The Blue Marble

On this episode I speak with one of the leading voices in the cryptocurrency and blockchain technology industry, Topp Jirayut.

Topp has dedicated the majority of his career in the cryptocurrency and blockchain technology industry. He co-founded coins.co.th, Thailand's largest bitcoin exchange. Before Blockchain emerged, Topp worked as an investment banker, financial consultant, and central banker. He is a speaker and one of Thailand's leading bitcoin and open blockchain experts. He holds an MPhil in Economics from Oxford University, UK. Now he is the founder and group CEO at Bitkub Capital Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (BCGH), the largest blockchain and cryptocurrency company in Thailand. He is also the Executive Board Member and Vice President at the Thai Fintech Association.

We talk about where Topp sees the crypto sector heading over the next decade, the excitement over NFTs & the varying use cases, and how the social sector will benefit from blockchain and crypto.

You can follow Topp on Facebook at https://web.facebook.com/toppjirayutofficial

Growing up in the Finger Lakes of New York provided Tom with access to abundant nature, cementing a fascination with the natural world, and laying the roadmap for a career in conservation.

As an adult, the majority of Tom’s professional career has been in or around zoos.  Starting as a Zookeeper, Tom has worked with a wide variety of animals, from hoof stock to crocodilian.  As his career progressed, his interested in conservation of the species he worked with grew.

Always interested in technology, the two paths crossed as Tom spent time in Central America working with indigenous populations.  As the integrations of technology in conservation grew, so did Tom’s aspirations and scale of work.

Today, Tom is working on long term proof of impact, and greater donor transparency to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. As Director of Programming and Conservation Action for the Seneca Park Zoo Society in Rochester NY, Tom is mostly focused on community projects in Borneo, Madagascar and Equatorial Africa.  More info on the zoo projects can be seen at:

SenecaParkZoo.org

THE GREEN EYED MONSTER film and animation company brings a wealth of multi-disciplined talent to create finely crafted content. Video of any format to match your communication needs, engage audiences and drive positive messages about people and planet. 

Ethical, Sustainable, Purposeful, call it what you want, we can help. Whether you are beginning your sustainable journey and need to let everyone know, or are well established and want to celebrate it, we have the story tellers who can help bring your mission to life. Consider us a video extension of your ethical supply chain. Our portfolio of clients has grown slowly and strategically. We aim to stay small, focussed and dynamic whilst maintaining a high, friendly and very personal level of service on all projects.

Green Eyed Monster Films was founded by Mark Downes. He has a degree in Political Science,  a Masters in Cultural Studies and another Masters in Film Production.  He has made films with Sir David Attenborough and for UNICEF in Mozambique. He has directed, produced, edited and written films for a plethora of global brands and brings that experience and network to the Green Eyed mission. He is also the technical director of the New Directors Showcase at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. It was in Cannes where he witnessed UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon made a call for agents of change.

‘We are the first generation that can end global poverty. We are the last generation that can address climate change before it is too late,’” Ban Ki Moon

GREEN EYED MONSTER FILMS was born shortly after and draws on a wide network of very talented strategists, directors, producers and technicians who have an incredible understanding of story and storytelling. Making sustainability an integral part of how we work, and furthering the message of the SDG's is what sets us apart.  

For more about Mark go to: Greeneyedmonsterfilms.com

Pat Duffy, Co-Founder of The Giving Block, came from the nonprofit sector, focusing on executive leadership and fundraising. Merging his nonprofit experience and passion for Bitcoin trading, The Giving Block was born, as he and Co-Founder Alex Wilson created the turnkey cryptocurrency solutions used by the nonprofit sector.

www.TheGivingBlock.com

Stu is the founder of Red Arc, builders of systems that help charities and nonprofits fundraise more effectively. With their name almost synonymous with Blackbaud’s SKY Add-ins™, Red Arc have been helping pioneer the Blackbaud partner ecosystem since Custom Tiles were something fancy you had in your bathroom.

