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The Climapreneur ShowEP77-The Future of Transportation: Steel Roads AheadIn this episode of The Climapreneur Show, we explore the future of transportation. With the rise of steel slag roads, we're witnessing the birth of a new era in transportation.
Steel slag roads may seem like a futuristic concept at first, but this technology is already changing the way we travel. We chat with road scientist Satish Pandey about the future of transportation, and what steel slag roads mean for the future of roadways.
Chapters:
00:00 Coming up
01:34 How much pollution is generated while road construction?
02:57 Steel slag roads and RAP roads in India
03:44 Natural aggregates required for road construction
04:53...
2023-06-2719 minThe Climapreneur ShowEP76-Dandi March For Climate Change: The Climapreneur ShowOn this week's Climapreneur show, we're joined by Dr Chetan Solanki AKA Solar Gandhi, the founder of Energy Swaraj Foundation ( @energyswaraj ). Dr Solanki is leading the world's longest solar march, which began on 15th August 2019 and is scheduled to end on 15th August 2030.
In this episode, we discuss Dr Solanki's history with climate change activism, the role of solar energy in the fight against climate change, and the importance of the Energy Swaraj in combating climate change. Dr Solanki is a powerful advocate for solar energy and his story is a testament to the power of solar and climate ch...
2023-06-2032 minThe Climapreneur ShowEP75-How Sustainable Nests Are Going To Save The Birds, ft. The Nest Man Rakesh KhatriWe're telling the story of Rakesh Khatri, the Nest Man of India. Rakesh ji is a pioneer in the development of sustainable nests for birds, and his story is an inspiring example of how one person can make a real difference in the environment.
Whether you're a bird lover or not, you'll want to watch this video! It tells the incredible story of Rakesh Khatri, the Nest Man of India, and his quest to develop sustainable nests that are environmentally friendly and useful for birds. By the end of the video, you'll have a better understanding of the Nest...
2023-06-1641 minThe Climapreneur ShowEP74- Water Management: The Key to Combating Climate Change"Get ready to join the conversation on Equitable Decarbonization with The Climapreneur™️ Show and the Institute for Sustainable Communities! This series is dedicated to exploring the intersection of climate action, energy, and environmental justice. With a focus on just transition and change-makers, this series will take you on a journey towards a greener future that is equitable for all. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to learn and engage in meaningful discussions on equitable decarbonization with The Climapreneur™️ Show and the Institute for Sustainable Communities"
Megha Nath- Institute for Sustainable Communities (https://sustain.org)
In this episode, Shweta Dalmia i...
2023-06-0540 minThe Climapreneur ShowEP73-Greening the Workforce: Innovative Cleantech Deployment for Equitable Green Jobs"Get ready to join the conversation on Equitable Decarbonization with The Climapreneur™️ Show and the Institute for Sustainable Communities! This series is dedicated to exploring the intersection of climate action, energy, and environmental justice. With a focus on just transition and change-makers, this series will take you on a journey towards a greener future that is equitable for all. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to learn and engage in meaningful discussions on equitable decarbonization with The Climapreneur™️ Show and the Institute for Sustainable Communities"
Megha Nath- Institute for Sustainable Communities (https://sustain.org)
In this episode, Shweta Dalmia i...
2023-05-2848 minThe Climapreneur ShowEP72-Financing the Future: Investing in Climate Tech"Get ready to join the conversation on Equitable Decarbonization with The Climapreneur™️ Show and the Institute for Sustainable Communities! This series is dedicated to exploring the intersection of climate action, energy, and environmental justice. With a focus on just transition and change-makers, this series will take you on a journey towards a greener future that is equitable for all. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to learn and engage in meaningful discussions on equitable decarbonization with The Climapreneur™️ Show and the Institute for Sustainable Communities"
Megha Nath- Institute for Sustainable Communities (https://sustain.org)
In this episode, Shweta Dalmia i...
2023-05-2141 minThe Climapreneur ShowEP71-Reviving Biofuel growth in India:Emerging Carbon Markets paving the way"Get ready to join the conversation on Equitable Decarbonization with The Climapreneur™️ Show and the Institute for Sustainable Communities! This series is dedicated to exploring the intersection of climate action, energy, and environmental justice. With a focus on just transition and change-makers, this series will take you on a journey towards a greener future that is equitable for all. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to learn and engage in meaningful discussions on equitable decarbonization with The Climapreneur™️ Show and the Institute for Sustainable Communities"
Megha Nath- Institute for Sustainable Communities (https://sustain.org)...
2023-05-1459 min
The Climapreneur ShowEP70-Potential of innovative technologies (like wind/ solar hybrid and green hydrogen) in India"Get ready to join the conversation on Equitable Decarbonization with The Climapreneur™️ Show and the Institute for Sustainable Communities! This series is dedicated to exploring the intersection of climate action, energy, and environmental justice. With a focus on just transition and change-makers, this series will take you on a journey towards a greener future that is equitable for all. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to learn and engage in meaningful discussions on equitable decarbonization with The Climapreneur™️ Show and the Institute for Sustainable Communities"
Megha Nath- Institute for Sustainable Communities (https://sustain.org)
In this episode, Shweta Dalmia i...
2023-05-0756 minThe Climapreneur ShowEP69-Fungus that cleans pollutants from petroleum industry -Treating petroleum contaminated soil -Principal scientists CSIR IIPResearchers at the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP), Dehradun, have identified a fungus capable of removing toxic, recalcitrant, and carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from the environment. The rapid pace of economic development and industrialisation has resulted in the release of several PAHs into the environment. The PAHs are ubiquitous environmental pollutants originating from multiple sources, including combustion of petrogenic fossil fuels, and incomplete incineration of municipal wastes and biomass.
Pyrene, possessing four benzene rings, belongs to the highly toxic class of PAHs, with carcinogenic and mutagenic properties. It gets lodged into the environmental matrices...
