On this episode of the Climate Changepreneurs podcast, we chat with Laura Francois who has been globally empowering startups, nonprofits and governments to maximize sustainability and use creativity in business as a force for good.
Laura is an award-winning social impact strategist, with her work has been featured on BBC World News, Forbes, Netflix, TedX, The Disruptive Design Festival (DIF) and Singapore Design Week.
She is the co-founder of The Spaceship, industry mentor to The Bridge Fashion Incubator in Singapore and Fashion for Good Mumbai, and is actively curating a book about art and the climate crisis."
Some of the topics that we discuss in the podcast include:
- How to create great narratives and effective storytelling around your climate startup.
- How to take on a systems thinking lens when fighting climate change or any other problem.
- How Art can be used as a catalyst in the climate change space.
- The importance of cross-pollination (learning about two different spaces and using the cross learnings from one to impact the other).
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/francoislaura/
The Spaceship Academy - https://www.thespaceship.org/
In this episode, we chat with Amanda Hall who is a professional geophysicist and the CEO & Founder of Summit Nanotech, a company developing direct lithium extraction technology for the growing lithium-ion battery sector.
Amanda is identified by the Canadian government as a leading female innovator and is a finalist in the Women in Cleantech challenge vying for a million-dollar prize.
In this podcast, some of the topics we cover include:
- Why the current lithium extraction process is carbon-intensive
- How Summit’s DLE (Direct Lithium Extraction) process is more efficient and also reduces carbon emissions?
- How do you keep your team motivated through high-pressure situations?
- How too much optimism can actually hurt your team culture?
Amanda's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-hall-3560b530/
Summit Nanotech - https://www.summitnanotech.ca/
On this episode, we chat with Daniel Kriozere who is a Product Manager for Lawrence Livermore Laboratory by day, and a startup scout and writer in the sustainability/climate tech space by night.
He runs The Impact and Innovate Climate, and his goal is to help startups connect with the right investors and resources in the ecosystem.
Some of the topics we discuss include:
- What kind of a role does written content such as newsletters play in the climate change narrative?
- Why entrepreneurs should have a ‘give first’ mentality.
- Daniel’s advice to entrepreneurs looking to fundraise
- Some of the commonalities that Daniel has seen in successful climate tech entrepreneurs.
Daniel's LinkedIn -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielkriozere/
Innovate Climate Newsletter -> https://innovateclimate.earth/
The Impact Newsletter -> https://readtheimpact.com/
Daniel's story -> https://djkriozere.medium.com/my-journey-into-climate-vc-e40639081e69
We are changing it up this episode. Instead of talking about entrepreneurship, we are going to be talking about how you can be an effective intrapreneur and affect change within your organization. And to do that, we have with us Decade Impact Co-Founders, Kristy O’Leary & Brianna Brown.
Kristy is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of Decade Impact. She is a multidisciplinary systems thinker with an innate ability to identify leading-edge entrepreneurs and align them with untapped opportunities to drive breakthrough change.
Next, Brianna is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Decade Impact, Brianna is a strategist, innovator, and changemaker.
Some of the topics that we discuss are:
- Decade Impact’s framework on how to define the type of impact that a company wants to have.
- What kind of role does intrapreneurship play on the road to net-zero?
- How can employees demand more action from their employers?
- Can you break down high emission industries such as the oil and gas sector from within as an employee or should you just work in the climate tech sector itself?
Here is how to get in touch with Kristy & Brianna:
Website: https://www.decadeimpact.com
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristyoleary/
On this episode of the Climate Changepreneurs podcast, we chat with Conner Tidd, co-founder at Just Vertical where he is changing how we feed ourselves and our cities. Just Vertical build indoor vertical gardens and farms for the modern lifestyle. They look good, the food tastes great, and you get to help address food sustainability along the way
Throughout his career, he has been fortunate to have been recognized for his work as a Clean50 emerging leader and a top 30 under 30 sustainability and human rights leader.
In this episode, we chat with Conner about
- How his love for tacos led to the idea of Just Vertical
- how vertical hydroponic growing systems can reduce our carbon footprint?
- What have been some of the growth levers that Just Vertical has been able to pull on in its road to 1000 orders.
Conner's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/connertidd/
Just Vertical - https://justvertical.com/
In this episode, we chat with Ahsan Syed who is a multi-faceted sustainability professional with knowledge and interest in clean technologies, energy decarbonization, climate policy, circular economy, and sustainability integration in corporate strategy.
Ahsan currently works as a contractor for various clean technology companies between Canada and the UK, helping companies reduce emissions in hard to decarbonize sectors using green hydrogen.
In this episode, we chat about:
- How Ahsan started his sustainability journey surprisingly in the oil & gas sector.
- Why is hydrogen a massive catalyst in the road to net-zero?
- Breaking down the science behind hydrogen’s role in reducing carbon emissions.
