INTERVIEW | Kua Coffee – caffeine, climate and regeneration

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(Recorded prior to Think Act Regenerate launch in 2024)

Do you like the idea of coffee that restores the forests that sequester carbon and provides a living to the people who live there?   I certainly do.

So it was great to talk with Darcy Small, co-founder of Kua Coffee about how his Australian-based social enterprise is collaborating with Ugandan coffee growers to help them respond and adapt to climate change. Darcy tells the story of how a couple of engineering students and their housemates came to start a climate positive coffee business – one that cuts greenhouse gas emissions in Australia and regenerates farming lands and communities in Uganda. 

LINKS

Kua Coffee: https://kuacoffee.co/   

Sendle Carbon Neutral Logistics: https://try.sendle.com/en-au/carbon-neutral-delivery  

Share Waste Composting: https://sharewaste.com/   

The Commons Coworking Spaces: https://thecommons.com.au/   

EcoTrust: https://ecotrust.org/   

FairChain Coffee Kenya:  https://fairchainkenya.coffee/  

Links between forests and rain: https://theweathermakers.nl/elementor-2250/  

Coffee grounds as valuable materials: https://en.reset.org/5-innovative-ways-recycle-used-coffee-grounds/  

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Michael Porter on “Why business can be good at solving social problems”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iIh5YYDR2o   

Re-Inventing Organisations: https://www.reinventingorganizations.com/   

Ray Anderson of Interface on the first decade of their regenerative business journey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kudilj10H4E   

Project Drawdown’s ranked list of today’s commercial climate solutions: https://drawdown.org/solutions   

Project Regeneration action lists: https://regeneration.org/nexus   

Circular Economy resources: https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/   

Biomimicry: https://biomimicry.net/  and also https://asknature.org/     

CREDITS

Original music by Ian Hopkinson, Human Hacker and serial digital entrepreneur.

Support this show: https://www.patreon.com/RegenerativeBusiness

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