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HAPPY PLANETCan eating farmed redfish help restore the Florida coastline? Megan Sorby; Pine Island RedfishSend us a textHappy Planet Wednesday! Could eating farmed redfish be the answer to building coastal resilience in Florida? Founder Megan Sorby would like to think so. Megan and her husband co-founded Pine Island Redfish. True to its name, they grow growing the much-loved but highly protected redfish for the commercial market on Pine Island, a Florida Island with an agricultural tradition. And they are using the waste water to grow hydroponic mangroves to restore the Florida coastline.Listen on Apple , Spotify, YouTube, our website, or pretty much anywhere you li...
2024-06-0535 min
The Ocean Age#26: Bright Tide with Harry Wright - The investment ecosystem for regenerative farming on land and water, successful business models in the blue economy and the Regenerative Farming Accelerator Programme.Send us a textHarry Wright is the Founder and Director of Bright Tide. Harry studied law and practised in the private sector for ten years. It was there he saw the potential to harness the ingenuity and resources of the private sector to help solve global conservation issues, inspiring him to launch Bright Tide. Harry has extensive knowledge of conservation issues, international law and social entrepreneurship, regularly giving lectures and leading workshops for both the private and education sectors. Harry is also the founder of The Conservation Project International, senior board member of Back2Business International...
2024-05-1458 min
HAPPY PLANETCan an oyster in the ocean be worth more than one on your plate? George Birch, Founder, Oyster HeavenSend us a textHappy Planet Wednesday! With all of the good work that oysters can do for the planet, filtering water, preventing erosion, reducing acidification, mitigating storm surge and more, entrepreneur George Birch wanted to see if an oyster living in the water doing all of those good deeds could be more valuable in terms of dollars or euros than an oyster on your plate. George's business is called Oyster Heaven and with the help of European credit programs, he is proving his thesis. The euros are starting to roll in from corp...
2024-04-1043 min
HAPPY PLANETEconomic, Social and Environmental Impact in Zanzibar with Luxury SkincareSend us a textHappy Planet Wednesday ! Before I introduce our guest today I want to thank you for your support over the past year. Because, yes, today’s podcast concludes our first year of programming! To celebrate we venture into Africa. We will be speaking with Klaartje (Klara) Scarde the Co-Founder of Mwani Zanzibar, a seaweed based cosmetics company based in Zanzibar, Tanzania. I would have loved to do this podcast on site!Klaartje left her banking job in London to fully embrace the seaweed revolution. Her company seeks to have...
2023-10-2534 min
HAPPY PLANETThe Seaweed Revolution with Vincent DoumeizelSend us a textHappy Planet Wednesday! This week we are joined by Vincent Doumeizel, a French native from Burgundy who is Director of the Food Program for Lloyd's Register Foundation as well as an expert on everything seaweed. Vincent has spearheaded the Global Seaweed Coalition, which "is a global partnership established to support the safety and sustainability of the seaweed industry as it scales up and to unite a fragmented market through a unified vision and goals."Most recently Vincent published the book, T...
2023-10-1835 min
HAPPY PLANETThor Sigfusson, Founder of Icelandic Ocean Clusters & Author of 100% Fish, hacks the Ocean.Send us a textHappy Planet Wednesday ! We are headed to Iceland today to meet Thor Sigfusson the Founder of Iceland Ocean Cluster, an innovation hub he founded in 2011 to focus on marine startups. Since then Ocean Clusters have been popping up around the world, including the New England Ocean Cluster right here in Portland, Maine. It’s a real delight to have Thor on the show as he has been at the forefront of what is now a quite sizeable ocean innovation movement. Thor is also the author of several books including one...
2023-10-1130 min
HAPPY PLANETHarnessing the Wind to Reduce CO2 at Sea. Aloft with Miles Keeney-RitchieSend us a textHappy Planet Wednesday ! We've talked quite a bit about renewable energy on this podcast and we've also looked at old technologies that are coming back, often with a modern twist. Our guest today is starting a business that checks both of those boxes.Miles Keeney-Ritchie, founder of Aloft, aims to reduce ocean transportation carbon emissions by installing their automated fiberglass sails on ships and ferries to take some of the burden off the engine and reduce fuel consumption. Thanks to an event organized by Sea Ahead, our bluetech accelerator...
2023-10-0440 min
HAPPY PLANETShould your next car run on BIO-fuel? Bernard Hidier, Co-Founder KarrGreenSend us a textYou may recognize today’s guest from episode 5. We’re here with Bernard Hidier, the French expat living in Maine who co-founded Finsulate the non-toxic antifouling solution that looks like velvet and mimics a sea urchin. Bernard is back with us because somehow he has managed to co-found and co-manage more than one company at the same time. “Kids do not try this at home!” If you remember, Bernard is originally from Brittany France and that is where KarrGreen hails from. Karrgreen is a biofuel company transforming agricultural waste into fuel...
