Shows
The Pack Heavy Podcast123. Funding mechanics and a technical build: Insights from Shawn Leggett, President & Founder of GroundUP Eco-VenturesFounded in 2018 and based in Okotoks, Alberta - GroundUp Eco Ventures takes a unique approach to environmental innovation by upcycling cafe and brewery waste ingredients to produce delicious super flours, baking mixes and high-value oils.
Shawn and I explore the GroundUp startup journey, genuinely innovative & technical upcycling process / facility build, upfront funding required and brand development to name just a few topics of conversation.
You can find the full range of GroundUp products available via their online store, Amazon.ca and retail locations in Alberta & BC here
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Find Shawn & GroundUp here:2023-05-221h 02
After the Breach PodcastEpisode 4 - The Humpback Comeback in the Salish SeaThe return of humpback whales to the Salish Sea after an absence of almost 100 years is absolutely incredible. It is a story we love to share when we are out on the water on our whale watching tours. In this episode we talk in detail about the amazing humpback comeback with our guest, Tasli Shaw, co-founder and project lead of the Humpback Whales of the Salish Sea. Tasli is also a captain and professional guide with Ocean Ecoventures in Cowichan Bay, BC.
We discuss the history of humpback whale presence in the Salish Sea and ho...2022-07-041h 15
EcoVentures RadioThe Workplace: Jackie Garrick, Whistleblowers of AmericaAn interesting and enlightening conversation with Jackie Garrick founder of Whistleblowers of America on PTSD, advocacy, and moral courage.2021-08-1129 min
EcoVentures RadioS1:E9 Sunrise Shack 2018 Bullet Proof Coffee and Hawaiian Ahupua`aThe original story of the Sunrise Shack - bullet proof coffee -- on the side of the road across from Sunset Beach in 2018. Travis, one of the founders shares about health and coffee at the Outrigger Waikiki Hotel . As well as an ecoventure into the 21st Century Ahupua`a. "Everything's Connected". A hui hou!2021-08-0801 min
EcoVentures RadioS1:E10 Thanksgiving 2018 Triple Crown of Surfing with Mikey Redd/O`Shaughnessy and Mike Chlala photographerMikey Redd aka Mikey OShaughnessy of Volcom - big wave surfer in 2018 about to enter his first Triple Crown event and sharing his story of place "mo`olelo" in this preCovid Thanksgiving Day episode of EcoVentures.radio podcast on the north shore of O`ahu . . .. also in this episode a conversation with artist Mike Chlala of Chlala Shoots action photography at Turtle Bay Resort.2021-08-081h 00
EcoVentures RadioS3:E1 Proximity Exhibit, Todd Glaser at the Pendry Hotel San Diego and more...Todd Glaser's Exhibit at the Pendry Hotel and San Diego, movement and light with bright spots of the Momentum Generation movie recent release 2019 on HBO. "Everything's Connected"2021-08-0839 min
EcoVentures RadioS2:E4 Bioshphere_2_Ocean and Rainforest in the Arizona DesertAn interesting venture back in January 2019 - from science experiments in the desert at Biosphere two to discovering Arizona's aqueducts .... land sea connections . . . highlighting bright spots because "everything's connected" .... a hui hou!2021-08-0834 min
EcoVentures RadioS1:E8 Waikiki to North Shore O'ahu _ Waimea Valley_ and Sunset Beach (Fall 2018) Still Relevant 2021Talking Story on O'ahu from roof top gardens at Outrigger Waikiki - to Benji Weatherly's sustainable restaurant practices at Breakers in Haleiwa - onto Sunset Beach for some sea level rise and aina (gardens) in schools - and over to Waimea Valley for a NOT TO MISS conversation about the Hawaiian Ahupua'a and indigenous wisdom - finishing at the Seven Miracle Mile and community ocean clean up. This was season one episode 2 in September 2018 and it's still so relevant today: urban gardens, sustainable business practices, nature healing depression and isolation, land management and the future of food, responsibility, sea level...2021-04-1059 min
EcoVentures RadioS3:E3 AgroEcology, Regenerative Farming and the Shared Economy: Dr. Chip Fletcher, University of Hawaii at Manoa, SOESTDr. Chip Fletcher, Associate Dean and Professor at the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawaii shares through conversation what he's excited about in recent developments: Jeremy Rifkin's Third Industrial Revolution, the Terra Ton Initiative, solutions to deforestation, impacts of food choice, and inspiration from the bright spot Greta Thunberg. The second half of the show is a conversation with Stanford Scientist Arvin Gouw and CRISPR technology as well as his connection to the ocean and his motivation for taking climate action as the coral in Northern Bali struggles. Land sea connections, smart fun...2019-08-021h 00
EcoVentures RadioS2:E2_ Rex the Surf Dog, Shellhuntress, Todd Glaser Proximity Exhibit and CBD with Marisa GriffinThis EcoVentures takes us across the country with REX THE SURF DOG the Dog with a Blog / Natural Jewelry from Shellhuntress from Pupukea, a revisit to the PROXIMITY exhibit by Todd Glaser at the Pendry Hotel in San Diego, and a brief introduction to understanding CBD and CBG from Marisa Griffin. It's always eclectic and that makes it fun! Land and Sea Connections and Everything's Connected - EcoVentures Radio with your host Cindie. Find us on Instagram@EcoVentures.Radio and also watch for the new YouTube interviews that will be coming out this week!2019-03-2959 min
EcoVentures RadioS2:E1 Getting On With It and Into Life! Becoming Your True SelfThis episode of EcoVentures Radio delves into more arrt and education while finding out what happens to propel artists and every day people into their true selves after near death experiences. Plus a revisit with Michael "Mike" Chlala. Uber Driver Conversations (Everyday Heroes) and Danielle Zirk, international artist and making waves from Atlantic to Pacific! Take an EcoVenture from San Diego to Pupukea Hawaii with your host Cindie! A hui hou! Find video interviews on YouTube coming out by March 24.2019-03-1557 min