2023-04-3026 minThe Climapreneur ShowEP68-4 crore houses can save ₹4000 crore, reduce gas bills, save 0.35 million tonnes of C02 emissions-Pankaj Arya - Principal Scientist CSIR IIPCSIR - Indian Institute of Petroleum has developed a novel fuel-efficient domestic cooking burner with the financial support of PCRA (Petrol Conservative Research Association). The designed burner has improved performance and has an Energy Saving Potential of 20-25% compared to the in-use PNG stoves. Being dedicated to PNG use, it can replace 70 lakh in-use in-efficient PNG burners created by modifying LPG burners. The fuel saving will be worth Rs. 500 crore per annum for in-use PNG connections and an additional Rs. 4000 crore per annum for 4 crore targeted PNG connections in coming years. It can reduce 0.35 million tons of CO2 emissions...
2023-04-3024 minThe Climapreneur ShowEP67-BIO-GAS Renewable alternative to CNG. Compressed Bio Gas (CBG)- The Fuel of the Future- Scientists CSIR IIPBiogas is rapidly gaining importance in India's renewable energy basket as it has a favourable CO2 footprint. Biogas is formed by biological transformation of large variety of organic wastes. It primarily consists of Methane (CH4) : (55-65%) ; Carbon Dioxide (CO2) : (35-45%) ; Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) : (0-3%); Moisture (Saturated).
Biogas offers multi-prolonged benefits to society like-
1. Extraction of value from waste.
2. Reduction of imported fossil fuel
3. Safe and responsible disposal of bio-waste
4. Suitable for distribution as well as industrial scale production
5. Can tackle variety of municipal and industrial waste
6. Employment Generation.
However, the biogas needs to be up-graded (purified) to remove...
2023-04-3025 minThe Climapreneur ShowEP66- 'EVolev' - India's first digital platform for EV Trucks - Transforming Indian Logistics Industry- Arham Partap Jain -TRUCKNETICTRUCKNETIC recently launches India’s First Digital EV Truck Platform, ‘EVolev’
Chapters-
0:00 - Coming Up
2:13- India’s trucking market is expected to grow over 4x by 2050
3:00- Launch of National Logistics Policy by PM Narendra Modi
3:50- Making Trucking Sustainable with AI & Machine Learning - Reducing cost of logistics in India
4:51 - Truck driver- one of the most Difficult Job & how will Zero Emission Trucks transform the lives of truck drivers?
11:06 - How is Trucknetic reducing diesel consumption with increased asset utilisation?
12:54- Promoting CNG trucks for intra-city movements. Fleet owners getting existing trucks modified.
13:50- India's First Digital pl...
2023-04-3048 minThe Climapreneur ShowEP65-Improved Jaggery Making Plant “Gur Bhatti” - Reviving the agro-based cottage industry of rural India-Scientists CSIR IIPAgriculture and agro-based cottage industries are the lifeline of the rural economy, however, the modernization of rural industries through scientific intervention is the biggest challenge to rural growth. CSIR-IIP’s Improved Jaggery Making Plant “Gur Bhatti” is a step towards reviving the agro-based cottage industry of rural India. The technology can not only improve the productivity of ‘Gur” making but also reduce emissions. The technology has offered new employment opportunities to rural masses and additional income to existing plant owners who implement this technology.
Advantages of this technology are: - 20% reduction in fuel consumption, 15% increase in daily Gur production capacity...
2023-04-3020 minThe Climapreneur ShowEP64-Research-Development-Deployment of Sustainable Aviation Fuel India- Dr. AK Sinha Scientist CSIR, Indian Institute of Petroleum
Will you believe us if we tell you that PLANES can now fly fossil fuel free?
In this episode, we speak with Indian Scientist from CSIR, Indian Institute of Petroleum- Dr. AK Sinha. Dr. Sinha along with his team of scientists have developed a home-grown technology to produce bio-jet fuel. The produced bio-jet fuel has been formally approved for use on military aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF).
Earlier on 26 Jan 19, an AN-32 aircraft, filled with blended bio-jet fuel, had flown over Raj Path at New Delhi during the Republic Day celebrations. Thereafter, the performance and reliability of...
2023-04-3025 minThe Climapreneur ShowEP63-Capture of CARBON DIOXIDE and its conversion to CHEMICALS and FUELS- effective for CO2 mitigation- Scientist, CSIR IIP
C02 is a greenhouse gas and its concentration in the air is increasing continuously causing Global Warming. The capture of C02 and its conversion to chemicals and fuels is recognised as one of the most effective option for CO2 mitigation. They are using carbon dioxide as a carbon resource. Converting carbon dioxide to value added chemicals.
With their process, they have been able to replaced carbon monoxide used in acetic acid production with carbon dioxide and converting it into acetic acid. Carbon Dioxide is an extremely stable molecule, its activation requires a lot of energy, however in their approach...
2023-04-3015 minThe Climapreneur ShowEP62-Scientists and farmers making "Biodiesel" – Towards AtmaNirbhar Bharat - FIELD TO FUEL-Scientist, CSIR IIP
In today's episode we speak with an eminent scientist Dr. Neeraj Atray on how he is working towards building an AtmaNirbhar Bharat. Where India is not dependent on any foreign country for crude oil imports rather India can export to the rest of the world. Tune in to hear, how they are actively working on improving India's Energy Security & Access while decarbonising India's energy footprint.
The best part is how are farmers are not only ANNADATA now but also URJADATA.
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2023-04-3027 minThe Climapreneur ShowEP61-Scientists converting diesel & gasoline cars into Electric powered on 100% RENEWABLE GRID-Scientist, CSIR IIP
The exhaust emissions of the conventional Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles are the major source of air pollution in the cities. Use of ICE vehicles aggravates the depletion of global oil deposits, environmental and health issues. To realize a low-carbon society, electric vehicles are becoming more popular. Electric vehicles (EVs) offer an alternative to hybrid and conventional vehicles by using electric motor drive without diesel / petrol consumption.
Ft. Ms. Poonam Gupta & Dr. Robindro Lairenlakpam - Scientists CSIR Indian Institute of Petroleum
A prototype of EV Retrofit kit has been developed for conversion of existing diesel/gasoline small cars into...
