University of Greenland's Aviaja Lyberth Hauptmann on how the world's diet revolution is challenging Greenland

For a millennia, the Inuit people have managed to survive off the land of Greenland, an extreme Arctic environment. Aviaja Lyberth Hauptmann has been conducting research on the Greenlandic Diet Revolution, which looks at the microbiomes of traditional Greenlandic foods, an almost exclusively animal-based diet.

Aviaja's work encompasses culture, climate change, nutrition, microbiology, biotech, big industry, and politics. Full of fascinating insights, this conversation will get you thinking about what health really means for humans and the planet and how the two can and can’t be connected. It’s also an important conversation to consider how vulnerable communities fit in o our global climate solutions.

• 5:20 Overview of diet, traditions, and culture
• 10:20 Why a plant-based diet is causing problems in Greenland
• 26:00 Vision for the future food system 
• 30:30 How Arctic micro-organisms create big business opportunities beyond oil & gas
• 38:00 Wisdom collected from nature and the Inuits

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