Red Arc - We build systems for good

Melanie has been involved with the creation, development and implementation of British and International standards for over 18 years. With her passion for improving business performance through the implementation of Management Systems, Melanie founded her first business in the standards sector in 2006, Blackmores, a consultancy firm which implements and maintains management systems for clients ranging from SME’s to blue chip organisations.

Blackmores:

https://blackmoresuk.com/

The ISO Show:

https://blackmoresuk.com/the-iso-show/

isology hub:

https://isologyhub.com/

Mel also mentioned the ISO Standards Blueprint on the podcast. Here is a link to a free download and step-by-step guide on everything you need to plan, create and get ISO certified: https://isologyhub.com/blueprint/

And Mel’s LinkedIn where you can connect with her:

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/melblackmore

Scott Fry is the founder of Loving Earth, an ethically driven company that believes Food is Sacred.

Loving Earth is best known for its organic chocolate products and the story began in 2007 when Scott, along with cofounder Martha Butler, returned to Melbourne from Mexico, bringing with them the ingredients to create their very first chocolate bars.

Scott’s mission is to support disenfranchised farming communities around the world by bringing a brand to market created from local commodities like cacao, by commercialising these commodities in a way that allows indigenous people to continue their ancient, sustainable farming practices.

Loving Earth was founded with the mission to create the highest quality, whole food raw chocolate bars based on ingredients from around the globe that honour both the Indigenous communities who cultivate them and the earth and ecosystems in which they are grown.

Task is working on an initiative with Loving Earth that will allow their customers to scan their chocolate bar with their smartphone, launching a web page/app that connects them directly with the Ashaninka communities who produced the raw cacao. They will be able to pledge support as well as taking part in Loving Earth’s regenerative program by donating trees to be planted. A process that supports the community, the environment and brings Loving Earth consumers closer to the products they purchase.

About Loving Earth

Loving Earth is dedicated to sourcing and manufacturing the highest quality organic, fairly-traded and wild-crafted functional foods and raw chocolate. The three central principles of Loving Earth’s mission are to create products that always are Healthy, Sustainable, and Fair. You can find Loving Earth products on their online shop at lovingearth.com and in select retailers in the US, Europe and Australia. For more information about Loving Earth, please visit https://lovingearth.com/.

Self-employed since 2001, Jonathan is a British award-winning film director and director of photography based in France and Hong Kong.

View more of Jonathan's work over on Vimeo : www.vimeo.com/luckydevilfilms

Sam Conner is an entrepreneur, business and real estate investor, researcher, historian and Stellar enthusiast. He's a Stellar champion and regular on both the Stellar Podcast and Public Node Podcast.

You can follow Sam at his Twitter account: @samconnerone

Navroop Sahdev is the founder and CEO of The Digital Economist, an impact organization with the mission to drive technological convergence by bringing investable opportunities, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals, to the fore. A pioneering economist and technology futurist, Navroop’s work lies at the intersection of emerging technologies, economic science and business strategy. Along with the world’s most respected digital economists, in 2019 she co-authored “Blockchain Economics: Implications of Distributed Ledgers: Markets, Communications Networks, and Algorithmic Reality”, the first book on the economics of blockchain.

Navroop is currently a Connection Science Fellow at the MIT Media Lab, part of a curated group of top scholars and entrepreneurs in emerging technologies with a track record of outstanding achievement, who are building the future of Distributed Ledger Technologies, Digital Identity and Digital Networks. She was listed as one of the Top Blockchain Influencers in 2018 by Media Shower.

Navroop is frequently interviewed by Forbes as a subject matter expert on the economics of emerging tech. She has co-authored Hyperledger’s "Blockchain for Business" online course - the biggest on the subject - with over 170,000 students so far and is regularly requested as a keynote speaker at industry conferences. She holds three masters in IP Management, Economics of Innovation and Applied Economics. Previously, she worked at Harvard University and the United Nations Environment Programme. In 2017, Navroop served as a United Nations Youth Delegate.

Links:

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/navroopsahdev/