In the fourth episode of the A Systems Change Deep Dive podcast, we explore marine permaculture and sea forestation with Brian von Herzen, founder and executive director of the Climate Foundation.

Brian Von Herzen is the founder and executive director of the Climate Foundation, which upholds the vision and the mission to regenerate life in the ocean using Marine Permaculture technology. Brian leads Climate Foundation’s large-scale seaweed mariculture programs to develop sustainable food, feed and fertilizer value chains, provide ecosystem life support, and sustain blue carbon sinks. Brian graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Physics and holds a Ph.D. in planetary science from California Institute of Technology, where he was awarded the prestigious Hertz Fellowship, and has been awarded numerous patents. After two decades developing system solutions for companies such as Intel, Disney, Pixar, Microsoft, HP, and Dolby, Brian launched the Climate Foundation in order to investigate groundbreaking nature-based solutions to the climate and other environmental challenges. Brian leads an international team of scientists, engineers, technicians, social scientists and seaweed farmers. Currently and most importantly, Brian is leading a successful Marine Permaculture seaforestation demonstration project in the Philippines.

Climate Foundation: https://www.climatefoundation.org
Get in touch with the Climate Foundation: info@climatefoundation.org

In the seventh episode of the A Systems Change Deep Dive podcast, we explore forest regeneration and community capacity building with Julian Ekelhof, Senior Director of Climate Solutions at FORLIANCE.

Julian Ekelhof is an expert in the fields of Corporate Social Responsibility, sustainable business development, climate action, and creating ecologically, socially and economically sound nature-based projects. At FORLIANCE Julian is the Senior Director of Climate Solutions, connecting their work on corporate climate strategies with the implementation and financing of international forest carbon projects. Having worked in this field for more than a decade, Julian has experienced the different phases of carbon markets and how they impacted the work on local socio-economic impacts in the partner projects. As a sports economist by training, the professional path was anything but pre-determined. And yet the transition from the sporting goods industry and social impacts of sports NGOs to the relevance of international climate action for socio-economic development always seemed natural. In addition to his daily work at FORLIANCE, Julian is pushing the need for climate action as a speaker at international conferences, author of articles and as a member of working groups, expert panels and award juries.

Sodo/Humbo Community Forestation Project: https://www.co2ol.de/en/sodo-humbo-co... FORLIANCE: https://forliance.com

In the sixth episode of the A Systems Change Deep Dive podcast, we explore blue carbon and ecosystem restoration with Prof. Peter Macreadie, Founder and Head of Deakin University's Blue Carbon Lab. Professor Peter Macreadie is a marine scientist and global leader in blue carbon. His research focuses on understanding and responding to the impacts of global change on aquatic ecosystems. His approach to research is multi-disciplinary, spanning the fields of chemistry, ecology, microbiology, economics, policy, and molecular biology. Macreadie is Founder and Head of Deakin University's Blue Carbon Lab and holds the position of Professor in Marine Science. He is the Chair of the Independent Scientific Advisory Board for the National Decommissioning Research Initiative. Macreadie is actively involved in translating science into policy; he currently sits on the Victorian Coastal Council’s Science Panel; the Australian Academy of Sciences Future Earth Oceans and Coasts Expert Working Group, and the Australian Government’s Blue Carbon Expert Working Group. Macreadie has published over 170 peer-reviewed papers and received millions in research funding, and received 25 awards and fellowships. Blue Carbon Lab: https://www.bluecarbonlab.org

In the fifth episode of the A Systems Change Deep Dive podcast, we explore rewilding and permafrost conservation with Paul Streifeneder, Project Manager at the Pleistocene & Permafrost Foundation.

Paul Streifeneder works as a project manager for the Pleistocene & Permafrost Foundation for almost 1.5 years now. His main responsibilities are marketing strategy, fundraising strategy and managing the certification process. Besides his work at the foundation, he is also studying Business Administration at the University for Applied Science in Munich. He got interested in this field of work through an elective class at university, where the conversations revolved around different problems concerning planetary boundaries, growth in capitalism, and the connection to the climate crisis. He realized that there is a huge potential for a change and sees it as a challenge to tackle in the future.

Pleistocene & Permafrost Foundation: https://pleistocenepark.de/en/ Pleistocene Park Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pleistocene_permafrost_ngo/?hl=de Pleistocene Park Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pleistoceneundpermafroststiftung/ Pleistocene Park Twitter: https://twitter.com/Pleistocene_NGO

In the third episode of the A Systems Change Deep Dive podcast, we explore carbon capture and storage with Kim Bye Bruun, Communications & Government Relations Director for Northern Lights.

Kim Bye Bruun is seconded to Northern Lights from Shell. He joined Shell as a Graduate External Affairs Advisor in 2006 and has since then held various communications roles for Shell’s Upstream and Downstream businesses in Norway and South Africa, worked as Business Advisor for Shell’s VP Norway and Project Manager for the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, looking after a portfolio of environmental improvement projects. Prior to joining Northern Lights he was part of Shell’s Group Carbon team with responsibility for CCUS policy and advocacy. Before joining Shell, Kim worked as Field Coordinator and Logistician for the humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières in Angola, DR Congo, Ethiopia and Afghanistan. He holds a master’s degree in Sociology from the University of Tromsø, Norway, and an MBA from London Business School.

The Longship Project: https://northernlightsccs.com/about-the-longship-project/

In the second episode of the A Systems Change Deep Dive podcast, we explore regenerative farming and grazing rotations with Joel Salatin, co-owner of Polyface Farm. Joel Salatin, 64, calls himself a Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer. Others who like him call him the most famous farmer in the world, the high priest of the pasture, and the most eclectic thinker from Virginia since Thomas Jefferson. With a room full of debate trophies from high school and college days, 15 published books, and a thriving multi-generational family farm, he draws on a lifetime of food, farming and fantasy to entertain and inspire audiences around the world. He’s as comfortable moving cows in a pasture as addressing CEOs in a Wall Street business conference. He co-owns, with his family, Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia. Featured in the New York Times bestseller Omnivore’s Dilemma and award-winning documentary Food Inc., the farm services more than 5,000 families, 50 restaurants, 10 retail outlets, and a farmers’ market with salad bar beef, pigaerator pork, pastured poultry, and forestry products. When he’s not on the road speaking, he’s at home on the farm, keeping the callouses on his hands and dirt under his fingernails, mentoring young people, inspiring visitors, and promoting local, regenerative food and farming systems. Salatin is the editor of The Stockman Grass Farmer, he writes several magazine columns, co-hosts a podcast titled Beyond Labels, is a frequent guest on radio programs and podcasts and writes a blog called Musings from the Lunatic Farmer.

Polyface Farm: https://www.polyfacefarms.com Musings from the Lunatic Farmer: https://www.thelunaticfarmer.com

Niklas Kaskeala is Compensate’s Chief Impact Officer. Kaskeala oversees Compensate’s sustainability approach, carbon capture portfolio and advocacy efforts to reform the Voluntary Carbon Market.

Kaskeala is also the founder of Protect Our Winters Finland, the Finnish affiliate of the international Protect Our Winters movement, and has a long background in several environmental and development NGO’s.

Kaskeala has more than 15 years of experience in development, sustainability and climate change. Before joining Compensate in the summer of 2019, Kaskeala worked with the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI), Save the Children, and the global development expert Fingo.