Point 01
57 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAaron Cohen, Co-Founder and VP of Business Development of Therma, NYU Professor of History of Internet Media, and serial entrepreneur sits down with Point 01 experts – that is, experts working to solve the climate crisis by harnessing market forces. We want to know what the next industry-disrupting idea to mitigate the forces of climate change is and how it will make a profit in the process. We talk to entrepreneurs, scientists, scholars, thought leaders, investors and more on our journey to find the Point 01 of successful climate solution companies that will tap into the trillion dollar industry potential and significantly shift the world's climate trajectory. Follow along as episodes are released every Tuesday and Friday this fall. This podcast is produced by Therma, a smart refrigeration monitoring company.
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Daniel McQuade of Know Seafood
May 26, 2021 22:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBToday on Point 01 Aaron Cohen sits down with Daniel McQuade of Know Seafood. Know Seafood is a company that produces and distributes sustainably caught seafood using blockchain technology. In this episode, Aaron and Daniel discuss the future of blockchain in start-ups, the fear of fish, and living in New York as a New England native. If you want to stay up to date with Know Seafood, follow them on Twitter @KnowSeafood. You can also learn more about Know Seafood by visiting them on the web ...
Anna Demeo of Racepoint Energy
May 05, 2021 23:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBToday on Point 01, Manik Suri sits down with Anna Demeo, President of Racepoint Energy. Racepoint provides sustainable energy, lighting and smart home solutions. In this interview Manik and Anna talk about the future of the electric grid, the challenges of implementing sustainable solutions, and where she sees the utility sector headed in both the short and long term. If you want to stay up to date with Anna Demeo and Racepoint Energy, follow them on Twitter @Racepointenergy. You can also l...
Justin Webb of AgriWebb
April 28, 2021 18:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Justin Webb of AgriWebb. Coming from a long line of farmers in Queensland, Australia, Justin was exposed to the joys and pains of agriculture from a young age. Combining this knowledge with his experience founding a hedge fund, Justin founded AgriWeb, a platform that aggregates data to create more efficient and sustainable plant and animal cultivation. In this interview, Justin and Aaron chat about the price of beef, the challenges of getting far...
Shilpi Kumar of Urban US
April 20, 2021 18:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Shilpi Kumar, partner at Urban US. Shilpi’s path to joining Urban US led her through several roles as a consultant and product manager, along the way finding her passion for urban planning and social impact. Now, as a partner at Urban US, she has found herself at the intersection of the 2, with Urban US’s stated goal being to equip cities to deal with the reality of climate change. In this interview, Aaron and Shilpi discuss her journey, their re...
Noor Sweid of Global VC
April 13, 2021 22:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Noor Sweid, Partner at Global Ventures. Based in the UAE, Noor began her career in consulting before leading her family’s company through an IPO. From there, she rose through the venture ecosystem, along the way joining the board of directors for several high-profile companies. Currently, she is a general partner at Global Ventures, a VC firm that strives to help growth stage start-ups in emerging markets become successful global enterprises. I...
Steven Berkenfeld of Ecotopia Consulting
April 07, 2021 15:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Steven Berkenfeld, founder of Ecotopia Consulting. Steven is a lifelong climate advocate and member of organizations such as the Sierra Club; however, he spent much of his career working with Lehman Brothers. During the fallout from the 2008 financial crisis, Steven came to reflect on the state of climate and business. He decided to channel his powers into galvanizing the cleantech movement into a position to change the world. In this conversatio...
Cooling Conversations: Dr. Satish Kumar Part 2
March 31, 2021 19:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBToday on Point 01, Manik Suri sits down with Dr. Satish Kumar, president of the AEEE, for the second installment of a 2 part conversation. During their last chat in November 2020, Manik and Dr. Kumar discussed the difficulties of scaling up India’s cold chain infrastructure to distribute the Covid-19 vaccines that had only recently been approved. With the global vaccination effort in full swing, Manik and Dr. Kumar discuss how this effort has progressed thus far and what international cooper...