2023-04-3035 minThe Climapreneur ShowEP60-Climate Optimist & a conscious travelpreneur - Aakash Ranison
Aakash Ranison is an avid, responsible traveller who documents and advocates sustainable living.He has also published a book—Climate Change Explained: For One and All. A conscious travelpreneur who earn while traveling sustainably. However, Aakash journey wasn't easy. Tune in to know why did he change his surname from Mishra to Rani ka Beta- Aakash Ranison. How Swami Vivekananda, Bhagat Singh and Dalai Lama became his teachers. It's an optimist's take on climate change while traveling consciously with empathy as a core value.
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#ecotourism #tourism #temple #nature #en...
2023-04-3032 minThe Climapreneur ShowEP59- The first in India to get lithium ion batteries for E-Rickshaws- Trontek
TRONTEK - India’s Leading EV Battery Manufacturer. Trontek is the first battery maker to get AIS-156 certification for its range of EV batteries. Driven by a customer-first approach, Trontek is transitioning to produce an entire range of LFP batteries for electric two-wheelers. As electric two-wheelers are powering the e-mobility adoption in the country, Trontek's primary objective is to provide safer and better-performing products to this segment of EVs.
Ft. Samrath Kochar , Managing Director Trontek Electronics Pvt. Ltd.
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2023-01-1936 min
The Climapreneur ShowImproving India's Energy Security & Access while decarbonising India's Energy footprint/Climapreneur/EP58How can a simple lubricant change be the first line of defence for climate change ? How can a simple burner change have a huge climate impact? When will all Indian flights fly on sustainable aviation fuel? What is sustainable aviation fuel? How many litres of this fuel will be produced from India's first being set up? Can this fuel be used with the existing flights with no changes? How are people in Manipur retrofitting their older cars with electric motors? How is waste cooking oil being converted to biodiesel and wait, is this plant coming in the parliament house...
2023-01-1055 min
The Climapreneur ShowI didn't had a financial background to deploy lot of capital/Climapreneur/EP57Zypp Electric provides a sustainable delivery method to various e-commerce businesses with their fleet of electric scooters. Zypp Electric India’s Leading Tech-Enabled EV-as-a-Service platform, founded in 2017 with a Mission Zero Emission and to make India carbon-free by using an ecosystem of Electric Vehicles and EV based technology to make last mile logistics sustainable and emission free. Zypp Electric's business model is to make carbon-free last-mile delivery for local merchants to e-commerce giants to delivery executives and thereby reduce delivery cost and pollution on an asset light model. The company currently delivers groceries, medicines, food, e-commerce packages from point A...
2022-12-2541 min
The Climapreneur ShowRewarding Climate Action/Climapreneur/EP56Clima.Jo is a platform that brings together some of the most vital ingredients to help people act on climate change, with the focus on the following major tracks: Informative Content, Community, Sustainable Solutions, and a Rewards Mechanism. They are also building a infrastructure to help businesses communicate their sustainability credentials to their stakeholders - consumers and regulators.Tune in as we speak with Dr. Ankit Srivastava, Co-founder & CEO of Clima Jo on his journey of building Clima.jo , rewarding climate action and helping businesses communicate their sustainability credentials to their stakeholders.https://www.climajoapp.c...
2022-12-1833 min
The Climapreneur ShowCardiologist cleaning air: turning pollutants into magnets. Climapreneur/EP55Dr. Srikanth Sola is an eminent cardiologist who has, for over several decades, treated thousands of heart patients both in the US (Cleveland Clinic) as well as in India (Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences). It was back in 2008 when he moved back to India to serve the poor that he saw that air pollution was causing millions of deaths to young and healthy people. This motivated him to work towards alleviating the root cause – air pollution.With his vast exposure to bio-medical engineering, he began researching the possibilities of mitigating ambient air pollution using dif...
2022-12-1138 min
The Climapreneur ShowFirst Ink made from Air Pollution/ Climapreneur/EP54They are turning #airpollution into Ink Solution. Pollutants which could have otherwise been in the lungs of millions of people are now beautifully resting as art, featuring in the work of more than a thousand artists like Doodle Man, Christian Furr, Karatoes, Imagine and others.They have designed proprietary technology to sequester PM 2.5 and PM 10 emissions (PM Air Pollution). AIR - INK®- Ink made from upcycled carbon emissions - it is black, carbon negative, and directly usable in existing production lines. How with their recycling technology they built a business model that has never be...
2022-12-1148 min
The Climapreneur ShowHeadphones, Shoes, Earphones, Grass- converted into Fuel Climapreneur/EP53Landfills and waste in general is a huge challenge in India and world-wide. Huge waste islands are being created. Will you believe us if we tell you that landfills can disappear with her climate solution. With her technology any kind of waste can be converted into fuel with Nil CO2 emissions and no post process residues. Featuring Charmaine Fernandes Sharma, who has built ZERO-RESIDUE WASTE CONVERSION PLANTS - Made in India technology for complete and environmentally safe conversion of mixed waste !But when we have the solution, why are facing the challenge to...
2022-11-2745 min
The Climapreneur ShowFrom College Project To A Global Brand: P-Tal - The Revival Of a Dying Craft form Climapreneur/EP52“Some dreams are far-fetched but if you really go far with your efforts then you can definitely fetch them and turn into reality,” says the co-founder of P-Tal.in, Aditya Agrarwal. P-Tal is a start-up by Aditya Agrawal with his co-founder Kirti Goel and Gaurav Garg, that aims at reviving the dying craft form of the indigenous Thathera community of Jandiala Guru, Amritsar, who have the distinction of practising India’s only UNESCO listed craftform. The journey of building this global brand definitely wasn't easy. What did it take to build P-tal, to gain the trust o...
2022-11-1957 min
The Climapreneur ShowDrinking water from air? Saving 100 l Ground Water Everyday. Ft. Swapnil Shrivastav/ClimapreneurEP51Today, many sectors are in the midst of a renewable revolution – like solar PV and wind help us go renewable in the electricity sector. Water sector is surprisingly left out. Uravu is bridging this gap by bringing a revolution with 100% Renewable Water. Uravu produces 100% Renewable Water flexibly and 24×7. Powered by Solar heat, Powered by Waste-heat of industries, Powered by Biomass waste. Uravu’s solution improves access to high quality drinking water and creates measurable impact. 100% Renewable Water empowers climate conscious brands & industriesBut what is 100% "Renewable Water" ? Is it from Science Fiction? What did it take...
