Bite-Size Climate Tech
by Lydia.C
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The Replacement for the Replacement | Andreas Bremen, Co-reactive
The Replacement for the Replacement | Andreas Bremen, Co-reactive
About this podcast
”Bite-size Climate Tech" is your go-to source for easy-to-digest content on the latest and most cutting-edge climate technology and topics of the day. With around 5min per per episode, this podcast is for non-engineers and everyday people like myself, to peak into the incredible world of climate tech.
Episodes
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- The Replacement for the Replacement | Andreas Bremen, Co-reactive · 19 min · Season 5 Episode 11What happens when the cement industry starts running short of materials it already uses to replace some of its clinker? Dr Andreas Bremen, CEO & Co-Founder of Co-reactive, joins…
- The Fertilizer We Flush Away | Margaret Lumley, Roca Water · 21 min · Season 5 Episode 10Why do we make nitrogen fertilizer, let some of its value end up in wastewater, spend effort removing it, and then manufacture more? Margaret Lumley, Founder & CEO of Roca…
- CO₂ to Ethylene with Alex Ip, CERT Systems · 20 min · Season 5 Episode 9What do bananas, shampoo bottles, clothes and aviation fuel have in common? Ethylene. It is one of industry’s most useful building-block molecules, and today it is largely made…
- What If Hempcrete Poured Like Pancake Batter? | Bison Biocomposites · 18 min · Season 5 Episode 8What if hempcrete could pour like pancake batter? In this episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech, Lydia talks with Dr. Marc Maguire, Chief Scientific Officer at Bison Biocomposites…
- Brineworks: From “Magic Box” to Upgraded Suit | CO₂ + H₂ for E-Fuels · 19 min · Season 5 Episode 7What if the climate mission stays the same, but the technology gets a better suit? In this episode, Lydia catches up with Joe Perryman from Brineworks to unpack how the company…
- How Climate Tech Gets Out of the Lab | Prof. Vikram Yadav · 17 min · Season 5 Episode 6Most Bite-Size Climate Tech episodes start with one technology. This conversation became something much bigger. Professor Vikram Yadav happened to be in London, the weather…
- Can Cement Be Made With 85% Less CO₂ at the Same Cost? | Erin Bobicki, CURA · 16 min · Season 5 Episode 5Cement’s hidden CO₂ problem begins inside the rock itself. Much of cement’s emissions does not come only from the fuel burned in a kiln. The CO₂ is chemically locked inside…
- The Protein Shake for Batteries? How LiRA Restores Lithium-Ion Packs | BSCT S5E4 · 19 min · Season 5 Episode 4Alex Ivanenko is back on Bite-Size Climate Tech. He first joined the show in Season 2 to talk about HyWatts and hydrogen reversible fuel cells. This time, he returns with a new…
- Can We Grow Oil From Algae? Ian Hu of Phycobloom · 19 min · Season 5 Episode 3Algae already make oil. The hard part is getting them to share it. In this episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech, Lydia speaks with Ian Hu, CTO and co-founder of Phycobloom, a…
- Can CO₂ Become Food? Arborea’s BioSolar Leaf Explained · 16 min · Season 5 Episode 2At Innovation Zero, I spoke with Kaly from Arborea about BioSolar Leaf, a cultivation platform that uses carbon dioxide, sunlight, and microalgae to create food ingredients.What…
- Giving EV Batteries an NthLife™ with Samsar Resources · 17 min · Season 5 Episode 2What happens to an EV battery after it stops powering a car? In the opening episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech Season 5, Lydia speaks with Guillermo Garcia, President and CEO of…
- From lab to market, Season 5 of Bite-Size Climate Tech · 1 min · Season 5 Episode 1Season 5 of Bite-Size Climate Tech is almost here.This time, we’re going from lab to market.Because climate tech is not just about brilliant science. It is about building…
- How Endolith’s Microbes Unlock Critical Minerals (with Dr. Liz Dennett) · 13 min · Season 4 Episode 11Dr. Liz Dennett , founder and CEO of Endolith joins Lydia to unpack why copper remains indispensable, how ore grades have plummeted over the last century, and how her company…
- “BetterFeed™ – The tiny pill turning cow burps into productivity · 14 min · Season 4 Episode 10Cows are upcyclers, turning grass into milk and meat—but their digestion also wastes up to 10 % of feed energy as methane. Methane has a global warming potential ~28–80× higher…
- This Carbon‑Capture Device Recharges Itself — NORMA’s Supercapacitor DAC · 11 min · Season 4 Episode 9What if cleaning CO₂ from the atmosphere could be as efficient as charging a battery? In this bite-sized episode, we dive into a breakthrough that does exactly that. We're…
- How Paper Survives Fire: The Art of Biochar with Billie Ireland · 8 min · Season 4 Episode 8This might be our most unexpected story yet — where science meets art. Lydia meets Billie Ireland, an ecological artist using biochar — carbon made from organic material heated…
- Ocean Soup Explained: How Alkalinity Draws Down CO₂ (Grace Andrews | Hourglass Climate) · 13 min · Season 4 Episode 7In this episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech, I sit down with Dr. Grace Andrews to explore Ocean Soup — the idea that adding minerals to the ocean is like adding ingredients to a…
- Invisible Friends That Make Colour: Biobased Dyes with Lucie Semenec · 11 min · Season 4 Episode 6Lucie Semenec (New Era Bio) shares how microbes can brew fossil-free dyes — scaling colour production that’s fast, eco-friendly, and full of imagination. She explains it for…
- How Electric Trucks See & Drive | Noamaan Siddiqi (Bristol Superlight) · 11 min · Season 4 Episode 5In this short and fun episode, I speak with Noamaan Siddiqi, CEO & CTO of Bristol Superlight, about two key concepts powering electric trucks: • Tune in for a playful yet…
- How Magnetic Waves Power Ocean Digital Twins & Find Nemo | Brendan Hyland, OIS · 7 min · Season 4 Episode 4If your friend swam into an underwater cave to find Nemo 🐠, could you still talk to them? With the tech behind Ocean Information Services (OIS), you could. In this episode…
