Seaweed People

This one’s for you if you’re interested in how a class action case works, if you wanna hear about seaweed farmers taking on big oil companies or if you’re also a soil person  🌱🪱Freya Mulvey is a senior lawyer and environmental enthusiast who is passionate about implementing better soil and landscape regulation into policy and legal frameworks. She is a 2023 Churchill Fellow and a 2017 recipient of the Australian Lawyers Alliance Civil Justice Award for her work on the Montara Oil Spill. She is also a published author of the book Ground Breaking: Soil Security and Climate Change. We're also making a podcast together! You can find Freya on LinkedIn, subscribe to SOIL on Spotify here, find us on socials @soilpodcast or read more at thesoilpodcast.com. Donate to our Pozible campaign by March 16th or via our website afterwards. You can find and contact me @seaweed.people. Links to research, projects and stories touched on in this ep: Indonesian seaweed farmers win class action over one of Australia's largest oil spillsInterview with Greg PhelpsPhil Mulvey, Environmental Earth Sciences InternationalGround Breaking: Soil Security & Climate Change (the book Freya co-authored with Phil Mulvey)SOIL - Pozible campaignSoil on SpotifySeaweed People is completely independent. You can support the making of this show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople.This episode was recorded and produced on Gadigal/Wangal and Larrakia Country. I acknowledge and pay respects to First Nations people and their elders past and present as the ongoing custodians of Sea, Land and Sky Country.

This one’s for you if you’re interested in biochar, giant kelp, marine engineering or thinking about seaweed as a solution to a whole lotta problems 🛠️🐟Adam Brancher is a Principle Marine Surveyor and the  Founder of Southern Ocean Carbon, which aims to mitigate the impacts of climate change through responsible seaweed mariculture and bio-mitigation around aquaculture farms. We touch on a few of the exciting projects his team is working on across the world in this episode, such as growing seaweed for bioplastics, offshore mariculture, IMTA and seaweed for food security. You can find Adam and the Southern Ocean Carbon team here or on socials @southernoceancarbon. You can find and contact me @seaweed.people. Donate to support the making of this show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople.Links to research, projects and stories touched on in this ep: The Problem with Carbon Credits and Offsets ExplainedForensic carbon accounting with Catriona Herd (SP episode)Opportunities and constraints for biochar technology in Australian agriculture: looking beyond carbon sequestration (research)Kelpy (NSW-based seaweed bioplastic)Nopla - bioplasticsBlue Economy CRCHydrodynamic energy attenuation by seaweed aquacultureDeveloping Production Systems for Offshore Kelp MaricultureA new paper on seaweed explores its potential in nourishing low- and middle-income nationsSome info on IMTA (integrated multi-trophic aquaculture)Nutrition, Nitrogen & circular Systems with Pia Winberg (SP episode)This episode was recorded and produced on Gadigal/Wangal and Palawa Pakana lands. I acknowledge and pay respects to First Nations people and their elders past and present as the ongoing custodians of Sea, Land and Sky Country.

You’ll love this ep, I just know it 🐋🦅 It’s for you if you like baby seahorses and migrating whales, if you live in a coastal city, if you've heard about wildlife coming back into harbours during lockdowns, or if you want to know what a strong collaboration between Indigenous knowledge-holders and western science looks like. Robert Cooley is a Senior Ranger and leader of the Gamay Rangers, an Indigenous ranger team that cares for country on Gamay, or Botany Bay in Sydney, and on conservation land owned by the La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council. Since 2019, the Gamay Rangers team have been regenerating coastal habitats, protecting marine mammals, providing food for vulnerable people during Covid lockdowns and connecting local communities to Sea Country in Australia’s biggest city. You can find Robert and the Gamay Ranger team on socials @gamayrangers. You can find and contact me @seaweed.people. Donate to support the making of this show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople.Links to research, projects and stories touched on in this ep: La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land CouncilOperation Crayweed - restoring Sydney’s underwater forests Operation Posidonia - healing old wounds The Sydney Seahorse Project (SIMS/Gamay Rangers)SIMS Aboriginal Youth Ranger Program Wild Sydney Harbour - citizen science project Country Needs People - what are Indigenous Rangers?Indigenous Rangers (NIAA/gov)This episode was recorded and produced on Gadigal/Wangal and Bidjigal lands. I acknowledge and pay respects to First Nations people and their elders past and present as the ongoing custodians of Sea, Land and Sky Country.

