The Impact Zero Podcast

The Impact Zero Podcast

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The Impact Zero Podcast episodes

  • Meet the Q4 2021 Cohort!

    Join Erin Andrews as she chats with the latest cohort of the Impact Project Accelerator! They share more about who they are, what they've been up to over these last 4 months, and what's in store for 2022 and beyond.

    Guests include:
    Matt, founder of Iterant: https://iterant.co/
    Suanny, founder of The Shared Bag: https://thesharedbag.com/
    Helena, co-founder of Clotho (shoutout to Elizabeth): https://useclotho.com/
    Shoutout to Fallon, founder of GoodSort: https://www.goodsort.org/home


    -- Links --
    Become a Monthly Donor: https://impactzero.ca/donate
    Join the Accelerator waiting list for Q2 2022: https://impactzero.ca/impact-project-accelerator-closed
    Join the Impact Zero Network: https://impactzero.ca/get-involved-individual

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    57 min
  • Startup Growing Pains

    Just Listen


    Links
    Join the Impact Zero Network: www.impactzeronetwork.ca/feed
    Join the Live Podcast Recording on Dec 16th: www.impactzero.ca/events-calendar

    Support the Show.

    39 min
  • Circular Textiles & Climate Refugees

    Join Erin Andrews, Founder & Executive Director of Impact Zero as she chats with Shelly Xu and Ahmed Fardin about the barriers and solutions to sustainable textile manufacturing, their design process, and working with climate refugees.

    Shelly Xu Designs: https://www.shellyxu.design/
    Zero-Waste Jacket: https://shellyxudesign.wpengine.com/product/sxd-x-climate-refugees-jacket/

    Join the Summer Gala: https://impactzero.ca/upcoming-events

    A Greener Future: https://www.agreenerfuture.ca/

    Support the Show.

    54 min
  • Innovating with Refillables w/ Nikki Self

    Join Erin Andrews, Founder & Executive Director of Impact Zero as she chats with Nikki Self– founder and CEO of Saponetti, Toronto’s first soap refill delivery service. Listen in for a chat about innovating and helping to grow the circular economy in Toronto.

    Saponetti Website: https://www.saponetti.ca/
    Saponetti Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saponetti.ca/
    Saponetti Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saponetti.ca

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    34 min
  • Group Chat: Residential Schools and a need for change

    Join Erin Andrews, Founder & Executive Director of Impact Zero, for another episode of the Group Chat series as she, Lauren Castelino, and Julie Wang discuss the blue box recycling program in Ontario, as well as the horrific discovery at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in BC.

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    32 min
  • Building a Better Waste Management System w/ Samer Kamal

    Join Erin Andrews, Founder & Executive Director of Impact Zero as she chats with Samer Kamal, founder of Bee’ah– the largest waste management company in the Middle East– and the Chief Development Officer at Minus Global International– whose goal is to establish an ecosystem that will result in the most efficient, cost-effective & environmentally friendly waste management, to date. In this episode, Samer discusses how he founded and grew Bee’ah from a team of 3 to 1600 people with annual revenues of $ 110 million, whilst examining the importance of shared infrastructure to a sustainable economy. 

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    48 min
  • Group Chat: Human-Rights to Climate Change and Back Again

    Join Erin Andrews, Founder & Executive Director of Impact Zero, for the first-ever episode of the Group Chat series– a series dedicated to digging into and discussing current events. In this episode, Erin talks Unilever, a company looking to introduce recyclable toothpaste tubes to the US; the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women human-rights crisis, and the Nunavut RCMP investigation into the homicide of The Grizzlies actor Emerald MacDonald; and the implications of the young climate activists’ win over the German government, in an unprecedented court case.



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    27 min
  • Empowerment and Ocean Clean-up w/ David Katz [Plastic Bank]

    Welcome back for season 2 of the Inner Circle podcsat! Join Erin Andrews, Founder & Executive Director of Impact Zero as she chats with David Katz, the founder, and CEO of The Plastic Bank, an internationally recognized solution to ocean plastic that empowers the poor to transcend poverty by cleaning the environment! In this episode, David discusses his journey, creating Plastic Bank, whilst sharing the importance of a compassionate heart, vulnerability, and the openness to receiving all the gifts the universe has to offer.

    USEFUL LINKS
    Join the Impact Zero Network: https://impactzero.ca/get-involved-individual
    Impact Zero Summer Gala Tickets: https://impactzero.ca/upcoming-events
    Donate to Impact Zero: https://impactzero.ca/donate

    Tiny Planet Digital Sustainable Growth Contest: https://tinyplanet.digital/sustainable-growth-contest-by-tiny-planet-digital/

    The Shared Bag: https://www.instagram.com/thesharedbag/

    Support the Show.

    42 min

About The Impact Zero Podcast

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Welcome to The Impact Zero Podcast, a podcast that's all about inspiring change. I'm your host, Erin Andrews, and I'm thrilled to bring you along for the ride. 


As the…