2022-11-1154 min
The Climapreneur Show#Ep50 Helping 5 lakh people breathe clean air everyday Ft. Aayush Jha & Udayan Banerjee#airpollution is a big concern and specially these days more specifically in Delhi. Most of the times we read news, articles, experience the deteriorating health due to air pollution, express discomfort but imagine if we tell you, you have all the power, all the courage you need to convert to try to do something that you and people around you don't have to face it. Sounds like a dream🤔? Sounds Impossible? Trust me it's not! These entrepreneurs are daily helping 5 lakh people breathe cleaner air. In this podcast we speak with Aayush and Udayan, the founde...
2022-11-0251 min
The Climapreneur Show#49 Grow & Scale your D2C : Sustainable, Eco-friendly brand | Ft. Arjun VaidyaHow do you grow and scale your D2C sustainable brand? What kind of strategies should you use? How do you build the right team? What is the right way to reach out to the investors? If you want to build say a 50 crore brand in revenue, what are some absolutely important steps which you cannot miss? Tune in find all the answers as we speak with Arjun VaidyaArjun is a D2C founder & investor. He built Dr. Vaidya’s to India’s largest Ayurveda brand online. The brand was acquired by RP Sanjiv Goenk...
2022-10-2937 min
The Climapreneur Show#48 Support Climate Innovators to reach Net Zero | Ft. Akhilesh Magal & Nalin AgarwalIs Climate finance the biggest opportunity of our times? What role does climate startups and innovators play in the growth of Indian Economy? Is the unavailability or inability to access the climate tech capital stopping the future growth for innovators? Does the growth of climate startups go beyond finance? Is there a need for non-financial ecosystems in various parts of the country to support climate startups and innovators? Tune in find all the answers as we speak with Akhilesh Magal , Founder Climate Dot and Nalin Agarwal , Partner Climate Collective | Climate Seeds FundA joint report r...
2022-09-2550 min
The Climapreneur Show#47 Reuse is the most environment friendly way. We just have to figure out how to make it work. | Shashwat GangwalWith the growing demand of food delivery, and hence the growing order volume, there was a lot of single use plastic waste generated, which wasn't collected back and probably landfilled or burnt. So Infinity Box is aimed at creating a REUSE platform for not just food delivery, but for any quick commerce delivery today. So we want to reuse the resources that have already been utilized in creating different products like plastic containers to use for delivering food over and over again, and ensure that they're completely recyclable at their end of life, so that we can create...
2022-09-1727 min
The Climapreneur Show#46 When everything around you is getting tougher, the human body and mind also has to get tougher.When everything around you is getting tougher, the human body and mind also has to get tougher. While we're hoping that things in the world, at the level of nature , at the level of climate gets better, because we're not going to last very long if things don't get better. But the point is, in the meantime, we make our body strong. We work on our immune system, stronger liver, stronger kidneys, stronger lungs, stronger hearts, stronger minds, and all of that is done through lifestyle.Luke CoutinhoLuke Coutinho, practices in the field...
2022-08-2326 min
The Climapreneur Show#45 If you're going to create another data point and say you're changing the world, it's an escape mechanism.I think you have to change the composition of the atmosphere. You can't do that with words, you can only do it by actually changing the composition of the atmosphere. And you're going to use scientific principles and implement hardware and chemistry and biology at scale to make it happen. Data doesn't solve problems, data points to problems, hardware solves problems. Without hardware, without science, and without implementation of biology at scale, climate change is not going to be solved. You can put out as many satellites as you want, and you can build as many API's on climate...
2022-07-1645 min
The Climapreneur Show#44 Including EVs in the Reserve Bank of India’s priority sector lending , Role of Indian Financial Institutions in Boosting EV Adoption, Financing Challenges EV startups faces in India.In this episode we speak with Bharat Moossaddee , Former CFO Mahindra & Mahindra about Including EVs in the Reserve Bank of India’s priority sector lending , Role of Indian Financial Institutions in Boosting EV Adoption, Financing Challenges EV startups faces in India."The Government of India has done a number of things to support this EV growth and we have seen this over the last one decade. But so far the financial institutions have not really come to the party as much as we would like from an industry perspective. So, the entire thing is either fu...
2022-07-1042 min
The Climapreneur Show#43 When you start your sustainability journey, then don't feel overwhelmedWhen you start your sustainability journey, then don't feel overwhelmed. You only can judge your sustainability journey and you only can improve by learning from your own mistakes. In my journey, most challenging part was to push myself , mummy used to see the compost and say, what are you doing, there will be flies in house and she saw the bio enzyme, it has a white layer of yeast on bio enzyme and she was like don't do it. When I shared the idea of composting with my husband, he said no, we don't want to do it...
2022-06-3043 min
The Climapreneur Show#42 The power of Augmented Reality- Puppets and Animation to communicate climate action."The main characteristic of Priya and the challenge that she always overcomes in the comic is overcoming fear. Fear is the one thing that I noticed a lot of survivors have to overcome, in order to get to the point of understanding and healing. And that's what Priya really emphasises and even emphasises, in this comic book about climate change, our fear of this overwhelming problem should not stop us from taking action. " - Ram Devineni "Any kind of oppression or injustice usually involves trying to make the victims feel like they're alone. And so, so many d...
2022-06-2539 min
The Climapreneur Show#41 We wanted to create the value not the valuation part | ExterWe are wanting to accelerate that shift in the mindset of the people to choose electric mobility as a prime source of mobility. We have collaborated with multiple electric two wheeler manufacturers, and in our portal exter.in , we would be selling scooters from multi brand OEMs without batteries. If you come to our portal, you can find, compare and buy two wheelers without battery and just subscribe to our battery as a service, allowing you to offset the cost of ownership. These batteries would also be backed by our swapping network. We will be setting up about 50 swapping...
