Toasted Earth

Enduring Planet provides hassle-free growth capital to climate entrepreneurs. They help entrepreneurs working on the reduction of carbon emissions, removal of carbon from the atmosphere or resilience to climate change access non-dilutive capital quickly.

Michelle and Dimitry discuss what the current funding landscape is like for climate entrepreneurs today, what entrepreneurs should consider when deciding what types of funding to seek and how Enduring Planet can help close the gap on the multi-trillion dollars of funding needed to achieve the world's climate goals.

Relevant links:
https://enduringplanet.com

Breakthrough Energy was started by Bill Gates in 2015 to support innovations that will lead the world to net-zero emissions. It encompasses a variety of initiatives from investment funds to philanthropic programs. Jay joins us from Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, a first-of-its kind program to demonstrate how we can finance, produce and buy the new solutions that will underpin a low-carbon economy.

Relevant links:
https://www.breakthroughenergy.org/

Remark helps you turn your climate angst into action. Their iOS and Android app makes it easy to send your sustainability feedback to CEOs and business owners and they’ve recently launched a browser plugin that helps you take immediate, one-minute climate actions whenever you read depressing climate news. Remark enables individuals to ask for better from the people who pull the strings and force the system to change.

Michelle and Jess discuss how humor can lift us out of despair and into action, feedback from one person can make businesses change and how Remark helps anyone easily fit climate action into their lives.

Relevant links:
https://remark.eco/

HOPE Hydration creates tech-enabled water refill stations to be placed in the biggest cities around the world offering free water and reducing plastic use. For every station installed they also finance a water project to help close the global water access gap. 

Michelle speaks with Founder & CEO, Jorge Richardson, to discuss the intersection of technology and doing good, the state of water access today and how HOPE Hydration aims to make free, quality water no more than 5-minute walk away.

Relevant Links:
hopehydrate.com

Rebellyous Foods is a food production technology company working to make plant-based meat delicious, widely available and price-competitive with traditional chicken products.

Michelle and Christie discuss the current plant-based meat market, why it can't keep up with the demand for plant-based meat and how Rebellyous Foods will fix that with their new food production equipment.

Relevant links:
https://rebellyous.com/

EcoSystems is a full-service water and energy conservation company whose in-house team designs and implements solutions for properties to save on their water and energy usage, thereby helping the environment and cutting costs. They are centered around the mission to prove that conservation is good for business.

Michelle and Richard discuss how Richard and his brother bootstrapped their way to a nationwide business upgrading apartment complexes and hotels at scale, how the affects of climate change on the Miami area inspired him and why it IS possible to go green and save money doing it.

Relevant links:
https://ecosystems.com

Briiv is the most sustainable air filter. It uses 90% natural and renewable materials, creating safe, clean homes through the power of plants.

James, Sean and Michelle discuss the wastefulness of conventional air filters, the challenges of building compostable consumer electronics and how the Briiv air filter provides an eco-friendly and visually appealing alternative.

Relevant links:
https://briiv.co.uk

Carbon Collective helps investors invest in companies building climate solutions and divest from companies reliant on fossil fuels, while still helping them be broadly diversified. They do all this for the same price as a generic online investment advisor.

Zach and Michelle discuss the current sustainable funds on the market today, how even a small group of investors can build a coalition to force positive change in large companies and how Carbon Collective provides an easy and reliable way to promote sustainability in your investments while getting a good return.

Relevant links:
https://carboncollective.co

This episode features Eddy Badrina, CEO of Eden Green Technology.

Eden Green creates turnkey greenhouse systems and vertical farming technology for growing and harvesting large amounts of local produce safely, efficiently and scalably. They do all of this while using less land, energy and water than traditional farming or other indoor solutions. 

Eddy and Michelle discuss how Covid 19 created an opportunity Eddy and his team to fine tune their technology, why local produce and vertical farming are beneficial for the environment, how hydroponics works and more!

Relevant links:
https://edengreen.com

This episode features Philip Ehrhorn, Co-Founder and CTO of The Great Bubble Barrier.

The Great Bubble Barrier uses bubbles to catch plastic over the full width and depth of rivers, preventing plastic from ending up in the ocean. Their system creates a bubble curtain diagonally across the river, pushing plastic to the surface and directing it into a catchment system. Great Bubble Barriers do not interfere with regular river activities, are safe for fish and other marine life and operate continuously. 

Philip and Michelle discuss why plastic pollution in our waterways is problematic, how Philip and his Co-Founders discovered that bubbles could help catch the plastic and the challenges of installing their technology on rivers around the world.

Relevant links:
https://thegreatbubblebarrier.com/