The Capitalist Hippie

The Capitalist Hippie

By Marco PimentelBusinessEntrepreneurship
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The Capitalist Hippie episodes

  • Reclaiming power through environmental advocacy — with Tzeporah Berman, Co-founder of Stand.earth

    In 1993, eight hundred and fifty-seven people were arrested for civil disobedience in the Clayoquot protests, a series of blockades related to clearcutting in clayoquot sound, British Columbia. Today's guest, Tzeporah Berman, was one of the leading spokespersons and blockage coordinators at the time. Today, she is the co-founder of Stand.earth, a grassroots environmental organization, and chair of the fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty initiative, a proposed treaty to explicitly stop the expansion of fossil fuel exploitation and manage a transition from coal, oil, and gas to clean energy. Initially studying arts, fashion, and design, Tzeporah promptly switched to studying environmental studies at the University of Toronto after backpacking through Europe in the late 1980s, where she saw firsthand industrialization's impact on the Harz mountains in Germany. Tzeporah speaks with Marco about how she found herself in jail right after university supporting the Clayoquot protests, from which she learned that change is made through power. She also shares that we've invested more in clean, renewable energy in the last year but still need to continue declining emissions and production to combat climate change. The world is being re-invented, from how we heat our homes, to how we travel, and Tzeporah's work through stand earth and the fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty initiative shows us that now is an exciting and essential time to get involved and stand up for our earth.

    52 min
  • Traveling with a Regenerative Mindset — with Amanda Ho, Co-founder of Regenerative Travel
    The tourism industry contributes to approximately 8% of total carbon emissions. Today's guest is Amanda Ho, co-founder of Regenerative Travel, a hospitality company that helps travellers, hotels, and the travel industry develop a regenerative mindset and foster positive change to create a more equitable future through education, advocacy and collaboration. On her journey as a travel journalist, Amanda met her co-founder, David Leventhal, and together they embarked on a mission to disrupt the travel industry. Amanda speaks with Marco on the regenerative models and principles Regenerative Travel stands by, how regenerative travel starts as a mindset, and the rigorous audit system hotels that join Regenerative Travel go through. With increased interest and higher demand in travel that goes above and beyond the concept of sustainability, Regenerative Travel is leading the way in creating an ecosystem of resorts and hotels that actively renew and restore and create a lasting impact on their local environment and community. Follow us on Instagram @someonelikeyoupodcast. https://unlessbrands.com/episode-34-amanda-ho-regenerative-travel
    39 min
  • Utilizing Robotics to Solve Our Food Waste Issue — with Carissa Campeotto, Co-founder of Trendi
    In Canada, we waste 60% of the food we grow, making us the worst country per capita for food waste in the world. Today's guest is Carissa Campeotto, Co-Founder of Trendi. Trendi uses robotics, upcycling, and social change to combat the excess and unnecessary waste of misfit food from farms, retailers, cuttings from processors, and waste we produce in our homes. When Carissa was running her own juice and smoothie bar, she noticed the business was not profitable because of its high product costs. She knew there had to be a better way. Upon recommendation, she started using misfit fruits and vegetables, transforming her end product into the same delicious juice and smoothies but at a 40% cost reduction. Carissa speaks with Marco on launching BioTrim, the fully autonomous mobile unit that stabilizes food at the farm level she designed with her co-founder, Craig McIntosh, the importance of working with agriculture superclusters, and how their smoothie machines have helped them connect with their consumers in a fun and educational way. With an increased global interest in Trendi's automation units, Trendi is setting the bar high in the « practice what you preach » department by actively getting to the core of our food waste issue.

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    https://unlessbrands.com/episode-33-carissa-campeotto-trendi

    45 min
  • Introducing Affordable Geothermal Installations with No Geographical Restrictions — with Michael Sachse, CEO of Dandelion Energy

    Twenty-four percent of our total greenhouse gas emissions come from natural gas. Today's guest is Michael Sachse, CEO of Dandelion Energy, a geothermal heating company that has developed a scalable model for deploying residential geothermal heating and cooling to displace natural gas and heating oil and implement efficient cooling. Michael grew up in Washington, DC, and soon after working as a lawyer, he knew that he wanted to create an impact on the planet beyond the walls of his law firm. Michael speaks with Marco on the difference between hot rocks geothermal found in countries like Iceland and the geothermal energy Dandelion Energy provides, what setting up access to geothermal energy would look like in your home, and the tremendous government subsidies available for those who make the switch. With a growing customer base in the U.S. Northeast and an expansion to the Mountain West and beyond, Dandelion Energy is leading the way toward geothermal energy for all.

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    https://unlessbrands.com/episode-32-michael-sachse-dandelion-energy

    43 min
  • Empowering You to Slash Your Own Carbon Footprint — with Jean-Louis Warnholz, Co-Founder and CEO of Future

    Heatwaves in British Columbia deluges in Europe, pipes freezing in Texas. Our reality with climate change is collectively shifting and happening globally. Today's guest is Jean-Louis Warnholz, Co-Founder and CEO of Future, a fintech company that is encouraging carbon action as a smart economic choice by providing its members with incentives and five percent cashback for shopping secondhand, taking public transit, switching to EVs, and more. Jean-Louis knew he wanted to lower his household's carbon footprint when he saw firsthand the impact of climate change when he was working in Kenya and Ghana. Jean-Louis speaks with Marco on why planting trees is not what it's cut out to be, why climate action can start as an individual attainable shift using the FutureCard, and how a sustainable business can be built without relying on digital ads successfully. With over 20,000 users in the U.S. and counting, Future is showing us that the fintech industry can be disrupted one recycled plastic card at a time in favour of climate action.