2022-05-3145 min
The Climapreneur Show#40 If you believe in your product, your patience multiplies. You want to stick with it for longer | The Climapreneur ShowIf you believe in your product, your patience multiplies. You want to stick with it for longer. So one order, no order, zero order, we had nothing to lose, we had only one thing, that was to just grow. That was the idea that we cannot go beyond zero order. I mean, we cannot go negative, right?One thing that we were certain of is the products that we were trying to sell, and we are still selling the products that people need in their life. And now there is a huge gap in terms of brands not...
2022-05-271h 08
The Climapreneur Show#39 We have all the ingredients to effect action for climate change more than we had ever before | The Climapreneur ShowWe are one of the third largest startup ecosystem in the world. But more importantly, in the last four years, or five years, we have risen from a global innovation index of 81, to a position of 46. Now, that's an amazing growth. But I personally believe that we are in India, because of the focus on education that we have had, 1.4 million schools, 10,500 engineering institutions, 39,000 colleges, and 150 million young students entering into the workplace. And we have the need, the need for innovation, and the need for entrepreneurship. So we need climapreneur, climate entrepreneur, we need people who are going t...
2022-05-1735 min
The Climapreneur Show#38 I am willing to push beyond what I think is possible for me | The Climapreneur ShowI started with a podcast where I interviewed my, my dad and stepmom, and you can say, at that very beginning that first journey, well, you're not really doing anything. I mean, you're just talking, you're recording a call with your family. This is very cliche, but you know, a 1000 mile journey starts with a single step. The point is that, I started with that call, and then a second call recording podcast recording, then a third and then eventually, it turned into 80. And in the meantime, we had started this Instagram thing and every single time you take...
2022-05-0938 min
The Climapreneur Show#37 Why are you not doing the climate? Why are you working on anything else? | The Climapreneur ShowWhat are you doing? Why are you not doing the climate? Why are you working on anything else?This is the first time in my career that I am seeing profit and purpose being connected so obviously together. You literally have a civilisation scale crisis married to the idea that the next 1000 unicorns will come from this sector. Anshuman Bapna | Founder Terra.doTerra's mission is to get 100M people to work on solving climate change by 2030. Terra.do is an online school for anyone who wants to work on solving c...
2022-04-1842 min
The Climapreneur Show#36 We realised that because we had this emotional connect with the problem, we could solve it. | The Climapreneur ShowSustainability, it's not only about using sustainable materials, it's about using sustainable manufacturing practices, about promoting all round development, trying to impact lives in in a larger way.At Kosha Yoga Co. they honour Ahimsa or non violence, by making products that cause least harm to the planet and its people. From their range of buttR Yoga apparel that is made from regenerated ghost fishing nets to their meditation accessories made from production leftovers, dead-stock & over-ordered fabrics which are creatively re-used to make beautiful meditation cushions and eye-pillows with the expertise of local artisans living in Dharavi...
2022-03-2352 min
The Climapreneur Show#35 They smile, even with those limited resources, when they are not sure about the next meal| The Climapreneur ShowIf you if you volunteer for a plogging drive like a beach cleanliness drive or a mountain trail, trash cleanliness drive, you will have to bend down maybe 3000 times or at least a few 100 times in an hour to pick trash and just once if you do that no matter what demographic do you come from which part of the society, you will never throw trash again. Similarly, if you volunteer with any nonprofit, there are at least 1000 of them doing very good work in the remote areas of India. If you volunteer with them for any cause, especially...
2022-02-2545 min
The Climapreneur Show#34 Any new technology has to transform the lives of people | Mahesh Babu | | The Climapreneur ShowSo we have to work on democratising this zero carbon emissions, it's not that I need to buy a 300 kilometre car. Mahesh, the country has to make Mahesh step into shared mobility bus and take a last mile mobility to office and so on so forth. When that happens in India, I think our task of achieving democratising zero carbon mobility in India has happened.Mahesh Babu | CEO Switch Mobility India | COO Switch Mobility https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahesh-babu-24496632/Mr. Babu has over 25 years of experience in mobility and is the...
2022-02-0537 min
The Climapreneur Show#33 So didn't get the opportunity to even pitch the product , pitch the brand and you go again, you do this again | Aditya Ruia | The Climapreneur ShowCan we give people the power, the consumers the power to make a difference, and they already had the power. We are just giving them access to the right products, the right solutions for them, and build value across the entire supply chain.Aditya Ruia | Co-founder BecoBeco: https://letsbeco.comConnect with us-Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/climapreneur/?hl=enYoutube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_NmS_BHo7G_tiE4XDPH9QSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4GMQ8y88tmrjm8...
2022-01-2529 min
The Climapreneur Show#33 I think we had like about 50 Co-founders, if I can say so. | Aditya Ruia | The Climapreneur ShowCan we give people the power, the consumers the power to make a difference, and they already had the power. We are just giving them access to the right products, the right solutions for them, and build value across the entire supply chain.Aditya Ruia | Co-founder BecoBeco: https://letsbeco.comConnect with us-Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/climapreneur/?hl=enYoutube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_NmS_BHo7G_tiE4XDPH9QSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4GMQ8y88tmrjm8...
2022-01-0929 min
The Climapreneur Show#32 The first batch order was 30 composters and all of them had a mistake. | Poonam Bir Kasturi | The Climapreneur ShowI knew there was a need, and I knew that need would come.And working with compost has really taught me a lot. It satisfies my inner sense of understanding this life, and it's impermanence, and it's regeneration, and it's amazingly connected intelligence.Poonam Bir Kasturi | Founder Daily DumpDaily Dump : https://www.dailydump.orgConnect with us-Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/climapreneur/?hl=enYoutube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_NmS_BHo7G_tiE4XDPH9Q
2022-01-0728 min
The Climapreneur Show#31 I realised, if I have to be successful, I have to give it time. | Goutam Surana | The Climapreneur ShowWe have conserved more than 35,000 Crore litres of water. For me the challenge was doing something which was unconventional. Like we, conserving water. So my parents' business was in hardware and you know, construction, and I was talking about not continuing that and I was talking about conserving water. And that too, in a new city with a totally new set of clients. Totally the business model itself was very different. Goutam Surana | Founder ECO365ECO365 : https://www.eco365.co.inConnect with us-In...
