Eco Futurists

Planning for the future and breaking new ground across industries must involve improving our natural environment along the way. Our lives and livelihoods depend on it

Announcing a new podcast, in which we hear from people leading the way, not only in imagining, but also providing solutions for a future with environmental sustainability in mind.

We speak to scientific experts, industry leaders, artists, adventurers, and committed personalities who make connections in their local and global communities, making life on earth a priority in their grand plans. They are the Eco Futurists.

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September 9, 2021 0

Behind the scenes work to stop illegal logging

Illegal logging is a big issue. Approximately 30% to 50% of all timber traded globally is illegally sourced. Illegal logging comes in many forms. It may be the replacement of high value for low value timber products, it may incorrect declaration of species or region of origin of products, which masks trade in endangered species or export of timber from protected areas, or it may be the mixing of illegitimately and legitimately sourced timber.

Combating illegal logging also needs to take many forms, many of these are technology solutions that support behaviour change.

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July 5, 2021 0

The Federated States of Degradia – A nation humanity must take responsibility for

With almost a third of arable land classified as degraded, what can we do to reverse the rapid pace of degradation and can we do it in a way that benefits us?

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June 25, 2021 3

If a tree falls in a forest…

Yes of course it makes a noise, but if it is felled illegally can those that perpetrated the crime be caught? Here we delve into the first case to use DNA fingerprinting of trees to match timber back to the site of illegal logging activity, and which led to the prosecution of the perpetrators under the US Lacey Act.

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September 17, 2020 2

What exactly is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

It’s basically a big patch of floating rubbish in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, but what is it made of and how did it get there?

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October 16, 2019 1

Future Food Fashions Trending in Milan

I recall sitting in a café back in May this year sipping a macchiato and eating a flaky pastry. Early morning in Milan was a sight, and out of the window I remember seeing the Duomo cathedral rising majestically out of the central square.

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August 27, 2019 2

Food fraud is big business

Fraud in the food and beverage sector is big business – for both bad and good reasons.

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August 21, 2019 1

Top 10 predictions for trending food changes

With all the changes and pressures afoot in the food industry, and with international targets clearly defined through several of the United Nations Sustainability Goals, what can we expect our food to look like in the future?

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August 7, 2019 0

Having our cake (and eating it too)

Let us be in no doubt, food production and processing is in the midst of the biggest change since the industrial revolution.

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July 31, 2019 3

Go on – eat an alien

Kirsha Kaechele, an American artist and curator, has bought us an interesting concept in ‘Eat the problem‘.

So what is it?

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July 16, 2019 0