2023-09-2035 min
HAPPY PLANETCan SafetyNet Save Our Fisheries?Send us a textWe are going to kick off the fall season with a chat with Dan Watson, the UK-based founder and CEO of a fisheries startup called SafetyNet. I first met Dan through Harry Wright’s accelerator Bright Tide, where I am an advisor. Then I wound up on his mentor team for another accelerator run by Boston-based Sea Ahead. I can’t wait to see where our paths next cross!One of Dan’s most talked about solutions is designed to prevent bycatch. Bycatch refers to unwanted fish that are inadvertently caught in com...
2023-09-1240 min
HAPPY PLANETWill we all be WEARING seaweed? Laura Hayes of Keel LabsSend us a textFashion and smelly seaweed may seem like an odd pair but one company in North Carolina is spinning them together - quite literally!Our guest is Laura Hayes and she is the Senior Strategic Partnerships Manager at Keel Labs. Keel Labs makes a natural silky yarn that is composed of about 70% kelp! While they are not the first to try to make fashion fibers out of seaweed, when it comes to seaweed usage and natural ingredients, I haven't heard of anyone coming close to their success. The ma...
2023-08-0229 min
HAPPY PLANETCan Natural Proteins Reduce our Dependency on Antibiotics in Fish Farming?Send us a textHappy Planet Wednesday !We are travelling to South America this week !Our guest, Daniela Allerbon, is CEO of Aquit, a company specializing in natural proteins that can be used to replace antibiotics in fish farming. Aquit was founded by researchers in Chile and Daniela recently joined the team as CEO from Buenos Aires, Argentina.We learn a lot about antibiotics and fish farming in this podcast, but we also get a fascinating window into the startup ecosystem in South America and strategies that companies outside of the U...
2023-07-2628 min
HAPPY PLANETOne Man's Mission to Measure the Ocean: Jeremy McKaneSend us a textHappy Planet Wednesday ! Our guest today is Jeremy McKane, Founder of Ocean Currency Network whose mission is to create an ocean map with real-time ocean data. The goal is to map 30% of the ocean by 2030. Sound ambitious? It is. But as Jeremy say in the podcast, if we can’t see the problems, we can’t fix them. Getting real time data will give us the information we need to find solutions.Jeremy kicks off this interview with a reference to the Tragedy of the Commons. Commons refers to share...
2023-07-1931 min
HAPPY PLANETModern, Modular Hydropower. Stuart Davies, ORPCSend us a textThis podcast marks our 30th episode which seems like something to celebrate! So thank you for tuning in! If you like what we’re doing here, please spread the word. We have traveled the world together on this podcast, but today’s guest is located right here where I am, in the great state of Maine!Stuart Davies joins us today to speak about ORPC or the Ocean Renewable Power Company. ORPC is building modular, eco-friendly hydropower units fit for rivers and oceans. Unlike wind or sun, hydrop...
2023-06-2828 min
HAPPY PLANETTurning a Seaweed Problem into an Opportunity: Edward Shao, ProjectQRSargassoSend us a textHappy Planet Wednesday ! Many of you, especially those who love the Caribbean, are aware of what is now called the sargassum belt, a 5,000 mile long belt of floating sargassum seaweed mass that stretches from the Gulf of Mexico all of the way to Africa, hitting the South East coast of the United States along the way.In normal doses, sargassum is a healthy macro algae that provides a habitat for sea life and sequesters carbon from the atmosphere. But an overabundance began in 2011 and has escalated to an ecological c...
2023-06-2122 min
Dive In by OCEANOVATIONEP 7 - Renita KalhornIn today's episode of OCEANOVATION Dive In podcast, we have the pleasure of hosting Renita Kalhorn - Executive and Deep Tech Leadership Coach and speaker at our OCEANOVATION Festival.Want to avoid common mistakes when building your startup team and avoid investor rejection? Then you'll want to listen to Renita's insights, including:⚖ Committed vs. attached: how do dedicate the right time and effort to your venture but not burn your wings? 🚨 What is the common mistake that most of the business leaders or founders do when building their team? 💪 Importance of EQ vs. business plan: why deep...
2023-04-0333 min
Dive In by OCEANOVATIONEP6 - Chris Gorell BarnesIn this 6th episode, Elodie speaks to Chris Gorell Barnes, Founding Partner at Ocean 14 Capital and Co-Founder of Blue Marie Foundation. Chris’s mission? Saving us from environmental doomsday by unlocking the regenerative blue economy through transformative investment tools.
