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Seaweed for textiles with Adam Costello

Seaweed Generation

Release Date: 08/17/2021

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Seaweed Generation

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Dive into the exciting intersection of academia, technology, and environmental stewardship with CEO Patricia Estridge and CSO Mike Allen on this podcast, in a conversation with Dr. Curtis Charles, the visionary Director of Academic Affairs at the prestigious University of the West Indies (UWI) Five Island Campus. In this episode, Dr. Charles shares the inspiring journey of introducing computer science and artificial intelligence to the academic landscape at UWI. Explore the innovative strategies employed to integrate data informatics into diverse disciplines across the university such as...

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🌊The Seaweed Generation Podcast: Revival - A 3-year update!🌊 Join us as co-founders, Paddy Estridge and Mike Allen reflect on the inception of Seaweed Generation, developing the AlgaRay Robot - recognized in Times Top 100 Inventions, and the strides towards ocean biodiversity restoration 🌱 🌅 Mike's highlight of the past three years? His eye-opening trip to Antigua! Engaging with fisheries and environmental agencies, he unveils how he learnt crucial stakeholder insights as we tackle sargassum management head-on. 🤝 📢 Paddy shares her excitement about the upcoming app launch...

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Did you know that seaweed contains all of the essential nutrients that we need? And also that it can be incredibly delicious!

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We can make... clothes from seaweed?

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Did you know that seaweed can be turned into fuel, fertilizer, and much more?

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Did you know that you could theoretically use seaweed for... anything? Animal feed, plastics, pharmaceuticals, fuel, fertilizer, textiles? You name it, the list goes on and on. We sat down with Mike Allen of Exeter University, who is actually working with these amazing organisms to make all kinds of weird and wonderful things.

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Seaweed Generation

A high level exploration of seaweed for the soil, seaweed for cows, seaweed for plastics, seaweed for the skin and much more.

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That's right seaweed fans, the seemingly endless possibilities of seaweed continue. This week we chat to Adam Costello from Inland Sea, who have successfully launched and delivered their first batch of t-shirts containing Sea Cell, which is a textile fiber containing seaweed. This is an exciting space for the seaweed industry, with more players (including Inland Sea) entering the market and starting to develop their own seaweed based textiles. Watch this space!