Meliora: a podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute
Welcome to the Green Gown Award winning Meliora Podcast from the Sustainability and Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton!
This podcast explores the greatest and most wicked problem that is sustainability, whilst looking at how we are collectively addressing this critical global challenge.
Sustainability needs to be addressed by understanding how the economy, society, culture, politics and environment intersect, and this is the focus that informs each episode of the Meliora podcast.
In each episode, host Professor Simon Kemp and guest hosts are joined by a variety of guests, including academics, students, staff, researchers, alumni, community groups and business leaders.
The aim of the podcast is to shine a light on the vast range of topics surrounding sustainability and to allow listeners to learn about the critical challenges we face, as well as how they can be part of the solution. We also ensure our fantastic students have the opportunity to share their brilliant work with the world.
Podcast host: Professor Simon Kemp, Deputy Director of the Sustainability & Resilience Institute, University of Southampton
Podcast editors: Jack Dinham, Ellie Howell, Mya Harvey, Lily Killner, Sophie Green, Libby Kale, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton
Podcast communications: Tyler Domone-Hollands, Hannah Parish, Alexander Ayerst, Maya Stevens, University of Southampton
Please do get in touch to discuss this podcast and any of the issues we raise by emailing sri@soton.ac.uk
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Meliora: a podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute
The Shrimp farming dilemma
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In this student takeover episode of the Meliora Podcast we explore the rapid growth of shrimp aquaculture in India within a globalised food system. We examine the economic opportunities the industry creates, including export growth and employment, while critically analysing its environmental and social impacts.
Key issues include mangrove deforestation, water pollution, labour conditions, and the displacement of local farmers, alongside the imbalance between production in the Global South and consumption in wealthier regions.
The episode concludes by assessing whether shrimp farming can become sustainable through improved regulation and ecosystem-based approaches, or whether its current model remains inherently unsustainable.
Episode Host: Eleanor Greed
Episode Guests: Tegan Ashford, Georgianna Baker
Episode Editors: Aneisha Guha, Nishita Gopi
Episode Scriptwriters/Research: Tegan Ashford, Georgianna Baker, Eleanor Greed, Aneisha Guha and Nishita Gopi.
This episode is part of the student takeover season and is a group project from the University of Southampton “Global Sustainability Challenges” module.
