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Green Living Chats
by Eco Amet Solutions
Green Living Chats is a platform to discuss solutions to emerging environmental issues and challenges in and around the world and to promote environmental-related projects. We are looking forward to making a positive impact on our planet. So let's build up a community and learn together. GLC podcast is brought to you by Eco Amet Solutions Ghana. Be INFORMED!.
Episodes
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Africa’s Energy Transition overview | Basil Amuzu-Sefordzi, PhD, Oghosa Erhahon
Dr Basil Amuzu-Sefordzi is a PhD‑trained sustainability transitions scholar and environmental engineer with more than ten years of ESG and clean energy experience across Africa and Australia. His work spans environmental compliance, ESG strategy, and renewable energy project development. He has...
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What is the language of the Circular Economy? Bridging the gaps | Brunilda Kosta, PhD
Dr Brunilda Kosta, PhD, PMP®, is a Professor of Management at the Faculty of Economy, University of Tirana, Albania, and a leading circular economy expert in the Western Balkans. With over a decade of experience spanning academia, international development, and the private sector, she has worked...
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Sustainability goes beyond doing “less harm” | Matthieu Mehuys
Matthieu Mehuys is an award-winning author and landscape architect on a mission to create a greener, healthier world. His journey began on a family farm in Belgium, where, from the age of three, he was captivated by the magic of turning tiny seeds into vibrant plants. After earning a Master of...
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Climate change: the imminent loss of civilisation | Rinaldo Brutoco
Rinaldo, founding president and CEO of the World Business Academy, is a successful entrepreneur, executive, author, radio host and futurist. He has published numerous cutting-edge articles and books that address the role and responsibility of business in relation to the critical moral,...
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Looking beyond profit: Can businesses do better with human rights? | Etelle Higonnet
Etelle Higonnet is the Founder & Director of Coffee Watch. A graduate of Yale Law School, she's an attorney and environmental and human rights activist. She previously worked at Mighty Earth, National Wildlife Federation, Greenpeace, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch, as well as two…
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Circular Economy in the 21st Century || Marc-André Bélisle & Ilyana Leon Toro - Part 1
Marc-André is the founder and CEO of Synertium Inc. - a company dedicated to fostering positive-impact organisations that drive the transition to a sustainable society and economy. He believes businesses can play a vital role in this transformation. With over 20 years of experience in business...
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There's Rubbish in Space? The European Space Agency's efforts on sustainability in space
Tim Flohrer leads ESA's Space Debris Office since 2020. Working on space debris matters since 2001, he joined the office as an engineer in 2007. He is working for ESA's Space Safety Programme and leads activities addressing the development of technologies for monitoring the space debris…
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Academia or Industry: the dilemma of the graduate student
Dr. Desmond Anim is an experienced environmental water resource engineer and researcher with over 15 years of expertise at the forefront of sustainable water resources management. His career bridges academia, industry, and government, where he is committed to advancing practical…
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Overqualified but under experienced: The dilemma of the graduate
Dr. Desmond Anim is an experienced environmental water resource engineer and researcher with over 15 years of expertise at the forefront of sustainable water resources management. His career bridges academia, industry, and government, where he is committed to advancing practical…
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Plastic recycling in Ghana: Manufacturer's perspective | Eric Affum Boamah
Eric Affum Boamah is an enthusiastic champion for the environment and customer relations with Sound knowledge and understanding of communication tools and public relations techniques. A passionate wordsmith with 13 years of experience in general quality assurance, leading tailored initiatives in...
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Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals: Remote sensing-based solutions (RSS-hydro)
Guy Schumann is an internationally recognised scientist in disaster risk, with affiliations in the US and Europe. He is the Founder of RSS-Hydro, a Luxembourg-based R&D company in EO and computer modelling of water risks. He is an Associate of ImageCat Inc., an international risk management…
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Season V: We are back
Welcome to Season V of the Green Living Chats podcast. In nature, all species live such that their resources and by-product form part of and nourish nature's regenerative ecosystem - there is nothing like waste. However, humans have created a different ecosystem for ourselves that has, for years,...
