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S2 Ep9: Solving wicked problems with catalytic communities with Tom Higley

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S2 Ep9: Solving wicked problems with catalytic communities with Tom Higley

S2 Ep9 of "The Stream" To watch CLICK HERE In this week’s episode, Tom Higley, serial entrepreneur and Founder & CEO of X Genesis, joins Will Sarni & Tom Freyberg to talk about why entrepreneurs are the key to solving wicked water problems. Plus, Tom explains the growing importance of catalytic communities and why Tom believes wicked problems can help entrepreneurs find the sweet spot between what they love, what they’re good at, what they can be paid for and what the world n

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S2 Ep 8: Calling time on water’s echo chamber with Alexander Crowell

Apr 22
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S2 Ep 8: Calling time on water’s echo chamber with Alexander Crowell

S2 Ep8 of "The Stream" To watch CLICK HERE In this week’s episode, Alex Crowell, managing director of PureTerra Ventures, joins Will and Tom to talk about the company’s investment team that created a complete dossier on more than 1000 water technology companies globally. Plus, Alex tells us why he's concerned about the current lack of investment in water and why he thinks a grand experiment is needed to force people to value water. Alex also gives us his views on acquisitions

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S2 Ep 7: Racing to global water access with Eleanor Allen

Apr 8
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S2 Ep 7: Racing to global water access with Eleanor Allen

S2 Ep7 of "The Stream" To watch CLICK HERE In this week’s episode, Eleanor Allen, CEO of the charity Water for People, joins Will Sarni & Tom Freyberg to talk about her ultra-cycling bug and latest adventure, Race Across the West, an epic 930-mile journey across desert and mountains in four days to raise awareness on the need for clean water. Plus, Eleanor gives us her origin story from working as an environmental consultant to heading up the global non-profit organisation, t

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S2 Ep 6: Rock 'n' roll and digital twins with Mark Kaney

Mar 25
1 min

S2 Ep 6: Rock 'n' roll and digital twins with Mark Kaney

S2 Ep6 of "The Stream" To watch CLICK HERE In this week’s episode, Mark Kaney, the director of asset management at Binnies, joins Will & Tom to talk about his journey as a semi-professional musician and how he reminisces over the human connections from live music experiences. Plus, listen as they discuss the good old fashioned British pub as the centre of communities and how Mark actually digitally twinned a pub for his team to meet and mingle online. Mark, Will and Tom cut t

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S2 Ep 5: Water. Paddleboarding. Innovation with Fiona Regan.

Mar 11
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S2 Ep 5: Water. Paddleboarding. Innovation with Fiona Regan.

S2 Ep5 of "The Stream" To watch CLICK HERE In this week’s episode, Fiona Regan, a professor in chemistry at Dublin City University and director of the DCU Water Institute, joins Will & Tom to talk about how Fiona fell in love with water, found her purpose and wants to bring others on her journey. Plus, learn why fishermen & paddleboarders are key to the citizen science movement, the importance of not just more data on water quality, but actionable data, and how scaling up of

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S2 E4 Ep 4: Mental wellbeing and mountain biking with Damian Wells

Feb 25
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S2 E4 Ep 4: Mental wellbeing and mountain biking with Damian Wells

S2 Ep4 of "The Stream" To watch CLICK HERE In this week’s episode, Damian Wells, Managing Director of Australian water utility Coliban Water, joins Will & Tom to talk about how Damian handled the company’s migration to working from home during Covid-19 and the importance of mental wellbeing. Plus, find out why Will & Tom may soon be applying for jobs at Coliban Water, and how a love for adventure got Damian into trouble, including a bad mountain biking accident that left him

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S2 Ep 3: Water footprints and Captain Planet with Ioana Dobrescu

Feb 11
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S2 Ep 3: Water footprints and Captain Planet with Ioana Dobrescu

S2 Ep3 of "The Stream" To watch CLICK HERE Ioana Dobrescu, from Water Footprint Implementation, joins Will and Tom this week on The Stream to talk about how her childhood love for Captain Planet inspired a career in water. Plus, Ioana discusses the current global water footprint and the launch of a new water quality alliance involving Google. #WickedWater #abundancemindset #digitalwater #water #InnovativeWaterTechnologies #WaterSolutions #WillSarni #WaterFoundry #WaterFoundry

