A Travel Companion

Sustainable News | with Revani Manicum | Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency - audio version of full interview Revealing headlines of the most important sustainable news. Topics we look at: Sustainability | Services | Responsible Travel. We highlight organisations and people that are doing the right thing.

ATC 058 Sustainable News | with Dave Budge | co-founder and CEO | Jaunt Up-cycling/converting Land Rovers into EVs - electric vehicles 01:00 Intro - background 01:44 Land Rovers, why and why converting to EVs? 09:18 Keep and reuse as much as we can, recycling of unused parts 13:26 Target market 19:05 In terms of cost 24:26 Bendigo Tech School - STEM education 27:34 Royal Family and Laros 29:40 EVs, are they really good for the environment? What about batteries, etc. Website: https://www.jauntmotors.com We talk about Sustainability, Wellness & Responsible Travel, volunteering, digital nomads, funny, inspiring and extraordinary tales. Touching on organisations and people that are doing the right thing. We reveal this week’s most important news, with a good dose of scepticism and humour, so you can make up your own mind and travel with a clear mind! Thank you for listening. Send us your feedback and story suggestions via twitter twitter.com/aTravelCompanio Article links on https://sustainable.news

ATC 057 Sustainable News | with Wiebe Wakker | Speaker | Sustainable Adventurer Travelling to the UAE overland from the Netherlands 10-day journey crossing 9 countries with 7 trains, 4 busses and 1 ferry 01:12 Intro - background 04:26 To the UAE by train 06:04 Asked by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to give presentation at Dubai expo, 09-41 Preparation 12:03 Difference for the environment 13:37 Wiebe making a point about why 17:30 What if there is a delay 19:13 Sleeping-accommodation 20:46 Website: https://plugmeinproject.com We talk about Sustainability, Wellness & Responsible Travel, volunteering, digital nomads, funny, inspiring and extraordinary tales. Touching on organisations and people that are doing the right thing. We reveal this week’s most important news, with a good dose of scepticism and humour, so you can make up your own mind and travel with a clear mind! Thank you for listening. Send us your feedback and story suggestions via twitter https://twitter.com/aTravelCompanio Article links on https://sustainable.news

Podcast 056 Sustainable News - with Thames21 CEO - Debbie Leach | Fleur Anderson - MP (Labour Putney) | John Dillon-Leetch - The Port of London Authority’s hydrographer High-resolution sonar and laser scans of the riverbed of the Thames in west London have been collected along the River Thames in Hammersmith. Data shows a mound created by wet wipes, which has grown to the size of two tennis courts and over a metre tall in the past six years. We use 11 billion wet wipes every year in the UK and 90% of them contain plastic. 01:20 John Dillon-Leetch - The Port of London Authority’s hydrographer 07:58 Fleur Anderson - MP (Labour Putney) 12:01 Debbie Leach - CEO Thames21 http://www.pla.co.uk https://www.fleuranderson.co.uk https://www.thames21.org.uk/2021/11/laser-scans-show-devastating-impact-of-wet-wipes-on-the-thames/ We talk about Sustainability, Wellness & Responsible Travel, volunteering, digital nomads, funny, inspiring and extraordinary tales. Touching on organisations and people that are doing the right thing. We reveal this week’s most important news, with a good dose of scepticism and humour, so you can make up your own mind and travel with a clear mind! Thank you for listening. Send us your feedback and story suggestions via twitter https://twitter.com/aTravelCompanio https://sustainable.news

Podcast 055 with special guest - Erwin Boermans | ComfortId | Is flying safe - HEPA filters 01:34 start interview Erwin Boermans - lockdown - Covid-19 02:40 Heating, ventilation, airconditioning in Erwins genes 05:56 In aircraft - myth of HEPA filters being safe 06:41 The American Hospital in Dubai 10:14 two major Sydney hospitals as SIX HUNDRED staff are plunged into isolation after being exposed to a Covid-infected student medic 11.22 If hospitals are not that safe, how safe are planes - aircraft and how safe is flying. 15:28 Recirculating air and other issues. We talk about Sustainability & Responsible Travel. Touching on organisations and people that are doing the right thing. Thank you for listening. Send us your feedback and story suggestions via twitter https://twitter.com/aTravelCompanio Visit our website https://sustainable.news

Podcast 054 with special guest - Dr Simon Lockrey - RMIT - Fight Food Waste CRC project leader 02:24 intro, the smart company article, in line with what the Fight Food Waste CRC does https://www.smartcompany.com.au/sustainability/australia-food-waste-targets-2030-sustainability/ 04:48 Largest funding world wide 09:15 Packaging to protect the products - so in order to dial back packaging, we need to transform our systems of supply. 15:34 at the moment - food packaging is better for the environment - ultimate goal no packaging 21:04 difference by 2030 from his side. 24:43 We need a national campaign, just like the one around skin cancer in the 1980s https://fightfoodwastecrc.com.au https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/l/lockrey-dr-simon We talk about Sustainability & Responsible Travel. Touching on organisations and people that are doing the right thing. Thank you for listening. Send us your feedback and story suggestions via twitter https://twitter.com/aTravelCompanio Visit our website https://sustainable.news

Podcast 053 with special guest - Anouj Mehta, Unit Head, Green and Innovative Finance and the ACGF, Southeast Asia Department, Asian Development Bank - The SDG Accelerator Bond or SAB 01:46 South-East Asia Markets 03:38 Sustainable bond issued in Thailand last year and why is the success so important 05:52 The SDG Accelerator Bond or SAB 15:05 return on investment How SDG bonds can accelerate a green recovery https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/07/sdg-bonds-accelerate-green-recovery We talk...

