Green Living Chats

Dr Brunilda Kosta, PhD, PMP®, is a Professor of Management at the Faculty of Economy, University of Tirana, Albania, and a leading circular economy expert in the Western Balkans. With over a decade of experience spanning academia, international development, and the private sector, she has worked with businesses, policymakers, and international organisations to advance the transition from linear to...

Matthieu Mehuys is an award-winning author and landscape architect on a mission to create a greener, healthier world. His journey began on a family farm in Belgium, where, from the age of three, he was captivated by the magic of turning tiny seeds into vibrant plants. After earning a Master of Engineering in Landscape Architecture, Matthieu landed what he thought was his dream job—but quickly real...

Rinaldo, founding president and CEO of the World Business Academy, is a successful entrepreneur, executive, author, radio host and futurist. He has published numerous cutting-edge articles and books that address the role and responsibility of business in relation to the critical moral, environmental and social concerns of the day. He is a regular keynote speaker at conferences and guest lecturer a...

Etelle Higonnet is the Founder & Director of  Coffee Watch . A graduate of Yale Law School, she's an attorney and environmental and human rights activist. She previously worked at Mighty Earth, National Wildlife Federation, Greenpeace, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch, as well as two war crimes courts. She was knighted as a  Chevalier de l'ordre national du Mérite  in her...

Marc-André is the founder and CEO of Synertium Inc. - a company dedicated to fostering positive-impact organisations that drive the transition to a sustainable society and economy. He believes businesses can play a vital role in this transformation. With over 20 years of experience in business services, coaching, and project management, he values collaborative and transparent business models that...

Tim Flohrer leads ESA's Space Debris Office since 2020. Working on space debris matters since 2001, he joined the office as an engineer in 2007. He is working for ESA's Space Safety Programme and leads activities addressing the development of technologies for monitoring the space debris environment and related risk assessments. He is responsible for operational collision avoidance activities, for...

Dr. Desmond Anim is an experienced environmental water resource engineer and researcher with over 15 years of expertise at the forefront of sustainable water resources management. His career bridges academia, industry, and government, where he is committed to advancing practical, climate-resilient solutions for water sustainability in the face of urbanization and climate change. Dr. Anim’s current...

Dr. Desmond Anim is an experienced environmental water resource engineer and researcher with over 15 years of expertise at the forefront of sustainable water resources management. His career bridges academia, industry, and government, where he is committed to advancing practical, climate-resilient solutions for water sustainability in the face of urbanization and climate change. Dr. Anim’s current...

Eric Affum Boamah is an enthusiastic champion for the environment and customer relations with Sound knowledge and understanding of communication tools and public relations techniques. A passionate wordsmith with 13 years of experience in general quality assurance, leading tailored initiatives in community and industrial relations management, Government Engagements, PR, and Regulatory affairs. With...

Guy Schumann is an internationally recognised scientist in disaster risk, with affiliations in the US and Europe. He is the Founder of RSS-Hydro, a Luxembourg-based R&D company in EO and computer modelling of water risks. He is an Associate of ImageCat Inc., an international risk management company headquartered in the US. Guy has published many research papers and book chapters and holds a re...

Welcome to Season V of the Green Living Chats podcast. In nature, all species live such that their resources and by-product form part of and nourish nature's regenerative ecosystem - there is nothing like waste. However, humans have created a different ecosystem for ourselves that has, for years, breached nature's rules of "No waste allowed" and instead potentially offset nature&...

Dear Greenchatters, it's time to call it a"day" peacefully. In this episode, our hosts reflect on the Season and highlight our conversations on the Green Living Chats podcast. They share their experience and thoughts and how the discussions have nourished and challenged their philosophy and ideology. All the conversations are available on all podcast platforms, so feel free to go back to them whil...

Prof. Benjamin Lamptey is a meteorological (weather and climate) modeller with expertise in Database Management. He has been vital in developing Africa’s climate science research and operations. In fact, he was a lead author of the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) AR6 WG1. In September 2013, he joined the African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD)...

