Have you ever thought about how Nature does such incredible work? In natural ecosystems, there is no waste, and everything is connected. Why didn’t businesses apply similar methods like nature in their processes? Imagine, if it would be a reality, then sustainability wouldn’t be a question anymore. In this podcast, I conducted interviews with entrepreneurs who shaped their businesses based on sustainability or the Blue Economy book written by Gunter Pauli and with researchers, professionals ...
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E12 | Interview with Yoram Krozer from the Netherlands | Researcher & Director of Sustainable Innovations Academy | 15.06.2021
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48:09Yoram Krozer is a researcher and a very enthusiastic person about sustainable innovations. He worked in non-governmental organizations and industries. After twenty years in the private sector, he joined the University of Twente as director of the Cartesius Institute, Institute for Sustainable Innovations of the Netherlands Technical University, the…
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E11 | Interview with Henry Ukoha Ogbonnaya from Nigeria - Africa | Founder of CliMatr | Venture builder at Inqumax Incubator
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37:52Henry Ukoha Ogbonnaya is a systems practitioner and professional in the circular economy. An avid researcher and cleantech enthusiast passionate about developing sustainable business models, optimizing business processes and operations, and designing products and services from an innovative perspective. His intense passion for the environment drive…
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E10 | Interview with Michael Boyle from Austria and USA | Regenerative Design expert | Founder of Procurro Solutions LLC
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48:00Michael Boyle is a regenerative designer, enthusiastic about inclusivity and supply chain management. He organizes great workshops - Design Sprints, where people can learn how to analyze a problem and understand different stakeholders' perspectives with empathy mapping. He is an American from the USA who lives in Austria (Europe). His passion is di…
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E9 | Interview with Curt Hallberg from Sweden | Inventor of the Vortex technology | Design Engineer at Watreco and ESSIQ AB | 09.03.2021
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1:00:41Curt Hallberg is a design engineer, an inventor, and a researcher from Trelleborg, Skane County, Sweden. He's the inventor of Vortex Technology, which is a water purification system - without any chemicals. This method not just purifies water but precipitates minerals like lime in an environmentally friendly and efficient way. This results in clean…
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E8 | Interview with George Strickland from Toronto, Canada | Sustainable Building Expert | Circular Economy Club | 04.03.2021
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54:38George Strickland is an executive director member at the Circular Economy Club from London, in North America. As a Membership Executive at CEC, he brings together the community of circular economy professionals in Canada and the USA. George is also working in the green & sustainable building field. He is experienced in leadership, business developm…
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E7 | Interview with Desiree Driesenaar from the Netherlands | Cross-pollinator with a regenerative vision | European Commission | 26.02.2021
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1:18:01Desiree Driesenaar is a cross-pollinator with a regenerative vision. She is a professional at e.g. EU Commission. Desiree is working with professionals in all sectors to transform governments and businesses with healthy triggers. She aims to make connections between the different stakeholders regarding sustainability. Her primary focus is new busin…
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E6 | Interview with Dénes Csala from the UK | Sustainable Energy and Data Visualization Expert | Lancaster University | 05.02.2021
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58:10Dénes Csala is a sustainable energy researcher and professor at the Department of Engineering (Lancaster University - UK) and a data visualization researcher and professor at the Department of Economics (Babes-Bolyai University - Cluj-Napoca, RO). At the same time, he is a jury member at the Zayed Sustainability Prize board, together with Gunter Pa…
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E5 | Interview with Christiana Gardikioti from Greece | Blue Economy Entrepreneur | Found of MERAKI People | 03.02.2021
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41:13Christiana Gardikioti is a blue entrepreneur. She shapes her activity based on the Blue Economy by Gunter Pauli. She has been creating Nature Inspired entrepreneurial Ecosystem “the Meraki people” to pilot systemic design in her village(s) in Southern Greece. She is educating and promoting sustainability among the local youth and women by establish…
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E4 | Interview with Raffaele Mancini from Italy | Blue Economy Expert at Plan Blue UNEP/MAP | 01.02.2021
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36:58Raffaele Mancini is a Blue Economy Expert. He has twenty years of professional experience in regional cooperation at the EU and international level. He also has a high level of expertise in marine and maritime affairs (coastal and marine tourism, fisheries and aquaculture, cruise and recreational boating, marine energy) and water resources (water l…
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E3 | Interview with Jason Scorse from the USA | Professor at Middlebury Institute | 29.01.2021
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22:48Jason Scorse is a professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. He is also the director of the Center for the Blue Economy, which provides “leadership in research, education, and analysis to promote a sustainable ocean and coastal economy" in California, USA. In this podcast, he talks about his perspective regarding th…
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E2 | Interview with Ivanka Milenkovic from Serbia | Blue Entrepreneur - Mushroom Producer | 28.01.2021
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43:30Ivanka Milenkovic is an entrepreneur. She produces mushrooms at EkoFungi. She also a member of ZERI (Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives). In this podcast, she talks about her business experiences and her Blue Economy and Sustainability perspective. This episode is the only one which I recorded in the last year. The next episodes are freshly re…
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E1 | The beginning of my learning journey | 2021.01.27
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2:39Dear Friends, I continue my activity regarding interviews with blue entrepreneurs, professionals who work in the sustainability field, researchers, experts... So, I created this Podcast for a reason, to learn together about these topics. I am not an expert but an explorer. So, I hope this podcast can be a great source of inspiration not just for me…
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