2021-12-2134 min
The Climapreneur Show#30 Everyday is awful and Everyday is amazing | Shaan Lalwani | The Climapreneur ShowBut I'll be honest, at that moment, it feels awful. Like, you feel like you're at rock bottom, you feel like Oh, my God, I'm going to shut down. What do I do? Like, how do I solve this? Oh, God, everything is crashing, and you just have to get through that crash. There's no way to not feel that crash. There are days where you get zero sales. And then the next day, you’ll get so many that you're like I'm out of stock. Shaan Lalwani | Founder Coco CustoCoco Custo was founded on...
2021-12-0724 min
The Climapreneur Show#29 I think the second big challenge was to accept that this is possible. | Meenakshi Kishore | The Climapreneur ShowIt's actually the farmer who can lead climate change, and he can be the climate warrior instead of being the victim of climate change and that's where I think the conversation should kind of head towards and realise why and how the farmer can play a huge role in building this journey towards sustainability in contributing in a quick change. When I think about it, I think sustainability can be far quicker to achieve if we have farmers on board. Meenakshi Kishore | Founder of Advait Living FarmsMeenakshi Kishore is a practitioner and founder of...
2021-11-2246 min
The Climapreneur Show#28 I was very alone in what I was going to pursue | Kerry Bannigan | The Climapreneur ShowAnd so I think when you look to come into the space, if it overwhelms you when you think, but I don't have an idea for a solution, we don't just need the solution providers, we need the solution amplifies the solution funders. And the solution enhancers, because that's how this is going to drive us to where we need to go, we're going to reach a point where there can't be any more new business models to consider, we really need to start collaborating and supporting those that exist, and that we know can drive the change. It's...
2021-11-0635 min
The Climapreneur Show#27 There were so many times that I just thought I just can't do this anymore | Karen Thomas | The Climapreneur ShowI literally did not have a choice about building it because I'm an empath, I could feel everybody else's pain and their struggles. And I had to do something that was going to help and I didn't really know at the time what that was going to be but I just had to and because it was burning into my soul. It was just so heartbreaking to see everybody struggle. And so I knew I had to do something.Karen Thomas | Founder KindShop.co.ukKind Shop is an ethical store supporting kind entrepreneurs making...
2021-10-2052 min
The Climapreneur Show#26 I think that more influencers need to like step out of their comfort zone | Sonya Vajifdar | The Climapreneur ShowLike, it's everyone's inner battles that they're going through. And I mean, I had a really really tough time even not only with viewers , like with my family, I mean, how do you suddenly tell people or stores. There are store owners who meet me now and they are like, oh, we've not had a collection from you for so long. And I'm like, Yeah, I stopped. Then it's like, Oh, my God, you've stopped, you know, like, something must have gone wrong. So it's, honestly, it's been a long journey. And it's a lot to do with my...
2021-10-0148 min
The Climapreneur Show#25 Being a regenerative business is beyond sustainability | Russ Avery & Tim Brown | The Climapreneur Show"Social media was an absolute game changer for the whole marketing world for the fact that it's essentially free. A free way to reach millions of people was unheard of before the internet and social media arrived."Russ Avery & Tim Brown | Founders Avery & BrownAvery & Brown , a digital marketing agency which puts people and planet on par with profit. We help ambitious, sustainability- focused businesses to overcome their marketing challenges and exceed their aspirations for growth. (Source : https://www.averyandbrown.com)Avery & BrownWebsite: https://www.averyandbrown.c...
2021-09-2044 min
The Climapreneur Show#24 Just take that step, take one step, do it and even if it makes a very small difference, it makes a difference | Pallavi Utagi | The Climapreneur Show"My family would often say, why are you doing this? You know, fully out of a concern for me saying, you know, don't do this. It's way too hard. Why do you want to put yourself through it? Do it after your baby is let's say 10 years old, 12 years old. Or generally, you know you have a decent paying job and why do you want to put yourself through this? A lot of them. Ofcourse, there were also the people who would say that this category won't work. Who does that? When you have disposables, why would someone wash...
2021-09-0829 min
The Climapreneur Show#23 And this is the way we're going to together overcome this challenge | Tim Christophersen | The Climapreneur Show"We have to give nature the space to restore herself and in that process also restore our own relationship with nature, because that is really the fundamental question at the heart of this UN Decade ".Tim Christophersen | Coordinator UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 and Head of Nature for Climate UN Environment Programme (UNEP)Connect with us-Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/climapreneur/?hl=enYoutube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_NmS_BHo7G_tiE4XDPH9QSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4...
2021-09-0133 min2021-08-2228 min
The Climapreneur Show#22 This is not just a matter of gender, this is a matter of diversity | Antoinette Vermilye | The Climapreneur Show"Reach out to your girlfriends, to your sisters, to the sisterhood, because I could not have done this alone. It's radical collaboration. It is people getting together about something that they believe in, and working from different angles"Antoinette Vermilye | Co-founder Gallifrey Foundation | She Changes ClimateIn 2020, SHEChangesClimate was founded by Antoinette Vermilye, Bianca Pitt and Elise Buckle, with the aim to bring diversity and inclusiveness, transparency and accountability to the COP negotiations on Climate Change. They are currently on getting COP26 to achieve a 50:50 split of men and women in all their diversity in...
2021-08-1438 min
The Climapreneur Show#21 Purpose for me is to live life with intent | Prateek Gupte | The Climapreneur ShowCreate those little small milestones for yourself that okay, Just this week, I will talk to two suppliers. Just this week, I will try and make a bottle design. Just this week, I will maybe just learn a little bit about e commerce and I think, focus on the short term goals. And just take those baby steps and one foot in front of the other, you start making progress.Restore is a unique marketplace. What we do is, is a marketplace that reuses packaging, and so customers can order online from our store. And we have...