Jen Galvin of Reel Blue Films
March 15, 2021 17:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBToday on Point 01, Manik Suri sits down with Jen Galvin. With a background in the sciences, notably epidemiology and public health, Jen then transitioned into film production, bringing a unique voice to the medium. In this interview, Manik and Jen discuss the importance of science in storytelling, her work with the Henry David Thoreau Foundation, and her new film “The Antidote.” If you want to stay up to date with Jen Galvin, follow her on Twitter @galvin_jen, or check out her website at je...
Jake Levine of the California Climate Action Corps
March 08, 2021 21:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBToday on Point 01, Manik Suri sits down with Jake Levine, media commentator, climate attorney, and federal and state policy advisor. Jake’s diverse background in both the public and private sectors has given him a unique perspective on the challenges of combating the climate crisis. In this podcast, Manik and Jake talk about the role economic disparity plays in spurring action to fight environmental catastrophes, the challenges of bringing technology into the public sector, and the role the ...
Anshuman Bapna of Terra.Do
March 01, 2021 22:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Anshuman Bapna, Founder of Terra.Do, an online learning platform that aims to educate today and tomorrow’s workforce on how they can focus their efforts towards making a difference in the climate space. After 2 decades as an internet entrepreneur and member of renowned companies such as Google and Deloitte, Anshuman elected to devote his next endeavor towards the goal of driving 100 million people into climate-facing industries by 2030. This aim ...
Olya Irzak of Diamond List
February 23, 2021 01:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Olya Irzak, Co-Founder and CEO of Frost Methane and Co-Founder of the Diamond List. A former software engineer at Google, Olya turned her attention towards climate and worked at various early-stage startups aimed at mitigating the climate crisis. This led her to found Frost Methane, a company focused on detecting, characterizing, and mitigating concentrated methane from arctic permafrost thaw. Her latest venture is the Diamond List, a project tha...
Olya Irzak of Diamond List
February 23, 2021 01:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Olya Irzak, Co-Founder and CEO of Frost Methane and Co-Founder of the Diamond List. A former software engineer at Google, Olya turned her attention towards climate and worked at various early-stage startups aimed at mitigating the climate crisis. This led her to found Frost Methane, a company focused on detecting, characterizing, and mitigating concentrated methane from arctic permafrost thaw. Her latest venture is the Diamond List, a project tha...
Chris Hopper of Aurora Solar
February 17, 2021 00:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Chris Hopper, Co-Founder, and CEO of Aurora Solar. Chris’s involvement in the Solar Power movement began ten years ago when working to electrify a school in East Africa. While this project was a resounding success, Chris became disillusioned with the logistics involved with executing the projects. This led Chris to found Aurora Solar, which has designed over 2 million solar systems to date. If you want to stay up to date with Aurora Solar, you...
Chris Hopper of Aurora Solar
February 17, 2021 00:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Chris Hopper, Co-Founder, and CEO of Aurora Solar. Chris’s involvement in the Solar Power movement began ten years ago when working to electrify a school in East Africa. While this project was a resounding success, Chris became disillusioned with the logistics involved with executing the projects. This led Chris to found Aurora Solar, which has designed over 2 million solar systems to date. If you want to stay up to date with Aurora Solar, you...
Cooling Conversations: Dimitris Karamitsos
February 08, 2021 21:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBIn this Cooling Conversation, Manik Suri sits down with Dimitris Karamitsos, Senior Energy Efficiency Business Development Specialist at the Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy, otherwise known as BASE. BASE is a Swiss non-profit organization aiming to drive investment in innovative sustainable technology, most notably in the developing world. In this interview, Manik and Dimitris discuss the finer points of Cooling as a Service, a new business model that provides short-term leasable refrige...
Tyler Lancaster of Energize Ventures
January 27, 2021 17:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Tyler Lancaster, Principal at Energize Ventures. Energize Ventures is a venture capital fund that works to accelerate digital innovation in energy and heavy industry. In this episode, Aaron and Tyler talk about a few of Energize’s new investments and their outlook for how the Biden administration will affect the future of the clean energy transition. If you want to stay up-to-date with Energize Ventures, follow them on Twitter @EnergizeVC. You ...
