Food waste: The solar dryer solution

Millions of people around the world are unpaid carers, providing help for a friend or family member who due to illness or disability cannot cope without their support. For some this may be a few hours a week but for many this can be a round-the-clock role. This can lead to the ca ...  Show more

Peer support is an often overlooked but important tool that can reduce isolation, increase confidence and complement various health services. We take a look at a project in Ireland where older volunteers are paired with those in a similar age bracket to provide a weekly chat and ...  Show more

Food waste is one of the biggest challenges facing us today, with 25 million slices of bread thrown away every day in UK households and over $1 trillion dollars of food wasted every year. In this episode we look at just how serious it is, the huge role we as individuals play in i ...  Show more

What is regenerative production? And how can farmers help address the damaging effects our industrialised food system has on the climate and biodiversity?

In this episode, we’ll hear from Philippe Birker, co-founder of Climate Fa ...

Meet Divya Yachamaneni, CEO of Naandi Community Water Services, a for-profit social enterprise bringing safe drinking water to rural communities across India. Hear how this mission-led company made a strategic pivot to get the “urban rich” to help subsidize and ultimately scale i ...  Show more

We’re joined this week by Daniel Solomon, the founder of HeroGo, a company fighting food waste by rescuing the so-called 'ugly' fruits and vegetables. According to the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, an estimated 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted each ye ...  Show more