Podcast appearances and mentions of jo taranto

CEO of Good for the Hood, Jo Taranto (pictured) sees the circular economy as the solution to climate change, as she said on a recent webinar organised by The Australia Institute. "Smart Energy 2024"; "Climate experts sound alarm over thriving plant life at Greenland ice sheet"; "This Arctic Circle Town Expected a Green Energy Boom. Then Came Bidenomics."; "January Was Awash With Extreme Winter Storms. Climate Change Likely Played a Role"; "Migrants can be a transformative force for sustainable development"; "Fences have big effects on land and wildlife around the world that are rarely measured"; "Sweltering Cities panel warns Brisbane heatwaves will worsen"; "Climate-driven migration overtakes Russian aggression as biggest security concern, report finds"; "Australian fossil fuel tax could raise $100bn in first year alone, Rod Sims and Ross Garnaut say"; "Rise in e-scooter injuries concerns doctors"; "Global military spending hits record $2.2 trillion amid multiple wars"; "What is a circular economy?"; "The Heavy Price of Next-Day Delivery"; "Sweltering Cities panel warns Brisbane heatwaves will worsen"; "Climate change is forcing Australians to weigh up relocating. How do they make that difficult decision?"; "Greenland's ice sheet melting faster than scientists previously estimated, study finds"; "A Collapse of the Amazon Could Be Coming ‘Faster Than We Thought'"; "The Racist Origins of 'Tipping Point'"; "‘Litigation terrorism': the obscure tool that corporations are using against green laws"; "Nearly 15% of Americans deny climate change is real"; "Transitioning to a Circular Economy: The value and opportunity for citizens". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

Nicole Blackburn, Industry Sales Director and Water, Wastewater Segment Director at Schneider Electric speaks to Jo Taranto about how global megatrends, pandemic, climate change, and recent local extreme weather events have affected perceptions around water and wastewater management. She talks about the necessity to create an environment where we decarbonise, reuse, and recycle current water resources whilst better harvesting underutilised prospects like rainwater. Painting a picture towards the end of an ideal future outcome where we balance growing water consumption demands and being efficient and sustainable. Using operational efficiency, energy efficiency, IoT, and automation to making the future both green and sustainable. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christopher Raynor, Process Engineer; Pramod Janardhanan, Service Planning Senior Analyst and Ronica Koey, Senior Communications and Engagement Officer all at Sydney Water speaks to Jo Taranto about the ‘Poo Switcheroo’, a retrofittable valve to improve sanitation in India they secured them them 2018 WaterAid Winnovators challenge. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joel Spry, Demand Management Coordinator of Minor Centres and Schools for Northern Territory Power and Water Corporation speaks to Jo Taranto about creating a generational change in regional attitudes. They discuss some of the challenges Katherine has faced in delivering safe drinking water in it's worst wet season on record. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Richard Greenwood, Principal Consulting Engineer with Jacobs New Zealand speaks with Jo Taranto about how a dairy plant can be water and carbon neutral. He explains how New Zealand's dairy industry is moving towards plant production with a fully integrated approach to the recovery of water, nutrients, energy and waste streams. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark Vaughan, Alliance Manager at Logan Water Infrastructure Alliance speaks to Jo Taranto about one of Australia's most sustainable wastewater treatment plants, the Cedar Grove Environmental Centre. It will be the QLD’s first wastewater treatment plant to benefit the environment by reducing nutrients in treated water to record low levels, polishing treated water in constructed wetlands, and offsetting any remaining nutrients through riverbank restoration projects. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James Goode, Asset Management Program Coordinator at the Water Services Association of Australia and Steven Nash, Manager of Operations at Goulburn Valley Water speak to Jo Taranto about the management of asbestos cement pipes now and into the future. They discuss the legacy risks associated with asbestos pipes, including best practice guidelines for replacement and maintenance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark Babic, James Wallace and Lucas Finch from Sydney Water speak to Jo Taranto about maximising employee performance and wellbeing through an employee lifecycle approach. They discuss how employees are supported throughout their working lifecycle, including how they're supported when they return to work following an injury. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Icon Water's Ben Wood, Team Leader for Health & Safety Services and Michael Nolan, Health & Work Fitness Coordinator speak to Jo Taranto about a workplace health, safety and wellbeing program called Live Well. They discuss the initiatives that helped improve hazardous manual tasks including the implementation of an onsite physiotherapy program for field staff. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James Ryan, Business Systems Coordinator at Allwater speaks to Jo Taranto about keeping people safe while working alone. They discuss the concerns that were raised by staff working alone and the measures that were put in place to protect their workforce and make them feel safe and secure at all times. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Terry Mulvaney, Manager of Risk Compliance & Audit at City West Water speaks to Jo Taranto about implementing a new and streamlined enterprise management system. They discuss the process of assessing the organisation's risk profile and identifying a system that could bridge disparate systems, combine data from different areas, and enhance their service delivery. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Johanna Johnson, Sustainable Projects Lead for Logan Water at Logan City Council and Mark Thomas, Design Manager with Downer Utilities speak to Jo Taranto about biosolids gasification in Logan City. They talk about the Loganholme wastewater treatment plant, how it's reducing greenhouse gas emissions, reducing costs for the city, and providing a valuable end product. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Hertle, Water Market Leader - North America at GHD speaks with Jo Taranto about hydrogen reduction in wastewater treatment, biosolids management and how the water sector is using waste as a resource. They talk about the evolution and process of reducing hydrogen in wastewater and those in the industry who are changing the way we think about wastewater management. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Icon Water's Sustainability & Resource Recovery Coordinator Joel Edwards and Project Delivery & Maintenance Supervisor James Gibson speak to Jo Taranto about spoil reuse and how it's contributing to a circular economy. They discuss how they're reducing the amount of material going to landfill and maximising value from waste. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Lam and Hilary Chiang from Gradiant, a water technology company, speak to Jo Taranto about how water is used in the textile industry and the ways textile factories are moving towards more sustainable processes for waste disposal and water reuse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Justin Frank, Chief Customer Officer for SUEZ ANZ speaks with Jo Taranto about driving the change towards a circular economy, particularly through the Smart City Initiative in the French city of Dijon and a similar project in Singapore that looked into smart water metering. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eric Garcin from SUEZ speaks with Jo Taranto about biofactories, using waste and resource recovery for resource management.

