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Brett Thompson, co-founder and CEO of Mzansi Meat, on effective solutions in food systems:

“I think there needs to be a bouquet of solutions. I don’t think plant-based is the only solution; I don’t think unprocessed, regenerative farming, any of those things alone are solutions  - rather I think you need to add a hell of a lot of things to it. And I think cultivated meat adds to that, because there’s not one silver bullet. People want to eat meat, and this provides an opportunity… It’s about how we innovate and improve that process.”

Brett and co-founder Tasneem Karodia started the cultivated meat industry in Africa by establishing the first company of its kind on the continent. They introduce a more efficient, sustainable and ethical means of creating animal protein products, and have started with beef. Their methods contribute to long-term food security for many, and their harm-free, biology-driven approach is already inspiring other companies to venture into production in the region, sparking a needed industry, and a climate-friendly change.

Find Brett on Twitter and Instagram: @BrettVThompson 

Find Mzansi on twitter: @MzansiMeatCo 

… and on LinkedIn

🥃 What we drank during the episode: Diemersdal Estate Red Pinotage (Brett), and Kahlua with Coffee (Matt)

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Raymond Weitekamp, Founder and CEO of polySpectra, on moving towards massless:

“PolySpectra A.R. is our new augmented reality tool to give massless prototypes to people in product development. The massless mission is to leverage distributed digital manufacturing to reduce global energy usage by 25% by 2050.”

Using the world’s most rugged photopolymer resins, Raymond’s company is also helping engineers print end-use components that actually hold up, reducing waste by lasting longer and being more viable for actual use. 

Raymond received an AB in chemistry from Princeton and continued his education at CalTech where he worked in labs with Professor Bob Grubbs and Professor Harry Atwater. He invented a component for a polymer that can be light-activated and creates tough 3D-printed materials, and has been recognized in Forbes’ 30 under 30. 

🥃 What we drank during the episode: Madre Mezcal

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Manik Suri, Founder and CEO of Therma, on Smart Refrigeration:

“As we move into a world where we have more electrification and move off fossil fuels, we’re going to need a lot more utility infrastructure, so utilities are looking for ways to create extra capacity…

We’re starting to think of refrigeration as a battery; we’ve kept that battery at one hundred percent charge for the last hundred years - now we’re starting to explore temporarily discharging that battery, and creating a network of distributed batteries.”

Therma’s mission is to help protect our food, health, and planet. They build sustainability tools to improve refrigeration efficiency, which eliminates food waste and reduces emissions. Their technology is used by McDonald’s, Starbucks, Wyndham hotels and many others. 

Their smart refrigeration monitoring protects food inventory and saves energy, and it’s overhauling the “refrigeration cold chain” by altering the way refrigerators operate around the world.

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Stephane Germain, Founder and President of GHGSat, on the need to address methane emissions:

“95% of what (methane) we detect isn’t acted upon today, and that drives me bonkers.”

GHGSat developed the first sensor for small satellites that can detect methane (CH4) emissions and locate individual sources of CH4 from around 500km above the Earth's surface - a huge leap forward in global emissions monitoring technology innovation.

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Tessa Clarke, Co-founder and CEO of OLIO on the size of the food waste crisis:

“If it were a country, food waste would be the third largest source of greenhouse gas emission after the USA and China, and that’s because a landmass larger than China is used every single year to grow food that is never eaten.”

OLIO connects neighbours with each other and with local businesses so surplus food can be shared, not thrown away. This could be food nearing its sell-by date in local stores, spare home-grown vegetables, bread from your baker, or the groceries in your fridge when you go away. For your convenience, OLIO can also be used for non-food household items too.

🍹  What we drank during the episode: mojitos

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Maddie Hall, Co-founder and CEO of Living Carbon, on falling in love with plants:

“Our little portion of human history is small compared to all of the plant life this planet has seen.”

Living Carbon’s mission is to responsibly rebalance the planet’s carbon cycle using the inherent power of plants. Living Carbon is growing genetically modified poplars and pines capable of absorbing much more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than regular trees. Also, They grow faster and produce more durable wood than their natural counterparts. Prior to Living Carbon, Maddie worked on special projects at OpenAI and held various roles in venture capital  and product management.

☕️  What we drank during the episode: Kahula + coffee

As always, HUGE shout out to Climate Tech Cocktails official sponsors ☀️Yotta Energy and 💎Aether Diamonds

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This episode is brought to you by ☀️Yotta Energy !  We all know energy storage is key to deploying renewables at scale. I’ve seen many energy storage solutions for commercial buildings over my years in climate tech, but none as impressive as Yotta’s.  

