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! Today we travel to Rhode Island, the ocean state, where, fittingly, the blue economy is thriving. Ian Estaphan Owen, Co-Founder of JAIA Robotics didn"t grow up in Rhode Island but rather coastal Wales where he became passionate about the ocean. On his road to entrepreneurship, h
Send us a text I have been at this long enough by now - 61 episodes!- to see some great successes and some disappointing failures. This week"s guest tells a story that"s a bit of both, but he is not letting failure get in his way. Today we are heading back to Norway to meet again with Tore Enger, Founder of TECO 2030,
Can you have your polar cruise and your healthy climate too? Hugo Hinrichsen and Jenn Bonilla; Positive Polar
Send us a text Today we are traveling to Chile, the birthplace of Positive Polar, a travel startup aiming to combine luxury cruises with academic research and environmental action. Positive Polar’s sustainable expedition cruises will aim to restore the whale population, amplify oceanic food production and implement hig
Send us a text Proscovia is a Kenyan entrepreneur who wears many hats. She is founder of Samaky Hub, an organization that empowers women and youth in Africa"s aquaculture sector by offering strategic planning, operational guidance, and marketing support to their ventures. Proscovia is also an African Food Fellow, the K
Building a business strategy based on actions not words. Heather Myers, Spark No. 9.
Send us a text Happy new year to all and welcome back to our first episode of 2025! Our guest this week is an entrepreneur who excels at building market strategies. Heather Myers of Spark Number 9 has created her own methodology for getting the market segment answers entrepreneurs so desperately need. An important dis
When renewables provide a strategic advantage. Philipp Stratmann, Ocean Power Technologies
Send us a text Happy Planet Wednesday! This will be our last podcast until 2025 and I want to thank you for tuning in this year! It"s been an exceptionally interesting journey for me and I hope you"ve been enjoying the podcasts. If you have feedback, please do not hesitate to share it. This week we head to New Jersey t