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Member Roundtables: February 27th!
All our members are invited to join our member Roundtables on February 27th. We will holdtwo sessions : one at 11:00AM CET and one at 3PM CET in order to accommodate our worldwide membership. These sessions will include important updates and opportunities for members...
Study: how to increase the communication capacity of the Seaweed Revolution?
We are engaged with a team of CHARM-EU students conducting a research study to better understand the general public’s current awareness of seaweed and highlight potential gaps or needs. Their research is planned to be presented and shared in the context of the...
Congratulations to our Spring 2022 Grantees!
Our Annual Meeting in Lisbon was the opportunity to introduce our Spring 2022 Grantees to our worldwide community! After a highly competitive evaluation process by our advisory board of seaweed industry experts, the Safe Seaweed Coalition Steering Committee made the...
Thrilling moments for Seaweed at UNOC in Lisbon
What a week for our Seaweed Revolution! We took advantage of United Nation's Ocean Conference to actively raise awareness on the potential for seaweed to support SDG14, starting with our very own Annual meeting and Seaweed Day on June 29th at Forum Picoas. Above is a...
Seaweed: A Revolution to Achieve Goal 14 and More
Official Side Event Safe Seaweed Coalition, in partnership with Australian Seaweed Institute and Lloyd’s Register Foundation Seaweed: A Revolution to Achieve Goal 14 and More June 30, 11:30-12:45 Committee Room, Altice Arena The event aims to highlight seaweed’s...
Safe Seaweed Coalition Annual Meeting & Seaweed Day, June 29th in Lisbon
Our first Annual Meeting will take place on June 29th, 10.30AM in Lisbon on the margin of the UN Ocean Conference! Venue is located in central Lisbon at Forum Picoas. We are calling on our membership to join in person or virtually to this important milestone on the...
On our way back from #SaferWorld22
Huge thanks to all our partners and visitors who participated during these two wonderful days at Lloyd's Register Foundation's Safer World Conference! Recordings of the two days will be available for up to 90 days on demand on the Safer World Conference Attendee Hub....
Join the Coalition next week at Lloyd’s Register Foundation’s Safer World Conference!
The Seaweed industry and the Coalition will feature prominently next week at Lloyd's Register Foundation's Safer World Conference in London, a two-day hybrid conference bringing together thought leaders from research, academia, business and government to discuss...
The United Nations Environment Programme is looking for a Seaweed Farming Expert
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is looking for a Seaweed Farming Expert to carry out a technical in-depth situational analysis for the design and implementation of a sustainable scaling model for seaweed farming. This work will verify seaweed farming...
Safe Seaweed Coalition: 2021 Lookback & 2022 Look Forward
As the Safe Seaweed Coalition enters its second year of existence, our team wishes to look back at the substantial achievements of 2021 and the exciting agenda for seaweed in this coming year. In view of our worldwide geographic dispersion, we will organize two...
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FlexSea’s Gameplan for Seaweed-Based Packaging… And Cosmetics Formulations
Source : Formes De Luxe
How Plastic-Free Beauty Could ‘Futureproof’ Your Bottom Line
Source : Cosmetics Design Europe
Ashgrove and Sea Forest Launch World’s First Low-Emission Milk in Tasmanian Supermarkets
Tasmanian dairy producer Ashgrove has partnered with Triabunna-based Sea Forest to launch what they’re touting as the world’s first ‘low-emission milk’.
Source : Pulse Tasmania
Understanding How a Red Seaweed Reduces Methane Emissions from Cows
Methane is the second-largest contributor to climate warming after carbon dioxide, and so scientists have put a lot of attention toward addressing one of the top sources...
Source : Penn Today
Seaweed Enterprises Launches New Brand
Scottish-based Seaweed Enterprises is raising finance to build the UK’s largest multi-species seaweed processing hub – and has rolled out a new brand identity for its products.
Source : Fish Farmer Magazine
Transforming Troublesome Seaweed Into a Feedstock of the Future
A research team led by Princeton University aims to reimagine Sargassum — the culprit behind the massive blooms — from an economic and environmental burden into a boon.
Source : Princeton Engineering
Energy Transition: Rare Metals Soon to be Extracted From Seaweed?
Certain species of algae are capable of bioaccumulating rare earths essential for the energy transition.
Source : RT Flash
New Period Product Offers Progress in Women’s Health
Hsu and the team used an alginate-glycerol powder formula that, when added to a traditional menstrual pad, allows the accumulated blood to turn into a gel. The pad can then absorb more blood and leak less than a traditional pad.
Source : Virginia Tech
NIC’s CARTI Works on Projects to Monitor, Restore Kelp ‘Forests’
Kelp beds are like the forests of the sea, say North Island College researchers working on ways to restore water ecosystems in the area.
Source : North Island College
Rescuing Kelp Through Science
Lindell’s eponymous lab at Woods Hole may look humble, with low ceilings and cement floors, but it’s meticulously organized, with hundreds of seaweed varietals catalogued and floating in refrigerated containers.
Source : Civil Eats