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.
Episodes
60 episodes
When aquaculture is about more than seafood. Proscovia Alando, Founder, Samaky Hub
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 th...
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Season 1
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Episode 59
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32:25
Building a business strategy based on actions not words. Heather Myers, Spark No. 9.
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 ma...
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Season 1
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Episode 58
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40:38
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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Season 1
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Episode 57
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38:12
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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Season 1
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Episode 56
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37:11
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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Season 1
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Episode 55
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31:12
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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Season 1
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Episode 54
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39:39
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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Season 1
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Episode 53
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35:21
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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Season 1
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Episode 52
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34:17
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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Season 1
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Episode 51
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41:06
Can Probiotics Save our Coral Reefs? Benjamin Alva, Azul Bio
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 fro...
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Season 1
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Episode 50
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38:44
Is the future of fashion cyclical? William Calvert, Return to Vendor
Welcome to Happy Planet! Our guest this week is William Calvert, co-Founder and CEO of the NYC based startup, Return to Vendor. William is a fashion designer and entrepreneur who has lived in Paris, and Italy and designed for the l...
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Season 1
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Episode 49
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28:38
Can two Norwegians Establish a Fish Farm "up country" in Maine? Marianne Naess, CEO Katahdin Salmon.
Happy Planet Wednesday! The weather has been so beautiful in Maine lately that I am going to bring you all here to my home state. Today we’re going to speak to Marianne Naess, a Norwegian native living in Maine who, with her husband...
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Season 1
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Episode 48
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29:21
Can eating farmed redfish help restore the Florida coastline? Megan Sorby; Pine Island Redfish
Happy Planet Wednesday! Could eating farmed redfish be the answer to building coastal resilience in Florida? Founder Megan Sorby would like to think so. Megan and her husband co-founded Pine Island Redfish. True to its n...
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Season 1
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Episode 47
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35:59
Can seaweed bring relief to rural African farmers? Anga Mbeyiya, Co-Founder Ole Blue
Happy Planet Wednesday! Pack your bags, we're headed to Kenya! This week we'll be speaking to Anga Mbeyiya, a South African seaweed entrepreneur whose company, Ole Bl...
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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26:45
Does the solution to coastal resilience lie offshore? Matt Campbell, President of NatrX
Happy Planet Wednesday! If you live on the coast, this is a podcast you might want to pay special attention to. Matt Campbell, President of NatrX, is joining us today to talk about his nature-based so...
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Season 1
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Episode 45
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37:25
Can deep drilling make nuclear power greener? Elizabeth Muller, Founder, Deep Isolation
Happy Planet Wednesday! This week's guest, Elizabeth (Liz) Muller is Co-Founder of Deep Isolation. While living in France, was impressed by France's nuclear power program, which provides ...
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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39:08
Can an oyster in the ocean be worth more than one on your plate? George Birch, Founder, Oyster Heaven
Happy Planet Wednesday! With all of the good work that oysters can do for the planet, filtering water, preventing erosion, reducing acidification, mitigating storm surge and more, entrepreneur George Birch wanted to see if an ...
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Season 1
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Episode 43
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43:57
Brian Skerry: Can powerful images save our oceans?
We are kicking off the season with the unstoppable Brian Skerry. Brian is a world renown photojournalist and film producer specializing in marine wildlife and underwater environments...
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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1:00:51
Economic, Social and Environmental Impact in Zanzibar with Luxury Skincare
Happy Planet Wednesday ! Before I introduce our guest today I want to thank you for your support over the past year. Because, yes, today’s podcast concludes our first year of programming! To celebrate we venture into Afr...
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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34:22
The Seaweed Revolution with Vincent Doumeizel
Happy Planet Wednesday! This week we are joined by Vincent Doumeizel, a French native from Burgundy who is Director of the Food Program for
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Episode 40
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35:02
Thor Sigfusson, Founder of Icelandic Ocean Clusters & Author of 100% Fish, hacks the Ocean.
Happy Planet Wednesday ! We are headed to Iceland today to meet Thor Sigfusson the Founder of Iceland Ocean Cluster, an innovation hub he founded in 2011 to focus on marine startups. Since then Ocean Clusters have ...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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30:08
Harnessing the Wind to Reduce CO2 at Sea. Aloft with Miles Keeney-Ritchie
Happy Planet Wednesday ! We've talked quite a bit about renewable energy on this podcast and we've also looked at old technologies that are coming back, often with a modern twist. Our guest today is starting a business that checks both ...
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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40:02
Would you spend eternity in an underwater urn? Louise Skajem and Aura Murillo of Resting Reef
Today, we are hopping over the Atlantic to speak with Louise Skajem and Aura Murillo, two young, UK-based women designers who are innovating in a marine area I never imagined I would discuss on this show: funerary services. These young women...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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45:15
Should your next car run on BIO-fuel? Bernard Hidier, Co-Founder KarrGreen
You may recognize today’s guest from episode 5. We’re here with Bernard Hidier, the French expat living in Maine who co-founded Finsulate the non-toxic antifouling solution that looks like velvet and mimics a sea urchin. Bernard is ...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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35:56
Can SafetyNet Save Our Fisheries?
We are going to kick off the fall season with a chat with Dan Watson, the UK-based founder and CEO of a fisheries startup called SafetyNet. I first met Dan through Harry Wright’s accelerator Bright Tide, where I am an advisor. Then I wound up o...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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40:59
