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.
Podcasting since 2022 • 56 episodes
HAPPY PLANET
Latest Episodes
Can Social Change Drive Ocean Conservation? Sea Rangers, Wietse van Der Werf
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 underpriv...
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Episode 55
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When things don't go as planned. Shuttering AKUA. Courtney Boyd Rey
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...
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Episode 54
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Can 3D Knitting Fix Fashion? Slater McLean, Oliver Charles
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 Ol...
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Episode 53
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Reducing Noise Pollution with the Subsea Quieter - Damien Demoor, Greenov
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 signifi...
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Episode 52
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Can Insects Provide Sustainable Fishfeed? Alessandro Romano, Founder, Ittinsect
Innovative Fish Feeds: Reducing Aquaculture's Environmental FootprintIn this episode of the Happy Planet podcast, I speak to Alessandra Romano, the entrepreneur behind Ittinsect.Allessandro discusses his novel aquaculture feed sup...
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Episode 51
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