Some of the insights to look forward too: 💪 What makes Ocean 14 Capital different from another impact fund🗣 The power of communication and it’s impact on investors 🌱 The role that impact investors play in the innovation and decarbonisation 💲 The main reason why startups fail at securing financing🚨 How to prepare for challenging times in fundingHope you...
2023-03-2715 min
Dive In by OCEANOVATIONEP 6 - Chris Gorell-BarnesIt’s Monday which means it’s time for a new episode of the Dive In!In this 6th episode, Elodie speaks to Chris Gorell Barnes, Founding Partner at Ocean 14 Capital and Co-Founder of Blue Marie Foundation. Chris’s mission? Saving us from environmental doomsday by unlocking the regenerative blue economy through transformative investment tools.
Some of the insights to look forward too: 💪 What makes Ocean 14 Capital different from another impact fund🗣 The power of communication and it’s impact on investors 🌱 The role that impact investors play in the innovation and decarbonisation 💲 The main reason...
2023-03-2015 min
Dive In by OCEANOVATIONEP 5 - Nwabisa MayemaOfficially kicking off Season 2 with Elodie bringing yet another inspiring woman into the conversation, Nwabisa Mayema, the Strategic Partnerships Director at Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship South Africa.
Nwabisa, who describes herself as an entrepreneur for entrepreneurs, is a powerhouse in the South African innovation ecosystem. Nwabisa’s entrepreneurial journey started in 2006 and her passion always lied in connecting people, resources and opportunities for the greater good.
She plays a critical role at the Branson Centre following the spirit and mindset brought by @Richard Branson and continues to inspire key businesses with her uplifting approach that gu...
2023-03-1333 min
Dive In by OCEANOVATIONEP4 - Melanie NadeauTo round off our successful first season of OCEANOVATION’s Dive In Podcast, we have invited Melanie Nadeau, the CEO of Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship (COVE) to share her personal journey with the Ocean, and how it shaped her professional career and role at COVE.
We truly enjoy a good story and an inspiring woman, and this one will be no exception.
Melanie’s journey is everything but your usual resume. An entrepreneur at heart, bold and driven, she decided to enroll in the Canadian Navy at the age of 16. Aside from the incr...
2023-03-0631 min
Dive In by OCEANOVATIONEP3 - Alissa PetersonAs a member of the OCEANOVATION network, you’ll know that our mission is to support Ocean innovators. Imagine our excitement when we got the chance to connect with SeaAhead, a benefit corporation on a mission of supporting new ventures focused on ocean innovation and sustainability, led by Alissa Peterson.
When you picture Brooklyn, New York, where Alissa was born and raised, the Ocean is not the first thing that would come to your mind. However, Alissa’s childhood was spent by the sea, which was only a 20 minutes walk from home and that exposure to the Ocea...
2023-02-2725 min
Dive In by OCEANOVATIONEP2 - Mathilda D'SilvaImagine a world where our oceans are polluted to the extent that a sunset swim could potentially lead to you contracting one (or more) life-threatening diseases.
In 2015, Mathilda D'Silva, Founder of Ocean Purpose Project, took part in a dragon boat racing competition in Boracay, Philippines, that would change the course of her life.
Three weeks after the event, Mathilda began suffering from multiple autoimmune diseases caused by untreated wastewater from the sewage pipes of nearby hotels and restaurants.
Her journey to find a cure for her illnesses led to her searching for a solution...
2023-02-2029 min
Dive In by OCEANOVATIONEP1 - Virginie Tassin CampanellaOur first guest will be no stranger to anyone who is clued up on the blue economy legal ecosystem (and she also attending our OCEANOVATION Meetup in Barcelona last year 🙂), introducing Virginie Tassin Campanella!
Virginie is the Founder and Managing Director of VTA Tassin a Public International Law Firm, dedicated to the Ocean & Seas.
Virginie has a unique approach to legal matters and is passionate about helping companies define their sustainable development goals by thinking outside the box. Working with government, corporates and startups, she has developed an understanding of how the blue economy impacts the...
2023-02-1329 min
HAPPY PLANETPropelling Green Hydrogen Forward with Tore Enger of TECO2030Send us a textThis week’s guest, Tore Enger, Founder and CEO of the group TECO 2030, is pioneering the fuel cell stacks designed for green hydrogen in trucking and shipping, industries traditionally reliant on diesel fuel.After speaking with Tore, my worldview on renewables started to broaden. I’d love to know what you think after you listen to the episode. Please feel free to email me with your thoughts. One note about this episode, I break down the basic mechanics of green hydrogen in the introduction - what it is, how it wo...
2023-02-0128 min
Dive In by OCEANOVATIONTrailerThe Dive In by OCEANOVATION is a weekly “rendez-vous” where innovators, scientists, investors, founders and oceans lovers share their insights and solutions to protect our ocean for future generations.
Learn more at https://oceanovation.world/
2023-01-3000 min