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S2 Ep2: Digitally mapping the world with Dr Chris Fisher

Jan 28
1 min

S2 Ep2: Digitally mapping the world with Dr Chris Fisher

S2 Ep2 of "The Stream" To watch CLICK HERE Dr Chris Fisher, Founder and Director of the Earth Archive and Archaeologist, joins Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg to discuss the critical work his company is doing using LiDAR and voxel mapping to create a digital version of our planet. Concerned with how rapidly the Earth is changing, Dr Fisher explains why it is vital we create an open-source copy that could prove to be invaluable in decades to come. #WickedWater #abundancemindset #d

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S2 Ep1: Hydrow's interactive water partnership with Sera Moon

Jan 13
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S2 Ep1: Hydrow's interactive water partnership with Sera Moon

S2 Ep1 of "The Stream" To watch CLICK HERE era Moon, a Professional Rower at Hydrow, kicks off season two of the Stream with Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg to talk about an interactive partnership with Water.org. Plus, Will gets some rowing tips from Sera and she touches on the critical role Hydrow's online community can play in connecting people to water from their own homes. #WickedWater #abundancemindset #digitalwater #water #InnovativeWaterTechnologies #WaterSolutions #WillS

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Ep18: Holiday Special

Dec 22, 2020
1 min

Ep18: Holiday Special

Episode 18 of "The Stream" To watch CLICK HERE In a festive holiday special episode of The Stream, Will and Tom take a look back at some of the highlights during the first season. From startling statistics on sturgeons, the best way to braai, bow ties on treadmills and a spontaneous rendition of Santa Claus is Coming to Town on a ukulele... Sit back and enjoy the best of season one and keep an eye out for season two of The Stream coming Jan 2021. We’d like to give a shout ou

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Ep17: Sheds, Shirts and Sturgeons with Stuart Orr

Dec 10, 2020
1 min

Ep17: Sheds, Shirts and Sturgeons with Stuart Orr

Episode 17 of "The Stream" To watch CLICK HERE Stuart Orr, Practice Lead at Freshwater, WWF, joins Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg from the comfort of his shed for the series finale of The Stream to talk about innovative creative water partnerships around the globe. Plus, Stuart shines a light on the WWF rowing partnership, the biodiversity crisis, and why the water sector needs a kick up the backside. #WickedWater #abundancemindset #digitalwater #water #InnovativeWaterTechnologi

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Ep16: Innovation and Ukuleles in the Philippines with Yang Villa

Nov 20, 2020
1 min

Ep16: Innovation and Ukuleles in the Philippines with Yang Villa

Episode 16 of "The Stream" To watch CLICK HERE Yang Villa, the Head of the Philippines, Isle Utilities, sits down with Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg to discuss innovation in both the public and private sectors in the Philippines water market. Plus, Yang treats Will and Tom to a festive rendition of Santa Claus is Coming to Town on his ukulele... lele... #WickedWater #abundancemindset #digitalwater #water #InnovativeWaterTechnologies #WaterSolutions #WillSarni #WaterFoundry #Wat

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Ep15: Innovation, Unreasonable People & PFAS with Tali Harif

Nov 12, 2020
1 min

Ep15: Innovation, Unreasonable People & PFAS with Tali Harif

Episode 15 of "The Stream" To watch CLICK HERE Tali Harif, the Chief Commercial Officer at Puraffinity, joins Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg to talk about the importance of diversity in pushing through innovation, including most recently on PFAS. Also, Tali discusses how growing up in Israel shaped a career in startups, and how her experience in both the private and public sectors have given her an eye for innovation. #WickedWater #abundancemindset #digitalwater #water #Innovati

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Ep 14: Crowdfunding water innovations and chicken dinners with Lon Johnson

Nov 2, 2020
1 min

Ep 14: Crowdfunding water innovations and chicken dinners with Lon Johnson

Episode 14 of "The Stream" To watch CLICK HERE Lon Johnson, the founder & CEO of WaterWorks, joins Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg to talk about how his background in American politics helped him identify a new way to help increase online investment in innovative water projects. They discuss the increasing importance of community in a changing water world and how “chicken dinner fundraising” evolved into a digital operation. #WickedWater #abundancemindset #digitalwater #water #In