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Season IV: Its a WRAP || Dr. Daniel Fiifi Tawia Hagan | David Ewusi-Mensah
Dear Greenchatters, it's time to call it a"day" peacefully. In this episode, our hosts reflect on the Season and highlight our conversations on the Green Living Chats podcast. They share their experience and thoughts and how the discussions have nourished and challenged their philosophy and...
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Why is Africa’s climate research struggling? || Prof. Benjamin Lamptey
Prof. Benjamin Lamptey is a meteorological (weather and climate) modeller with expertise in Database Management. He has been vital in developing Africa’s climate science research and operations. In fact, he was a lead author of the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) AR6 WG1.…
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Giving academic research purpose in the society || Dr. Daniel Fiifi Tawia Hagan
In this episode, we share a conversation Dr Daniel Fiifi Tawia Hagan (a co-host on the Green Living Chats podcast) has with interns at Eco Amet Solutions as part of our mentorship program. ------- GLC aims to share knowledge and education with our cherished listeners through this Podcast. It's...
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Sustainability: how every action counts || Brenna Quinlan
Brenna Quinlan is an illustrator and educator who strives to make the world a better place through her art and her actions. She has ridden a bicycle across the Americas, taught permaculture in Brasil, Chile and Argentina, and lived for four years at Melliodora, the permaculture demonstration site...
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Don't waste "wastewater || Dr. Pau Ródenas Motos
Dr Pau Ródenas Motos works as a technical project manager in AINIA, a private technology centre in Valencia dedicated to Agrifood, Pharma and Chemical industries. He is an expert in water technology with more than 10 years of research experience in bioelectrochemistry, desalination, resource...
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Sustainability education: why it hasn't worked || Mai Shalaby
Mai Shalaby is an educator and sustainability professional with more than ten years of work experience in both fields. She has worked in Egypt, India, Kenya, and now the UAE on education programmes with people of almost all ages, from kindergarten to adults and everything in between. The programs...
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The Phoenix Bar: solutions to global food challenges || James Frost
James Frost is a recent economics graduate from the University of Exeter in England and, alongside his degree, he has founded a company called Flaming Phoenix. Flaming Phoenix has created the Phoenix Bar - a completely nourishing (it meets all of the criteria for human nutrition set by the World...
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Going back to the basics of sustainability || Alizee Ccm
Alizee Ccm is considered a circular economy & sustainability expert. She's an educator and consultant turned photography documentarist, keeping sustainability at the core of her work. Her work in sustainability has shaped her life in the last decade, allowing Alizée to work with Fortune 500...
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Finding a link between sustainability and social impact || Eller Everett
Eller is a PhD researcher focused on integrating social impact into the circular economy using permaculture. She works as a business consultant using permaculture to develop sustainability and management strategies. She has co-founded a social impact company which uses tech and design to…
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Ban the (plastic) bag? – Africa in focus || Dr. Pritish Behuria
Pritish is a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Politics, Governance and Development at the University of Manchester's Global Development Institute (GDI). His research focuses on the contemporary challenges of latte development under 21st-century Globalisation, with research experience in…
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GLC excerpts: Bridging the "gap" between academia and the industry || Dr Nora Van Cauwenbergh
Nora is an expert in water and sustainable development with experience in academia and the private sector on integrating nature-based solutions and green infrastructure in basin, city and building planning and design. Central to her work is the connection of communities, government and businesses...
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Nature-based solutions in the water sector || Dr Nora Van Cauwenbergh
Nora is an expert in water and sustainable development with experience in academia and the private sector on integrating nature-based solutions and green infrastructure in basin, city and building planning and design. Central to her work is the connection of communities, government and businesses...
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Environment360: the role of the private sector in waste management || Cordie Aziz-Nash
Cordie founded Environment360 in December 2014 to support the creation of circular economies with an economic and environmental impact. During the past six years, she has become an expert in supporting informal sector plastic waste collectors, also known as waste pickers. Ms Aziz was pivotal in...
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Tackling air pollution in Ghana (Africa) - what you should know || Collins Gameli Hodoli
Collins Gameli Hodoli is a curious environmental scientist with a passion for environmental sustainability and public health protection. A Pan African whose research interest cuts across DIY and IoT approaches to revolutionize air quality monitoring in Ghana and wider Africa. He holds a PhD in...
