Best Mike Vaz Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 18 - Kate Larsen: Ethical business, supply chains and the real cost of what you're buying in high street stores 1:41:44

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In this episode, Kate Larsen schools Mike on ethical business, supply chains, workers rights, the environmental impact of buying new clothes too often, and she takes us on a comprehensive deep dive into how and where our everyday clothing items come from and at what cost.By Mike Weeks

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Episode 17 - Octavia Hopwood: On the essential need to understand microbes and soil health. 1:05:22

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in this episode I speak with Octavia Hopwood who is a microbiologist and soil ecologist. We discuss researching real world applications of soil biology for regenerative farming and also Octavia's work in front of the Camera as a presenter and professional stuntwoman.By Mike Weeks

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Episode 16- Sal Montgomery on her passion for kayaking, adventuring in the most untouched wilderness 1:08:53

2y ago1:08:53

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As a former member of Team GB Kayak, Sal Montgomery shares with Mike about how she got into the world of kayaking. Sal talks about her numerous expeditions, often with an all-male team and occasionally taking on the role of safety kayaker on TV series. She has saved people from drowning on more than one occasion. Expedition kayaker and adventure au…

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Episode 15- Malaika Vaz on Human Interactions, Environmental Variation and Climate Change and the Power of Storytelling 1:17:23

2y ago1:17:23

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Malaika Vaz is a wildlife filmmaker, television presenter and National Geographic Explorer. An adventurer at heart, she has travelled across some of the most hostile terrain on all seven continents, including hiking in the Antarctic, riding across the Mongolian steppe into Russia, or even diving with tiger sharks in remote areas of the ocean. As pa…

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Episode 14 - Shrina Kurani talks of channeling innovation & positive vision for a sustainable future. 1:22:49

2y ago1:22:49

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Shrina Kurani lives at the nexus of climate, policy, and technology. With a background in engineering and entrepreneurship culminating in a financial platform that has now invested over $1B into technology, Shrina channeled innovation and a positive vision for a sustainable future into her campaign for United States Congress. Having studied a maste…

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Episode 13- Mike Weeks on the flaws of Environmental Social Governance 45:21

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Hosted by Blue Earth Summit Podcast, Mike discusses the principle of Environmental Social Governance, including how he believes it’s been hijacked by big companies to make themselves look good - and explains what consumers can do to cut through the potential fake use of the need for ESG activities and governance. He also tells host Laura Nesbitt ab…

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Episode 12- Linzi Boyd on her “aha” moment shaping her life and career with meaning and purpose. 1:13:15

2y ago1:13:15

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Through this episode, Linzi takes us on her own personal journey of how she had an “aha” moment, shaping her life into her career successes today with meaning and purpose. Linzi walks us through a range of topics, from the Ethical side of business, to what it means to build a brand (not to be confused with branding) and most importantly Linzi’s mis…

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Episode 11- Oliver Wright on leaving the corporate world for his passion, wildlife photography and ecology through the lens 1:59:34

2y ago1:59:34

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Oliver became a full-time professional photographer in February 2014. Since then his work has taken him around the world (Northern Sweden, Switzerland, Ecuador, etc) and included many exciting jobs from photographing the king of Sweden in the wilderness of Abisko to talking for Canon at ‘The Photography Show’ on Canon’s main stage in 2019. He has d…

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Episode 10 – Ian Hendy on Human Interactions, Environmental Variation and Climate Change, Responsible for Altering Biodiversity, Biomass and Productivity to Marine Ecosystems 59:23

2y ago59:23

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‘As a professional marine conservation ecologist, the main goal of my research is to understand how human interactions, environmental variation and climate change are responsible for altering biodiversity, biomass and productivity. My aim, to facilitate the rewilding of marine ecosystems in an effort to restore the natural ecology, biodiversity and…

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Episode 9- Mike Allen on Seagrass: A New Set of Lungs 1:28:08

