106: The Buy Nothing Project – Buy Nothing, Build Community
Humans are inherently materialistic and seek happiness through objects, but what we get is enjoyment not happiness. Happiness tends to be more fulfilling and...
105: AIRCARBON – From Greenhouse Gas to Regenerative Materials
Our planet needs greenhouse gases (GHGs) that help trap the heat and keep our planet warm and without which, the earth would be a...
104: Dr. Raghuram Rajan, The 23rd Governor of Reserve Bank Of India – Global Carbon Reduction Incentive
The Nobel prize winning economist Dr. Milton Friedman, said the business of a business is making money - but within the acceptable social...
103: Kazi – All Across Africa – Woven Together
Alicia Wallace is the COO of Kazi, a Mindful Business she founded after years of working in emerging economies and seeing the need for...
102: Zoro Card – Build Credit With a Debit Card
It is really hard for a young person to their build credit. How does one navigate the complex and opaque credit rating system?...
101: Eden Green Technology – Everyone Deserves Nutritious, Fresh, and Safe Food.
In the United States, 90% of the lettuce is produced and shipped from California to the rest of the country. When we combine the...
100: Earnin – Your Money When You Want It
Financial insecurity can be expensive, living paycheck to paycheck and with overdraft fees, penalties, higher interest and mortgage rates. Seven out ten households in...
99: Ancient Nutrition – Transforming Health With Superfoods
Today we talk with Jordan Rubin, CEO and co-founder of Ancient Nutrition, who encountered health challenges as a young boy turned towards food...
98: Ecdysis/Blue Dasher Farms – Thousand Farms Initiative
Today we have on our show the passionate and even maybe maverick Jonathan Lundgren, director and founder of Blue Acre Farms and Ecdysis foundation....
97: Re-Air: Ceres Greenhouse Solutions – Designing for a Better Future
With Spring just around the corner, we decided to re-air this episode where Marc Plinke talks about how to build an ideal greenhouse. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We...
96: Re-Air: Geoship – Regenerative Architecture
"Out beyond ideas of right angles and hard lines, there’s a bioceramic dome. A place where nature, community, and healing come full circle. We’ll...
95: Center for Chemical Upcycling of Waste Plastics (CUWP) – Chemical Upcycling of Waste Plastics
We talk with Dr. George Huber, Richard Antoine Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin- Madison and the director of Center for...
94: The Glad Products Company – Doing More to Waste Less
In this episode we talk with Eric Schwarz, General Manager of The Glad Products Company. He talks about Glad's commitment to reducing our environmental...
93: CLIMATETRADE – Offset Your Carbon Footprint
Francisco Benedicto Valentine, CEO of CLIMATETRADE, shares with us the journey about how CLIMATETRADE connects companies willing to offset their carbon emissions to a...
92: Zero Grocery – Plastic-Free Grocery Delivery
Zuleyka Strasner, founder of Zero Grocery moved from East London to San Francisco to work for Facebook. She saw the need to for a...
91: The Washing Machine Project – Let’s Engineer a More Sustainable Future
70% of the world’s population lacks access to an electric washing machine. Hand washing clothes sounds like a simple task but for many women around...
90: Better Meat Co. – Plant Proteins For A Better Planet
Paul Shapiro, author, entrepreneur at the age of 13 told his parents that he wanted to become a vegetarian. Until that point every meal...
89: ECOSTP – Zero Power Zero Chemical Sewage Treatment
When Tharun Kumar saw the lake where his housing complex empties their sewage burn for 14 hours non-stop, he decided to do something about...
88: Amor Perfecto – Decolonizing Colombian Coffee
In this episode, we have Luis Fernando Velez founder of Amor Perfecto with whom our host Vidhya Iyer talks about their common love for...
87: The Farmlink Project – Harvesting Hope This Holiday Season
This Holiday Season with so much uncertainty around we bring to you again an episode of hope and giving. Please donate generously to this...
86: Forust – 3D Printing to Rematerialize Wood Waste
Every year, 15 Billion trees are cut down to produce paper, build homes, and make furniture. From this, millions of tons of wood waste...
85: Sagent – Know What Your Network Knows
We talked with Sagent's CEO Gordon Smith about how Sagent works to reduce the environmental impact by lowering emissions, pollution, and energy investment. They...
84: Praan and Carboncraft Design- Purify Ambient Air and Upcycled Carbon Tiles
Countries must meet their sustainability goals and head towards net-zero. These goals cannot be achieved in silos but need cooperation, trust, and partnerships. We...
83: Rebel Nell – One of No Other Kind
This episode has two parts - in part one, we talk with Amy Peterson, the co-founder of Rebel Nell about her inspiration and motivation...
82: Carbon8 Systems – Making Carbon Productive
Each year, industries such as Waste-to-Energy, Cement and Biomass for power generation, send millions of tonnes of thermal residues to landfill. At the same...