2021-07-3037 min
The Climapreneur Show#20 We all need to work as one team | Elise Buckle | The Climapreneur ShowI think we just move ahead by lifting each other, helping each other. And, yes, so not be focused just on your own journey and your own success, but also building success for others, because it will actually carry you further as a collective effort. Always focus on the positive things that are happening in the world on the positive people and that's what will give you energy to continue.Elise Buckle is the Director of Climate & Sustainability; Municipale/ Deputy Mayor in charge of Energy & HR for the city of Nyon, Switzerland. She has been working in...
2021-07-1840 min
The Climapreneur Show#19 You have to enjoy it, you have to live in the present as well, but also make sure that you have enough plans for the future | L Nitin Chordia | The Climapreneur ShowAnd a good cocoa farm, if it's well managed, doesn't have to have any additional inputs other than water. So that way our opportunity was and our thought was, if this can happen at the farm, why cannot be replicated in the chocolate, so that the customer can experience the same level of circular economy or the same level of sustainability and recyclability in the final product. And fortunately for us, it worked. You know, fortunately, we were able to put things in perspective and take it forward all the way to chocolate. So, because I think we took...
2021-06-2857 min
The Climapreneur Show#18 The thing with startup, the thing with entrepreneurship is that once you get into it, you learn everything | Nitika Sonkhiya | The Climapreneur ShowIt was not a very smooth switch. My parents are not very comfortable with me leaving a job. I was also myself very scared. Because this was the first time I was doing it. I had no experience in the past of starting a venture or being into business, so there was a lot of fear, But you know once you get into it. Shifting from a corporate job to a startup, there is a fear, but there is no looking back then. Once you are into the startup, once you are an entrepreneur, it's even tougher you go...
2021-06-0524 min
The Climapreneur Show#17 I was driven by my calling, and my purpose propelled me to take that decision |Barkha Bhatnagar Das|Greendigo| The Climapreneur Show"But, you know, I was driven by my calling, and my purpose propelled me to take that decision. So while I was still working, you know, my co founder, and I decided to start with our research, because, you know, I've always wanted to do something that moves the needle on living sustainably, while my co founder had faced a problem firsthand, you know, with finding organic cotton clothing for her daughter in India. Our cause is to make products that are safe for the health of people and the planet. We are a purpose driven business and stay...
2021-05-2239 min
The Climapreneur Show#16 Change is possible and it is easy| Anuradha Parekh |Co founder, The Better India, The Better Home| The Climapreneur Show with Shweta Dalmia"The fact that almost 200 million people read the content of The Better India every month, really inspires me, it shows me that there is so much passion and interest in people to make a difference. The fact after reading the stories, people don't stop there, but go out and seek ways to help, to contribute, to volunteer to grow, to learn, to teach, and in 1000 different ways to change the status quo. This is really what inspires me. And the fact that over 40,000 Indians from all over the country from over 400 cities and towns and villages in India have...
2021-05-0843 min
The Climapreneur Show# 15 This is my life, I can do much more | Bhavini Parikh | Bunko Junko | The Climapreneur Show“And all of a sudden, I was getting so many awards, so many recognitions and all of that. So I'm so happy about that. But before receiving this award. The importance for me is awareness. I'm creating awareness in the world people are coming with another view of the upcycled things and women empowerment and all the things. So, they relate Bunko Junko with all these things, you know, and that is the recognition, this is not only the Bhavini’s recognition. This is the recognition of upcycling, environmental sustainability, and women empowerment all the women who are working. It’s...
2021-04-1733 min
The Climapreneur Show#14 If you have self belief, then even others will start believing in it | Kirti Poonia | The Climapreneur Show with Shweta Dalmia"And we were, I think, just about 350 women back then. And now at the start of COVID, we were 2300 women. And now by the time COVID is ending or this year is ending, we are 24,000 women now. So this is really the impact of Okhai. The truth of the proposition of this business is that women work from home, and they work on embroidery and craft, and people from all across the world are able to purchase those on Okhai, and knowing exactly where it's coming from knowing the name of the artisan who's making it, knowing and seeing h...
2021-04-0536 min
The Climapreneur Show#13 An individual regardless of where you are, have the power within him or her to bring change in his or her own way. | Dr Richard Munang | The Climapreneur Show with Shweta Dalmia“Unless people become selfless unless people become purposeful, we might never be able to solve this monumental challenge of climate change and the best way to do so now is to start inspiring people because we have a big inspiration gap, we have a big passion gap and I always say this if you have passionless people, and you give them resources nothing will ever be achieved.If you have one passionate and dedicated human being, that one passionate and dedicated human being can do what 27 million people can never do “Dr. Richard Muna...
2021-03-1939 min
The Climapreneur Show#12 "Will people like the product? Is the pricing okay? I wanted to be a part of the solution." Sahar Mansoor | The Climapreneur Show with Shweta DalmiaThe Climapreneur Show with Shweta Dalmia“Will people like the product? Is the pricing okay? How will I raise money? I have gone through at least 200 failed pitches. I wanted to be a part of the solution. Any dream is a dreamable dream and that is what I love about the Bare Necessities team.” Sahar MansoorSahar and Tim have written this amazing book “Bare Necessities: How to Live a Zero-Waste Life Book”, which will guide you in your zero-waste journey, helping you take your first step.https://barenecessities.in/products/bare-necessities-how-to-live-a-zero-waste-life-book?_pos=5&_sid=1b59...
2021-03-1323 min
The Climapreneur Show#11"Sustainable Fashion is not like one single agenda, it’s more to do with your mindset change and I think it’s more like a spiritual change" Vino Supraja| The Climapreneur Show with Shweta Dalmia“Sustainable Fashion is not like one single agenda, it’s more to do with your mindset change and I think it’s more like a spiritual change”- Vino SuprajaVino Supraja is an eminent Fashion designer-driven and fuelled by a high passion for the fashion industry. Vino Supraja after graduating from a French fashion school IFA Paris in Shanghai, China went forward with three years of intense training from French Fashion Couture professionals. “PATANG“, her Graduation collection, walked the ramp in Shanghai Fashion Week 2014. Apart from winning the prestigious Golden Laureate Award from IFA Paris, she w...
