Built for Earth

Carbon-Removing Sand for Coastal Carbon Capture | Kelly Erhart - Co-Founder & President of Vesta


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Vesta is harnessing the power of the oceans to remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere with olivine sand. Vesta has been featured across leading academic journals and media outlets as well as the Bill Gates-inspired documentary Solving for Zero.

Kelly Erhart is President and Co-founder of Vesta. She has focused much of her career on commercializing sustainable technologies including roles as a CEO of a waterless biofiltration toilet company, as a consultant, and as a steward of numerous projects focused on building a regenerative future.

In this episode...

  • How coastal carbon capture works
  • How olivine sand increases ocean alkalinity
  • What Vesta's projects look like in practice
  • Vesta's engagement with coastal community partners
  • Vesta's unique company structure
  • Vesta's platform for carbon removal measurement
  • What Vesta could achieve at scale
  • What inspired Vesta's name







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