81: Zeloop – The Eco-Friendly App That Rewards Goodness
We talk with Eric Schaffner, CEO and Founder of ZeLoop. A revolutionary and eco-friendly platform that makes consumers a crucial part of the plastic...
80: Ferrock – Carbon Negative Building Material
We talk with Dr. David Stone, inventor of Ferrock - Carbon Negative Building Material. David as a doctoral candidate, at the Arizona State University,...
79: Thermify – Smart Green – Using Energy Twice
What if there was a new kind of data center that could directly warm homes and heat hot water, instead of a gas boiler? One...
78: Thaely – Don’t Just Do It – Do It Right
We talk with Ashay Bhave, founder of Thaely, who as a middle-schooler dreamt of becoming a sneaker designer. His journey begins at the Fashion...
77: Black Earth Compost
Black Earth Compost was founded in January 2011, in Gloucester, MA. Originally a one man, one truck, Cape Ann company, it has steadily grown...
76: HexcelPack – Sustainable Packing Solutions That Work
HexcelPack™ was founded in 2014 using an updated version of a 30-year-old technology developed by David Goodrich, with the idea of using paper to...
75: Kudos – Natural Disposable Diapers
In this episode, we talk with Amrita Saigal, founder of Kudos, natural disposable diapers - the only disposable diaper that has 100% cotton touching...
74: MPOWERD – The Power of Sun in Your Hands
We speak with John Salzinger founder and Seungah Jeong CEO of MPOWERD, about their company mission and passion to give back. In 2012...
73: Unrest – Some Ideas Deserve to Go Further, Faster
We talk with Orr Vinegold, founder of UNREST, driving impact through ethical & sustainable businesses. He is hugely passionate about turning businesses into a...
72: Tahmina – To Be Brave (Donate for Afghanistan)
Want to join us in making a difference? We are raising money to benefit Education Foundation for Afghanistan Inc, and any donation will help...
71: Greyston Bakery – Inclusive Hiring One Person At a Time
It all started with a Buddhist and a bakery in 1982. Since then, when people say, yes, I want to work; Greyston Bakery says...
70: Let’s Goat Buffalo – Changing the Landscape, One Bite At a Time
Let’s Goat Buffalo employs rescued goats to eat unwanted vegetation growth! Whether it’s a residential yard that needs clearing, a commercial property that...
69: Avery Dennison – Retail Branding and Information System
We talk to Tyler Chaffo - global sustainability manager, Avery -Dennison. Avery Dennison doesn’t just talk sustainability. Their commitment to people and the planet...
68: Beejom Farm – Animal Sanctuary and Sustainable Regenerative Agriculture
Beejom is an animal sanctuary and sustainable agricultural farm located in Western Uttar Pradesh. They use natural farming techniques to grow food. The agricultural...
67: Avocado Green Mattress – Organic Mattress
This week we talk with the Sustainability Director of Avocado mattresses, Bri Decker. Avocado organic mattresses are handmade with only the finest naturally non-toxic...
66: Bengal Muslin
Woven Air - as muslin was known in the 1600s...the Portuguese legend said it was the fabric woven by mermaids. What makes a fabric...
65: The Farmlink Project – Harvesting Hope
The Farmlink Project was started at the height of the pandemic in April 2020 to fight food insecurity by repurposing surplus produce. Back home...
64: REVO ZERO – A Revolution Towards Zero-emissions
REVO ZERO is revolutionizing the transportation industry by bringing the most innovative, practical, and cost-effective technologies to support a zero-emission economy of the future....
63: TOPUP TRUCK – Mobile Zero-Waste Shop
With a vision to shop plastic-free, Ella Shone (founder of TOPUP TRUCK) drives a milk float around Hackney, East London, refilling consumables that her...
62: Rhino Machines – Silica Plastic Blocks
When Manish Kothari, Managing Director of Rhino Machines and a second-generation entrepreneur involved in the casting and foundry industry in India, saw how dark,...
61: Emoss – Future Inside
We talk to the energetic Karan Shah, director of Emoss, an Indo - Dutch company that is an independent supplier of fully electric and...
60: Cannon Design – Living Centered Design
Whether designing for equity in education, accessible healthcare, inclusive communities, new scientific discoveries or the “next big idea” in business, Cannon Design leverages a...
59: Amäzi Foods – Snack on Purpose
Renee Dunn, Founder of Amazi Foods, studied abroad and did her thesis research in Uganda. While living there, she was blown away by their...
58: UpMeals – Healthy Food Hotspot
Vending machines and sustainability seem to be diametrically opposite objectives, But Upmeals is bringing together these two objectives in its innovative. Drew Munro, a professional...
57: Ceres Greenhouse Solutions – Designing for a Better Future
We have on our show Marc Plinke, founder/CEO, and Miriam Schaffer Marketing and Communications Specialist of Ceres Greenhouse Solutions. Inspired by the Roman Goddess...
