Podcasts about sanergy

Happy new year everyone! Enjoy this insightful conversation with Ryan where we talk about some of his experiences in Ghana and Kenya: the importance of education, sustainable waste management and removal, and (my personal favorite) some little-known facts about black soldier fly larvae. I learned a lot from him and I'm sure you will too.

Most societies have a complex relationship with human poop. It brings up all kinds of emotions: disgust, fascination, shame, happiness, relief, and even pride. It's something we can all relate to though. Everyone poops! Visit Mr. Toilet House in Suwon, South Korea where visitors from all over the world come to learn about the history of human waste. Dr. Shannon Yee is taking on Thomas Crapper for a place in the Toilets Hall of Fame. He has designed a toilet that takes the water almost completely out of the equation. Lina Zeldovich is no stranger to talking about poop-back in Russian her grandfather used their waste as compost and now she has literally written the book on poop, it's called The Other Dark Matter. Lindsay Stradley saw firsthand how combining water with human waste can lead to serious problems. She resolved to improve urban sanitation and started Sanergy, a company that provides container-based facilities and now serves over 150,000 Nairobi residents.  

Our production and consumption of goods is one of the biggest contributors to the climate crisis. It generates nearly half of all greenhouse gas emissions. We're using 60 per cent more resources than the planet can provide. And 90 per cent of biodiversity loss is due to the extraction and processing of natural resources. However, there is an opportunity to address this challenge by transitioning to a circular economy, which keeps products and materials in use, eliminating waste and reducing pollution. Developing and emerging countries – which have large informal sectors and already practice circular activities, in areas such as electronic waste – are in a strong position to take advantage of this kind of economy. Join us for a conversation with Lindsay Stradley, co-founder of Sanergy – a pioneering circular economy business providing safe sanitation services in Africa's low-income urban areas. The company was shortlisted as a finalist for the inaugural Earthshot Prize, in the category ‘Build a waste-free world'. In this episode, we discuss the potential of the circular economy in developing and emerging markets. We also explore the challenges facing businesses like Sanergy in securing investment, and the role of development finance institutions and impact investors in enabling the growth of the circular economy in these markets. Lindsay is joined on the panel by BII's Ellen Brookes, and the event is hosted by Lynsay Taffe. Additional links:  Watch a recording of this event here.  Subscribe to our newsletter here.

L'INVITÉ :  Voici l'homme qui veut nourrir la planète avec des insectes… Alléchant comme proposition, non ? Il s'appelle Clément, il a 33 ans, il est le président et cofondateur d'Innovafeed.  Innovafeed, c'est la startup française qui est en train de se tailler une place de futur géant mondial de la nutrition animale.   Deux choses nous intéressent aujourd'hui : l'homme et le projet.  L'homme, pour comprendre comment on réussit, en 5 ans, à structurer une équipe de 170 personnes, à construire la plus grande usine d'insectes au monde, à partir à la conquête des Etats-Unis et du monde entier… Et vous verrez qu'on reprend du tout début, quand Clément et ses trois associés démarrent dans un studio, montent des meubles Ikea et commencent à élever des insectes dans leur salle de bains.  Le projet, car ce qui est en jeu est colossal. InnovaFeed entend contribuer à la construction du système alimentaire durable de demain en développant une industrie pionnière et innovante où l'insecte joue un rôle pivot. Avec leurs insectes, ils nourrissent les poissons, mais aussi les poulets, les porcs… et peut-être un jour les hommes. Aujourd'hui, 1kg de protéine d'insecte a un bilan énergétique moins important qu'1kg de protéine végétale… et les protéines d'insectes seraient plus assimilables pour les humains.  Une réussite industrielle innovante qui place la France au premier plan de la transition alimentaire mondiale !  LA PERSONNE QUI L'INSPIRE :  Ani Vallabhaneni, fondateur de Sanergy, qui utilise une technologie proche d'Innovafeed pour assainir les bidonvilles des mégapoles africaines. POUR ALLER PLUS LOIN : RDV sur le site d'Innovafeed : https://innovafeed.com/ ! POUR NOUS SOUTENIR :  Si vous aimez écouter À Vous Demain, et pour donner un coup de pouce au podcast, vous pouvez : • vous abonner à notre chaîne sur la plateforme que vous préférez ; • nous mettre 5 étoiles et un commentaire sur l'application Podcasts d'Apple ; • en parler autour de vous !  Et si vous avez en tête des personnalités qui s'engagent pour transformer positivement les choses, écrivez-nous et parlons-en !

Do you ever have the feeling that your work in the Social Impact sector is akin to "plowing the sea?" That is - despite all of the time and effort you've put into your particular program or project, the effects are less than expected or, worse, completely disappear in a relatively short time? This was a lament of Rainer Arnhold, a pediatrician who, despite having helped countless children around the world and dedicating his life to serving others, felt that his work had not produced lasting change. Upon Dr. Arnhold's untimely death in 1993, his family created the Mulago Foundation in his honor. My guest for the 138th Episode of the Terms of Reference Podcast, Dr. Kevin Starr, who was Rainer's mentee and serves as the Managing Director of Mulago, has led the foundation in investments that see to create lasting change at scale. With alumni such as the One Acre Fund, RootCapital and Sanergy, its plain to see they understand what it takes to go the distance.