Jean-Louis Kindler of Ways2H
January 19, 2021 22:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Jean-Louis Kindler, CEO of Ways2H. Ways2H is a patented technology that turns waste biomass into renewable hydrogen. By utilizing materials that would have otherwise gone into landfills, such as plastics and rubber, Ways2H has the potential to solve the garbage crisis while simultaneously creating a renewable source of energy to power homes, vehicles, and an infinite number of other applications. If you want to stay up-to-date with Ways2H, foll...
Point 01 Presents: The Future of Food
January 13, 2021 18:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBToday, in a very special episode of the Point 01 Podcast, Aaron Cohen hosts a round table of experts on the future of sustainable food production. Joining us today is Julia Collins, Founder and CEO of Planet FWD, Keely Wachs, Head of Marketing for Full Harvest, and Danya Hakeem, Director of Innovation, Agriculture, and Circular Economy at Elemental Excelerator. If you want to stay up to date with today’s panel, you can find their websites and social media handles below. Today’s Podcast is ...
Point 01 Presents: The Future of Food
January 13, 2021 18:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBToday, in a very special episode of the Point 01 Podcast, Aaron Cohen hosts a round table of experts on the future of sustainable food production. Joining us today is Julia Collins, Founder and CEO of Planet FWD, Keely Wachs, Head of Marketing for Full Harvest, and Danya Hakeem, Director of Innovation, Agriculture, and Circular Economy at Elemental Excelerator. If you want to stay up to date with today’s panel, you can find their websites and social media handles below. Today’s Podcast is ...
Sophie Purdom of Climate Tech VC
January 06, 2021 19:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Sophie Purdom. Sophie is a climate investor, entrepreneur, and author of the ClimateTech VC newsletter. Her experience in the climate tech space is massive and began by putting into place an ESG fund at the endowment of Brown University. From there, she found herself at Bain and Company before shifting to help found fellow Point 01 alumnus Kula Bio. She is currently the co-founder and editor of the Climate Tech VC Newsletter, which brings over 50...
Eddy Badrina of Eden Green Technology
December 14, 2020 22:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Eddy Badrina, CEO of Eden Green Technology. Eden Green is a company that has developed an innovative method of vertical farming. By enabling farmers to grow up instead of out, their productivity per square foot increases exponentially, making it more sustainable and accessible to urban growers. If you want to stay up to date with Eddy, you can find him on Twitter @eddybadrina, or if you’re interested in learning more about Eden Green’s innovati...
Aaswath Raman of SkyCool Systems
December 08, 2020 15:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Aaswath Raman, Co-Founder of Sky Cool Systems. SkyCool is a company that has developed a revolutionary radiative cooling material designed to improve the efficiency of compression-based cooling systems. Additionally, Aaswath was a significant influence on the founding of Point 01, with his work significantly guiding our ethos. In this episode, Aaswath and Aaron talk about the genesis of SkyCool, the guiding principles of its tech, and the future ...
Aaswath Raman of SkyCool Systems
December 08, 2020 15:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Aaswath Raman, Co-Founder of Sky Cool Systems. SkyCool is a company that has developed a revolutionary radiative cooling material designed to improve the efficiency of compression-based cooling systems. Additionally, Aaswath was a significant influence on the founding of Point 01, with his work significantly guiding our ethos. In this episode, Aaswath and Aaron talk about the genesis of SkyCool, the guiding principles of its tech, and the future ...
Shefali Kapadia of Supply Chain Dive
November 30, 2020 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Shefali Kapadia, Senior Editor of Supply Chain Dive, a digital news outlet that focuses on logistics, transportation, e-commerce, trade, and sourcing. In this episode, Shefali shares her findings on how Covid-19 has affected the rapidly changing international logistics infrastructure. If you want to stay up to date with Shefali, you can find her work online at supplychaindive.com, or you can receive logistics updates by visiting her on Twitter...