Sandra Glass from South East Water speaks to Jo Taranto about engaging a community that doesn't yet exist, specifically the community who might one day live in Australia's most water efficient urban housing development, Aquarevo.

Matt Winkelman & Arturo Burbano from GHD speak to Jo Taranto about potable reuse in the US and the implications, opportunities, and challenges it has for being adopted more widely in Australia.

Tim O'Connor from KBR speaks to Jo Taranto about how to optimise performance to enable greater capacity, particularly in regards to Melbourne Water's dissolved air flotation thickening process, or DAF as Tim likes to call it.

Anna May and Geoff Steeden from the Victorian Government's Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning speak to Jo Taranto about the impact of climate change on water supplies, specifically the Victorian Water and Climate Initiative. Read about the initiative here.

Jason Carr from Arup speaks to Jo Taranto about exploring blockchain in water trading, discussing the key hurdles, benefits and opportunities, and potential uses in water. Note: Department of Industry Water has changed its name to Department of Planning Industry and Environment since the recording of this podcast.

Abigail Morrow from Hunter Water Corporation speaks to Jo Taranto about thermophilic amoeba, free living organisms that can be found in warm fresh water, and what to do when they are detected in your drinking water distribution system.

Jurgen Thiele from Calibre Professional Services speaks to Jo Taranto about pathways to a carbon-neutral water industry, including the hurdles we need to overcome and some of the tools that already exist to help us get there.

Dilusha Weeraddana from CSIRO's Data61 and Livia Bonazzi from Western Water speak to Jo Taranto about using machine learning to prevent water main breaks, and meeting the challenge of servicing a growing population with the most efficient and cost-effective solutions. The collaborative project won a merit award in the Australian Information Industry Association's 2019 iAwards.

Damian Mortimer from SA Water speaks to Jo Taranto about addressing drinking water fluoride levels in remote communities, discussing some of the challenges faced and the solutions to overcome them.

Cassie Tickner-Smith from Tasmanian Irrigation speaks to Jo Taranto about cost-effective and time-saving technology that is improving audit outcomes by eliminating the need for paper notes and manual data entry.

Emily Thomas from City West Water speaks to Jo Taranto about building a culture of innovation through an internal staff program that supports people in putting their ideas forward, and giving them the resources and time to drive those ideas.

Rachaelle Downey from TasWater speaks to Jo Taranto about a graffiti management program in southern Tasmania which engaged youth in the community to paint murals on water assets that had been targeted by graffiti.

Simon Zander and Jack Krutak from Schneider Electric speak to Jo Taranto about digital transformation in the water industry and how they are powering the digital economy.

Tahlia Rossi from the City of Gold Coast speaks to Jo Taranto about a water conservation program to increase the awareness of water consumption at schools across the Gold Coast.

Sandeep Sathyamoorthy from Black & Veatch speaks to Jo Taranto about taking mainstream deammonification out of the box and putting it into practice.

Rosie Wheen from WaterAid Australia speaks to Jo Taranto about transforming the lives of the poorest and most marginalised people in the world through the provision of safe water, and the actions we need to take to meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. To watch the video about the Winovators challenge, check out: https://www.wateraid.org/au/articles/sydney-waters-team-praan-visits-india

Danielle Verdon Kidd from the University of Newcastle speaks to Jo Taranto about planning urban water system responses to mega droughts, delving into extreme event risks and what that means for our water supplies.

Dave Woodmore from SA Water speaks to Jo Taranto about the increasing role of accessibility in businesses, which has been described as a 'blind spot' in the Australian water industry.

Brendan Moore from Yarra Valley Water speaks to Jo Taranto about using an evidence-based approach to increase LGBTIQ+ representation and inclusion in workplaces.

Doug van Gelder from Esri Australia speaks to Jo Taranto about how mobility mapping has helped the Northern Territory's Power & Water Corporation collect field data and upload it in real time to manage water leaks.

Matt Schnelle from Sydney Water speaks to Jo Taranto about critical infrastructure resilience for Sydney's water supply.

Chris Chesterfield from the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities speaks to Jo Taranto about guiding integrated urban and water planning.

Gary Hallas from SA Water's Australian Water Quality Centre speaks to Jo Taranto about the latest methods for identifying bacterial contaminants.

This is part two of our two-part chat with Jo Taranto. Part 1 was released the previous week.Links:Parramatta River Catchment Group: http://www.parramattariver.org.au/Good for the Hood: https://www.goodforthehood.com.au/5 for Ryde - http://5forryde.au/ For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at www.oceanprotect.com.au See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joanne Taranto wears many hats and hoods … She’s a ‘Riverkeeper’ for the Parramatta River Catchment Group’, Director for ‘Good for the Hood’, and is Co-Founder of ‘5 for Ryde’. We talk about Jo’s first environmental education initiatives helping her local neighbourhood, through to working towards the lofty goal of making the Parramatta River swimmable again – and the importance of keeping environmental advocacy and awareness positive. Links:Parramatta River Catchment Group: http://www.parramattariver.org.au/Good for the Hood: https://www.goodforthehood.com.au/5 for Ryde - http://5forryde.au/ For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at www.oceanprotect.com.au See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.