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Sustainability, Leadership & Lateral Thinking- Dr. Phil Hadcroft
@philhad.bsky.social
40-year business veteran, post-doc academic, passionate about resilience for people and nations. Advocate change - but offer ideas, not complaints. Visions without plans are dreams. Plans without strategies are ideas. Strategies must be practical.
Packaging
Malta has skills in glass, cardboard, plastic, steel, but produces little of its own packaging. Packaging imports end up in landfill. Malta could innovatively create a stockpile of recycled materials to displaced imports, & profitably expand local businesses.
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Packaging Sustainability for Malta | PDF to Flipbook
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January 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
What A Waste

Malta’s few natural resources are abundant: sunshine, fresh air, seawater – and sh*t from cows, pigs, goats and poultry.

Manure disposal is a problem.

Making odourless fertiliser pellets is a €400m p.a. export opportunity.

The technology is standard.
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Waste Management Sustainability for Malta | PDF to Flipbook
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December 29, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Transportation Sustainability

Is Malta small enough to abolish all petrol vehicles?
Could Malta electrify its fishing fleet?
Could Malta manufacture synthetic aviation fuel?
Could Malta host a hydrogen-fuelled regional airline?
Yes, to all – but is it bold enough?
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Transportation Sustainability for Malta | PDF to Flipbook
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December 29, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Malta has no oil wells All energy is imported
With sunshine, sea-water, fresh air & new technology in solar electricity & hydrogen fuel Malta could become autonomous for energy
Where could Malta build a big enough solar farm? Libya’s too risky but better options are close
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December 17, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Fishy Business

The baitfish fed to Malta’s farmed tuna in 1 year would feed Malta’s population for 35.6 years. 70% of farmed tuna is wasted at slaughter. 36,900 tonnes of tuna waste is dumped at sea, each year. This is unsustainable but legal. We could do much better. heyzine.com/flip-book/cb...
Aquacultural Sustainability for Malta | PDF to Flipbook
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December 5, 2024 at 12:37 PM
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ZeroAvia Dash 8 testbed for the ZA-2000 hydrogen-electric powertrain, producing between 2,000 kW and 5,000 kW.
November 14, 2024 at 7:17 PM
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@FT: Aviation start-up ZeroAvia has secured backing of the state-owned UK Infrastructure Bank to help it develop a hydrogen-electric engine for zero-emission flight https://t.co/oxvQEIxrB5
November 27, 2023 at 5:03 AM
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Coventry University researchers are developing #zeroemission propulsion technology for commercial passenger aircraft, led by ZeroAvia, a #hydrogen-electric aviation consortium, with a £10.5 million UK Government grant.
#HydrogenNow #H2 #ZeroEmissions

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September 30, 2024 at 3:47 PM
#Agriculture
Grains, #crops, #livestock, #meat, #dairy, #poultry, #apiary, #abattoirs, secondary industries, #labour for primary #industry, #land availability & consolidation. #Opportunities for #Malta abound. #Leadership, #vision, courage & commitment are called for.
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Agricultural Sustainability | PDF to Flipbook
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November 23, 2024 at 1:03 PM
#Agriculture
Cottage agriculture meets #EUstandards David vs Goliath. Malta has no slingshot.
#Animalrights + agricultural #waste + low production: an agrarian revolution is needed.
It could be good – positive - exciting. The glass could be half full. Is there enough political appetite for change?
November 23, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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#Water
Without rivers & lakes islands have no drinking water. Malta is profoundly water-stressed. Surrounded by sea, the problem isn’t H2O, it’s too much salt! #Desalination at scale consumes #energy. All Malta’s energy is imported. Make Malta’s water supply #sustainable.
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Water Sustainability for Malta | PDF to Flipbook
Innovative approaches to addressing autonomy, self sufficiency and resilience in water supply.. PDF to flipbook converted using heyzine.com
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November 18, 2024 at 11:34 AM
I’m really new to Bluesky & I didn’t use Twitter or X. Some call me a social media luddite. Others think I’m just lucky! So for clarity here are my interests #sustainability #food-security #agriculture #aquaculture #water #energy #packaging #waste #skills #sovereignty #Malta #islands #Mediterranean
November 17, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Small island states face similar problems. Too small to feed their people. No oil wells. If supply chains break, people die. Subservience to benefactor states is unreliable. In health or military crises they are easily sacrificed. How is sovereign autonomy possible?
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Sustainability for Malta as a Sovereign Nation | PDF to Flipbook
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November 15, 2024 at 3:04 PM
I’m starting a dialogue on sustainability. I’ll challenge linear thinking, create opportunities for politicians, businesses, activists, entrepreneurs, educators. It will be controversial, non-political, researched but not philosophical. Pragmatic but entrepreneurial. Follow me to share the journey.
November 15, 2024 at 12:48 PM