Yotta Energy’s unique "PV-Coupled" ecosystem of solar+storage solutions simply integrates within the standard solar installation process. Even better, their integrated storage technology can enable up to 60% more solar to be deployed on commercial buildings.  With commercial buildings consuming 35% of US electricity that means Yotta is making a serious dent in CO2 emissions. With the electrification of everything revolution underway, Yotta Energy is poised to meet the growing demands of electrification by sizing solar+storage resources to recharge electric vehicles as they future proof buildings into distributed energy sites powering the grid of the future. Find out more at YottaEnergy.com and follow Yotta on Twitter @YottaEnergy.

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This episode is also brought to you by 💎 Aether Diamonds.  If you’re planning to propose, or purchase a timeless gift for your partner, I couldn’t think of a better purchase than Aether Diamonds.  

Aether Diamonds are the world’s most sustainable diamonds, and the only diamonds that are actually GOOD for the planet!  Aether creates the world's first positive-impact diamonds made from captured CO2.  In fact, every carat of Aether Diamonds offsets your personal carbon footprint for over a year.  These are 100% real diamonds with a real impact. They’re some of the highest quality diamonds you can buy, and are certified by IGI, the world's largest independent laboratory for testing and grading gemstones and fine jewelry.

Now you’re no longer stuck having to choose between mined and regular lab-grown diamonds, both of which harm the environment.  Aether offers the only truly sustainable diamonds on the market, requiring no ethical or environmental trade-offs… in other words, they're the only guilt-free diamonds available in the world. 

To learn more about these revolutionary diamonds from air, visit their website at aetherdiamonds.com and follow on Twitter @aetherdiamonds

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Arturo Elizondo, Founder and CEO of The EVERY Company, on his life’s purpose:

“I fundamentally believe my purpose on this Earth is to help enable a shutdown of the last factory farm in the world.”

EVERY exists to produce proteins that are better for people, the planet, and animals. Under Arturo’s leadership, the company has raised over $230 million dollars in capital from leading venture investors and some of the largest food companies on Earth to bring to market the world’s first animal-free egg and other animal proteins made without using animals. EVERY has been named one of the 50 Hottest Tech Companies in the World by Crunchbase, and has merited the award of the Top 40 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy and considered one of the 50 NEXT companies to Disrupt the World. His work at EVERY™  has also been featured in two books, The Fate of Food and Clean Meat and in publications including Forbes, Fortune Magazine, Bloomberg News, TechCrunch, Entrepreneur, Inc.com, and many others.

Arturo was recently named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and was recognized as the National Hispanic Institute Person of the Year, and makes it a point to share his experience with others about how we can also make a difference in solving the world’s most pressing problems.

🥃 What we drank during the episode: animal free gin fizz

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As always, HUGE shout out to Climate Tech Cocktails official sponsors ☀️Yotta Energy and 💎Aether Diamonds

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This episode is brought to you by ☀️Yotta Energy !  We all know energy storage is key to deploying renewables at scale. I’ve seen many energy storage solutions for commercial buildings over my years in climate tech, but none as impressive as Yotta’s.  

Yotta Energy’s unique "PV-Coupled" ecosystem of solar+storage solutions simply integrates within the standard solar installation process. Even better, their integrated storage technology can enable up to 60% more solar to be deployed on commercial buildings.  With commercial buildings consuming 35% of US electricity that means Yotta is making a serious dent in CO2 emissions. With the electrification of everything revolution underway, Yotta Energy is poised to meet the growing demands of electrification by sizing solar+storage resources to recharge electric vehicles as they future proof buildings into distributed energy sites powering the grid of the future. Find out more at YottaEnergy.com and follow Yotta on Twitter @YottaEnergy.

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This episode is also brought to you by 💎 Aether Diamonds.  If you’re planning to propose, or purchase a timeless gift for your partner, I couldn’t think of a better purchase than Aether Diamonds.  

Aether Diamonds are the world’s most sustainable diamonds, and the only diamonds that are actually GOOD for the planet!  Aether creates the world's first positive-impact diamonds made from captured CO2.  In fact, every carat of Aether Diamonds offsets your personal carbon footprint for over a year.  These are 100% real diamonds with a real impact. They’re some of the highest quality diamonds you can buy, and are certified by IGI, the world's largest independent laboratory for testing and grading gemstones and fine jewelry.

