Toasted Earth
33 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsToasted Earth is a show about founders, visionaries and environmentalists pursuing novel ideas in sustainability. Our guests are on a mission to save the earth, tune in to hear their unique stories and how they, and you, can make a difference.
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Enduring Planet: Dimitry Gershenson
May 11, 2022 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBEnduring Planet provides hassle-free growth capital to climate entrepreneurs. They help entrepreneurs working on the reduction of carbon emissions, removal of carbon from the atmosphere or resilience to climate change access non-dilutive capital quickly. Michelle and Dimitry discuss what the current funding landscape is like for climate entrepreneurs today, what entrepreneurs should consider when deciding what types of funding to seek and how Enduring Planet can help close the gap on the mu...
Enduring Planet: Dimitry Gershenson
May 11, 2022 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBEnduring Planet provides hassle-free growth capital to climate entrepreneurs. They help entrepreneurs working on the reduction of carbon emissions, removal of carbon from the atmosphere or resilience to climate change access non-dilutive capital quickly. Michelle and Dimitry discuss what the current funding landscape is like for climate entrepreneurs today, what entrepreneurs should consider when deciding what types of funding to seek and how Enduring Planet can help close the gap on the mu...
Breakthrough Energy Catalyst: Jay Dessy
February 16, 2022 08:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBBreakthrough Energy was started by Bill Gates in 2015 to support innovations that will lead the world to net-zero emissions. It encompasses a variety of initiatives from investment funds to philanthropic programs. Jay joins us from Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, a first-of-its kind program to demonstrate how we can finance, produce and buy the new solutions that will underpin a low-carbon economy. Relevant links: https://www.breakthroughenergy.org/ Support the show
Remark: Jess Lybeck
February 02, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBRemark helps you turn your climate angst into action. Their iOS and Android app makes it easy to send your sustainability feedback to CEOs and business owners and they’ve recently launched a browser plugin that helps you take immediate, one-minute climate actions whenever you read depressing climate news. Remark enables individuals to ask for better from the people who pull the strings and force the system to change. Michelle and Jess discuss how humor can lift us out of despair and into ac...
HOPE Hydration: Jorge Richardson
January 19, 2022 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBHOPE Hydration creates tech-enabled water refill stations to be placed in the biggest cities around the world offering free water and reducing plastic use. For every station installed they also finance a water project to help close the global water access gap. Michelle speaks with Founder & CEO, Jorge Richardson, to discuss the intersection of technology and doing good, the state of water access today and how HOPE Hydration aims to make free, quality water no more than 5-minute walk away. ...
Rebellyous Foods: Christie Lagally
January 05, 2022 08:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBRebellyous Foods is a food production technology company working to make plant-based meat delicious, widely available and price-competitive with traditional chicken products. Michelle and Christie discuss the current plant-based meat market, why it can't keep up with the demand for plant-based meat and how Rebellyous Foods will fix that with their new food production equipment. Relevant links: https://rebellyous.com/ Support the show
EcoSystems: Richard Lamondin
December 22, 2021 08:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBEcoSystems is a full-service water and energy conservation company whose in-house team designs and implements solutions for properties to save on their water and energy usage, thereby helping the environment and cutting costs. They are centered around the mission to prove that conservation is good for business. Michelle and Richard discuss how Richard and his brother bootstrapped their way to a nationwide business upgrading apartment complexes and hotels at scale, how the affects of climate...
Briiv: James Whitfield & Sean Sykes
December 08, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBBriiv is the most sustainable air filter. It uses 90% natural and renewable materials, creating safe, clean homes through the power of plants. James, Sean and Michelle discuss the wastefulness of conventional air filters, the challenges of building compostable consumer electronics and how the Briiv air filter provides an eco-friendly and visually appealing alternative. Relevant links: https://briiv.co.uk Support the show
Carbon Collective: Zach Stein
November 24, 2021 08:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBCarbon Collective helps investors invest in companies building climate solutions and divest from companies reliant on fossil fuels, while still helping them be broadly diversified. They do all this for the same price as a generic online investment advisor. Zach and Michelle discuss the current sustainable funds on the market today, how even a small group of investors can build a coalition to force positive change in large companies and how Carbon Collective provides an easy and reliable way...
Eden Green Technology
November 10, 2021 08:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBThis episode features Eddy Badrina, CEO of Eden Green Technology. Eden Green creates turnkey greenhouse systems and vertical farming technology for growing and harvesting large amounts of local produce safely, efficiently and scalably. They do all of this while using less land, energy and water than traditional farming or other indoor solutions. Eddy and Michelle discuss how Covid 19 created an opportunity Eddy and his team to fine tune their technology, why local produce and vertical far...
The Great Bubble Barrier: Philip Ehrhorn
October 27, 2021 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBThis episode features Philip Ehrhorn, Co-Founder and CTO of The Great Bubble Barrier. The Great Bubble Barrier uses bubbles to catch plastic over the full width and depth of rivers, preventing plastic from ending up in the ocean. Their system creates a bubble curtain diagonally across the river, pushing plastic to the surface and directing it into a catchment system. Great Bubble Barriers do not interfere with regular river activities, are safe for fish and other marine life and operate con...
