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Carbon Conversations
by Carbon Conversartions
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!
Episodes
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Can Smallholder Farmers Remove Carbon at Scale? - with Yovindra Kanezin
Yovindra Kanezin graduated with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) (Hons) in Finance & Business Management from the University of Reading. He started his career working for the former Minister of Transport Malaysia, Dato' Sri Liow Tiong Lai. In the Ministry, he was part of the National Logistics...
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The Thin Green Line: Exploring Challenges in Sustainability Communications - with Mike Rhydderch
Michael is the Head of Sustainability and Social Impact (APAC) for Burson. Working across all sectors, he combines a science-based technical approach with strategic development and creativity to drive tangible sustainability outcomes for Burson clients. Michael has 11+ years in the environmental...
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Powering AI Sustainably: The Future of Data Centres in Asia with Alain Mahieu
Alain Mahieu is a sustainability and energy transition leader within Singtel’s AI infrastructure division, where he supports the development of AI-ready, sustainable, low-carbon data centres across the Asia-Pacific region. His work covers the full sustainability agenda for digital infrastructure,...
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Decarbonising Manufacturing: Inside Australia’s Sustainability Challenge
Laura Besley is a senior sustainability leader with more than 16 years of experience shaping and delivering sustainability strategies across sectors, including manufacturing, finance, telecommunications, real estate, and food and beverage. She has led high-impact programs spanning climate...
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From Biochar to Carbon Removal: Exploring the Future of CDR with Simon Manley
Simon comes from a project development background and is a respected technical expert with 15+ years of experience in developing and implementing CDR standards and methodologies. He has led and participated in teams to develop Verra's VM0044 Biochar methodology, both Isometric and Puro's Enhanced...
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The role of biochar in a warming, post-USAID world with Dr. David Hughes
Dr. David Hughes serves as the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Global Food Security at Penn State University, where he also holds professorships in entomology and biology. As the founder of PlantVillage, a Penn State initiative, Dr. Hughes leads efforts to enhance global food…
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Inevitable & Obvious - Talking carbon removal with Paul Gambill
Paul Gambill is a pioneering entrepreneur in the carbon removal space, best known as the co-founder and former CEO of Nori, where he raised over $18 million to build one of the first carbon removal marketplaces. Under his leadership, Nori facilitated the removal of over 260,000 tonnes of CO₂ and...
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How Building the Future Really Works - with Mats Larsson
Mats Larsson is the founder of Global Energy Transformation Institute. He has over 30 years’ experience as a business and management consultant, developing business strategies for companies in many different industries. He has worked with the large-scale transformation to electromobility and...
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Ensuring Integrity in Carbon Markets: with Cercarbono’s Alex Saer
Industrial Engineer and Political Scientist, Fulbright scholar for a master’s degree in Sustainable Development at the University of Maryland. More than 20 years of experience as a consultant and technical advisor in sustainability projects in the private sector. More than 3 years of wide-ranging...
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Talking high-tech artisan Biochar - Pawel Kuznicki, CEO, WasteX
Pawel is a tech entrepreneur with a past experience in healthcare, fintech and e-commerce. Currently in climate tech, Pawel started WasteX in mid-2022 to tackle the climate crisis by developing biochar solutions for carbon removal and agricultural benefits. He lives in Indonesia, where most of…
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Harnessing the Oceans for Climate Solutions with Dr. Annalisa Bracco
Dr. Annalisa Bracco is a professor and Associate Chair for Research in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is interested in using computation tools to better understand how our oceans work and the interactions between physics and biology across...
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Where conservation meets technology - Thea & Stefan from Proon-Tech
In this episode, I sit down with Thea and Stefan, the visionary founders of Proon-Tech, a startup revolutionising biodiversity conservation and reforestation through AI-driven innovation. We explore their journey in creating cutting-edge technologies that tackle the global biodiversity crisis…
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The Biochar Benchmark: Setting Global Standards with Dominic Hafner
Dominic Hafner is a leader at Carbon Standards International, where he spearheads the Global Artisan C-Sink Standard. This initiative aims to transform the role of smallholder farmers within the global climate narrative by merging carbon financing with sustainable biochar practices. Under his...
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Seeding Change: Camille Accolas on Fostering the Biodiversity Startup Ecosystem
Currently serving as Senior Program Manager at Brainforest, Camille Accolas is dedicated to bridging the gap between founders, experts, and funders through the Brainforest Venture Program. She brings extensive experience in consulting, project management, and sustainability across both public and...