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Ep 13: Urban water innovation, dogs & TikTok with Kelly Trott

Oct 16, 2020
1 min

Ep 13: Urban water innovation, dogs & TikTok with Kelly Trott

Episode 12 of "The Stream" To watch CLICK HERE Kelly Trott, the VP of deployment & impact for Imagine H2O, joins Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg to talk about the Urban Water Challenge and overall winner. Plus, Kelly reveals how her puppy become an overnight TikTok sensation, the wider use of social media and how it can be used to get people engaging with water. #WickedWater #abundancemindset #digitalwater #water #InnovativeWaterTechnologies #WaterSolutions #WillSarni #WaterFound

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Netherlands Water Partnership- Solving Water Challenges Conversation

Sep 29, 2020
1 min

Netherlands Water Partnership- Solving Water Challenges Conversation

Really enjoyed the conversation with colleagues on solving water challenges. Thank you to Bianca Nijhof and the NWP (Netherlands Water Partnership) for the opportunity. To view the video CLICK HERE #InnovativeTechnologies #WaterSolutions #WillSarni #WaterFoundry #AbundanceMindset #Water #DigitalWater #WaterStewardship #NWP #WaterSecurity

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Ep 12 of THE STREAM: Music, Memories & Zimbabwe’s Water Challenges with Lumbie & Rachel

Sep 24, 2020
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Ep 12 of THE STREAM: Music, Memories & Zimbabwe’s Water Challenges with Lumbie & Rachel

Episode 12 of "The Stream" To watch CLICK HERE Lumbie Mlambo and Rachel Svetanoff from JB Dondolo join Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg to discuss how the charity is helping to solve water challenges in Zimbabwe, worsened by the COVID-crisis. They talk about the ‘Music for Water’ initiative and their favourite live music memories. #WickedWater #abundancemindset #digitalwater #water #InnovativeWaterTechnologies #WaterSolutions #WillSarni #WaterFoundry #WaterFoundryEU #BlueFoundryEv

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Ep 11 of THE STREAM: Water Enterprise & Innovation in Ghana with Jacob Amengor

Sep 9, 2020
1 min

Ep 11 of THE STREAM: Water Enterprise & Innovation in Ghana with Jacob Amengor

Episode 11 of "The Stream" To watch CLICK HERE Jacob Amengor, Co-Founder of iWASH Africa, joins Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg to discuss challenges in Ghana's water sector and the need for innovations, including decentralised, solar-powered community solutions. Jacob discusses launching his social enterprise and why young professionals are the "drivers for change". #WickedWater #abundancemindset #digitalwater #water #InnovativeWaterTechnologies #WaterSolutions #WillSarni #Water

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Ep 10 of THE STREAM: ABI's Andre Fourie and the 100+ Sustainability Accelerator

Aug 27, 2020
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Ep 10 of THE STREAM: ABI's Andre Fourie and the 100+ Sustainability Accelerator

Episode 10 of "The Stream" To watch CLICK HERE Andre Fourie, Global Director: Water Sustainability at Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI) joins Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg to discuss the 100+ Sustainability Accelerator initiative and how it's driving innovation across the wider food & beverage supply chains. He also talks about why we need to rethink the definition of "water stewardship". #WickedWater #abundancemindset #digitalwater #water #InnovativeWaterTechnologies #WaterSolutions

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Ep 9 of THE STREAM: Global Water Stewardship with Dave Grant

Aug 14, 2020
1 min

Ep 9 of THE STREAM: Global Water Stewardship with Dave Grant

Episode 9 of "The Stream" To watch CLICK HERE David Grant, director of global water stewardship at PepsiCo joins Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg to discuss the changing nature of water stewardship. He talks about fostering innovation in a multinational, journeying from South Africa to the UK and back, and the importance of the braai (BBQs)! #WickedWater #abundancemindset #digitalwater #water #InnovativeWaterTechnologies #WaterSolutions #WillSarni #WaterFoundry #WaterFoundryEU #Bl

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