Founder Highlight Series: ULUU
For this month’s Founders Series, we have the privilege of delving into the visionary mind of Dr. Julia Reisser, the brilliant founder of ULUU, an innovative company dedicated to sustainable material development. Dr.Reisser shares her journey from being an Oceanographer studying plastic pollution to founding ULUU. She emphasizes the need for alternatives to fossil plastics and introduces ULUU's groundbreaking approach using seaweed-based polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs).
Founder Highlight Series : Dane De Forest
This month’s Founder Highlight Series is on Dane de Forest, Managing Director at Launchpad Impact Ventures. In this insightful interview with Launchpad Impact Ventures, we delve into the inspiring founding story of the organization and the driving force behind its commitment to making a positive impact in the tech industry. The interview explores the resources and support that Launchpad Impact Ventures provides to tech ventures, emphasizing their unique approach of blending expertise with innovation.
Founders Series - OneFishTwoFish
For this Founders Series, we are excited to interview the founder of OneFishTwoFish, Dr. Chris Gillies! OneFishTwoFish is part of Seafood Positive, an initiative to restore ocean habitat and fish stocks. It effectively builds a circular economy model for fisheries through a subscription-based model.
Member Spotlight: Scetti
We are thrilled to have The State Clean Electricity Transition Tracker India (Scetti) in our cohort this year! Scetti is a tracker dashboard that effectively collates data on each State’s technical, financial, and policy data into one verified resource to accelerate a transition from coal. Scetti is the first tool of its kind to aggregate these data sources into one platform to enable a smooth transition into renewable energy.
Member Spotlight: Wildlife.ai
We are thrilled to have Wildlife.ai in our second cohort! As we all know and understand now, the climate and biodiversity crises can't be tackled as separate things. Wildlife.ai uses artificial intelligence to speed up wildlife conservation. It fast-tracks data processing by integrating citizen science and machine learning in conservation monitoring.
Founders Highlight Series: Carbonz
Carbonz is a developer and seller of carbon and biodiversity credits founded on the basis that carbon credits generally lack transparency, efficacy, and accessibility. Carbonz allows buyers to feel confident with their purchases through a transparent and auditable process, and direct impact to help support biodiversity and native reforestation.
Founders Highlight Series: Dolphin Research Institute
We are excited to interview the Executive Director of the Dolphin Research Institute (DRI), Jeff Weir! DRI was founded in 1991 by a passionate group of community members and marine scientists who were concerned about the implications of human disturbance on local dolphin populations. It has grown into a leading not-for-profit conservation and research organisation that actively engages the community in environmental sustainability.
Founders Highlight Series - Nick Stamatiou
For this month’s Founders Series, we interviewed Nick Stamatiou, Founder of Whole Green Foods. Whole. has created a proprietary technology that enables cost-effective and large-scale production of plant-based products, using produce that would otherwise be wasted, while maintaining the nutritional value of the original ingredients.
Fellow Spotlight: Joel Chambers
This Fellow Spotlight is on farmer and wine-maker, Joel Chambers! We discuss regenerative agriculture and the growing movement of sustainable farming practices with climate change pressures.
Neglected Climate Areas: A High-Level Analysis
When you are a small organisation with limited resources, tackling a climate crisis that is global, complex and urgent, where should you put your focus?