In this episode, we share a conversation Dr Daniel Fiifi Tawia Hagan (a co-host on the Green Living Chats podcast) has with interns at Eco Amet Solutions as part of our mentorship program. ------- GLC aims to share knowledge and education with our cherished listeners through this Podcast. It's about time we connect the pieces: sustainability is a sacrifice but are we ready? Congratulations🎉🎊, yo...

Brenna Quinlan is an illustrator and educator who strives to make the world a better place through her art and her actions. She has ridden a bicycle across the Americas, taught permaculture in Brasil, Chile and Argentina, and lived for four years at Melliodora, the permaculture demonstration site created by permaculture co-originator David Holmgren and his partner Su Dennett in Central Victoria, A...

Dr Pau Ródenas Motos works as a technical project manager in AINIA,  a private technology centre in Valencia dedicated to Agrifood, Pharma and Chemical industries. He is an expert in water technology with more than 10 years of research experience in bioelectrochemistry, desalination,  resource recovery or nanotechnology. Get in touch with Dr Pau. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pau...

Mai Shalaby is an educator and sustainability professional with more than ten years of work experience in both fields. She has worked in Egypt, India, Kenya, and now the UAE on education programmes with people of almost all ages, from kindergarten to adults and everything in between. The programs she worked on span various fields such as environmental conservation, cultural exchange and diplomacy,...

James Frost is a recent economics graduate from the University of Exeter in England and, alongside his degree, he has founded a company called Flaming Phoenix. Flaming Phoenix has created the Phoenix Bar - a completely nourishing (it meets all of the criteria for human nutrition set by the World Health Organisation) and fully sustainable food bar to prevent world hunger, food insecurity and malnut...

Alizee Ccm is considered a circular economy & sustainability expert. She's an educator and consultant turned photography documentarist, keeping sustainability at the core of her work. Her work in sustainability has shaped her life in the last decade, allowing Alizée to work with Fortune 500 companies, business schools, entrepreneurs, local NGOs, and many more. She ran over 150 workshops and se...

Eller is a PhD researcher focused on integrating social impact into the circular economy using permaculture. She works as a business consultant using permaculture to develop sustainability and management strategies. She has co-founded a social impact company which uses tech and design to accelerate the SDGs and is currently building a startup for the sharing of practical, sustainable solutions. Sh...

Pritish is a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Politics, Governance and Development at the University of Manchester's Global Development Institute (GDI). His research focuses on the contemporary challenges of latte development under 21st-century Globalisation, with research experience in India and East Africa. He is also the Deputy Director of the University of Manchester's Rory and Elizabeth...

Nora is an expert in water and sustainable development with experience in academia and the private sector on integrating nature-based solutions and green infrastructure in basin, city and building planning and design. Central to her work is the connection of communities, government and businesses to identify opportunities for greening the economy. She has academic positions in VUB, Belgium and IHE...

Nora is an expert in water and sustainable development with experience in academia and the private sector on integrating nature-based solutions and green infrastructure in basin, city and building planning and design. Central to her work is the connection of communities, government and businesses to identify opportunities for greening the economy. She has academic positions in VUB, Belgium and IHE...

Cordie founded Environment360 in December 2014 to support the creation of circular economies with an economic and environmental impact. During the past six years, she has become an expert in supporting informal sector plastic waste collectors, also known as waste pickers. Ms Aziz was pivotal in creating the Ghana Recycling Initiative by Private Enterprise (GRIPE). She is one of the founders of the...

Collins Gameli Hodoli is a curious environmental scientist with a passion for environmental sustainability and public health protection. A Pan African whose research interest cuts across DIY and IoT approaches to revolutionize air quality monitoring in Ghana and wider Africa. He holds a PhD in Environment and Agrifood (Environmental Technology); published in peer-reviewed journals, and offered tho...