Carbon Conversations

May 22 2024 4
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Welcome to Carbon Conversations, a podcast by Biochar.Life. We engage not only with experts pioneering innovative environmental solutions but also with business leaders championing sustainability in their sectors. From the intricacies of biochar and renewable energy to the broader scopes of smart agriculture, we aim to shed light on the multifaceted approaches to addressing our planet's pressing challenges. Our mission is not just to inform but to inspire and empower you, our listeners, to make informed decisions and impactful changes. Subscribe and be a part of this essential conversations!

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Seeds of Sustainability - A Conversation with Jason Dodier, Co-Founder of GRAIN Ecosystem

May 22 2024 39 mins  
Jason Dodier is an American international business professional and Co-Founder of the GRAIN Ecosystem, aiming to revolutionize global project development through digitization, transparency, and increased access to capital. His mission focuses on empowering project developers worldwide to meet ambitious waste-to-value, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity goals set by the global c

Removing the Carbon in Catering - chatting with Trina Montemayor

May 11 2024 24 mins  
Trina Montemayor is a dedicated professional with over 20 years of experience in the corporate food service industry. She has been an integral part of the success of Order Corner, a web-based company specializing in food ordering for corporate and professional groups of 10 or more. Throughout her tenure at Order Corner, Trina has worked tirelessly to build and manage a team of exce

"Biochar is a little bit like wine" - Suzanne Allaire, CEO GECA Environnement

Apr 28 2024 35 mins  
Suzanne Allaire has been working in environmental science for about 30 years with a bachelor degree in agriculture, a master in waste recycling and PhD on contaminant transport in porous media. She has collaborated with a wide range of industries, private companies, government agencies and research institutions to reduce the impact of humans on the environment by adding value to re

Fixing the Planet with Carrots and Sticks - Climate Policy with Sebastian Manhart

Apr 11 2024 30 mins  
Sebastian Manhart is a climate advocate, leveraging his skills and experiences to support policymakers in making better decisions for our planet.​ He is currently the Senior Policy Advisor of Carbonfuture, the world's leading provider of high-integrity, durable carbon removal. In this role, he focuses on promoting policies to help scale durable carbon removal in Europe, the U

Ground Up Investing with Nathan Létourneau

Apr 07 2024 33 mins  
Nathan Létourneau is a Chartered Financial Analyst and the Senior Director of Finance for Ground Up Investing (GUI). In his role, Nathan performs investee due diligence, GUI portfolio analysis and forecasting, and financial oversight of GUI and the wholly owned subsidiaries Mountain Harvest and Farmers Market Brands. In prior roles, Nathan specialized in the health, environment, a

In Search of Climate Tech Phoenixes - with Helena Wasserman, Climate Investor & Advisor

Mar 05 2024 26 mins  
Over the last decade, Helena Wasserman has worked for the Clinton Foundation, Big Data for Humans, Techstars and Top Tier Impact. She helps climate founders unlock sales, fundraising as well as being bolder leaders. She is on a mission to empower 1M climate founders to build scalable solutions to fix climate change. Helena is the founder of Unstoppable and co-founder of Investors f

Capturing Change: Octavia Carbon's Quest for Climate Reversal in Kenya

Feb 08 2024 43 mins  
On this episode we chat with Martin Freimüller, the founder and CEO of Octavia Carbon, the Global South’s first Direct Air Carbon Capture company. As such, Martin leads the company’s efforts to design, build and deploy machines in Kenya that filter CO2 from the air to reverse climate change and end the fossil fuel age. Prior to Octavia, Martin worked in strategy consulting at

Engineering a better planet - with Kimon Roussopoulos

Jan 24 2024 34 mins  
Kimon is an experienced multidisciplinary engineer specialising in developing new technologies and products, bringing together and leading teams or collaborators as necessary. He brings an exceptional analytical and intuitive understanding of physical systems. For the last 20 years he has worked mainly in consultancy and Cambridge SMEs, with clients from TetraPak via wireline and F

Great minds don't think alike - Chatting with Freddie Catlow of Planboo

Dec 15 2023 37 mins  
About Planboo The founding team became friends in 2015 sharing a passion for sustainability, agriculture, technology and the outdoors. After varied careers working in NGOs, sustainable construction and bamboo planting across Africa, India and Sri Lanka, COVID brought them together again with a joint ambition to take action. They first entered Stockholm’s ClimateTech scene after j

Green Futures: Scaling Carbon Removal with Simon Bager of Klimate.co

Nov 09 2023 30 mins  
Simon Bager is the Co-founder and Chief Impact Officer at Klimate.co. In his role at Klimate, Simon is tasked with overseeing the company's carbon removal offerings. He is instrumental in the development of products tailored for clients and the selection of projects and technologies to engage with. His work involves a collaborative effort with suppliers, partners, and clients t