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Discover how the minds, methods and money that fueled the explosion of innovation and disruption in silicon valley are working to build the technology, products and companies that will save the planet. Hosts: Lex Kiefhaber and Tony Noto. Music: Bill Gagliardi.

Who's Saving the Planet‪?‬ Planet Savers Org.

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Discover how the minds, methods and money that fueled the explosion of innovation and disruption in silicon valley are working to build the technology, products and companies that will save the planet. Hosts: Lex Kiefhaber and Tony Noto. Music: Bill Gagliardi.

    Sesame Solar: The All-In One Solution to De-Carbonized Disaster Relief

    Sesame Solar: The All-In One Solution to De-Carbonized Disaster Relief

    What happens when disaster strikes, a hurricane or fire, and communities are left stranded without power, water, or basic medical needs? Generally we rely on shipping in fuel to power generators, but that's not always an option, and certainly an imperfect one- burning the same fossil fuels which helped propogate the disaster in the first place.



    Sesame Solar has a solution. Today CEO and co-founder Lauren Flanagan joins us today to discuss her all in one solution for a mobile disaster relief unit powered by, you guessed it, solar.

    But that's not all Lauren brings to the table. From a lifetime of working in tech, she shares with us the teachings from working alongside none other than Steve Jobs.

    • 44 min
    TED: Turning Conversations into Action

    TED: Turning Conversations into Action

    Ted is famously known for their captivating talks on how to change our perception of, well, everything. But what comes next? How do we translate that attention into action? Lindsay Levin has a plan.

    Lindsay is in charge of partnerships and impact at TED, her mandate is to mobilize the global platform beyond the role of educator to catalyst for action. We discuss how she sees how role of storytelling can unite disparate communities through a collective action platform, what challenges lay ahead in our fight against climate change, and how you can get involved.

    • 38 min
    Commons: How to Turn Your Credit Card into a Force for Good... Part 2

    Commons: How to Turn Your Credit Card into a Force for Good... Part 2

    When we last spoke to Sanchali Pal she was the CEO of Juro. Today, Juro is called Commons, and she has $10,000,000 reasons to be more optimistic about the future of personal carbon accountability.

    Commons is an app that allows you to track your credit card spend and then offset your carbon footprint, a simple and elegant means of self-accountability. They've also partnered with pre-vetted businesses to offer more sustainable options to the products you purchase regularly.

    Since we last spoke with Sanchali she's raised a Series A round from Sequoia Capital, the founders of Afterpay and the one and only Jay-Z. We dig into how she was able to achieve that milestone and what's in the store for the future of Commons.

    • 34 min
    Ample: Revolutionizing EV Battery Swapping (no recharge required)

    Ample: Revolutionizing EV Battery Swapping (no recharge required)

    What if recharging your EV was as easy as swapping out the batteries in your flashlight? That's exactly the future Ample is building.

    In this episode we sat down with Ample president John de Souza to discuss the future of electric mobility, fighting entrenched legacy energy in the halls of congress, what it means to be an entrepreneur and more.

    • 40 min
    Earthforce.io: Saving the Forest from the Trees

    Earthforce.io: Saving the Forest from the Trees

    Understanding a forest has long been a marriage of art and science, but without the technology to scale. Earthforce is determined to bring forestry into the 21st century so we might better prepare for natural disasters while protecting one of most important natural resources.



    In addition to being as serial entrepreneur, Justin Dawe is also a native Hawaiian. Here are a few of the charities working to support fire relief efforts in Maui.



    Maui Strong Fund

    Kokua Restaurant and Hospitality Fund

    Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement

    • 40 min
    Hedgehog: Using Europe as a Roadmap to Predict the Future of US Corporate Climatism

    Hedgehog: Using Europe as a Roadmap to Predict the Future of US Corporate Climatism

    Europe has long been more aggressive in how it deploys legislation and regulatory agency to push for a more climate positive future from large corporate interests.

    Still with me? Great, you'll love this episode.

    Joost Walterbos is a dear friend, accomplished climate entrepreneur, wildly chill guy, and possessor of great foresight when it comes to translating the transformation we're seeing in Europe to future action in the US. His firm, Hedgehog, works with companies large and small based both in the US and Europe, so he has a uniquely broad perspective in how climate is finding its way onto balance sheets and into five year plans.

    • 30 min

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