Now you’re no longer stuck having to choose between mined and regular lab-grown diamonds, both of which harm the environment.  Aether offers the only truly sustainable diamonds on the market, requiring no ethical or environmental trade-offs… in other words, they're the only guilt-free diamonds available in the world. 

To learn more about these revolutionary diamonds from air, visit their website at aetherdiamonds.com and follow on Twitter @aetherdiamonds

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Etosha Cave, Co-founder and CSO of Twelve, on the sacrifices she made while launching Twelve:

“I had no money.  I was living out of my car at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.”

Etosha became passionate about energy and climate change while growing up in Houston, and she went on to receive her PhD from Stanford University focusing on electrochemical approaches that could be used to convert CO2 and water into useful plastics and household cleaners.  While at Stanford, Etosha co-founded Twelve, a startup pioneering a new market category called carbon transformation with its proprietary catalyst technology that transforms CO2 into critical chemicals, materials and fuels that are conventionally made from fossil fuels.  Using Twelve’s technology, industry brands can meet emissions targets faster while creating essential products–from the foam in running shoes, to the polymers in automobile dashboards, to aviation fuel, to laundry detergent–all while maintaining  the same or higher quality as conventional products made from petrochemicals. 

🥃 What we drank during the episode: Gin n’ Tonic

As always, HUGE shout out to Climate Tech Cocktails official sponsors ☀️Yotta Energy and 💎Aether Diamonds

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🤝 

This episode is brought to you by ☀️Yotta Energy !  We all know energy storage is key to deploying renewables at scale. I’ve seen many energy storage solutions for commercial buildings over my years in climate tech, but none as impressive as Yotta’s.  

Yotta Energy’s unique "PV-Coupled" ecosystem of solar+storage solutions simply integrates within the standard solar installation process. Even better, their integrated storage technology can enable up to 60% more solar to be deployed on commercial buildings.  With commercial buildings consuming 35% of US electricity that means Yotta is making a serious dent in CO2 emissions. With the electrification of everything revolution underway, Yotta Energy is poised to meet the growing demands of electrification by sizing solar+storage resources to recharge electric vehicles as they future proof buildings into distributed energy sites powering the grid of the future. Find out more at YottaEnergy.com and follow Yotta on Twitter @YottaEnergy.

🤝 

This episode is also brought to you by 💎 Aether Diamonds.  If you’re planning to propose, or purchase a timeless gift for your partner, I couldn’t think of a better purchase than Aether Diamonds.  

Aether Diamonds are the world’s most sustainable diamonds, and the only diamonds that are actually GOOD for the planet!  Aether creates the world's first positive-impact diamonds made from captured CO2.  In fact, every carat of Aether Diamonds offsets your personal carbon footprint for over a year.  These are 100% real diamonds with a real impact. They’re some of the highest quality diamonds you can buy, and are certified by IGI, the world's largest independent laboratory for testing and grading gemstones and fine jewelry.

Now you’re no longer stuck having to choose between mined and regular lab-grown diamonds, both of which harm the environment.  Aether offers the only truly sustainable diamonds on the market, requiring no ethical or environmental trade-offs… in other words, they're the only guilt-free diamonds available in the world. 

To learn more about these revolutionary diamonds from air, visit their website at aetherdiamonds.com and follow on Twitter @aetherdiamonds

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👩‍✈️Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech on the premise of LanzaTech:

“What we need to come to is a world where there is no such thing as waste.  Where waste is feedstock or the way you make everything else.”

Jennifer has over 20 years of experience in the energy sector including a proven track record in the development and commercialization of fuels and chemicals technologies. Prior to LanzaTech, Jennifer was VP and General Manager of the Renewable Energy and Chemicals business unit at UOP LLC, a Honeywell Company. Under her management, UOP technology became instrumental in producing nearly all of the initial fuels used by commercial airlines and the military for testing and certification of alternative aviation fuel. Today, under Jennifer’s guidance, LanzaTech is working towards deploying carbon capture and reuse facilities globally to make fuels and chemicals from waste carbon.

🥃 What we drank during the episode: scotch and whiskey, what else?

As always, HUGE shout out to Climate Tech Cocktails official sponsors ☀️Yotta Energy and 💎Aether Diamonds

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🤝 

This episode is brought to you by ☀️Yotta Energy !  We all know energy storage is key to deploying renewables at scale. I’ve seen many energy storage solutions for commercial buildings over my years in climate tech, but none as impressive as Yotta’s.  