Podcast 052 with special guest - Minister Lee White CBE | Gabon | Minister of Water, Forests, the Sea, and Environment, charged with Climate Change , SDGs and Land-use Planning 00:59 Intro to Minister White and background story: setting up parks with the president Omar Bongo Ondimba - turning point towards sustainable forestry 06:09 Payment by Norway - the way it all works and how Gabon is doing it 22:08 Can the system be replicated elsewhere on the continent? The mechanism to save the Congo...

Podcast 051 with special guest - Thomas Power | Pura Aventura | Travel Positive | a Certified B Corporation | Carbon Labels | Treeplanting Nicaragua 01:08 Intro to Thomas Power and hitchhiking in Argentina 06:09 a Certified B Corporation 11:20 Carbon compensate 160% - Nicaragua - 1% for the planet commitment 18:46 Carbon labels - sustainability labels & the good ones. 37:55 Absorbing the cost. https://pura-aventura.com Are carbon labels the next big thing in sustainable travel?...

Podcast 050 with special guest - James Willcox | Owner | Untamed Borders | hard to reach destinations - committed to responsible travel 01:14 My intro to James Willcox 01:52 Background - hard to reach destinations - Yemen, Pakistan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Siberia, Tajikistan, 30 countries in total 03:26 Authentic experiences - in a positive way. 05:37 Not cookie cutter travel - four commitments to responsible travel. 09:10 Security. 11:09 Planting Trees in Afghanistan with Afghanaid. 13:50...

Podcast 049 with special guest - Anneli Persson Bäck | Co-Founder PakForests - the voice of trees and everything that inhabit our Forests | Sustainability Developer | Responsible Tourism | Advisor to the Pakistan Sweden Business Council 01:36 My intro to Anneli 02:42 Sustainability Developer 03:50 PakForests - conserve and sustain the forests - strategy for regional planning & data processing 08:20 Learn from each other - collaboration. 09:21 Opinion on deforestation 12:02 Biodiversity and...

Podcast 048 with special guest - Jack Sim | Founder | World Toilet Organization | BoP Hub | social entrepreneur and sanitation advocate 01:36 My intro to Jack Sim 04:20 Background - Businessman - subjects that are neglected, taboo, unspeakable and unfunded - World Toilet Organization 06:18 London - Westminster Council. 07:26 Singapore. 09:01 BoP Hub - Base of the Pyramid - a collective term for people around the world who earn less than $10 per day - only way out of poverty is to invest in...

Introduction - Penny Walker - Founder The Adventure Creators - A niche tour operator organising sustainable adventure and experiential holidays in the Pyrenees mountains, off the beaten tourist path. 01:14 Are the Pyrenees mountains a good place for self-isolation? 04:21 Environment, wildlife, community, local guides and local produce. 07:08 Getting there. 08:40 Mountain environment, diversity of life in the Pyrenees, human impact and awareness. Office Français de la Biodiversité....

Podcast 046 with special guest - Dr. Shermin de Silva - TRUNKS & LEAVES - “This Campaign is Telling People how to Behave around Elephants” 01:18 Introduction - Dr. Shermin de Silva - CEO/Founder TRUNKS & LEAVES - A Peaceful Coexistence of People and Elephants 02:55 Background - a non-profit, based in the USA 06:23 Article “This Campaign is Telling People how to Behave around Elephants”...

Podcast 045 with special guest Behan and Jamie Gifford - Sailing Totem - sailing around the world for 13 years 01:18 Introduction - Behan and Jamie Gifford - The Totem Family - Lifestyle Coaches and sailing around the world for 13 years with their family 03:40 Article in SCMP about the family and living the dream, orcas, uninhabited islands https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/3112414/meet-family-who-have-been-sailing-around-world-2008 09:11 Living on a 47 foot yacht...

Podcast 044 with special guest Klaas Visser - rediscovered how CO2 could be used as a refrigerant in heating and cooling applications - KAV Consult Explaining why this is great for the environment. And why this should really be used to a greater extend. Klaas Visser has extensive international experience in the design, building, and trouble shooting medium to large ammonia systems with involvement in more than 800 NH3 projects over the past 45 years. Introduced to me by Erwin Boermans -...

Podcast 043 with special guest Cat Jones - Byway Travel - no-fly holidays 01:03 Intro Cat Jones - background of Byway - no-fly holidays and why launching in the middle of the pandemic is perfect timing 08:06 Refunds - being an ethical business 10:23 Bookings for 2021 and the impact of the pandemic 11:50 Slow travel holidays - an example 15:19 New sleeper trains are coming to Europe 17:34 It is about joyful journeys 18:24 CO2 per passenger mile 20:32 Bounce-back of nature 21:31 Articles -...

Podcast 042 with special guest Tim O’Hara - Rancho Mastatal - education center, permaculture farm, ecolodge in Costa Rica 01:08 Intro Tim O’Hara - background of Rancho Mastatal | Costa Rica, a more meaningful life 06:19 What is Rancho Mastatal & what is Tim trying to accomplish? Educational center, ecolodge, working permaculture farm, conservation, sustainability, community development, private wildlife refuge, apprenticeships, workshops 08:50 Food - 90% locally sourced 09:50 Permaculture...

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Podcast 040 with special guest Christopher Hill - Hands Up Holidays | luxury volunteering & impact holidays 02:00 Intro Christopher Hill - background and history of Christopher and the four companies - volunteering and committed to environmental and social sustainability Hands Up Holidays https://handsupholidays.com - luxury family volunteer travel Hands Up Incentives https://www.handsupincentives.com - employee engagement corporate trips Hands Up School Trips https://handsupschooltrips.com...