2y ago1:28:08

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Professor Mike Allen is an Associate Professor of Single Cell Genomics in the College of Life and Environmental Sciences at University of Exeter. His interests are varied and encompass both blue skies and applied research topics. Blue skies research focuses mainly on understanding the role of viruses in the ocean using genomic, proteomic, transcrip…

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Episode 8- David and Laura Hertz on Nature-Based Systems Thinking & the Democratisation of Water 1:24:59

2y ago1:24:59

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Nature-Based Systems Thinking David and Laura Hertz — On Nature-Based Systems Thinking, on Resilient Communities through Design, on Their Award-Winning Atmospheric Water Sequestration Invention WEDEW, on the Democratization of Natural Resources, and on the Resilience Fund. ‘We live in a world of transitions between the fossil fuel and free world. T…

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Episode 7- Lida Pet-Soede on the World's Last Fisheries, Marine Conservation and Shifting Baselines 57:43

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Lida Pet-Soede is a senior strategic conservation and fisheries management professional. She has lived in many places around the world however most of her work has been based around Asia Pacific region, Indonesia and the Coral Triangle. Lida is originally from a dairy farm in the Netherlands, however discovered her love for the marine world whilst …

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Episode 6 - Guy Hayler on The Business of Doing Right for the Planet 1:01:06

2y ago1:01:06

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Guy is a founder of Wavelength Ventures and commercial director of Wavelength Media. Keen surfer and outdoor enthusiast, he spent years travelling to the Globes most remote surf breaks, dreaming up businesses. Graduating from Newcastle University with a degree in Geography, Guy went on to work in the financial sector before working for Crowdfunder …

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Episode 5- Olly Pemberton on Wildlife Conservation Documentary Filming 1:32:19

2y ago1:32:19

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About Olly Pemberton Olly Pemberton is an award-winning Director, Producer, Cameraman, Drone pilot, Editor, Sound Technician, Story-teller all rolled into one. Having trained with the Royal Marines Reserves for four years he is well used to being self-sufficient and flexible. Olly grew up on the Isle of Man, a place which has now received the UNESC…

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Episode 4- Zach Boakes on Artificial Coral Reefs Restoration in Bali 1:22:18

2y ago1:22:18

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About Zach Boakes Zach Boakes is marine biologist, currently living in northern Bali in a village called Tianyar, north east Bali, currently writing his PHD on the study of coral rehabilitation. Zach first came to Bali as a passionate surfer turned fresh-faced drum teacher and integrated into a remote Balinese community untouched by tourism, soon r…

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Episode 3 - Simon Temple on The Great Outdoors: A Playground to Steward & Respect 1:25:27

2y ago1:25:27

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Simon Temple: The Great Outdoors - a playground to steward and respect Sailor, surfer, free diver, spear-fisherman lover of the Great Outdoors, avalanche survivor among many other adventures, Simon Temple embodies adventure in the wild at its best. With more than 17 years under his belt as a freelance cameraman/ cinematographer, Simon started his c…

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Episode 1 - Tim Fijal on Organic Regenerative Farming in Bali & The Soil Health Revolution 1:05:06

2y ago1:05:06

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Original founder of ‘The Kul Kul Connection’ community bridging initiative at The Green School in Bali, Tim Fijal is a regenerative farmer, environmentalist. Working alongside local Balinese farmers to revitalize soils and encourage the ‘Regenerative Agricultural’ green movement, Tim formed the social enterprise The Astungkara Way; A Regenerative A…

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Episode 2 - Steve Box on Ocean Resilience & Biodiversity Coping with Adversity 1:18:20

2y ago1:18:20

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Steve Box is a marine biologist studying the effects of fishing practices that endanger more than half of our ocean’s biodiversity. His work assesses the impact of fishing on coastal ecosystems and connections between key marine species. Steve focused on collaborative solutions to improve fishing practices with Smithsonian’s Marine Conservation Pro…