Yotta Energy’s unique "PV-Coupled" ecosystem of solar+storage solutions simply integrates within the standard solar installation process. Even better, their integrated storage technology can enable up to 60% more solar to be deployed on commercial buildings.  With commercial buildings consuming 35% of US electricity that means Yotta is making a serious dent in CO2 emissions. With the electrification of everything revolution underway, Yotta Energy is poised to meet the growing demands of electrification by sizing solar+storage resources to recharge electric vehicles as they future proof buildings into distributed energy sites powering the grid of the future. Find out more at YottaEnergy.com and follow Yotta on Twitter @YottaEnergy.

🤝 

This episode is also brought to you by 💎 Aether Diamonds.  If you’re planning to propose, or purchase a timeless gift for your partner, I couldn’t think of a better purchase than Aether Diamonds.  

Aether Diamonds are the world’s most sustainable diamonds, and the only diamonds that are actually GOOD for the planet!  Aether creates the world's first positive-impact diamonds made from captured CO2.  In fact, every carat of Aether Diamonds offsets your personal carbon footprint for over a year.  These are 100% real diamonds with a real impact. They’re some of the highest quality diamonds you can buy, and are certified by IGI, the world's largest independent laboratory for testing and grading gemstones and fine jewelry.

Now you’re no longer stuck having to choose between mined and regular lab-grown diamonds, both of which harm the environment.  Aether offers the only truly sustainable diamonds on the market, requiring no ethical or environmental trade-offs… in other words, they're the only guilt-free diamonds available in the world. 

To learn more about these revolutionary diamonds from air, visit their website at aetherdiamonds.com and follow on Twitter @aetherdiamonds

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Kevin Martin, Co-founder and CTO at unspun on the inefficiency of the current apparel manufacturing process:

“It’s a $1.5 trillion dollar industry where 10-15% of everything produced every year gets burned and destroyed without ever being sold.”

Unspun is a robotics and digital apparel company building custom jeans for each consumer, on-demand. Their mission is to reduce global carbon emissions by 1% through automated, localized, and intentional manufacturing—building the future of robotic apparel manufacturing right here in the US. By using the iPhone FaceID sensor to create a digital avatar, unspun can instantly design and then build each garment to the actual customer, delivering a completely custom product at off-the-rack prices— all while eliminating unsold inventory waste (a $150B/year loss industry-wide).

As always, HUGE shout out to Climate Tech Cocktails official sponsors ☀️Yotta Energy and 💎Aether Diamonds

Enjoy the show!

🤝 

This episode is brought to you by ☀️Yotta Energy !  We all know energy storage is key to deploying renewables at scale. I’ve seen many energy storage solutions for commercial buildings over my years in climate tech, but none as impressive as Yotta’s.  

Yotta Energy’s unique "PV-Coupled" ecosystem of solar+storage solutions simply integrates within the standard solar installation process. Even better, their integrated storage technology can enable up to 60% more solar to be deployed on commercial buildings.  With commercial buildings consuming 35% of US electricity that means Yotta is making a serious dent in CO2 emissions. With the electrification of everything revolution underway, Yotta Energy is poised to meet the growing demands of electrification by sizing solar+storage resources to recharge electric vehicles as they future proof buildings into distributed energy sites powering the grid of the future. Find out more at YottaEnergy.com and follow Yotta on Twitter @YottaEnergy.

🤝 

This episode is also brought to you by 💎 Aether Diamonds.  If you’re planning to propose, or purchase a timeless gift for your partner, I couldn’t think of a better purchase than Aether Diamonds.  

Aether Diamonds are the world’s most sustainable diamonds, and the only diamonds that are actually GOOD for the planet!  Aether creates the world's first positive-impact diamonds made from captured CO2.  In fact, every carat of Aether Diamonds offsets your personal carbon footprint for over a year.  These are 100% real diamonds with a real impact. They’re some of the highest quality diamonds you can buy, and are certified by IGI, the world's largest independent laboratory for testing and grading gemstones and fine jewelry.

Now you’re no longer stuck having to choose between mined and regular lab-grown diamonds, both of which harm the environment.  Aether offers the only truly sustainable diamonds on the market, requiring no ethical or environmental trade-offs… in other words, they're the only guilt-free diamonds available in the world. 

To learn more about these revolutionary diamonds from air, visit their website at aetherdiamonds.com and follow on Twitter @aetherdiamonds

Interested in sponsoring Climate Tech Cocktails (CTC)?  Please reach out to [email protected]

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