2021-02-1736 min
The Climapreneur Show#10 I think everybody can be their own hero in their own stories|Dr. Shambavi Rajagopal, Founder Save Scrap and Sew| The Climapreneur Show | Episode 10“So, I remember those initial posts, where I would be like its holiday but please do try to remember that the landfill is getting filled and the earth is our mother. Post like that, asking people for their time. And I am very glad, that I have come to a point, telling people okay, you have done your bit, take care of your family also, it's amazing because what the buddies started doing was, their children were studying, so they want to accompany them, they will do some cutting, sorting, stitching. One of the things which I always met wi...
2021-02-0436 min
The Climapreneur Show#09 How sustainable living can help underprivileged children| Shreya Jain| Founder Organic Swathes| The Climapreneur ShowShreya is an upcoming climapreneur, all set to make her way into the world of sustainable fashion. She is with us to talk about her Galgota campaign. Shreya is the founder of organic swathes. "The world I visualize is green, organic, ethical, clean. From art to fashion and design, sustainability is my guideline. Nature – it's bountiful…so why look elsewhere, really? When I look at my brand, natural is all I want it to be. Onion peels, cinnamon spice all things from the earth are nice, And that’s how I make my dyes. So our planet doesn’t p...
2021-01-2411 min
The Climapreneur Show#08 Entrepreneurial journey of Utkarsh Biradar and Ganesh Balakrishnan, Founders, Flatheads| The Climapreneur Show“Which is when we kicked our entrepreneurial journey. It has been a fantastic journey so far; you know realizing that objective of getting your hands dirty and building something from scratch. We have done that with MOMOE and now we are doing with FLATHEADS. I would say, very simple, when you are trying to be an entrepreneur, learn as much as possible from people around you. And that’s the journey we are poised for in the next decade, we are incredibly privileged to be a part of that and you will see how this will pan out in the...
2021-01-2450 min
The Climapreneur Show#07 Claire Matz , A climapreneur, Social media expert, helping other climapreneurs grow using the power of Social Media| Founder ,The Social Palm | The Climapreneur Show“I started in the world of social media just for fun personally. How can you take what you are already doing in social media and use is for companies whose projects you believe in and you can really help to then help more people on a bigger scale There is nothing better than entrepreneurship because you are just learning all the time? It’s just a constant learning curve. And for me, I am not a sustainability expert, I am not you know, an eco-professional, but even just a consumer myself as a person, I wanted to do better, I wa...
2021-01-0851 min
The Climapreneur Show#06 Maria Vasco, Founder Uvida, Boston's first zero waste shop| The Climapreneur Show with Shweta DalmiaMaria, “And I was like, that one thing that I am passionate about, I don’t see people doing this, but everyone is doing everything else. Maybe this is for me, that I am going to start and that is what pushed me. My biggest learning from my journey is like I can’t just stop. I can’t stop because my body and brain won’t let me. I feel good about what I am doing. I feel like I am leaving a positive impact on this world, I am inspiring generations, I am inspiring people older and younger an...
2020-12-3035 min
The Climapreneur Show#05 Kirti Sharma, Founder Kiraas, MBBS student, a 21 year old Climapreneur |The Climapreneur Show| Episode 5Kirti Sharma, founder of Kiraas. An MBBS student. Kirti is an inspirational individual. It's incredible the way she is managing both Kiraas and MBBS. She talks about Kiraas, her journey, her own experiences. She talks about learning new things on her way. She created Kiraas from her own savings. There is so much to learn from her.She inspires us and makes us believe if you want to follow your passion, your dreams. There are no excuses! Absolutely no excuses.KiraasInstagram- https://www.instagram.com/simply_kiraas/Connect with us-
2020-12-1633 min
The Climapreneur Show#04 Masu Living, India's first 100% natural and organic yoga products brand | Shikha Singla | The Climapreneur Show Episode 4Masu Living, India's first 100% natural and organic yoga products brand. Shikha Singla is the founder of MasuLiving. It is inspirational how while finding a solution for herself self she created a solution for all. The solution is for everyone in the true sense. The solution includes the planet. She started her own line of natural plant-based yoga products. The journey with Masu si beautiful. How Yoga helped her in her journey is amazing."Minimalism is something that we need to adopt. With new brands coming up, sustainable products becoming accessible it's great. It’s great for all of...
2020-11-2624 min
The Climapreneur Show#03 They have saved over 1 Billion Liters of Water in the last 7 Years | Uttam Banerjee | The Climapreneur Show Episode 3They have saved over 1 Billion Liters of Water in the last 7 Years. Uttam Banerjee is the Co-founder, Ceo of Ekam Eco solutions. He shares his journey of creating Ekam. From leaving his corporate job to pursuing a college project, to developing solutions for millions."Find out a real problem, find out a real solution and ask yourself, whether you can put 100% of your heart into it, then only jump into it. "- Uttam BanerjeeEkam Eco SolutionsWebsite- https://ekameco.com/Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/ekameco/?hl=en
2020-11-1128 min
The Climapreneur Show#02 "Everyday has to be lived. Everyday. You can’t think of tomorrow."- Supriya Sarin on creating Vnya, a beautiful story of an amazing family| The Climapreneur Show#TheClimapreneurShow with Shweta Dalmia. #episode2“I don’t like to use the word professionally because, to be honest, our aim is not just to build a profession around; it’s become our passion because we have ourselves seen the change it has brought in our own child. – Supriya Sarin. Listen to this amazing conversation with Supriya. Supriya Sarin is the co-founder of Vnya. A solution bearer. Making Climate Action beautiful. Creating things on good.The way they have created Vnya is so beautiful and inspirational. She has nurtured...
2020-11-0237 min
The Climapreneur Show#01 Anupriya Nayyar on turning residual crop waste into drinkware| The Climapreneur ShowAnupriya Nayyar is the founder of Harvest. She has created drinkware that is sustainable at heart. She calls Harvest a way of life, a way of life to bring about Indian farms practically to your tables. She has created drinkware from rice and coffee husk. Her journey is inspiring. From starting her career as a management consultant to making her way into writing television shows and to running Stallion Barware. She inspires us to do whatever we can, pursue our passion. There is so much to learn from her.Do check it out.https://www.i...
2020-10-2223 min