Gaia Solutions Podcast

Solving water scarcity and protecting the source of life on planet Earth

Samuel is the CEO of a French Startup called Berger-World. In the last 2 years he’s became famous by having democratizing a solution for saving the water ressources. With the birth of his first daughter he took the innovative technology of Potacium from diabers and invented a solution that can save up to 70% more water. He is working with local governments, private companies and individual house-holds to solve our world's biggest threat - the lack of drinking water! What you will learn: * How having a baby can change your perspective on your career, the world and our shared source of life: Water. * Potasium Minerals hold the key to save up to 70% more water in agriculture and house-holds * Why saving water in Agriculture becomes essential to feed humanity Do you want to receive more positive news about innovative projects from around the world? 🌱  Follow our newsletter and our social media pages! 🌎 www.gaiapodcast.org [http://gaiapodcast.org] 🌎 Instagram  [https://www.instagram.com/gaiagives_/] 🌎 Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/GaiaGivesHQ] 🌎 Twitter [https://twitter.com/GaiaGives_] Do you have feedback? Send us a message here: podcast@gaia.gives

Transforming how Africa learns with disruptive ed-Tech

Education is without a doubt one of the key focus areas to concentrate on if we want to solve economic and social inequalities in our world. It is one of the 'hottest' SDGs and charities, NGOs, public sector entities as well as private individuals have spent billions of dollars in the last decades trying to fix a broken system. Yet to this day, in sub-Sharan Africa, millions of children are falling behind and failing to learn. School dropouts have been rising and that part of the continent is plagued by a serious learning crisis. According to a recent report by UNICEF, it would take 11 years to get 70% of Learners to grade 7 maths, and only 1 in 10 learners has foundational skills.  Edulution was founded in 2015 and runs catch-up programmes in learning centers with offline ipads in South Africa, Namibia, and Zambia. The platform reaches marginalized Sub Saharan African communities living in inner-city townships, remote rural areas, and refugee camps. The Centres are serving over 18,000 active Learners per month. What is special here is that Edulution is tackling several systematic challenges at once. The large unemployment of youth by giving local youth the opportunity to become a coach and train younger students on the tablets. It also increases high quality education and with its innovative business model promotes entrepreneurship and innovation. In this episode you will learn: * Technology alone is insufficient to transform education * Human development, is the secret ingredient * Creating a new job class is required to complement the current education systems in sub-Sharan Africa to transform educational outcomes Do you want to receive more positive news about innovative projects from around the world? 🌱 Follow our newsletter and our social media pages! 🌎 www.gaiapodcast.org 🌎 Instagram  [https://www.instagram.com/gaiagives_/] 🌎 Facebook  [https://www.facebook.com/GaiaGivesHQ] 🌎 Twitter  [https://twitter.com/GaiaGives_] Do you have feedback? Send us a message here: podcast@gaia.gives

3D Printing Coral Reefs For Rapid Regeneration

If you’ve paid any attention to the state of coral reefs you know that the situation is pretty grim - only 20% of global tropical reefs are in good condition with roughly half having collapsed in recent years. The good news is that new technologies are entering our oceans to help turn this situation around- and do so in a fraction of the time required by natural processes. rrreefs is a Swiss-based Not-For-Profit organization pioneering a scalable solution for ecosystem regeneration, through the use of modular 3D printed clay structures to support and enhance coastal ocean life. Ocean acidification, pollution, and overfishing are ever-present threats to ocean life and rrreefs believes that these challenges can be overcome in part by simply creating more spaces rebuilding lost habitats to support the ocean’s existing biodiversity. Their innovative hollow lego-like brick lattice provides a profound number of niches for ocean life, in a way augmenting the natural role of coral reefs on the ocean floor. Each brick has a finely textured eco-engineered surface, offering a home to hundreds of organisms each. As a completely modular system, their synthetic reef supports be constructed to complement natural tides and topography, providing erosion protection and a wide variety of niches. The bricks are 3D printed in clay and heat treated, providing an ideal substrate for corals to attach to and grow. Better yet, this design can be produced locally using open-source plans, creating new jobs globally in ecosystem restoration. Ultimately this biodiversity gives a food source and growing medium for new corals to take root, turning a man-made structure into a vibrant and diverse biological community. In this episode you will learn: * What are the core challenges facing global oceanic biodiversity * Why coral reefs are exceptionally important for ocean biodiversity and the carbon cycle * How their design evolved by using both art and deep environmental research * Their results from real-world testing off the coast of Colombia * How Rrreefs plans to scale its impact Do you want to receive more positive news about innovative projects from around the world? 🌱 Follow our newsletter and our social media pages! 🌎 www.gaiapodcast.org [http://gaiapodcast.org/] 🌎 Instagram  [https://www.instagram.com/gaiagives_/] 🌎 Facebook  [https://www.facebook.com/GaiaGivesHQ] 🌎 Twitter  [https://twitter.com/GaiaGives_] Do you have feedback? Send us a message here: podcast@gaia.gives

How radically listening to Indigenous Peoples and Local Rainforest communities will solve our climate crisis

Jonathan spent 13 years with Doctors Without Borders managing humanitarian medical programs across the Balkans, Africa, and India, in areas of war, outbreak and natural disaster. In 2013 he became the Deputy Executive Director of Doctors Without Borders Canada. Eventually, Jonathan became frustrated going to work everyday to deal with the humanitarian fallout of a sick planet, and he became increasingly focused on the drivers of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Recognizing that human and ecosystem health are fundamentally interdependent, he followed his vision for change, becoming Executive Director of Health In Harmony in 2017. What you will learn: 1. Protecting and expanding Earth’s tropical rainforests is the simplest, most effective and least expensive way to reverse global heating and mass extinction. 2. The experts at knowing how to protect and expand Earth’s tropical rainforests are the people who live in them. 3. Radically Listening to these Indigenous Peoples and Local Rainforest communities - and investing precisely in their systems-oriented solutions - is a pathway to cool the planet, rejuvenate species biodiversity, thwart future pandemics and restore social justice. Do you want to receive more positive news about innovative projects from around the world? 🌱 Follow our newsletter and our social media pages! 🌎 www.gaiapodcast.org [http://gaiapodcast.org/] 🌎 Instagram  [https://www.instagram.com/gaiagives_/] 🌎 Facebook  [https://www.facebook.com/GaiaGivesHQ] 🌎 Twitter  [https://twitter.com/GaiaGives_] Do you have feedback? Send us a message here: podcast@gaia.gives