Welcome to The Monthly Paradigm with Tom Simak & Sharna Harrington.
This is where we talk about the biggest news stories, all things climate change, veganism, fitness, what we're cooking up, wins of the month and everything in-between.
Video version: https://youtu.be/Q_Ou6ClDvmI
The key topics in today's episode:
02:00 - Tasmania
07:00 - Being efficient with minerals
11:00 - Half marathon PB
14:00 - Election in Australia
18:00 - Closing power plants early
23:00 - How Corrupt is JBS
27:00 - Meat pumped with Carbon monoxide
33:30 - Exploding oil Vessel in Nigeria
38:00 - Sea Otters and climate change
42:30 - Irrawaddy dolphin populations
46:00 - 3,000 sq meters of dead fish found
52:00 - Fishing fuels the rich
01:00:00 - Whale hunting
01:03:00 - Humpback Whales
01:05:30 - Great Barrier Reef Bleaching
01:09:00 - Sustainable tips
01:14:00 - Lottery winner opens foundation
01:15:30 - Okra removing microplastics
01:17:00 - Less culling of chickens in Germany
01:21:00 - Vegan athlete wins
01:22:30 - New phone cable laws
01:24:00 - New vegan school menus
Resources:
JBS Corrupt - https://www.instagram.com/p/CcwTfjvvdST/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Meat and CO - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5848116/
Trinity Spirit Explosion - https://www.proshareng.com/news/Oil%20&%20Gas/SEPCOL-Provides-Update-on-the-Explosion-that-Engulfed-the-Trinity-Spirit-FPSO/61159
Irrawaddy Dolphins: WWF Article
Dead Fish in France: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-05/floating-carpet-of-dead-fish-found-off-french-coast/100807580
Fishing fuelling the rich: https://www.instagram.com/p/CbtJtX4B7j4/
Iceland Whale hunting: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/04/iceland-to-end-whaling-in-2024-demand-dwindles
Humpback whales: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-26/humpback-whales-no-longer-listed-as-endangered/100862644
GBR Bleaching: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-60870239
Orka Correction: In the episode I said that it sequesters 400 million tonnes, in fact checking myself it's actually 4,000 tonnes: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/09/worlds-biggest-plant-to-turn-carbon-dioxide-into-rock-opens-in-iceland-orca
Thesis on Okra: https://www.proquest.com/openview/beff74237ea08df46c9462a651da4d7a/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y
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