Today on the podcast we have Fabian Weinländer. Fabian currently works as an ecosystem manager at RethinkResource. Fabian has a fascinating background. Not only has he lived all over the world in countries such as Cameroon, Madagascar, Canada, Austria and now Switzerland, he also obtained his bachelor degree at the University of Life Sciences in Vienna in Environment and Bio resource management. Fabian has experience in circular agriculture systems, in particular aquaponics. He worked at a Swiss Startup called Urban Farmers which worked on building and operating rooftop aquaponic farms. Now Fabian works at Rethink Resource, the innovation agency that works on creative ways to re-use industrial scale resources that would otherwise go to waste.  Stay tuned to hear about Fabian talk about aquaponics, and his experience at RethinkResource.

Rethink Resource was founded in 2016 with the mission to support the producing industry in the transition to a closed loop economy. Specifically, they focus on working with clients to turn industrial side streams into sustainable and profitable business opportunities. What are side-streams? Side-streams are basically materials that are continuously lost from a production process. RethinkResource identifies valuable components within a side-stream that can find new applications and be turned into profits instead of causing disposal costs. Industrial side streams are therefore viewed as strategic assets – with long-term competitive advantages and RethinkResource focuses on extracting the value in these stranded assets within the constraints of a modern production system.

In This Episode

•     Introduction of Fabian and RethinkResource [0:55 ]



•     Fabian introduces himself [3:24 ]



•     What is aquaponics?  [5:19 ]



•     What does RethinkResource do? [10:27 ]



•     The customers of RethinkResource [16:15 ]



•     Fabian's advice on how to get started in your career  [22:24 ]



•     Contact Information [24:43 ]

Episode Links

RethinkResource Website

Fabian’s LinkedIn

www.impactuntangled.com

www.impactcareers.ch