31 episodes
Quarter Down Vanessa Kelly
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Quarter Down is a podcast hosted by Laura Fallowfield and Nicole Crocker on behalf of DECA U Canada. With a focus on leadership, entrepreneurship and mentorship, this podcast will serve as a resource for people in their early twenties, with a quarter life’s worth of experience under their belts and so much more to go. We are seeking to create relevant, informative and relatable business content catered to this unique demographic. The invaluable insight of our podcast guests will be the vessel for this learning.
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Episode 28 - A Social Enterprise that Preserves Culture and History in Engaging Forms of Digital Media with Stormy Shore Studios
Stormy Shore Studios is a social enterprise that preserves culture and history in engaging forms of digital media. They combine entertainment and education into one package that encourages cultural engagement around the world.
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Episode 27 - Getting a Toque to every Canadian experiencing Homelessness with Toques From The Heart
Buy a Toque, Give a Toque- For every toque purchased, Toques From The Heart gives a toque to a Canadian in need. With the purchase of a new Toque From The Heart, they will repurpose a pair of gently used hockey socks into a toque for someone that needs it most.
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Episode 26 - A Reusable Cooking Tool Helping Undernourished Communities With Lucky Iron Fish
Lucky Iron Fish is a simple, reusable and effective cooking tool that adds extra iron to your daily foods or drinks. It is an affordable solution, especially for those with iron deficiency anemia. Portion of each sale is used to help undernourished communities locally and internationally.
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Episode 25- Upcycling Plastic Waste to Make Sustainable Pavement with Last20
Last20 started as a sustainable clothing brand - Last20 Apparel and has pivoted to sustainable pavement. Back in 2020, the co-founders Lauren and Lucas launched a podcasted called Sustainable Sessions where they host experts, businesses and public figures to open up conversations about climate change and talk about solutions that are being developed! Today, Lauren joins us to discuss how Last20 aims to achieve a circular economy, how upcycling plastic waste into pavement works and what Last20 has planned for 2021.
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Episode 24 - Zero Waste Shower Tablets With EarthSuds
EarthSuds is a business that believes in a plastic-free economy where sustainability does not compromise quality. EarthSuds achieves all three dimensions of sustainability; economically it generates and re-invests profits, socially it employs adults with developmental disabilities, and environmentally it eliminates single-use plastics. Today Lindsay, the Enterprise Manager for EarthSuds, joins Quarter Down to discuss the sourcing of packaging, segmenting into new markets and EarthSuds marketing strategy.
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Episode 23- Canada's #1 Food Redistribution App with Be One To Give (B12GIVE)
Be One To Give (B12Give), is Canada’s #1 food redistribution app. Canada has a $49 billion food waste issue! Tony, the founder, is looking to combat this by never wasting food again. We discuss the process of getting the food to food insecure people, his B2B food redistribution app and his current expansion (p.s. positions are open for YOU!). B12Give goal is to eliminate 100% of avoidable food waste along the supply chain across Canada.
To learn more: Be One To Give