This one’s for you if you’re into craft beer, you like dreaming up side hustles with your mates, you’re a chef wanting to experiment with kelpy umami or if you’re an aspiring seaweed farmer 👩🏽‍🍳🍻Cam Hines and Brent “Bert” Cross are two of the three founders of Southern Seagreens. From backgrounds in craft beer and naval diving, they joined forces with Rob (the third, a scientist) to learn how to farm native kelp at their sea farm down in Flinders, Victoria. They also hunt wakame, one of the world’s most invasive (yet delicious) species, and turning it all into tasty treats. You can find Cam & Bert via the Southern Greens website or socials. You can find and contact me @seaweed.people. Donate to support the making of this show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople.Links to research, projects and stories touched on in this ep: AU government Invasive pests: Wakame control plan Removing wakame (Parks Victoria)Mountain Goat BeerAegir Divers (Bert’s company)GreenWave - global network of regenerative ocean farmersReviving Tassie’s giant kelp with Mick Baron (SP companion episode about Macrocystis)Seaweed babies & kelp farms with Jo Lane (another companion ep about Ecklonia radiata)An Overview of the Alternative Use of Seaweeds to Produce Safe and Sustainable Bio-Packaging (Lomartire et al., 2022 - research)This episode was recorded and produced on Gadigal/Wangal land and Boon Wurrung/Bunurong land. I acknowledge and pay respects to First Nations people and their elders past and present as the ongoing custodians of Sea, Land and Sky Country.

This is maybe as seaweed peopley as it gets. It’s for you if you want an overview of kelp forests, if you’re into rewilding and sea otters, if you have any kind of skill and want to put it toward conserving kelp, if you like the sound of a national marine gardening day or if you just want to hear about a big, impressive enviro movement 🦦⚡Aaron Eger is the Founder and Program Director of the Kelp Forest Alliance, a global community of kelp restoration and conservation practices and research that evolved from his PhD. He was the lead author of the first ever kelp restoration guidebook and facilitated the creation of the Kelp Forest Challenge, a global mission to protect and restore 4 million hectares of kelp forests by 2040.You can find Aaron at UNSW or via the Kelp Forest Alliance website. You can find and contact me @seaweed.people. Support the show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople.Links to stuff we talk about: Sunshine Coast Canada - Kelp ecosystem restoration Sea Otters Have Helped Bolster California’s Kelp ForestGlobal Rewilding AllianceGlobal kelp forest restoration: past lessons, present status, and future directions (Eger et al., 2022)The Race to Help Kelp (Google resource. Great pics)Kelp Restoration GuidebookKelp Forest Challenge The Kelp Forest Challenge: A collaborative global movement to protect and restore 4 million hectares of kelp forests (open access)Korean Kelp Restoration ManualGardening Marine Forests (film) - South Korean kelp restorationTips for finding & contacting your local MP (courtesy of the Australian Marine Conservation Society)This episode was recorded and produced on Gadigal/Wangal land. I acknowledge and pay respects to First Nations people and their elders past and present as the ongoing custodians of Sea, Land and Sky Country.

You’ll enjoy this episode if you like games, if you’re a scientist looking for creative ways to communicate your research, if you run a music festival, a council or small town and want to know how to talk about climate change with your townsfolk 💥🦞Boho Interactive is a collective of Australian artists, performers and game designers who create interactive games, performances and workshops in collaboration with research scientists. Their games have been played or experienced in theatres, festivals, museums, conferences and boardrooms. One such game is the urchin-lobster battle ‘Best Kelp Secrets’, commissioned by Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO.Joining me today and playing the part of shiny lobster, is one part of this big creative team, Nathan Harrison. You can find Boho Interactive through their website. You can find and contact me @seaweed.people. Support the show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople.Links to research, projects and stories touched on in this ep: Best Festival Ever - how to manage a disaster - Boho Interactive gameInvasive sea urchin endangers giant kelp forests - Invasive Species CouncilCSIRO’s work protecting giant kelp Gamifying Government - Best Kelp Secrets commissioned by CSIROPlayful Activism, game mechanics and participation - Coney (UK)Evaluating a community of practice for Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing - Lowitja InstituteMore on Boho’s work creating games with Indigenous communities Get Ready Singleton: Disaster Dash - game created with Singleton CouncilThis episode was recorded and produced on Gadigal/Wangal and Bidjigal land. I acknowledge and pay respects to First Nations people and their elders past and present as the ongoing custodians of Sea, Land and Sky Country.