Shefali Kapadia of Supply Chain Dive
November 30, 2020 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Shefali Kapadia, Senior Editor of Supply Chain Dive, a digital news outlet that focuses on logistics, transportation, e-commerce, trade, and sourcing. In this episode, Shefali shares her findings on how Covid-19 has affected the rapidly changing international logistics infrastructure. If you want to stay up to date with Shefali, you can find her work online at supplychaindive.com, or you can receive logistics updates by visiting her on Twitter...
Cooling Conversations: Tony Gleeson
November 23, 2020 18:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBIn today’s Cooling Conversation Manik Suri sits down with Tony Gleeson, CEO of The Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, and Heating, otherwise known as AIRAH. Based in Melbourne, AIRAH exists to promote, advocate, and coordinate strategic objectives in Oceania's HVAC & R industry. In this cooling conversation, Manik and Tony discuss the prevalence of climate-related natural disasters, bringing climate advocacy to community organizations, and the future of clean cooling. W...
Cooling Conversations: Tony Gleeson
November 23, 2020 18:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBIn today’s Cooling Conversation Manik Suri sits down with Tony Gleeson, CEO of The Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, and Heating, otherwise known as AIRAH. Based in Melbourne, AIRAH exists to promote, advocate, and coordinate strategic objectives in Oceania's HVAC & R industry. In this cooling conversation, Manik and Tony discuss the prevalence of climate-related natural disasters, bringing climate advocacy to community organizations, and the future of clean cooling. W...
Cooling Conversations: Dr. Satish Kumar
November 17, 2020 23:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBToday, Aaron Cohen and Manik Suri sit down for a very special cooling conversation with Dr. Satish Kumar, Executive Director of the Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy, based in Delhi, India. The AEEE is an organization devoted to creating awareness about energy efficiency as a resource. Their work deals with creating policy objectives to lessen the environmental impact of the built environment, appliances, and cold chain infrastructure while helping to increase their accessibility in t...
Cooling Conversations: Dr. Satish Kumar
November 17, 2020 23:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBToday, Aaron Cohen and Manik Suri sit down for a very special cooling conversation with Dr. Satish Kumar, Executive Director of the Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy, based in Delhi, India. The AEEE is an organization devoted to creating awareness about energy efficiency as a resource. Their work deals with creating policy objectives to lessen the environmental impact of the built environment, appliances, and cold chain infrastructure while helping to increase their accessibility in t...
Dan Myers of Flair Energy
November 16, 2020 21:00 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Dan Myers, Founder, and CEO of Flair Energy. Flair is a manufacturer of smart-vent technology that efficiently and sustainably distributes heating and cooling throughout the home, providing consumers the opportunity to reduce utility bills, as well as lessen their carbon footprint. Founded using 3D printers in a Chicago Public Library, Flair has grown from the ground up to become one of the leading smart-home temperature solutions. If you want ...
Dan Myers of Flair Energy
November 16, 2020 21:00 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Dan Myers, Founder, and CEO of Flair Energy. Flair is a manufacturer of smart-vent technology that efficiently and sustainably distributes heating and cooling throughout the home, providing consumers the opportunity to reduce utility bills, as well as lessen their carbon footprint. Founded using 3D printers in a Chicago Public Library, Flair has grown from the ground up to become one of the leading smart-home temperature solutions. If you want ...
Rick Luebbe of Group14
November 11, 2020 08:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Rick Luebbe, CEO of Group 14 Technologies. Group 14 is an energy storage company dedicated to the electrification of everything from medical devices to vehicles. Prior to this, Rick was the founder and CEO of EnerG2, a company that produced materials for energy-intensive processes. With 2 successful companies and 20 years of experience in the clean energy sector, Rick is a true expert. If you want to stay up to date with Group14, you can find th...
Rick Luebbe of Group14
November 11, 2020 08:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Rick Luebbe, CEO of Group 14 Technologies. Group 14 is an energy storage company dedicated to the electrification of everything from medical devices to vehicles. Prior to this, Rick was the founder and CEO of EnerG2, a company that produced materials for energy-intensive processes. With 2 successful companies and 20 years of experience in the clean energy sector, Rick is a true expert. If you want to stay up to date with Group14, you can find th...
