Regen Supply
The official podcast channel of Shihan Fang (Han). Regen Supply showcases inspiring initiatives in climate innovation, and the people behind them.
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Episodes
20 episodes
Can Waste-to-X be the answer to the looming global food shortage?
In July’s ReFi Singapore meetup, we gathered to shoot the breeze about repurposed spent grains. This sector has gained popularity in recent years, with several companies in Singapore already using spent grains in various products. T...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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50:09
Geoengineering isn’t that far off, but Pina2bo is still a terrible idea.
Professor Ben Horton, Director at the Earth Observatory of Singapore and Professor at the NTU Asian School of the Environment, weighs in on Neal Stephenson's climate change epic Termination Shock.Basically, Pina2bo is a terrible...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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1:00:49
Ixo.world to expand the “internet of impacts”, one cookstove NFT at a time
In our conversation, former head of water strategy at Bayer and co-founder of Ixo, Hannah Oh, chats about how Ixo's "internet of impacts" Web3 infrastructure is being used to harness carbon financing to improve the lives of rural communities vi...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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47:27
Solar waste is piling up, but who’s footing the recycling bill?
By 2050, there is going to be almost as many decommissioned solar panels as newly installed solar panels. That’s according to data from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), dating back to 2016. Fast forward eight years...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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36:54
More drama in Australia’s carbon credit system, described as “failure on a global scale”
While the rest of the carbon world was caught up with debates about whether Verra's REDD+ offsets were "worthless", and the drama involving South Pole's Project Kariba, Australia's carbon credit system was facing a crisis of its own. <...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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51:46
Can machine learning and artificial intelligence shore up integrity in the carbon markets?
Lawrence Xiao, co-founder of Nika.eco shares how his company is moving the carbon market forward into the digital age.The company provides pre-project feasibility reports for carbon project developers and investors. It also provides dig...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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50:40
Faith-based business models: Christianity and redemptive startups
Digital Mission Ventures, also known as DM Ventures or DMV, is a Singapore-based venture capital firm that aims to build the redemptive startup ecosystem in Southeast Asia.A startup w...
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54:24
Faith-based business models: How Islamic values guides impact
Rather than heading down the academic rabbit hole in search of what lies ‘after growth’ (i.e. "post-growth" and "degrowth), I thought I’d tap on some ancient wisdom that’s been passed down the ages. In this series on faith-based bus...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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49:55
Move over GameStop, carbon trading will hit the retail trading scene soon
I first reached out to Rene Velasquez, former head of carbon at environmental commodities exchange CBL, for insights on what happened the first time retail traders got access to the voluntary carbon market.It ended badly, with Verra, the...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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50:21
Incoming Indonesian government to favour voluntary carbon market: IDCTA chairman
Dr Riza Suarga, Chairman of the Indonesia Carbon Trade Association (IDCTA), has a long career in Indonesia’s forestry sector which began with work in a timber plantation. He crossed the fence, so to speak, in the 2000s after finishing his PhD t...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:01:44
ReFi Singapore launch: Why should Web3 care about impact?
Prakash Somosundrum, CEO of Enjinstarter and Co-founder of AYA Foundation chats about ReFi and bringing tech innovation into the carbon market. This recording was done at the launch of ReFi Singapore. Pardon the poor audio quality!In th...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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41:54
Think positive, think regeneration: Chief Vision Officer @ Handprint
Simon Schillebeeckx has three jobs. He’s an assistant professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the Singapore Management University. He’s also the founder of Global Mangrove Trust, a mangrove protection non-profit, and the founder of Handpr...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:03:49
We’re looking for real ReFi projects, not window dressing: OKX Ventures Partner
Imagine a future when nature and finance are both comfortably integrated into Web3. Imagine an economy that incentivises regeneration, rather than extraction. In this episode, I catch up with Jeff Ren, who wears two hats. He’s a par...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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34:44
COP28 special: Time for carbon credits to be integrated with environmental regulations
In this episode, I chat with Gabriel Eickhoff, the co-founder of ClearWind, which is developing carbon credit projects in Southeast Asia. He’s been in the carbon space since 2007 and was involved in the world’s first REDD+ project, Rimba Raya.<...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:53:38
Bhutan's bitcoin mining bet pays off
Bhutan has been quietly mining bitcoins with hydropower since 2017, when bitcoins were trading at US$5,000 apiece. With bitcoins now trading above $30,000, Bhutan’s bet has paid off handsomely. But Bhutan has no plans to expand “cry...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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41:21
Despite flaws, carbon financing remains most promising for conservation
Donor funding has never been enough for conservation, says Dr Lahiru Wijedasa, Asia Forest Coordinator at BirdLife International. BirdLife has traditionally relied on donor funding but will issue carbon credits next year from its Lomphat Wildli...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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44:57
"We don’t do crypto”: How InterOpera is using blockchain to transform green finance
InterOpera’s head of strategy Koh Hong Yi is a former officer at Singapore's Monetary Authority of Singapore. He jumped into crypto in 2022 just as the market was crashing, and is now doing work in... security tokens. In this episo...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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42:02
Carbon credits alone aren’t enough: Wavemaker Impact
Wavemaker Impact executive Yap Su-E is in charge of picking the winning businesses that are emerging from the climate disruption. She chats about: - her portfolio companies that are involved in biochar production, solar panel insta...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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38:54
Climate activism meets investment: a conversation with Rich Gilmore
Futures trader turned conservationist turned carbon investor Rich Gilmore chats about- being the head of The Nature Conservancy in Australia before co-founding Carbon Growth Partners- how negative and sometimes misleading medi...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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41:21
