HAPPY PLANET
Can innovation, entrepreneurship and investment make the planet happier and healthier? Entrepreneur and investor Abigail Carroll thinks so. Through conversations with founders, investors, and thought leaders, in over a dozen countries and counting, Abigail shares this thought-provoking and hope-promoting world with her audience. And always with a little humour.
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Send us a text Happy Planet Wednesday! This week we are hopping across the Atlantic to speak to serial Dutch innovator Wietse van der Werf. Wietse"s current venture, Sea Rangers, is a social enterprise that trains youth from underprivileged backgrounds in the maritime trades. Aspiring sea rangers learn while working
Send us a text Happy Planet Wednesday! I was tempted to call this week’s episode “Unhappy Planet” because in it we grapple with what happens when your startup doesn’t go as planned. When I learned that Courtney Boyd Rey shuttered her seaweed startup AKUA, I reached out to see if she would come on the podcast. Given t
Send us a text In this episode of the Happy Planet Podcast, host Abigail Carroll interviews Slater McLean, co-founder of Oliver Charles, a sustainable sweater company. Slater discusses the significant environmental impact of the fashion industry and how Oliver Charles is addressing these issues using natural materials
Send us a text In this podcast episode, I welcome Damien Demoor, a French engineer and ocean innovator based in France, who introduces his company, Greenov, and its groundbreaking product, the Subsea Quieter. Demoor discusses the significant threat of underwater noise pollution caused by maritime activities, detailing
Send us a text Innovative Fish Feeds: Reducing Aquaculture"s Environmental Footprint In this episode of the Happy Planet podcast, I speak to Alessandra Romano, the entrepreneur behind Ittinsect. Allessandro discusses his novel aquaculture feed supplements derived from insect proteins, which aim to accelerate fish growt
Send us a text In this podcast episode, Abigail interviews Benjamin, founder of Azul Bio and participant in the Ocean Pitch Contest by the Sustainable Ocean Alliance. The discussion focuses on Benjamin"s startup, which aims to save coral reefs from extinction caused by ocean warming. Benjamin explains the importance o