Dale Vince isn’t your average entrepreneur. 
After leaving school at 15, he spent ten years living off grid in buses, trucks and underneath tarpaulin. 
In 1996 he founded Ecotricity with one windmill in Gloucestershire. The company now employs over 600 people and supplies green energy to 117,000 homes. 
He’s also chairman of Forest Green Rovers - the world’s first vegan and UN-certified carbon neutral football club. And his most recent launch is Sky Diamond – sustainable gems created by taking carbon out of the atmosphere.
Dale’s work is inextricably linked with his values. Join Mary as she talks to him about what inspired him to carve his unique path.
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Dale Vince isn’t your average entrepreneur. After leaving school at 15, he spent ten years living off grid in buses, trucks and underneath tarpaulin. In 1996 he founded Ecotricity with one windmill in Gloucestershire. The company now employs over 600 people and supplies green energy to 117,000 homes. He’s also chairman of Forest Green Rovers - the world’s first vegan and UN-certified carbon neutral football club. And his most recent launch is Sky Diamond – sustainable gems created by taking carbon out of the atmosphere. Dale’s work is inextricably linked with his values. Join Mary as she talks to him about what inspired him to carve his unique path. Follow Mary Portas on: Instagram: @maryportasofficial Facebook: Mary Portas And to get in touch with team Portas, email us at: kindnesseconomy@portasagency.com and you can subscribe to the Portas POV Newsletter for musings, provocation insights and inspiration.

Dale Vince isn’t your average entrepreneur.&nbsp;
After leaving school at 15, he spent ten years living off grid in buses, trucks and underneath tarpaulin.&nbsp;
In 1996 he founded Ecotricity with one windmill in Gloucestershire. The company now employs over 600 people and supplies green energy to 117,000 homes.&nbsp;
He’s also chairman of Forest Green Rovers - the world’s first vegan and UN-certified carbon neutral football club. And his most recent launch is Sky Diamond – sustainable gems created by taking carbon out of the atmosphere.
Dale’s work is inextricably linked with his values. Join Mary as she talks to him about what inspired him to carve his unique path.
Follow Mary Portas on:

Instagram: @maryportasofficial

Facebook: Mary Portas

And to get in touch with team Portas, email us at: kindnesseconomy@portasagency.com and you can subscribe to the Portas POV Newsletter for musings, provocation insights and inspiration.

TKE: Rewriting the rules, with Dale Vince, Ecotricity founder

Beautiful Misfits don’t accept the status quo. They know instinctively the way we’re living today is broken. But they believe the world can be a better place. And they fearlessly take the imaginative leap to change it. Join Mary as she talks to the authors and businesspeople, designers and poets, who are using their unique perspective to create a better, more beautiful, future. Their life lessons are sometimes funny, at others moving, but always insightful. And one thing is clear: we’ve never needed these beautiful misfits more.
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Beautiful Misfits don’t accept the status quo. They know instinctively the way we’re living today is broken. But they believe the world can be a better place. And they fearlessly take the imaginative leap to change it. Join Mary as she talks to the authors and businesspeople, designers and poets, who are using their unique perspective to create a better, more beautiful, future. Their life lessons are sometimes funny, at others moving, but always insightful. And one thing is clear: we’ve never needed these beautiful misfits more. A Pixiu production.

Beautiful Misfits don’t accept the status quo. They&nbsp;know instinctively the way we’re living today is broken. But they believe the world can be a better place. And they fearlessly take the&nbsp;imaginative&nbsp;leap to&nbsp;change&nbsp;it. Join Mary as she talks to the authors and businesspeople, designers and poets, who are using their unique perspective to create a better, more beautiful, future. Their life lessons are sometimes funny,&nbsp;at&nbsp;others moving,&nbsp;but&nbsp;always insightful. And one thing is clear: we’ve never needed these beautiful misfits more.
A Pixiu production.

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