Solving Climate Anxiety with Elemental Impact | Dawn Lippert | Shangri La x HumanizeHer

HumanizeHer x Shangri La "Visionary Voices" brings HumanizeHer's signature conversations to Shangri La, a Center of Cultures & Ideas and Museum of Islamic Art in Honolulu, Hawai'i, featuring three special episodes with visionary women leaders from Hawai'i.   In this episode of HumanizeHer, we sit down with Dawn Lippert - and this conversation might just change the way you see the planet. It started with a childhood instinct, charging her family a quarter for leaving the lights on. Two Yale degrees later, that instinct is a global mission. Today, Dawn leads as the CEO of Elemental Impact, her non-profit platform that has deployed over $105 million into climate innovation, while also leading Earthshot Ventures, a $94 million private fund.   Together, these two engines have unlocked more than $11 billion in additional funding for global solutions. To date, her portfolio has created 17,200 jobs and avoided 20 million metric tons of CO2. We caught up with her in Hawai'i - her home and the testing ground for everything she believes about clean energy, community, and the relentless belief that we can build a better world.   Key Highlights Include: Power of Entrepreneurship: How the non-profit, Elemental Impact, has invested in over 160 companies to bridge the "capital gap" for risky but essential climate solutions. The AI x Climate Paradox: A deep dive into how AI is simultaneously increasing energy demand and providing the "three-fold" acceleration needed to solve complex problems in energy, materials, and infrastructure. A "Circular" Future: Insights into groundbreaking startups like Super Circle (fashion recycling) and Nth Cycle (domestic mineral recycling) that are making sustainability profitable. Action as the Antidote: Addressing "climate anxiety" by empowering individuals to leverage their pocketbooks, their votes, and their careers to build a lasting world.   Dawn also discusses the launch of Earthshot Ventures, her sister venture fund, and her mission to prove that underrepresented founders are the competitive advantage the climate tech industry needs. It is an inspiring look at how ingenuity and community are coming together to "bring down the carbon curve."   Mahalo to VToku for their technical support and partnership with our production crew in bringing this series to life.   Listen in and join the conversation with host, Erica Lockheimer and co-host, Elizabeth Wendorf-Bloesser.