There's a bunch of really good seaweed companies. Kelpie is basically using seaweed to make plastics for fast-moving consumers. So toothpaste could be, toothpaste tube could be made out of seaweed. Australia and Australia's actually got some really innovative companies that are working on that. It can also be used for making plastics and doing these other things and feeding cows. Cows burp and fartless, if they eat a bit of seaweed - so yeah, seaweed, magic stuff.
My guest today is Mick Liubinskas, a serial tech entrepreneur who is now helping hundreds of Aussie start-ups fight climate change with innovative technological solutions.
This was a great conversation about not just the exciting technologies being developed, but about the little things that we can all do to be part of the solution.
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