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    https://unlessbrands.com/episode-31-jean-louis-warnholz-future

    41 min
  • Giving Fast Fashion the Finger with Deadstock Textiles, Ethical Production, and Multi-Purpose Androgynous Looks — with Negin Izad, Owner of NOCTEX

    Truckloads of our unwanted clothing are shipped to continents like Africa, disrupting their local economy and causing massive waste. Today's guest is Negin Izad, owner of NOCTEX, a slow-fashion clothing company that prioritizes form, utility, and ethical design. Negin grew up loving clothes and started sewing in high school. At age 17, the experience of working at a rag yard had Negin decide that she would work in the fashion industry only if she could do so ethically and with as little waste as possible. Negin speaks with Marco about how deadstock textiles became the backbone of her company, NOCTEX, how she built a brand with a loyal following based on solid ethics and transparency since her humble beginnings selling on Etsy, and how microtrends and fast fashion are contributing to unconscious and wasteful consumerism disconnecting consumers to the products they buy. With a warehouse now based in Los Angeles with the hope to have all of her operations based there to reduce even more waste, and core values in ethical production that are spearheading the future of fashion, NOCTEX is proof that slow fashion can be successful all while keeping our planet in mind.

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    https://unlessbrands.com/episode-30-negin-izad-noctex

    41 min
  • Disrupting Food Packaging Standards with Shareable Stainless Steel Vessels — with Jason Hawkins, co-founder of Reusables

    Only five percent of plastic gets recycled in the United States, with a large majority of bioplastic and compostables that cannot be adequately composted. Today's guest is Jason Hawkins, co-founder of Reusables, a zero-waste packaging platform offering a subscription-based for unlimited use of reusable packaging. Jason spent five years in scalable businesses like Rooted Foods Co., a farm-to-table venture that delivers food to students, worked for SPUD, Canada's largest online grocer, and from this experience, started a company that licensed circular e-grocery software to large grocery retailers like Carrefour in Europe, and Wal-Mart Canada. Jason talks to Marco about how Reusables began at the height of the pandemic as a zero-waste food delivery solution in partnership with Uber Eats and DoorDash, how eliminating barriers that prevent Reusables from being accessible is key, such as getting more locations to get on board as pick-up and drop-off stations, and how he sees shareable vessels becoming the default through the implementation of regulations, business practices or consumer preferences. With over 50 participating locations in Vancouver, Reusables is setting the stage for a new packaging system revolutionizing how we package food on the go.

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    https://unlessbrands.com/episode-29-jason-hawkins-reusables

    38 min
  • Standing up to Systemic Exploitation of the Environment and People — with Colin Vernon, co-founder and CTO of Slow Factory
    The system is built on oppression and keeps the wheels of exploitation turning, says today's guest, Colin Vernon, co-founder and CTO of Slow Factory, a New York-based environmental and social justice nonprofit organization. Colin has worn many hats over the years, from performer and musician to producer, community organizer, and self-taught coder, always with a key concern for social and environmental ethics. Colin speaks with Marco on building community power through open source education led by the global majority, producing and backing regenerative designs that are better for the environment, and on Slow Factory being for the builders, dreamers, and people who give a shit and who would instead choose transparency over profit. With over 400,000 followers on Instagram and hundreds of free and inclusive educational seminars, Slow Factory is showing us that leading structural change is possible, all while being economically and environmentally feasible.

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    https://unlessbrands.com/episode-28-colin-vernon-slow-factory

    48 min
  • Crushing the food waste crisis with global food sharing app — with Tessa Clarke, co-founder and CEO of OLIO
    Globally, a third or one trillion US dollars of all our foods gets thrown away every year. Tessa Clarke is today's guest and the Co-founder and CEO of OLIO — a food-sharing app aiming to reduce household and food waste by connecting neighbours with spare food or household items to others nearby. Growing up on a dairy farm in the UK, Tessa developed a keen appreciation of the value of food early on and a strong distaste for any food being wasted. Tessa speaks with Marco about how her smuggling of non-perishable foods at the bottom of her packing boxes sparked the idea for OLIO, what the name OLIO means, and its clever representation of the circular economy and the difference OLIO is making by empowering people to become part of the solution. With now seven million people using the app, this certified B Corp is re-inventing our consumer habits and demonstrating that building a carbon-negative company is achievable.

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    39 min
  • Powering Hollywood and more with the next generation of portable power stations — with Mark Rabin, founder and CVO of Portable Electric

    The 7 billion dollar energy market remained undisrupted…until Mark Rabin, today's guest, and founder and CVO of Portable Electric, came along. Mark founded Portable Electric in 2015 — a clean tech company that is kicking gas and diesel generators to the curb with their noise- and emissions-free portable power stations. A self-professed energy nerd, Mark started working on the oil rigs as a 20-something, and couldn't wrap his head around the wasteful drilling industry. Soon after, he got chummy with books like « The End of Oil, » and subsequently dubbed the energy transition to be the single greatest opportunity for humanity to transform and build a greener future. Mark speaks with Marco on his humble beginnings in portable power systems in South Africa and Namibia, how Portable Electric made money from day one leasing equipment, and reasons the film industry became an early supporter of Portable Electric clean energy e-generators. Now available in 14 countries around the globe, with nearly 700 units in the field, Portable Electric is paving the way for the next generation of clean mobile power, and demonstrating that the future is electric and here to stay.

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    https://unlessbrands.com/episode-26-mark-rabin-portable-electric

    42 min

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