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#98: Floodbase: Co-founder Bessie Schwarz, on Building a ‘Systemic Change Company’ & Why Flooding (Part 1)
Bessie Schwarz is Co-founder & CEO of Floodbase, a startup that provides flood tracking for disasters and insurance. Powered by satellites, machine learning, and on-the-ground observation, they’re on a mission to enable all communities to prepare & respond to climate disasters, by reducing the barriers to scientific info and capital. Few know it but 1.5B […]
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#97: Carbon Direct: Generational Shifts on Climate, Turning Down Customers, and Making Money as an Ingredient (Part 2)
Missed part 1? Click here! ~~~ Danan Margason is the Chief Product Officer of Carbon Direct, a company that focuses on science-backed solutions for end-to-end carbon management. They wanted to drive real, tangible impact in climate change, so they gathered climate scientists, a fund of money, and a carbon management platform for tracking & reducing the CO2 […]
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#96: Carbon Direct: CPO, Danan Margason, on Growing Up With Bob Dylan & Simplifying Carbon Markets (Part 1)
Ready for part 2? Click here! ~~~ Danan Margason is the Chief Product Officer of Carbon Direct, a company that focuses on science-backed solutions for end-to-end carbon management. They wanted to drive real, tangible impact in climate change, so they gathered climate scientists, a fund of money, and a carbon management platform for tracking & reducing […]
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#94: Chasen Cunitz: From Oil Lawyer to EPA Geek, on Wanderlusting to Alaska & Witnessing Coastal Erosion (Part 1)
Ready for part 2? Click here! ~~~ Chasen Cunitz…works at the US Environmental Protection Agency and is a self-proclaimed EPA ‘super geek’ & is excited to spread the passion! Chasen has to be 1 of the most fascinating Earthling you’ll hear on the show, given (among many things) the beautiful arc of his career: after working […]
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#93: Ever.Green: Supercharged by the IRA, A Unique Way To Raise Funds, & Can We Save the Climate With Tech? (Part 2)
Missed part 1? Click here! ~~~ Michael Leggett (@leggett) & Cris Eugster (@Cris_Eugster) are the co-founders of Ever.green, a company making investing in solar projects easier, faster, and more impactful. Their audience are companies and real estate developers to whom they sell RECs (renewable energy certificate), for a soon-to-be-built solar project (think of a field of solar […]