Johnathan Pereira of Plant Chicago
November 09, 2020 17:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Johnathan Pereira, Executive Director of Plant Chicago, a non-profit organization that empowers people to live more sustainably through community-driven, hands-on programs and innovative research projects. Utilizing circular economy principles, they promote the local circulation of materials, nutrients, knowledge, and money. If you want to stay up to date with Plant Chicago, you can find them online at plantchicago.org or on Twitter @plantchic...
Johnathan Pereira of Plant Chicago
November 09, 2020 17:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Johnathan Pereira, Executive Director of Plant Chicago, a non-profit organization that empowers people to live more sustainably through community-driven, hands-on programs and innovative research projects. Utilizing circular economy principles, they promote the local circulation of materials, nutrients, knowledge, and money. If you want to stay up to date with Plant Chicago, you can find them online at plantchicago.org or on Twitter @plantchic...
Dan Goldman of Clean Energy Ventures
November 06, 2020 08:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Dan Goldman, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Clean Energy Ventures. Dan has over 25 years of experience in strategy, corporate project finance, project development, as well as private equity/asset investment, and early-stage venture investing in the energy industry. He speaks with Aaron about the challenges of normalizing sustainable technology, and how society can help bring these innovations to scale. If you want to stay up to date with ...
Tom Fecarotta & Garr Punnett of Rheaply
November 04, 2020 08:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Tom Fecarotta and Garr Punnett, the Vice President and Chief of Staff of Rheaply. Rheaply is an asset exchange manager that facilitates the exchange of used tools and equipment between research institutions, Fortune 500 companies, government organizations, school systems, nonprofits, and startups. In a world where used materials are often viewed as disposable, Rheaply provides a sustainable alternative. If you want to stay up-to-date with Rheap...
Tom Fecarotta & Garr Punnett of Rheaply
November 04, 2020 08:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Tom Fecarotta and Garr Punnett, the Vice President and Chief of Staff of Rheaply. Rheaply is an asset exchange manager that facilitates the exchange of used tools and equipment between research institutions, Fortune 500 companies, government organizations, school systems, nonprofits, and startups. In a world where used materials are often viewed as disposable, Rheaply provides a sustainable alternative. If you want to stay up-to-date with Rheap...
Dawn Lippert of Elemental Excelerator
October 30, 2020 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Dawn Lippert, CEO of Elemental Excelerator. Elemental Excelerator is a non-profit startup organization in collaboration with Emerson Collective, the investment, and philanthropic platform. Prior to this, she served as chair of Hawaii's Clean Energy Initiative Board, which is dedicated to the goal of providing 100% renewable energy to the state by 2045. You can follow Elemental Excelerator on Twitter @elementalexcel. Elemental has recently annou...
Dawn Lippert of Elemental Excelerator
October 30, 2020 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Dawn Lippert, CEO of Elemental Excelerator. Elemental Excelerator is a non-profit startup organization in collaboration with Emerson Collective, the investment, and philanthropic platform. Prior to this, she served as chair of Hawaii's Clean Energy Initiative Board, which is dedicated to the goal of providing 100% renewable energy to the state by 2045. You can follow Elemental Excelerator on Twitter @elementalexcel. Elemental has recently annou...
Cooling Conversations: Didier Coulomb
October 28, 2020 02:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBIn Today’s Cooling Conversation, Therma’s Founder and CEO Manik Suri sits down with Didier Coulomb, Director General of the International Institute of Refrigeration. With a background in engineering, Didier worked in a variety of capacities within the cold chain and is known as one of the most respected leaders in his field. If you want to stay up-to-date with IIFIIR, please follow them on Twitter @IIFIIR, or you can learn more about their work by visiting their website at IIFIIR.com. Cool...
Cooling Conversations: Dr. Philipp Trotter
October 26, 2020 23:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBIn Today’s Cooling Conversation Therma’s CEO Manik Suri sits down with Philipp Trotter. Trotter is a Research Associate in Renewable Energy at the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment at Oxford University. His research focuses on electrification in sub-Saharan Africa, covering both technical aspects of energy planning as well as quantitative and qualitative policy analyses and design. Trotter has also published a number of Papers on the Subject and is widely respected as an expert in t...