- How personal wellness and climate change are connected.
Here is Ahsan's LinkedIn to get in touch with him -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahsanmsyed/
In this episode, we chat with Matt Hill who is the founder and Chief Environmental Evangelist at One Tree Planted.
He started One Tree Planted when he realized that planting trees is one of the simplest things we can do for the environment, while also having a big impact on biodiversity, climate change, and health.
That's where the idea for "one dollar, one tree planted" originated.
In this podcast, we chat about
- how his background as a marketing professor helped him in his journey of growing One Tree Planted
- why simplicity is key when trying to get buy-in for your company from different stakeholders
- how to develop relationships with key people at the right time to grow your business.
- his advice for how to get started on your entrepreneurial climate change journey.
Check out One Tree Planted here -> https://onetreeplanted.org/
"It’s only 1 plastic toothpaste tube..." said 8 billion people!
On this episode, we chat with Morgane Soret who is the CEO & Co-Founder @ NOICEcare. NOICE develops effective, natural, sustainable oral care products that are good for your teeth & good for the planet.
As a sustainability-focused entrepreneur, Morgane actually first started her career in luxury brands before deciding to put her time and dedication into building NOICE.
In this podcast, we chat about:
- how Morgane used her marketing and branding experience in the luxury brands space to help NOICE succeed.
- how to take your skillset and use it in the climate change space.
- why sustainable toothpaste is important in the first place and the carbon emissions that the entire toothpaste consumption cycle leads to.
- productivity tips and how to stay motivated through the tough times as an entrepreneur.
Here are the links to check out NOICE and the work that Morgane is up to:
Website - https://noicecare.com/
Morgane's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/morgane-soret-29368751/
On this episode, we chat with CleanO2 CEO, Jaeson Cardiff. Jaeson has been involved in the heating industry as a plumber and gas fitter for over 20 years. 15 years ago he recognized the heating industry needed to do more to move towards the reduction and elimination of carbon emissions. That led him to founding CleanO2, which is THE WORLD’S FIRST CARBON CAPTURE SOAP.
Some of the topics we discuss in the podcast include:
- Exploring Clean02’s unique business model of how they actually capture carbon generated by the heating industry and use that to create soap.
- What exactly makes an effective business model in the climate change space?
- The dark sides of entrepreneurship away from glamour and fame.
- Challenges of growing an ever-expanding team.
Here are some links to get in touch with Jaeson:
Email - jaeson@cleano2.ca
LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/cleano2cct
Website - https://www.cleano2.ca/
On this episode, we chat withBryan Duarte who is a Social Venturist, Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, and a licensed Professional Engineer.
He is the Founder & CEO of Enliten and Co-Director for a CleanTech Global Impact Accelerator at Founder Institute. He has experience in developing companies in the Energy, CleanTech and Sustainability Sectors.
In this episode, some of the main themes include:
- discussing Bryan’s overall journey in the climate change space
- what are the two main characteristics that he has seen in all successful entrepreneurs
- why being a part of an accelerator can be a game-changer
- and a lot more.
Here are some links to get in touch with Bryan:
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/duartebryan/
- Twitter - https://twitter.com/bryan_duarte16
On this episode, we have Alois Gallet. Alois is an environmentalist, a lawyer and an economist. He has worked on both sides of the fence as a lawyer and a policymaker and now he is an entrepreneur and an educator in environmental and climate management.
He is a managing partner at Albor Pacific and a founding member and director at EcoNova Education.
In this episode, we go really deep into
- how his interest in climate change even started in the first place
- how he founded and started Econova
- the importance of education in climate change
- why accelerating the urban food movement is important in the climate change fight
The depth with which Alois goes into every answer is amazing.
Social Links to Alois:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/AloisGallet
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/econova_ca/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EcoNovaEducation
In the first episode of the newly rebranded Climate Changepreneurs podcast, we chat with Peter Deitz & Linsay Moran who are cofounders at Unwrapit which is a social purpose business that helps companies spark and maintain meaningful connections through a fun, innovative, and easy-to-use virtual gifting platform.
We dive deep into:
and much more!
Links to get in touch with Unwrapit
Unwrapit LI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unwrapit
Unwrapit Twitter: https://twitter.com/unwrapitdotcom
Peter LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterdeitz/
Linsay LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linsaymoran/
Progressholic has been something that has been an incredible part of my life over the last year. The responses from the listeners, the guests we’ve had on, the impact that we’ve hopefully been able to create in some form or the other. It has been an incredible journey. However, with the new iteration of Progressholic, we are changing the name to Climate Changepreneurs, yes Climate Changepreneurs.
What is Climate Changepreneurs?
Well, it combines two things I’m extremely passionate about. Entrepreneurship and Climate Change. On this podcast, we focus on how entrepreneurship can play a vital role in the climate change space by talking to entrepreneurs in that space about their journey, their learnings so that you can pick out lessons and tactics from their journeys.