Undo Air: Brandon Boynton
October 20, 2021 07:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBThis episode features Brandon Boynton, Co-Founder and CEO of Undo Air. Undo Air is empowering individuals to fight climate change by capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through their consumer-sized CO2 scrubber. This solar-powered household device uses replaceable, recyclable cartridges to filter the air and separate out CO2. Brandon and Michelle discuss carbon capture technology, the challenges of building a physical product with minimal carbon emissions and how individuals can m...
Beeflow: Angelita De la Luz
October 13, 2021 07:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBThis episode features Angelita De la Luz, the Director of Applied Research and Operations at BeeFlow. BeeFlow provides professional pollination services to farmers. They apply scientific knowledge and technology during crop pollination to increase crop yields and improve food quality. Angelita and Michelle discuss the science behind pollination, the importance of educating farmers about better pollination practices and sustainability and how Beeflow trains their bees to pollinate specific ...
Chippin: Haley Russell
October 06, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBThis episode features Haley Russell, Co-Founder and CEO of Chippin. Chippin is the world’s most sustainable pet food. They make their dog food and treats from earth-friendly proteins like cricket, spirulina and silver carp using 80% fewer resources than traditional dog foods. Haley and Michelle discuss the impact that using animal protein for pet foods has on the environment, alternative protein options and why they're better and how Chippin is providing quality pet food products that are ...
GoRolloe: Kristen Tapping
September 29, 2021 07:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBThis episode features Kristen Tapping, the Founder and CEO of GoRolloe. GoRolloe is focused on merging clean air technology with the transportation sector. They are currently developing a device that attaches to bike wheels to filter air pollution simply using the rider’s motion and energy. Kristen and Michelle discuss the process of developing a new invention and the challenges of doing it in the most sustainable way, the problems arising from air pollution in our cities and how GoRolloe...
Handprint: Simon Schillebeeckx
September 22, 2021 07:00 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MBThis episode features Simon Schillebeeckx, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Handprint. Handprint aims to integrate positive impact into every business transaction. Their team has built a platform that connects companies with curated environmental causes and integrates these causes into the company’s e-commerce website or other digital presence. They make it easy to automate, report and visualize each company’s positive impact actions. Michelle and Simon discuss why having a net-pos...
Locally Universal: Aneesh Mathur
September 15, 2021 07:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBThis is a special episode focused on the future generations that will inherit the earth. In it Michelle speaks with a member of Gen Z, Aneesh Mather the Founder of Locally Universal, about his views on the environment, how he's learning about it and how he hopes to make a difference. Locally Universal is a group of students based in Northern Virginia that is dedicated to spreading awareness and taking action on environmental and animal rights issues. He and the Locally Universal members hos...
The Better Meat Co: Paul Shapiro
September 08, 2021 07:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBThis episode features Paul Shapiro, the Co-Founder and CEO of The Better Meat Company. The Better Meat Co. offers cost-effective plant protein and mycoprotein formulations to seamlessly enhance or even replace meat production while improving nutrition, flavor and yield. Their clean, allergen-free protein ingredients blend effortlessly into ground beef, chicken, pork, turkey, fish and crab, reducing the amount of animal protein needed to produce them and creating a more sustainable product....
Digital Humani: Tim Davenport
September 01, 2021 07:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBThis episode features Tim Davenport, one of the early team members and a Solutions Architect at Digital Humani. Digital Humani is a non-profit organization that provides a simple and easy to use API to help connect websites and mobile apps to trusted reforestation organizations to have trees planted. Tim was looking for a way to use his skills to help the environment when he came across the organization and joined founder Jonathan Villiard during the early days. Since then their distributed...
Simple Switch: Rachel Kois
August 25, 2021 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBThis episode features Rachel Kois, the Founder and CEO of Simple Switch. Simple Switch is an online marketplace for ethical and impactful shopping. Every one of the 3,000+ products sold on Simple Switch has a positive social or environmental impact and they aim to shift some of the hundreds of billions of dollars spent online this year to products that support orphan care, planting trees, combating climate change and more. Rachel believes deeply in the power of entrepreneurship to solve som...
Kiwi Eco Box: Kate & Nataly Trusova
August 18, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBThis episode features Kate and Nataly Trusova, the founders of Kiwi Eco Box. Kiwi Eco Box is a monthly eco-friendly subscription box that helps you integrate zero-waste concepts into your lifestyle easily and build a plastic-free routine. Every month Kiwi Eco Box subscribers get from 5 to 7 different products, that are shipped in 100% plastic-free packaging with paper wrapping, labels, and tape — all of which are recyclable and compostable. Kate and Nataly realized that when going zero-wast...
Shameless Pets: Alex Waite
August 11, 2021 07:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBThis episode features Alex Waite, the co-founder of Shameless Pets. Shameless Pets uses surplus and misfit produce to create healthy upcycled dog treats, rescuing food waste in the process. Alex is passionate about the environment, a dog lover and a food scientist. Together with her co-founder, James, she’s found the intersection of these interests with Shameless Pets. Michelle and Alex discuss the food production chain and waste produced along it, how that waste can be upcycled into other ...
