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Vegans Who Lift PodcastVegans Who Lift PodcastFruit Fasting & Vegan Meal Prep Tips When You Don't Have Time or MoneyThink you don’t have time, money, or energy to meal prep as a vegan? Think again. In this episode of Vegans Who Lift, John and Brooke break down exactly how we make meal prepping fast, affordable, and—dare we say—fun. From our must-have tools (hello Ninja Creami + rice cooker) to the easy hacks we use every week, this is your no-excuses guide to staying on track with your vegan fitness goals.John also spills the tea on his recent fruit fast and how it helped his digestion, plus we rave about savory high-volume foods that aren’t...2025-04-1741 minGreenBitesGreenBitesIndonesia’s path to renewablesThe world’s largest exporter of thermal coal, Indonesia plans to tighten restrictions on coal miners and build an industrial park that generates energy from renewables. In this episode, we also cover the hope for Vietnam’s IUU fishing issue, a suspended clean energy plant in China and a controversial China-funded climate project in Thailand.  Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Stella Chan and Chermaine Lee Producers: Stella Chan, Chermaine Lee Production Supervisor: Chermaine Lee, Khoa Tran Executive Producer: Marcy Trent Long Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin We also have...2022-01-0607 minGreenBitesGreenBitesChina’s Five-Year Plan on Industrial Green DevelopmentChina unveils the details of its green transition towards carbon neutrality starting with reforms and incentives given to major polluting industries.  A fragile climate victory prevails in Indonesia’s court despite the country’s ambiguous and often contradictory position on domestic deforestation.  The cane toad, a species globally introduced into farmland for pest control, is starting to become a problem in Taiwan. Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Khoa Tran and Chermaine Lee Producers: Khoa Tran, Chermaine Lee, Avery Choi Production Supervisor: Chermaine Lee, Khoa Tran Executive Producer: Marcy Trent...2021-12-1609 minGreenBitesGreenBitesCOP26 highlights and innovations in AsiaThis week we close our coverage of COP26 with some main takeaways, and discuss two new green innovative projects in Asia: a net-zero emissions airport in India and lab-grown seafood in Singapore. Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Khoa Tran and Stella Chan Producers: Khoa Tran, Stella Chan and Avery Choi Production Supervisor: Chermaine Lee, Khoa Tran Executive Producer: Marcy Trent Long Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin We also have a Mandarin Greenbites show, check it out now!2021-12-0409 minGreenBitesGreenBitesPledges and cautious optimism at COP26 in first week of talksTalks at COP26 have finally begun starting from the first week of November, here’s a catchup on what has been discussed on the table so far.  Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Khoa Tran and Chermaine Lee Producers: Khoa Tran, Chermaine Lee and Avery Choi Production Supervisor: Bonnie Au, Chermaine Lee, Khoa Tran Executive Producer: Marcy Trent Long Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin We also have a Mandarin Greenbites show, check it out now!2021-11-1010 minGreenBitesGreenBitesThe renewable energy sector pushes on while pressure builds on COP26Things are looking dire as COP26 is starting.  This week we look at the UN emissions gap report released ahead of what many describe as the world’s last best hope to curb emissions.  Singapore is exploring geothermal energy, a promising renewable that’s been around for a while and comes at a high cost.  Lastly, we cover a development for electric vehicles: how there is some hope on how standardizing certain practices could lead to a healthier secondhand market. Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Avery Choi, Stella Chan Producers: Avery C...2021-11-0210 minGreenBitesGreenBitesTurkmenistan’s local methane emissions have a global effectThis week, we explore methane emissions in Turkmenistan, what they are and what is being done about them; a concerning document leak ahead of COP26; and more extreme weather forecasts for Northern China. Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Khoa Tran, Chermaine Lee   Producers: Khoa Tran, Stella Chan, Chermaine Lee Production Supervisor: Bonnie Au, Chermaine Lee Executive Producer: Marcy Trent Long Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin Transition Music: Xylo-Ziko - Termites We also have a Mandarin Greenbites show, check it out now!2021-10-2711 minGreenBitesGreenBitesWhat should we expect from COP26?This week, we touch upon a few important points to expect from COP26 happening at the end of the month, the struggle for China to balance out its new climate commitments with its ongoing urban development goals, and COP15, the UN Biodiversity Conference. Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Khoa Tran, Chermaine Lee   Producers: Khoa Tran, Stella Chan, Chermaine Lee Production Supervisor: Bonnie Au, Chermaine Lee Executive Producer: Marcy Trent Long Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin Transition Music: Xylo-Ziko - Termites We also have a Mandarin Greenbites show, c...2021-10-2011 minGreenBitesGreenBitesNobel Prize in Physics: Is that the new hope for climate change?Nobel Prize in Physics goes to a Japanese scientist who has dedicated his academic life to studying global warming and climate change. A restaurant has decided to embrace the ongoing heavy floods in Thailand by offering meals in the floods. Indonesia is keen to increase the use of palm oil in jet fuel, but what does that mean for the environment? In the Philippines, environmental groups are protesting against two gas facilities’ construction plans that will happen in a region that spans across dozens of marine protected areas. Find out more in this episode of GreenBites. ...2021-10-1111 minGreenBitesGreenBitesGreta Thunberg's "Blah, Blah, Blah": Are countries’ green vows empty promises?Greta Thunberg made a landmark speech in Milan, calling out world leaders for their lip service in mitigating climate change. Cambodia’s expansion of coal plants go opposite the world’s direction, seemingly proving Thunberg’s fears. In this episode, we also cover Indonesia’s illegal wood timber trade, and Southeast Asia’s climate education. Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Chermaine Lee, Stella Chan Producers: Chermaine Lee, Stella Chan and Bonnie Au Production Supervisor: Chermaine Lee and Khoa Tran Executive Producer: Marcy Trent Long Intro/outro music: Alex Maubo...2021-10-0511 minGreenBitesGreenBitesChina moves away from coal overseas while global climate protests re-emergeA year after pledging carbon neutrality by 2060, China made another climate commitment at the UN General Assembly to stop funding coal projects overseas.  Following a year of Covid-related slumber, climate protests are back on the global agenda of activists.  Also, we will be launching a new audio documentary series on marine noise pollution: Asia’s Noisy Oceans. This new season will be featured on our main Sustainable Asia podcast, and in this week’s GreenBites, we will be sharing a little sneak peak of the content. Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Khoa Tran and Bo...2021-09-2909 minGreenBitesGreenBitesManaging deforestation outside of the REDD+ schemeDespite a good track towards deforestation goals, Indonesia has pulled out of a US$1 billion deal with Norway to protect its rainforests.  China opens a vitrification plant, turning nuclear waste into glass for safer storage.  Southeast Asian professionals are increasingly concerned about food security due to climate change and what their governments are doing in terms of policy and planning. Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Khoa Tran and Chermaine Lee Producers: Chermaine Lee, Khoa Tran and Bonnie Au Production Supervisor: Bonnie Au and Chermaine Lee Executive Producer: Ma...2021-09-2310 minGreenBitesGreenBitesWhat’s the destiny of EV batteries when they retire in the next 10 years?Millions of electric car batteries are expected to retire in the next decade. So how are they dealt with after they come to the end of their lifetime? In this week’s GreenBites, we will look into how startups find ways to recycle metal parts from any batteries. We will also share a gruesome claim of stranded dugongs in Indonesia, a vulnerable marine species to extinction on the IUCN list, reportedly being cut up for traditional medicine, as well as how climate change threatens to squeeze out Indonesia’s medicinal plants. Production credits: Prod...2021-09-0110 minGreenBitesGreenBitesEnergy war intensifies social crisis in AfghanistanA recent conflict in Afghanistan has drawn a highlight on the energy war, showing people how natural resources can link up with the war. In this episode of GreenBites, we will briefly look at the underground rare materials and the recent social conditions in Afghanistan, the predicted climate changes after Taliban taking the control of Afghanistan, a new way to treat the sewage which is running under the natural process, and also cover the deforestation in Indonesia these days. Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Bonnie Au and Chermaine Lee Producers: Chermaine Lee...2021-08-2311 minGreenBitesGreenBitesUN report: Global warming can hit Asia particularly hardA recently published United Nations report reveals an alarming fact: humanity cannot escape from a hotter future, which is likely to exacerbate an already climate vulnerable Asia.  In this episode of GreenBites, we will take an in-depth look at the UN report, look at predicted changes in crop production in Asia, and cover green initiatives such as Pakistan’s tree-planting drive against smog and Indonesia’s new floating solar farm.  Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Khoa Tran and Avery Choi Producers: Chermaine Lee, Khoa Tran, Rachel Li, Bonnie Au and Av...2021-08-1510 minGreenBitesGreenBitesJapan’s aviation industry turning to biofuelOne of the dirtiest industries in the world, aviation is slowly turning to greener alternatives, with Japan becoming more open to food-based jet biofuel. In this episode, we explain how this works, and also cover China’s green path to carbon neutrality taking shape, Japan’s EV newbies and the reappearance of a special species in Indonesia. Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Khoa Tran and Stella Chan Producers: Chermaine Lee, Khoa Tran, Rachel Li, Stella Chan and Avery Choi Production Supervisor: Bonnie Au Executive Producer: Marcy Trent Long Intro/outr...2021-08-1012 minGreenBitesGreenBitesHow green are the Tokyo Olympics?From medals made from recycled metals to podiums, athlete beds and even torches, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have been hyped as the greenest games so far. Yet it is not without criticism as NGOs and experts have found evidence suggesting that all of this attention may just simply be greenwashing. In this week’s GreenBites, we will look at some of these concerns , discuss a climate forum held in Bangladesh, and talk about the reintroduction of the trawling ban in Indonesia.  Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Bonnie Au and Khoa Tran Producers: Bon...2021-08-0312 minToast to the GoodFellasToast to the GoodFellasA Toast with Green BitesIn this episode, we had the privilege to meet with Gian Fortune, the passionate founder of the rapidly growing business, Green Bites Co. His determination is only equal to his love of our earth and the creatures that inhabit it. This impactful conversation takes us through the beginnings of a local business, through thought-provoking ideas about relevant issues such as climate change and animal rights, and even provides some important life lessons that anyone can learn from. Strap in, and let's toast to GREEN BITES. Connect with Greenbites by visiting their website at greenbitesgo.com. 2021-07-2850 minGreenBitesGreenBitesChina’s carbon trading market launches with mixed reviewsThis week, we cover China’s new carbon trading platform, the deadly flooding in Henan province, Japan’s revised green energy plan, Southeast Asian delivery giants’ eco-pledges and special quiz at the end “name that species”. Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Chermaine Lee and Avery Choi Producers: Chermaine Lee and Avery Choi Production Supervisor: Bonnie Au and Chermaine Lee Executive Producer: Marcy Trent Long Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin Transition Music: Xylo-Ziko - Termites We also have a Mandarin Greenbites show, check it out now!2021-07-2711 minGreenBitesGreenBitesChina battling with extreme rainfalls, heatwaves and tornadosWhile China warns its citizens to embrace yet another summer of dangerous floods and droughts, it denies the links of these worsening weather events and climate change. Why is that? This episode covers exactly that, as well as Southeast Asia’s accelerating deforestation and millennials’ new love for sustainable fashion.  Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Chermaine Lee and Stella Chan Producers: Chermaine Lee and Stella Chan Production Supervisor: Bonnie Au and Chermaine Lee Executive Producer: Marcy Trent Long Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin Transition Music: Xylo...2021-07-1810 minGreenBitesGreenBitesWhat’s the future for solar energy in Asia?China is the world’s leading manufacturer and raw materials producer for solar panels, and business has been good in recent years, but will this last?  Freight costs have risen during the pandemic and international pressure to address forced labour allegations in Xinjiang are causing a global supply chain nightmare for solar energy developers.  Despite this, countries like India and Japan remain faithful in their solar agenda. We also cover China’s national emissions trading scheme, a key to regulating greenhouse gas emissions, which is facing a delay in the launch of its trading platform.  And finally, some go...2021-07-1210 minGreenBitesGreenBitesWater shortages in central AsiaCentral Asia’s snowmelt runoff is decreasing, affecting more than ten countries in the region. What does this mean for the people living there? In this week’s GreenBites, we also report on Bangladesh’s plan to scrap planned coal-fired power plants, Asia’s richest man renewable energy ambitions and a surprising innovative “employment” of insects in the Philippines. Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Khoa Tran and Chermaine Lee Producers: Khoa Tran and Chermaine Lee Production Supervisor: Bonnie Au Executive Producer: Marcy Trent Long Intro/outro music: Alex...2021-07-0708 minGreenBitesGreenBitesCambodia clamps down on environmental activistsThis week’s episode looks at an environmental activist court case in Cambodia, China's battles to contain illicit buildings in conservation areas, and a mysterious skin disease amongst sharks in Malaysia.  Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Bonnie Au and Avery Choi Producers: Bonnie Au and Avery Choi Production Supervisors: Bonnie Au and Chermaine Lee Executive Producer: Marcy Trent Long Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin We also have a Mandarin Greenbites show, check it out now!2021-06-2808 minGreenBitesGreenBitesAre we at risk of a nuclear disaster?A recent news report revealed a possible leak in China’s Taishan Nuclear Power plant. Are we at risk of a nuclear disaster? In this week’s Greenbites, we will also give an update on China’s carbon neutrality plan, introduce tin mining in Indonesia and look at Hong Kong’s largest smuggling case involving endangered species and rare plants. Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Bonnie Au and Stella Chan Producers: Bonnie Au and Stella Chan Production Supervisors: Bonnie Au and Chermaine Lee Executive Producer: Marcy Trent Long Intro/outro mu...2021-06-2110 minGreenBitesGreenBitesAsia’s natural disasters and China’s tree plantingAs Asia heads into its monsoon season, we look at how these tropical rainstorms have changed over the last million years against varying carbon emissions data. Meanwhile, farmers in the Chinese Gobi desert, despite reforesting nearly a quarter of China’s total area since the late 70s, now have to deal with increasingly challenging weather conditions.  Finally, the internet-famous herd of elephants trekking in China’s Yunnan province continues its journey, reminding us of the consequences of human expansion into wild habitats. Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Chermaine Lee and Khoa Tran Produ...2021-06-1508 minGreenBitesGreenBitesMunch on! Greenbites!Following a successful pilot show of Greenbites on Sustainable Asia’s main podcast channel, we are back as a standalone podcast, where we deliver you a weekly digest of environmental news from around Asia summarised in just 10 mins. So be sure to grab your bite every Monday and munch on! Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Chermaine Lee, Bonnie Au, Stella Chan, Khoa Tran and Avery Choi Lead producers: Chermaine Lee and Bonnie Au Executive producer: Marcy Trent Long Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin We also have a Mandarin Gr...2021-06-0703 min可持续亚洲可持续亚洲《可持续播报》先导预告：三月我来啦2020年终于过去，可持续亚洲中文版也将带着新节目《可持续播报》回归啦。我们将会每两周分享一些由我们精心挑选的关于亚洲环境与可持续发展新闻给大家。第一期节目将会在三月初和大家见面。另外《可持续播报》同系列英文播客节目Greenbites也已经上线。欢迎订阅，分享。 Music by 《花好月圆（民乐合奏）》by华夏民族乐团2021-02-2602 minGreen BitesGreen BitesThe Halloween Pumpkin Special!This is a special family-friendly episode of Green Bites, all about the pumpkin.  Join Ellie and her nephew Fionn to carve pumpkins and make pumpkin pie from a very special pumpkin that Ellie got by going to visit vegetable farmers Joe and Sandra Burns. Covering food waste, seed-saving, how pumpkins grow and recipes you can use to make sure you’re getting the most out of your Halloween pumpkin, this podcast episode is tasty food for thought and comes with recipes and video on the podcast website.  www.greenbites.ie 2020-10-1627 minTalks of L.I.F.E | Living In Faith Everyday with BrittanyTalks of L.I.F.E | Living In Faith Everyday with BrittanyThe Power of Believing in Yourself with Giancarlo Fortun | Talks of Life Episode #10In this weeks episode, I interview Giancarlo the founder of Green Bites. Green Bites is a vegan based dessert company located in SWFL that was started from a home-made CBD cookie. G shares his success story of how Green Bites was created and the steps he took to prepare himself as an entrepreneur.Topics of Discussion:How Green Bites was createdThe importance of crafting your brandStaying motivated as an entrepreneurBelieving in yourselfOrder Green Bites online at: www.greenbitesgo.comInstagram: @greenbitesFacebook: www.facebook.com/greenbitesgo2020-09-1022 minGreen BitesGreen BitesGreen Bites TrailerSeason one of Green Bites, the Irish Food Sustainability Podcast, launches on Friday the 17th of July.  Listen on podcast platforms or on www.greenbites.ie 2020-07-1800 minInspiration Lab with GianInspiration Lab with Gian3key points to take your startup to run like a machineIs not 2001 anymore and this is what’s been helping me explode GREENBITES🍪 1. Branding 2. Low expenses 3. Marketing is KEY2019-09-0508 minInspiration Lab with GianInspiration Lab with GianGREENVIBES☘️PURPOSE DRIVEN my goals have changedMoney is the motivator for many, not for me! By any means! Purpose is what I follow and Greenbites have become my obsession. Let me share with you this little story that I got for you.!2018-12-0905 minInspiration Lab with GianInspiration Lab with GianGREENVIBES☘️ BIG greenbites UPDATE and After a NO! Always come the YES! Try More!!HALF BAKED 🍪 POP-UP show at KAVA CULTURE in Bonita Springs coming this November 29th!🍪 and let’s talk about getting a no! What happens if a situation tell you no! Are you quitting? Or you making the right decision and focusing in the next opportunity? Let’s get it!💪2018-11-1405 minInspiration Lab with GianInspiration Lab with GianGREENVIBES☘️Winning Monday’s/ GREENBITES UPDATE☘️Write that list Sunday. And start getting things done on Monday. Let’s get it2018-06-2504 minInspiration Lab with GianInspiration Lab with GianGREENVIBES☘️ HOW EGO IS KILLING YOUR WINS/ greenbites Uodate☘️2018-06-2003 min