Whether you are an aspiring or current entrepreneur or are just generally interested in the role that entrepreneurship plays in climate change, this podcast is for you.
Hey Progressholics! Devesh here. Just wanted to come on to give you an n update on the:
- current status of the podcast
- why we've stopped posting
- what the future holds for Progresssholic?
We'll see you again in the first week of July :)
On today's episode, we chat with Ben Liegey who is the Co-Founder of Rethink2gether, a food sustainability consultancy based in Vancouver, with an expertise in food waste prevention.
He has 9 years of experience consulting organizations throughout the food supply chain, developing sustainable business models.
Ben is involved in the Vancouver Food Policy Council and is the first Accredited Consultant "The PLEDGE on Food Waste" in Canada. He is also an Executive MBA Candidate and has a proven ability to adopt a systematic approach to maximize benefits for his clients.
Some of the topics that we discuss include his
- his inspiration behind starting Rethink2gether
- how you can take steps to reduce food wastage right away
- his advice for any budding social entrepreneurs.
Register for March 18 Rethink Food Webinar: Key Sustainable Solutions for the success of Canadian restaurants - https://www.rethink2gether.com/webinars
Rethink2gether solutions for consumers: - https://www.rethink2gether.com/consumers
Ben's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bliegey/
In this episode, we speak to Maiko Schaffrath about why and how entrepreneurship can be the answer to some of the world's biggest problems. Maiko is the Founder of Impact Hustlers, a community of entrepreneurs solving the world’s biggest social & environmental problems. He also hosts the weekly Impact Hustlers podcast where social entrepreneurs share their lessons-learnt on building impact into their business models.
Maiko writes on the topics of social entrepreneurship and Tech for Good for Forbes. He is a regular keynote speaker and panel moderator at conferences and events such as Change Now Summit and Fast Forward 2030.
Some of the topics that we discuss in this podcast include:
- How capitalism can be used for good instead of bad
- How aspiring entrepreneurs can solve some of the world’s biggest problems.
- His thoughts on the buy one give one model.
- Benefits of Universal basic income and its link to entrepreneurship
Here are some links to get in touch with Maiko:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/maikoschaffrath/
Website - https://www.impacthustlers.com/
Join the Impact Hustlers Community - https://www.impacthustlers.com/community
In this episode, we chat with Philippe Guichard who is an award-winning, international industrial designer who has launched numerous successful products. In 2013 he founded his Melbourne design studio, D2 Design and Development.
Philippe’s vision is to help change the way we produce and consume “things” by designing purposeful products and companies, ultimately for the triple bottom line: profit, environmental sustainability and social responsibility. Philippe is passionate about making a positive difference to the world through his work as a designer and through sharing his ideas as a speaker.
Some of the topics that we discuss in the podcast include:
- What exactly is the triple bottom line and how you can implement it in your life and business
- How is industrial design and social impact connected
- What is regenerative design?
- How thinking about sustainability within the design stage of your product is extremely essential.
Here are some links to get in touch with Philippe:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/pgguichard/
Website - https://www.philippespeaks.com/
Book a discovery call with Philippe to turn your idea into a profitable venture; schedule now at www.d2melbourne.com.au
We are back!!!
In this episode, we speak to Joel Harrison who is an impact marketing consultant for social enterprises, a podcaster, and Founder of ElevateHub.ca, a British Columbia based social impact hub bringing news, events, and job listings to people doing purpose-driven work. His mission is to create a world where the majority of organizations make decisions for people and the planet first.
In this episode, we really dive deep into a couple of different areas such as:
- the misconception that people have about making money and creating impact at the same time
- how does someone graduating from school navigate a career in social impact
- his thoughts on the B-Corp Structure
- how we need to listen to all perspectives before making a judgement.
Here are some links to get in touch with Joel:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelmharrison/
In this episode, our host, Devesh Tilokani speaks about how you can tackle the negative thoughts or desires that your mind brings up.
If you have any questions at all or would like to chat, please shoot us a DM on Insta (@progressholics) or send us an email (info@progressholic.com)
In this episode, we speak to Dr. Krishna Bhatta who is an American urologist, author, and inventor.
He is also an expert in the study of intermittent silence, mediation, Bhagavad Gita and has created Relaxx, an app that serves as your guide in meditation.
He has authored several publications and patents along with his book Journey from Life to Life: Achieving Higher Purpose, which aims at bridging the gap between the western and eastern philosophy by answering spiritual questions with a practical bent of mind.
Some of the topics that we cover include:
- What exactly is intermittent silence
- How Krishna came up with intermittent silence
- The actual method to implement
- What is the body, mind, flame
- Intersectionality between science and spirituality.
Here are some links to get in touch with Krishna:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/krishna-bhatta-md-frcs-24461b12
App - https://relaxx.org
Website - https://krishnauniverse.com
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/kknktv
Book - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1947341685
