about her involvement with Break Free from Plastic and the work that they’re doing to reduce single-use plastic. In this episod...
May 07, 2019•8 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Our planet is drowning in a never-ending pile of plastic! And people are showing no signs of slowing down or reducing their consumption. Businesses are still active in producing single-use or disposable plastic products, and it has become an integral part for others to consume it. We are definitely in plastic crisis! Plastic pollution is not only harming our planet but also us humans. Glady, this problem can be solved if we collectively take action and aspire to create a world that’s free from p...
Apr 30, 2019•26 min•Season 1Ep. 1
