Not many people can say their job involves reducing the impact of cows’ burps on the planet — but for Triabunna’s Sam Elsom, it’s a career path that’s been a no-brainer.
Having spent his life working in sustainability, in 2018 he co-founded Sea Forest — a climate start up which successfully turns asparagopsis, a native species of seaweed, into a livestock feed supplement to reduce methane emissions.
“As an active environmentalist, I was learning more and more about the changes that we face as a result of increasing carbon concentration in our atmosphere,” Mr Elsom said.
“We have lived through some of the worst bushfires, the hottest years on record, some of the worst floods — and they’ve all happened in the last decade.”
But, rather than being weighed down, he said he believed change was possible.
To read the full article, click here: Sea Forest founder Sam Elsom named Australian of the Year for Tasmania 2025 – ABC News