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Farmer on Fire: How Wangari Kuria is empowering African farmers
Wangari Kuria is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Farmer on Fire Global Consultancy seeking to eliminate hunger and improve safe food production. An Agripreneur with a rich background as a farmer, aggregator, and an expert on the value-chain. She is renowned as one of the pioneers of making...
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Erin Grover on Blockchain, Regeneration, and the Climate Challenge
Erin Grover advises on emerging technologies for the verification of climate impact, food security, and regenerative supply chain transparency. This includes the application of blockchain, AI, and IoT innovation. She is a strong advocate for using these technologies to improve the lives of...
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Fueling Change: Dora Branyan on Biofuels, Decarbonization and Corporate Sustainability
Dora is responsible for the long-term development and sustainability of Marquis Energy Global, establishing valuable connections with potential markets worldwide. She developed a passion for energy solutions during her 13-year career in the petroleum industry, involved in major capital upstream...
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Bridging Science and Agriculture - with Dries Roobroeck
Dries Roobroeck's journey in applied biosciences began with a neighbourhood clean-up he organized as a 10-year-old and deepened when he observed his great uncle's selfless work with rural communities in India at the age of 15. He pursued biological sciences at university, fascinated by the broad...
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Seeds of Sustainability - A Conversation with Jason Dodier, Co-Founder of GRAIN Ecosystem
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...
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Removing the Carbon in Catering - chatting with Trina Montemayor
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...
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"Biochar is a little bit like wine" - Suzanne Allaire, CEO GECA Environnement
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…
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Fixing the Planet with Carrots and Sticks - Climate Policy with Sebastian Manhart
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...
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Ground Up Investing with Nathan Létourneau
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...
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In Search of Climate Tech Phoenixes - with Helena Wasserman, Climate Investor & Advisor
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...
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Capturing Change: Octavia Carbon's Quest for Climate Reversal in Kenya
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…
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Engineering a better planet - with Kimon Roussopoulos
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...
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Great minds don't think alike - Chatting with Freddie Catlow of Planboo
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...
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Green Futures: Scaling Carbon Removal with Simon Bager of Klimate.co
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…
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Climate-tech startups and the future of work - with Bian Li
Bian Li is an award-winning thought leader, futurist and educationist, and a champion of building startups for sustainability, long before Covid-19 accelerated the global shift in this direction. Her work breathes life into world-changing ideas at the intersection of technology, social innovation...
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Unlocking the Power of Biochar: Insights from Mart de Bruijn
Mart de Bruijn is an Environmental Economist with a passion for the emerging market dynamics and policies that shape the Carbon Economy. He is particularly fascinated by biochar, a subject close to his heart. As Co-Founder of Dutch Carboneers, Mart is at the forefront of innovative environmental...
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Navigating Carbon Removal: Hans-Peter Schmidt and the Global Artisan C-Sink Standard
Join us in this episode as we explore the Global Artisan Carbon Sink Standard with Hans-Peter Schmidt from the Ithaka Institute. We delve into the science behind this unique carbon removal approach, its impact on local communities, and why it's a reliable choice for buyers. Whether you're in the...
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Climate, Community, and Connectivity: Anne-France Kennedy's Journey with KlimateNet
Anne-France is a former senior business executive with international experience born and raised within the globalisation and linear economy framework. Passionate about the positive impact that businesses could have on our lives, she was disappointed by the limitations of the shareholder value...
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How applied science can benefit smallholder farmers - a conversation with Dr David Hughes
In this episode of Carbon Conversations, we delve deep into the innovative work of Dr. David Hughes, an eminent authority on global food security and a distinguished professor at Penn State University. Harnessing his extensive research in both agriculture and computer science, David spearheads...
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Sustainable Futures: The Power of Biochar with Kwanpiromtara (Aom) Suksri
In this episode we sit down with Kwanpiromtara (Aom) Suksri, the passionate Thai Country Manager for Biochar Life. With over a decade of experience at the Warm Heart Foundation, Aom is an inspiring leader in sustainable farming and rural development. Join us as we delve into Aom's transformative...
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Chatting with Freddie Hedegaard - Founder & CEO of Dungbeetle
At just 17 years old, student Freddie Hedegaard founded Dungbeetle, a business dedicated to combating greenwashing in the voluntary carbon markets. Based in Bali, the company supports small-scale carbon projects that cannot afford certification from major accreditors like Verra and Gold Standard....
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Biochar for a Better Future - a conversation with Dana Brown
Dr. Dana Brown holds a BA in Political Science from Rutgers University, an M.Phil. in Russian and East European Studies from Oxford University and a PhD in Political Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Professor Dana Brown is the Dean of the Sprott School of Business at...
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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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