Joel Gamoran of Arcadia
October 21, 2020 07:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBToday on Point 01, Joel Gamoran, Vice President & General Manager, Energy Services at Arcadia, joins Aaron in a discussion about how the average person has the power and tools to buy clean energy. Joel is a veteran in the clean energy space and leads community solar expansion across the country at Arcadia. Arcadia is the only nationwide tech company focused on consumer energy. Their software manages consumer utility accounts to bundle clean energy, energy efficiency tools, rate monitoring, a...
Joel Gamoran of Arcadia
October 21, 2020 07:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBToday on Point 01, Joel Gamoran, Vice President & General Manager, Energy Services at Arcadia, joins Aaron in a discussion about how the average person has the power and tools to buy clean energy. Joel is a veteran in the clean energy space and leads community solar expansion across the country at Arcadia. Arcadia is the only nationwide tech company focused on consumer energy. Their software manages consumer utility accounts to bundle clean energy, energy efficiency tools, rate monitoring, a...
Heather Clancy of GreenBiz
October 19, 2020 07:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron speaks with leading climate tech journalist and GreenBiz Editorial Director, Heather Clancy. Heather’s award-winning work covering transformative technology has been published in Entrepreneur, Fortune, The International Herald Tribune, and The New York Times among other publications. Heather interviews countless entrepreneurs, like those on the GreenBiz 30 Under 30 list she compiles, and titans working on climate solutions, including Al Gore. You can follow her on T...
Dana Gunders of ReFED
October 16, 2020 16:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBToday on Point 01, Dana Gunders, Executive Director of ReFED, joins Aaron to discuss the complexity of food waste. Dana published the revolutionary report “Wasted: How America is Losing Up to 40% of Its Food from Farm to Fork to Landfill” and from there began her journey as the "the woman who helped start the waste-free movement." Dana founded and led the NRDC’s work on food waste, authored Waste-Free Kitchen Handbook, and testified in Congress just to name a few projects. Her work on food w...
Martin Koehring of The Economist's World Ocean Initiative
October 14, 2020 16:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBIn today’s Point 01 conversation Aaron Cohen sits down with Martin Koehring, Head of the Economist’s World Ocean Initiative to talk about how reinvigorating the ocean economy will lead to sustained and equitable economic growth. With previous efforts managing initiatives in global food distribution, and women’s entrepreneurship, Martin intimately understands the link between business and sustainability in a way that few others do. To find out more information on the work he is doing with ...
Martin Koehring of The Economist's World Ocean Initiative
October 14, 2020 16:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBIn today’s Point 01 conversation Aaron Cohen sits down with Martin Koehring, Head of the Economist’s World Ocean Initiative to talk about how reinvigorating the ocean economy will lead to sustained and equitable economic growth. With previous efforts managing initiatives in global food distribution, and women’s entrepreneurship, Martin intimately understands the link between business and sustainability in a way that few others do. To find out more information on the work he is doing with ...
Monica Varman of G2VP
October 12, 2020 16:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBToday on Point 01, Aaron Cohen, Therma’s Co-Founder and VP of Business Development, has an illuminating conversation with Monica Varman, an Investor at G2VP. Monica’s impressive experience runs the gamut from Government consulting at McKinsey to business analysis at Tesla to global solar energy work and beyond. Monica began her career studying Sustainable Development under the economist Jeffrey Sachs at Columbia University and later earned her MBA from Harvard Business School. At G2VP, a v...
Bill Brady of Kula Bio
October 09, 2020 19:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBBill Brady had an extensive career as an executive for numerous companies before a breakthrough later in life left him yearning to make a positive impact on the world around him. This led him to found Kula Bio, a company that creates efficient, environmentally friendly fertilizers with the mission of making agriculture safer, cleaner, and more equitable. You can find more about Bill's work with Kula Bio here: https://www.kulabio.com/ Don't forget to like, subscribe and follow us on the...