56: Jeffrey Hollender – Seventh Generation
Jeffrey Hollender, co-founder and Board Chair of the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC), which through its national member network represents more than 250,000 businesses...
55: Geoship – Regenerative Architecture
"Out beyond ideas of right angles and hard lines, there’s a bioceramic dome. A place where nature, community, and healing come full circle. We’ll...
54: Sproutworld – The Original Plantable Pencil
We talk to the CEO of Sproutworld - the original plantable pencils. All aspects of the Sprout pencil are sustainable and non-toxic – from...
53: The Grandad Company – Unisex Circular Street Clothing
Hand-made in The Grandad Company’s London home studio; The Grandad Company is a closed-loop streetwear brand whose mission is to breathe life into reclaimed...
52: Hungry Harvest – Eliminating Food Waste and Hunger
What started as a senior project in his dorm room at the University of Maryland, became his passion. "Everything we do is driven by...
51: Clean and Proud – Creating Sustainable Fashion from Plastic Waste
Clean & Proud kicks off in 2018, when two environment and ecology enthusiasts George Berthon and Beatrice Engström, living in Malawi sit together to...
50: Dandelion Energy – Heat Without Fire
Whether it’s a winter cold snap or a summer scorcher, the ground five feet below the surface maintains a constant temperature year-round. This constant...
49: Othalo – The Future of Housing
OTHALO™ has developed a patent-pending technology to manufacture building systems using recycled plastic waste. The main market is the developing world where there is...
48: Solar Panda – Transforming Lives with Low-cost Solar Home Systems
We chat with Brett Bergmann, COO of Solar Panda, Transforming Lives with Low-cost Solar Home Systems about the day when he visited a Solar...
47: Polyface Farms – The Farm With Many Faces
In 1961, William and Lucille Salatin moved their young family to Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, purchasing the most worn-out, eroded, abused farm in the area...
46: IceWind – Extreme Energy Solutions
We talk with Robert Gerber, of Icewind USA. Robert, a career diplomat, who had the opportunity to live in Iceland. Icewind is the premier...
45: Green Heirloom – Sustainable Organic Cookware
We chat with Kaviya Cherian, founder of Green Heirloom, as we follow the traditions and customs of traditional cookware in different parts of the...
44: Ahimsa – Quality Vegan Boots
Gabriel Silva's dream of becoming a pilot was lost when he was diagnosed with type II diabetes, he decided to change his lifestyle and...
43: Ecocart – Sustainable Shopping, Simplified
With one click, EcoCart automatically calculates and eliminates the carbon footprint of your online orders at 10,000+ stores — all at no extra cost....
42: Phool Co – Made From Temple Flowers
It was the day of Makara Sankranti, an ancient Indian festival marking the end of the winter solstice, celebrated by bathing in the sacred...
41: Dr. Sroufe – Teaching Sustainability to Cities, People and Enterprise
In this episode, we chat with sustainability expert, author, and educator Dr. Robert Sroufe. If you a business owner Dr. Sroufe shares tips on...
40: Phoenix Solutions – Corporate Philanthropy Through Data Destruction and IT Asset Disposal.
Phoenix Solutions has been crushing it — your hard drives that is — since 2011. Ever wondered what to do with outdated computers or...
39: Civic Champs – Seamless Volunteering
Guess in which industry 10% of the American workforce generates $ 2 trillion? It's the non-profit sector! Geng Wang - founder of Civic Champs,...
38: The Unscented Company – Effective Unscented Home and Body Care
Anie Rouleau - Founding CEO of The Unscented Company, is a Montrealer, who is guided by the belief that a business’ social values are...
37: Textile Exchange – Creating Material Change
Being a fifth generation cotton farmer gave LaRhea Pepper the knowledge, grit and passion to farm the way her granddaddy had taught her. She...
36: W – Cycle – Naturally replacing plastic
When an autodidact and world traveller, Joseph Siani, co-founder of W - cycle. saw his eco-conscious fried using a disposal diaper, his curiosity was...
35: Palette By Pak – A Better Way To Pack Your Beauty
It was 12:05 a.m., the night before a soul-searching solo trip to Paris, her luggage was laid out across her bedroom floor and Kate...
34: Reel – Bamboo Toilet Paper That Does Good
We chat with founder Derin Oyekan, a 20 year digital marketing veteran about his journey in creating sustainable toilet paper and a brand which...
33: Hinterhouse – Design Spaces Hidden in Nature
Art and nature can have a deep impact in our well-being. we strengthen that connection by creating spaces that integrate them. We talk to...
32: Desserto – Vegan Cactus Leather.
How a chance meeting in Taipei, Taiwan brings birthday twins together in their home country of Mexico, to create vegan leather. We talk to...
107: FabScrap – Recycling and Reusing Textile Waste
Majority of the conversation around fashion waste revolves around finished products that end up in the landfill. But around 12 % that is...