Gaia Solutions podcast

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Chris Nowinski is a former football player at Harvard University and professional wrestler with WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment. After enduring a career-ending head injury, Chris has dedicated his professional life to serving patients and families affected by brain trauma, particularly Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that develops after repeated head injuries. Jay and Chris discuss the state of head injuries in American athletics, the difference between advocating for head safety at youth and professional levels, Chris’ newest research, and much more. Episode Chapters (00:00) Intro (00:50) changes in the culture around concussions in the past two decades (02:39) padded helmet technology (03:55) concussion reporting in the NFL (10:35) Chris’ career path and concussion history (14:52) connecting with activists who haven’t themselves suffered a traumatic brain injury (17:42) SHAAKE - a new sign to identify concussions (20:53) Unions can help players advocate for safety policies (23:10) final thoughts and goodbye For video episodes, watch on www.youtube.com/@therudermanfamilyfoundation Stay in touch: X: @JayRuderman | @RudermanFdn LinkedIn: Jay Ruderman | Ruderman Family Foundation Instagram: All About Change Podcast | Ruderman Family Foundation To learn more about the podcast, visit https://allaboutchangepodcast.com/…

Gaia Solutions Podcast

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Looking for some inspiration to help make a difference in the world? Look no further than the Gaia Solutions podcast! On this show, we explore innovative approaches to some of the Earth’s greatest challenges, highlighting change-makers across the planet who refuse to accept the status quo. From environmental issues to social justice, we’ll hear stories of people who are making a real impact and making a difference. So if you’re looking for some motivation to make a change, this is the show for you!

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Gaia Solutions Podcast

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4 episódios

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Solving water scarcity and protecting the source of life on planet Earth 49:55

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Transforming how Africa learns with disruptive ed-Tech 46:34

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Education is without a doubt one of the key focus areas to concentrate on if we want to solve economic and social inequalities in our world. It is one of the 'hottest' SDGs and charities, NGOs, public sector entities as well as private individuals have spent billions of dollars in the last decades trying to fix a broken system. Yet to this day, in sub-Sharan Africa, millions of children are falling behind and failing to learn. School dropouts have been rising and that part of the continent is plagued by a serious learning crisis. According to a recent report by UNICEF, it would take 11 years to get 70% of Learners to grade 7 maths, and only 1 in 10 learners has foundational skills. Edulution was founded in 2015 and runs catch-up programmes in learning centers with offline ipads in South Africa, Namibia, and Zambia. The platform reaches marginalized Sub Saharan African communities living in inner-city townships, remote rural areas, and refugee camps. The Centres are serving over 18,000 active Learners per month. What is special here is that Edulution is tackling several systematic challenges at once. The large unemployment of youth by giving local youth the opportunity to become a coach and train younger students on the tablets. It also increases high quality education and with its innovative business model promotes entrepreneurship and innovation. In this episode you will learn: Technology alone is insufficient to transform education Human development, is the secret ingredient Creating a new job class is required to complement the current education systems in sub-Sharan Africa to transform educational outcomes Do you want to receive more positive news about innovative projects from around the world? 🌱 Follow our newsletter and our social media pages! 🌎 www.gaiapodcast.org 🌎 Instagram 🌎 Facebook 🌎 Twitter Do you have feedback? Send us a message here: podcast@gaia.gives…

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3D Printing Coral Reefs For Rapid Regeneration 53:31

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If you’ve paid any attention to the state of coral reefs you know that the situation is pretty grim - only 20% of global tropical reefs are in good condition with roughly half having collapsed in recent years. The good news is that new technologies are entering our oceans to help turn this situation around- and do so in a fraction of the time required by natural processes. rrreefs is a Swiss-based Not-For-Profit organization pioneering a scalable solution for ecosystem regeneration, through the use of modular 3D printed clay structures to support and enhance coastal ocean life. Ocean acidification, pollution, and overfishing are ever-present threats to ocean life and rrreefs believes that these challenges can be overcome in part by simply creating more spaces rebuilding lost habitats to support the ocean’s existing biodiversity. Their innovative hollow lego-like brick lattice provides a profound number of niches for ocean life, in a way augmenting the natural role of coral reefs on the ocean floor. Each brick has a finely textured eco-engineered surface, offering a home to hundreds of organisms each. As a completely modular system, their synthetic reef supports be constructed to complement natural tides and topography, providing erosion protection and a wide variety of niches. The bricks are 3D printed in clay and heat treated, providing an ideal substrate for corals to attach to and grow. Better yet, this design can be produced locally using open-source plans, creating new jobs globally in ecosystem restoration. Ultimately this biodiversity gives a food source and growing medium for new corals to take root, turning a man-made structure into a vibrant and diverse biological community. In this episode you will learn: What are the core challenges facing global oceanic biodiversity Why coral reefs are exceptionally important for ocean biodiversity and the carbon cycle How their design evolved by using both art and deep environmental research Their results from real-world testing off the coast of Colombia How Rrreefs plans to scale its impact Do you want to receive more positive news about innovative projects from around the world? 🌱 Follow our newsletter and our social media pages! 🌎 www.gaiapodcast.org 🌎 Instagram 🌎 Facebook 🌎 Twitter Do you have feedback? Send us a message here: podcast@gaia.gives…

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How radically listening to Indigenous Peoples and Local Rainforest communities will solve our climate crisis 39:41

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