Category Archives: The Environment

Matthew Richardson, historian and primatologist, year 2000

Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Matthew Richardson, Canadian author of “Threatened and Recently-extinct Vertebrates of the World”, primatologist and conservationist. Threatened and Recently-extinct Vertebrates of the World “My forthcoming book, Threatened and Recently-extinct Vertebrates of the World, required me to assess and place some 15,000 species and subspecies within […]

Christoph Promberger, Executive Director, Foundation Conservation Carpathia

Saving Carpathia, a Vast Wilderness in the Heart of Europe

 Karen Potter, Director of Sustainability Hub and ideaXme sustainability ambassador interviews Christoph Promberger, Executive Director, M.Sc, at Foundation Conservation Carpathia (FCC). Karen Potter comments: In 2009, the Foundation Conservation Carpathia (FCC) was founded by a dozen international philanthropists and conservationists with the goal to stop illegal logging and to protect a significant surface of Carpathian forests […]

Dr Marcus Remmers talks of holistic health

Dr. Marcus Remmers talks of Holistic Nutrition and Health

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews, Dr. Marcus Remmers, PhD, Chief Technology Officer at DSM. Ira Pastor comments: As we continue upon our core themes of health, wellness, and longevity, amongst the unique aging demographic shifts occurring in the coming decades, we can’t overlook the importance of the global chemicals […]

Credit: ISEAL Sustainability

Patrick Mallet, Co-founder ISEAL: Crisis, Creativity and Sustainability

 Karen Potter, Director of Sustainability Hub and ideaXme sustainability ambassador interviews Patrick Mallet the Director of Innovations, ISEAL. Karen Potter comments: Climate change has become a defining issue of our era, particularly as it involves direct behavioural change from individuals, companies, and governments: everybody needs to play their part. But where and how do […]

(Jan. 3, 2020) Wildfires are pictured surrounding Sydney, Australia as the International Space Station orbited 269 miles above the Tasman Sea.

NASA’s Global Disaster Response Support Via Astronaut Photography

Ana Guzman, ideaXme space ambassador, interviews Dr. William Stefanov, Manager at NASA’s Exploration Science Office at the Johnson Space Center.   Ana Guzman comments:    In my next ideaXme interview, I speak with Dr. William Stefanov, Manager at NASA’s Exploration Science Office at the Johnson Space Center. We talk about ways astronaut photography can benefit human lives here on Earth. Many of us […]

Dr. Rachel Armstrong at TEDGlobal 2010. Oxford, UK, July 12-16, 2010. Credit: James Duncan Davidson / TED

Living Architecture: Merging Living Systems With Buildings

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Professor Dr. Rachel Armstrong, Professor of Experimental Architecture at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, at Newcastle University. Ira Pastor comments: On past shows, as we’ve been navigating the biological architecture of life, we’ve spent time taking about the important differences between the […]

Ms. Nemonte Nenquimo Credit: Resistencia Waorani

Guardian of the Amazon

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Ms. Nemonte Nenquimo, President of the Waorani Pastaza Organization (CONCONAWEP – Coordinating Council of the Waorani Nationality of Ecuador). Ira Pastor comments: Today we have a fascinating guest joining us on the ideaXme show from a rather remote location, and we are going to […]

Credit: Deglee Degi

Walking On The Wild Side: Forest Therapy For Physical and Mental Health

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Amos Clifford, author and founder of the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs. Ira Pastor comments: On the last several shows, we have spent time on the different hierarchical levels of the health, disease, and aging process. We’ve discussed that “biological […]

The Blue Economy: Lisandra Rickards

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Lisandra Rickards, CEO at Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship, Caribbean and Founder of Merrivale Ventures LLC (Soul Career). Rickards has spearheaded the Centre’s strategic shift towards a venture capital model, supporting growth stage entrepreneurs towards investment. She has raised funding for the expansion of the […]

Dr. Renard Siew

Future Proof Our Planet: Dr. Renard Siew

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Renard Siew, Climate Change Advisor with the Centre for Governance and Political Studies in Kuala Lumpur. Today, we are going to be talking about Sustainability and Climate Change; two topics that have really come to the public forefront in recent months, and which […]