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Why haven’t we bent the Global emissions curve after decades of climate mitigation? | Isak Stoddard | Part 2/2
Isak Stoddard is a PhD candidate in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development at the Department of Earth Science, Uppsala University. His research is currently focused on the strategies and imaginaries informing regional climate and energy transitions in Sweden and beyond. Over the past…
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How 23 authors came together to challenge the global emissions discussions | Isak Stoddard | Part 1/2
Isak Stoddard is a PhD candidate in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development at the Department of Earth Science, Uppsala University. His research is currently focused on the strategies and imaginaries informing regional climate and energy transitions in Sweden and beyond. Over the past…
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Fabrications in Sustainability and Transitions Literature || Dr. Julian Kirchherr
Dr Julian Kirchherr is a researcher at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development (CISD) at Utrecht University and an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company. He started his work at CISD as a tenure-track assistant professor in 2017. Julian holds a doctorate from the School of Geography...
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Biodiversity in focus: Costa Rica's approach || Rafael Monge Vargas
Rafael Monge Vargas is an economist with broad experience in different fields related to environmental information. He is working with the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica as Director of the National Center of Geoenvironmental Information. They coordinate the National System of...
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Why call it "waste" when it's a "resource"? || Dr Farshid Pahlevani
Dr Farshid is an international expert on innovative solutions for waste challenges. His international research career, spanning high-profile research institutes in Japan, Singapore and Australia, includes considerable experience working closely with industry to improve existing processes to…
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Part 2/2 - What's next after school? || Florentine Adjoa Ansah-Asare | Lois Afua Okyerewaa Damptey | Juliet Ohemeng-Ntiamoah
Listen to Part 1 of this conversation here: https://glcpodcast.ecoametsolutions.com/2022/06/27/part-1-2-whats-next-after-school-florentine-adjoa-ansah-asare-lois-afua-okyerewaa-damptey-juliet-ohemeng-ntiamoah/. Thanks to our amazing guests for taking the time to share their unique stories and...
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Part 1/2 - What's next after school? || Florentine Adjoa Ansah-Asare | Lois Afua Okyerewaa Damptey | Juliet Ohemeng-Ntiamoah
Our guests on the first episode of the New paradigms of education were: Florentine Adjoa Ansah-Asare Florentine is currently the program lead at Edify Ghana, an international NGO established to improve and expand sustainable Christ-centered education globally. Florentine holds a Master of…
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Sustainability in the corporate world || Michael Ofosuhene Wise
Michael Ofosuhene-Wise is Climate and Nature Lead at Business for Nature (BfN). He leads BfN's efforts to demonstrate and amplify credible business action on nature and activities to simplify and converge high-level nature and climate action from the business. He has extensive experience working...
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Which human behaviour will you change in you had the chance? || GLC ask.
Dear #Greenchatter, In our new segment, "GLC ASK," we asked people a simple question "if you had a superpower to change one human behaviour towards the environment, what would you change? Here are some incredible answers. ---- GLC aims to share knowledge and education with our cherished listeners...
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Placing value on biodiversity || Shana Gavron
Shana Gavron is the CEO and founder of Endangered Wildlife OÜ. She holds an MBusSc/MBA in Business Management (Finance), an MPhil in Wildlife Management and is currently completing an MSc in Wildlife Biology and Conservation. She is also an Associate Member of IEMA and is in demand as a speaker…
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We are back - Season IV - Nature in focus
We are back again with season IV of the Green Living Chats podcast. If you are new here, welcome; kindly consider subscribing on any platform you listen to and come back here again every Sunday at 6 pm GMT for more of these conversations. Our theme for Season IV is Nature in focus. ------- GLC…
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Signing off Season 3, see you in June 2022
It's a wrap, guys, and we are signing off this season. Thank you so much for being with us throughout this journey, and we are looking forward to working with you in Season 4. We will be back on World Environment Day, 5th June 2022. Keep listening and sharing our episodes from Season 1 to Season…
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Going back to nature-food security solutions || Baffour Kyei Frimpong - Baff Organic Farm & Agrotech
Baffour Kyei Frimpong joins us on GLC to talk about food security solutions and what they are doing with their company, Baff Organic Farm & Agrotech, in Ghana. Baffour is of Ghanaian origin (an Ashanti) did most of his schooling in Ghana. He went to America in 1991. He finally moved back home in...