Earth Baby: Sara Comden
August 04, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBThis episode features Sara Comden, the Head of Marketing at Earth Baby. Earth Baby aims to eliminate disposable diapers and wipes from Bay Area landfills. They provide a diaper service that delivers compostable diapers and picks up the dirty ones each week to be composted into topsoil. Michelle and Sara discuss why compostable diapers are better for your baby, the wastefulness of traditional disposable diapers and why you need a composting service to handle your compostable diapers safely. ...
Better Origin: Fotis Fotiadis
July 28, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBThis episode features Fotis Fotiadis, the Co-Founder and CEO of Better Origin. Better Origin develops a modular insect farm powered by AI that turns food waste into animal feed via insect bioconversion, thereby reducing waste, lowering carbon emissions and creating a sustainable food source. Fotis and Michelle discuss his background in the oil and gas industry and how he shifted to focusing on sustainability, the importance of looking to nature to find solutions to our environmental problem...
KnoxFill: Michaela Barnett
July 21, 2021 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBThis episode features Michaela Barnett, the founder of KnoxFill. KnoxFill is a zero waste refillery serving the Knoxville, Tennessee area. Their online store of household and personal care items are sourced locally and delivered in reusable, refillable containers so you get the products you need without the wasteful packaging. Michaela began to focus on waste solutions from an early age leading her to study sustainability and behavioral science. She's applied her scientific background and h...
2B0: Steve Peer
July 14, 2021 07:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBThis episode features Steve Peer, the co-founder and CTO of 2B0. 2B0 has developed a recycling robot that uses artificial intelligence to automatically recognize what material it has been given, sort it and process it all within a machine that can fit in a home, office or store. Making it easier for consumers to recycle correctly will reduce the amount of recyclables ending up in landfill and aide in the fight against climate change. The 2B0 robot will also have features to help and incenti...
Goodbag: Christoph Hantschk
July 07, 2021 07:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBThis episode features Christoph Hantschk the founder and CEO of goodbag. Goodbag is a smart, reusable shopping bag that makes it fun and rewarding for people to reuse their bag and allows them to track their own positive impact on the environment in real-time. Every time a customer brings their goodbag to a store they can choose to plant a tree against climate change, clean plastic waste out of the ocean or receive a discount as a reward. “ I hope we are able to not take more than the eart...
Recyclops: Ryan Smith
June 30, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBIn this episode, we have Ryan Smith, the founder and CEO of Recyclops. Recyclops is bringing affordable recycling to all, regardless of where people live, by offering monthly subscriptions for recycling pickups at your curbside or doorstep. “We don’t have to do what’s best dollar bill wise for the company, we have to do what’s best mission-wise for the company.”- Ryan Smith [27:59] What You Will Learn: · [1:12] How Ryan spotted a recycling problem and found a simple tech solution. ...
Livelihood: Pablo Gonzalez
June 23, 2021 07:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBIn this episode of The Toasted Earth podcast, we have Pablo Gonzalez talk about the Livelihood project and its mission of making cities and nature coexist. Pablo is the founder and CEO of Livelihood. Livelihood is an environment-first clothing brand that plants a tree in Houston for every product sold and advocates for environmental projects taking place in Houston. Listen in to learn why nature and cities can coexist and the benefits of that arrangement for our cities. You will also learn...
Retykle: Sarah Garner
June 16, 2021 13:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBIn this episode of Toasted Earth, we have Sarah Garner talk about her sustainability efforts in reselling kids’ clothes. Sarah is the founder and CEO of Retykle, an innovative luxury resale e-commerce platform making buying and selling great quality children's wear convenient. It drives a circular economy where parents can buy and resell designer babies, kids, and maternity clothing. Listen in to learn the importance of a circular economy that promotes recycling and environmental sustainab...
Enervee: Matthias Kurwig
June 16, 2021 13:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBIn this episode of Toasted Earth, we have Matthias Kurwig, the founder and CEO of Enervee, talk about the value of efficient appliances. Enervee has created a suite of software applications and services designed to drive energy-smart buying decisions. Their mission is to empower consumers to make better choices for themselves and the environment. Listen in to learn the importance of having a streamlined subsidized lending service to enable affordable efficient appliances replacement, especi...
Wren: Landon Brand
June 16, 2021 13:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBIn this episode of The Toasted Earth podcast, we have Landon Brand talk about his company Wren and its efforts against climate change. Landon is the co-founder and CEO of Wren, a web app, building tools that makes it easy to offset your carbon footprint. He grew up in the very environmentally conscious Santa Barbara, and the more he learned about the effects of climate change, the more he wanted to do something about it. Listen to this episode to learn how a simple subscription will help y...
Trailer
May 26, 2021 03:00 - 1 minute - 912 KBToasted Earth is a podcast all about environmental sustainability, who’s tackling it, why we should care and how each of us can have an impact. I’m your host, Michelle Cunningham, and each week I’ll be interviewing a founder whose idea, company, non-profit or movement is focused on a new and inspiring way to help the environment. We’ll be discussing their unique journeys, their mission and how listeners can get involved. Want to learn more? Visit our website, toastedearth.com, or listen o...