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 • 58 episodes
HAPPY PLANET
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When renewables provide a strategic advantage. Philipp Stratmann, Ocean Power Technologies
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, ...
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Episode 57
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Reducing Building's Carbon Footprint: Nick Farmer, Opal Build
Happy Planet Wednesday! And to American followers, Happy Thanksgiving!During the US presidential debates, we heard a lot about the nearly five million unit housing shortage in the US. While this needs to be addressed urgently, it won't ...
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Episode 56
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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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Fan Mail
Great piece. I wish that technology could be used as a muffler to vociferous politicians. 😉. Names withheld.
Dobbs Ferry, New York