Tangled

Tangled

Tangled is a show about how we can take ideas from nature to build better human systems. Interviews with architects, engineers, farmers, designers and entrepreneurs.

Episodes

April 22, 2020 44 mins

In this interview, I speak to Zach Weiss, who runs a business called Elemental Ecosystems. I met Zach a few weeks ago when I took his workshop, where he taught some of his methods for understanding and managing water in the landscape.

Zach works under the assumption that the core reason for many environmental problems is a misunderstanding and poor management of water. By building dams, repairing eroded stream banks and many other ...

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On this episode I speak to Darren Doherty. Darren is one of the world’s most well-respected farm planners. He has developed a design system called the Regrarians Platform, which incorporates ideas and from existing frameworks with Darren’s own innovations. The platform was greatly influenced by people such as PA Yeomans, whose scale of permanence forms the basis of Darren’s framework. Darren’s approach also draws on Allan Sa...

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January 25, 2020 30 mins

The ongoing bushfires in south-eastern Australia are a horrible reminder that we need to change the way we’re operating. But I don’t think it’s a simple as trying to reduce carbon emissions. So over the next few weeks, I’m going to talk to some people who have ideas about more tangible and effective ways of managing landscapes, including urban areas, farms and bushland. If we don’t re-instate a functioning water cycle, then things ...

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In this episode of Tangled, I talk to Dylan Gower. Dylan is an architect by trade, but in this interview, we discuss a community energy project that he leads. The organisation is based in Cowra, a town in central New South Wales, a few hours drive west from Sydney. The group is called CLEAN, which stands for Cowra Local Energy Action Network.



The longterm aim for CLEAN is to develop a decentralised energy network for their loca...
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Walter Jehne is an Australian soil microbiologist, with decades of experience teaching and advising governments, farmers, students and communities. Walter is the director of Healthy Soils Australia, and is also part of NGOs including Global Cooling Earth and Regenerate Earth.




I only came across Walter’s work recently, when I saw some of his lectures on YouTube (see ...
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January 14, 2019 57 mins

In this episode of the podcast, I speak to Abraham Cambridge. Abe is the founder and CEO of The Sun Exchange, which is an online solar energy marketplace. In short, the company provides a platform to buy solar panels in the sunniest places on earth. When the panels produce electricity, the owners receive payment in bitcoin. In Abe’s words, the company acts as a market maker between solar panel manufacturers, installers, buyers and...
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August 23, 2018 50 mins
Florijn de Graaf is an engineer at Spectral, a sustainable energy startup based in Amsterdam. Florijn’s work involves experimenting with ways to transition from the centralised and carbon-based energy system that we currently have, to a renewable and decentralised system.
Part of this transition will involve developing smart micro-grids, in which communities produce, store and share energy amongst themselves, with minimal need to ...
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August 20, 2018 34 mins
In this episode of Tangled, I speak to Nadine Galle. Nadine is a consultant at Metabolic, meaning she is a colleague of Thomas Mason, who I spoke to in episode 5. If you’ve listened to that show, you’ll know that Metabolic is a consulting and venture building firm that helps companies, communities and cities to move towards a circular – and more sustainable – economy.

Nadine is also one of the academic directors of a summer scho...
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August 9, 2018 37 mins
Growing food in and near cities has the potential to improve water management, filter the air, reduce reliance on industrial agriculture and increase social cohesion. Thomas Mason, a consultant at Metabolic in Amsterdam, is an expert. He's helped businesses, communities and governments all over the world to transform urban rooftops and carparks into productive plots.
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July 17, 2018 44 mins
Dr Brian von Herzen is a scientist, engineer and entrepreneur focussed on ensuring food security and ecosystem survival
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July 14, 2018 30 mins
Saumil Shah founded Bangkok company EnerGaia, which develops innovative techniques for growing spirulina in urban environments. Spirulina is a type of alga that is high in protein and important minerals. Saumil believes that if he can increase spirulina’s popularity as a food, fewer people around the world will go hungry, and the amount of carbon being released into the atmosphere can be dramatically reduced.
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July 8, 2018 37 mins
Dr Michael Taylor is a mycologist and entrepreneur working with Australian native fungi.
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July 7, 2018 28 mins
Arief Rabik is a scientist, entrepreneur and conservationist whose expertise is bamboo.
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