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Business for Good PodcastTurning Waste Biomass Into Carbon-Negative Buildings with Allison Dring Right now, roughly 40% of global emissions come from the built environment. Most of those emissions are hidden deep within the materials themselves, in the concrete, steel, and plastics that are mined or extracted from underground at enormous energy costs. What if that model could be reversed entirely? In this episode of Business For Good, Paul Shapiro sits down with Allison Dring, CEO of Made of Air, to explore how waste biomass can be converted into carbon-storing building materials through a process called pyrolysis. Instead of mining resources from underground, the company uses sawdust and wood waste that would otherwise go t...
2026-06-1540 min
Activating Curiosity® | Leading Change in the Construction IndustryDiscomfort to Innovation: How Architects Can Lead Climate Action with BiocharWhat happens when architects and construction leaders stop accepting the limits of traditional building materials—and start asking better questions?In this episode of Activating Curiosity™, Ryan Ware sits down with Allison Dring, CEO and Co-Founder of Made of Air, to explore how discomfort drives curiosity, innovation, and change in the built environment. Explore how biochar is becoming a key tool for sustainable building practices and climate action in the construction industry. With the construction industry responsible for nearly 40% of global emissions, this conversation challenges a common assumption: sustainability is about reducing harm. Instead, it intro...
2026-05-261h 06
CONVERSATIONS ON CLIMATESustainable Materials for Carbon Neutrality with Alison DringIn this video, Chris Caldwell, host of the Conversations on Climate podcast chats with Alison Dring, CEO and Co-founder of Made of Air. 💬
During this insightful conversation, Alison shares her expertise on:
✨ Carbon-Negative Materials: Discover how Made of Air's innovative technology transforms waste biomass into biochar, a game-changing material that reduces carbon emissions in supply chains.
✨ Biochar Applications: Learn how this sustainable material is being utilised in the built environment, logistics, and automotive sectors to create carbon sinks.
✨ The Role of Carbon Capture: Understand the importance of carbon capture and storage in achiev...
2024-06-1715 min
The ZENERGY Podcast: Energy Leadership, Finance, and TechnologyAllison Dring | CEO & Co-Founder, Made of AirWelcome to an eye-opening episode where we explore the cutting-edge world of manufacturing carbon-negative materials and products using biochar. Our guest today is Allison Dring, the CEO and co-founder of Made of Air, a company dedicated to revolutionizing the building materials industry with sustainable solutions.
Allison, a trained architect with a passion for environmental sustainability, shares the journey behind Made of Air's inception and its mission to address the carbon footprint associated with traditional building materials. Through innovative processes like biochar production, Made of Air is leading the charge in the carbon removal industry, striving to achieve...
2024-03-2930 min
Killander & BjörkAllison Dring – The business of reversing climate changeMade of Air is in the business of reversing climate change. This is done by creating a material using an unexpected resource - CO2.
2023-04-0631 min
InevitableStartup Series: Made of AirToday's guest is Allison Dring, CEO and co-founder of Made of Air, which makes carbon-negative materials using biochar for the built environment and consumer goods.Biochar is a carbon-rich material from burning biomass such as wood or crop residue. We’ve loosely covered this topic with startups like Climate Robotics, but Made of Air is taking a different approach. The company uses biochar powder mixed with bioplastics to create a moldable, functional material embedded with captured carbon. Made of Air is helping to drive the net-zero economy by using its material in various products, including fashion accessories, br...
2023-01-1944 min
Nature Talks to Itself21. Tony and Atiny - Trapped!Season 3 is here! Tony and Atiny are trapped by their evil selves, but that won’t stop them from making the podcast inside a cage.Plus, snail mail from a buttworm (Jacob Wysocki), existential angst (Lisa Dring) and a skeleton (Toby Jones).Created and hosted by Tony Geode (Justin Michael) and Atiny Crunchyleaf (Jace Armstrong).Follow @NatureTalksPod, @heyjustin and @JaceCityUSA for updates on twitter and instagram.Theme song and music by Casey Trela.Edited by Brian Holmes.Logo by Allison Kim.See Privacy Policy at https://a...
2023-01-1256 min
Future Sight with Capgemini Invent021: Beyond Net-Zero - Part TwoFind out more about Purpose Climate Labs here: https://www.purpose.com/about/purpose-labs/purpose-climate-lab/Many thanks to Kara Pecknold, Executive Design Director, Global Lead for Sustainability at frog (part of Capgemini Invent), Daniel Hale, Campaigns Director at Purpose and Natalia Węgrzyn, Campaign Manager, Purpose Climate Lab. Returning for this episode Florent Andrillon, Vice President and Energy & Utilities Lead at Capgemini Invent; Kiri Trier, our director of innovation & strategy, and sustainability lead here at Invent; and Allison Dring, the CEO and co founder of Made of Air, a company specializing in carbon negative materials.
2021-09-2929 minFuture Sight with Capgemini Invent020: Beyond Net Zero - Part OneFind out more about our about our Net Zero Strategy here: https://www.capgemini.com/service/invent/path-to-net-zero/We all know the term Net Zero. It’s printed on ad campaigns, used as the buzzword that every CEO uses in their keynote, but net zero is just the start of true sustainability. Net Zero is essentially a neutral gear in our path. Neither backwards nor forwards. So what does beyond Net Zero, the forward gear, look like? In the first of two episodes on the race to go beyond net zero, we look at how org...
2021-09-1532 min