What do you get when you mix 5,000 gallons of urine and 5 acres of hay? It might just be the future of our food. In this episode, Shawn Shafner (The Puru) talks to Kim Nace, co-founder of the Rich Earth Institute in Brattleboro, Vermont, where hundreds of local citizens collect their pee for science. But this is no kids stuff--the Rich Earth Institute is blazing a new trail and quickly gaining the attention of big-name foundations, National Geographic, and even the US Government. Tune in to understand why our pee is polluting the planet, how we can turn that waste into a resource, and what your tax dollars are doing to help. Soon morning tinkle will be music to your ears... Also mentioned in this podcast: Abraham Noe-Hays, poop, pee, World Toilet Day, United Nations, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Rose George, The Big Necessity, waterless sanitation systems, nutrient reclamation, Sanitary revolution, Coney Island, wastewater treatment plant, Brooklyn Historical Society, Clean Water Act 1972, factory farming, depletion of Phosphorous, peak phosphorous, urine nutrient reclamation project, community-scale, pasteurization, wastewater treatment plant discharge, urinals, pissoir, sterility, pathogen-free, urine diverting toilets, vacuum flush toilets, composting dry toilet, ergonomic design, Carol McCreary, PHLUSH, Portland, Public Hygiene Lets Us Stay Human, primary, secondary, tertiary, toilet to tap, Class A sludge or biosolids, agricultural runoff, algae, algal blooms, stormwater runoff, swale, alienation, manure, ammonia uptake, tile drains, soil, agribusiness, waterlog, human waste, design, infrastructure, pharmaceutical, caffeine, antidepressant, anti-anxiety, volume reduction, Sasha Kramer, SOIL Haiti, Sanergy, bioregion, An Inconvenient Poop, prozac on shrimp, estrogen, nitrogen, potassium, magnesium, Kenya, nutrient flow, topsoil, golden shower, greywater, biodigester, stakeholders, Water Environment Research Foundation, EPA, USDA, National Geographic, liquid gold, Carol Steinfeld, World Health Organization

November 19 is World Toilet Day. Why? Because globally, about 2.4 billion people, about one-third of the world’s population, do not have access to a basic toilet. Sanitation-related illnesses kill over a thousand children per day. This problem is compounded by the concentration of informal housing in urban setting. This week we are bringing you two stories of hygienic sanitation, starting with David Auerbach and Sanergy. David’s mother was a psychologist and social worker. His father was an economist. It seems to him, that he has always been thinking of social justice. When David was a teacher in rural China, he saw first-hand a lack of hygienic sanitation. In 2010, David and his cofounders participated in the Development Ventures class at MIT. The team quickly settled as hygienic sanitation (read that toilets) as the problem that they were going to tackle. In January 2011, they traveled to the urban slums near Nairobi, Kenya where they researched and confirmed their ideas. What they found when they arrived was pit latrines, not much more than a hole in the ground with some tin and wood tacked up for privacy. Otherwise, people would use what are euphemistically called “flying toilets,” which were simply plastic bags that are subsequently discarded in the roads and waterways. In fact, over 90% of the waste is never treated and ends up in the waterways, spreading disease. In 2011, the team started Sanergy, a social enterprise that is working to improve access to hygienic sanitation for residents of urban slums, starting in Nairobi, Kenya. Sanergy built and launched their first toilet on World Toilet Day in 2011. Sanergy has developed an aspirational brand, Fresh Life, which they distribute in a franchise model. Sanergy uses a full value-chain approach: build, collect and convert. They sell the toilets to franchisees who are residents of the community. The franchisee charges a few cents per use. Sanergy provides training, branding, marketing, government & community relations. They collect, process and treat the waste. The waste is then converted to nutrient rich fertilizer. Sanergy is creating jobs. 93% of their employees are Kenyans and 60% are from the informal housing community. In this episode of the Social Entrepreneur podcast we discuss: Where the idea for Sanergy came from. Their business model. The importance of picking the right co-founders. Using aspirational branding to change behavior. David ends by giving advice to Social Entrepreneurs. He challenges us to use systems thinking to solve really big challenges. Resources: World Toilet Day: http://www.worldtoiletday.info/ Sanergy on the web: http://saner.gy Email: info@saner.gy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sanergy/ Kiva: http://www.kiva.org Development Ventures at MIT: https://d-lab.mit.edu/courses/development-ventures Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation http://amzn.to/1N2tFnt Make Space: How to Set the Stage for Creative Collaboration http://amzn.to/1Sqm5B1 Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All http://amzn.to/1QmMYIy

David Auerbach is a co-founder of Sanergy, a pioneering social enterprise in Nairobi, Kenya dedicated to building healthy, prosperous communities in Africa’s informal settlements by making hygienic sanitation affordable and accessible for everyone, forever.   Previously, David co-ran Partnerships at Endeavor, a non-profit that helps high-impact entrepreneurs in the developing world. He served as the Deputy Chair for Poverty Alleviation at the Clinton Global Initiative in 2005-6. He taught in central China for two years as a Yale-China Teaching Fellow. He began his career researching foreign policy at the Center for American Progress. David is an Ashoka, Echoing Green, and Rainer Arnhold Fellow.

Sanergy in Kenya makes social ventures from human waste turning it into fertilizer, energy, jobs and for-profit social entrepreneurs. Hear how you can help stop the cycle of extreme poverty.