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Sustainable farming: the future of Africa's agriculture || Nana Owusu-Achau - Agro Kings | Part 2/2
Nana Owusu-Achau joined us on the GLC to talk about how sustainable farming looks in Ghana, the challenges and what can be done in moving forward. This is Part 2 of a 2-part series. Listen to Part 1:...
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Event PROMO: GRADMASTER ACADEMY masterclass || Dr Chioma Joy Okonkwo
Event PROMO! Event PROMO! Event PROMO! GRADMASTER ACADEMY masterclass Date: 2-4 March 2022. Time: 7 pm (West African Time) Registration Details: https://selar.co/6445 Enquiries:+2349124057439 Website: www.chiomaokonkwo.com Social media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chioma.j.okereke Facebook...
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Event PROMO: The "Philosophy in PhD" PodiNar series - Part II
Event PROMO! Event PROMO! Event PROMO! The Green Living Chats podcast presents the "Philosophy in PhD" PodiNar series. In this second program of the podinar series, we hope to achieve two main objectives: Discuss the value of learning to summarize big ideas: According to Arckam's razor, Truth Is...
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Sustainable farming: the future of Africa's agriculture || Nana Owusu-Achau - Agro Kings | Part 1/2
Nana Owusu-Achau joined us on the GLC to talk about how sustainable farming looks in Ghana, the challenges and what can be done in moving forward. Nana is the CEO and founder of Kings Innovations – a group of companies advancing human lives through relevant innovations, especially in the...
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Water and Sanitation in Ghana: Voice of the Youth | GYEM | Part 2/2
Perk Pomeyie and Gloria Agyare of the Ghana Youth Environmental Movement (GYEM) joined us on the GLC podcast to have an in-depth conversation on Water and Sanitation in Ghana. This is Part 2 of a 2-part series with GYEM. Part 1:...
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Water and Sanitation in Ghana: Voice of the Youth | GYEM | Part 1/2
Perk Pomeyie and Gloria Agyare of the Ghana Youth Environmental Movement (GYEM) joined us on the GLC podcast to have an in-depth conversation on Water and Sanitation in Ghana. This is Part 1 of a 2-part series with GYEM. GYEM is a leading youth-led environmental policy advocacy and non-violent...
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Climate Finance and Sustainability | Papa Kwaku Baah Orgen
Papa Kwaku Baah Orgen joined me on the GLC podcast to share his take on Climate Finance and Sustainability. Papa is a lecturer at the Fulda University of Applied Sciences and an external doctoral candidate at Ulm University, both in Germany. He is also an external research associate of the Center...
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Merry Christmas and Happy 2022!
Happy to take a little break to enjoy the holidays. Thanks for your support. Happy holidays to you all, and see you on the 9th of January 2022! Get in touch with GLC podcast via mail: [email protected] Eco Amet Solutions is looking forward to sharing knowledge and education with the...
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The Journey to building a "wasteLESS" world | Michael Rada | Pt 2
Michael Rada joined me on the GLC podcast to tell his untold story of how he decided to build a "wasteLESS" world. We talked about growing up and how each experience added to the package of who he is. Is a "wasteLESS" world possible? Find out in this conversation. This is the final part of the...
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The Journey to building a "wasteLESS" world | Michael Rada | Pt 1
Michael Rada joined me on the GLC podcast to tell his untold story of how he decided to build a "wasteLESS" world. We talked about growing up and how each experience added to the package of who he is. Is a "wasteLESS" world possible? Find out in this conversation. Mr Rada, born on December 24,...
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Deterioration of water reservoirs (Blackwater) | Eyram Norgbey
Dr Eyram Norgbey joined us on GLC to discuss his research on the deterioration of water reservoirs (Blackwater) in southern China. His research seeks to investigate why certain reservoirs in those areas turned black during the winter season and clear during summer. So we dived into his research...
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Green Living Chats is a platform to discuss solutions to emerging environmental issues and challenges in and around the world and to promote environmental-related projects. We are looking forward to making a positive impact on our planet. So let's build up a community and learn together. GLC podcast is brought to you by Eco Amet Solutions Ghana. Be INFORMED!.
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