Make Climate Cool Again Sustainable Sara

The fashion industry feels split right now - it's either promoting Shein or woman-owned brands that are making a difference. We think that the more people that know about the issues in fashion, the more people will shop in accordance to their values. What like it's hard? Even Kourtney Kardashian is advocating for responsible materials. Shannon Lohr is the founder of Factory45, the online business school trusted by over 500 fashion entrepreneurs since 2014. Over the years she's worked with aspiring designers, all over the globe, to launch or grow their brands in a way that’s better for people and planet. Shannon got her start in 2010 when she co-founded {r}evolution apparel, a sustainable clothing brand for female travelers and minimalists that was featured by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Forbes.com.



Check out www.factory45.co and makeclimatecool.com for more info.



PRODUCTION TEAM:

Music: Jake Huffman

Artwork: Groove Street

Editing: Ivy Moore


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Norman Crowley may be the Elon Musk of Europe. I don't know anything more on brand than talking to Norman Crowley, CEO of Cool Planet Group. When I first met with Norman, we talked about his newest company Electrifii. The company converts classic luxury cars like Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Aston Martin into high performance electric cars using Tesla components. Boasting a performance specification on par with a Formula 1 racing car, these electrified cars can hit speeds of 0 to 60mph in under 2 seconds and deliver a driving range of 600km. Electrifii makes sense when the other companies in Cool Planet Group include Crowley Carbon, a carbon reduction software for buildings and Crowley Solar, solar manufacturing and development. It's a triple threat. 

Learn more at http://www.coolplanetgroup.ie/

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PRODUCTION TEAM:

Music: Jake Huffman

Artwork: Groove Street

Editing: Ivy Moore


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The Nerdwallet for sustainability, Finch started out as an informational website, studying different areas of consumer goods and making recommendations. Lizzie Horvitz, CEO of FINCH Insights, has been passionate about sustainability since the age of 16 when she lived off the grid. It was there that, depending only on wind energy and rainwater, she saw the solution of climate change before fully understanding the problem. Lizzie has taken those early beginnings and created a really powerful browser extension that works with Amazon to educate consumers on their purchasing choices. Browser extensions are not new tools BUT they are a passive opportunity to integrate education and awareness. Before Finch, Lizzie worked in supply chain and sustainability at Unilever and then became Chief Operating Officer at Muuse, a startup that aims to mitigate single-use plastics in the to-go industry. She has a BA from Middlebury College and an MBA and Master of Environmental Management from Yale University. 

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PRODUCTION TEAM:

Music: Jake Huffman

Artwork: Groove Street

Editing: Ivy Moore


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There is nowhere on earth Erica Ferencik won’t go to take you out of your head and into the great wild world. An award-winning novelist, Ferencik writes adventure novels featuring women who brave not only internal struggles but face extreme challenges in their environment: remote forests, steaming jungles, and desolated icescapes. GIRL IN ICE is truly a fantastic story that is compelling, chilling and addicting in the best way. Even though the events of the story are fiction, you can identify with the characters emotions rooted in family, loyalty, fear and love. Erica was raised in the wilds of upstate New York during the era when—rightly or wrongly —you could take off after school to explore and no one worried, as long as you were home by dark. Now, she lives in MetroWest Boston with her "very tolerant husband and frankly enormous Maine Coon cat."

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PRODUCTION TEAM:

Music: Jake Huffman

Artwork: Groove Street

Editing: Ivy Moore








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Summer is officially here and so is travel. Something you might see or use out and about are single use utensils. Newlight Technologies is revolutionizing typically wasteful products and materials. Please welcome CEO and Co-Founder, Mark Herrema, on the Make Climate Cool Again Podcast. 

 Mark has spent the last 15 years developing a revolutionary new biomaterial called AirCarbon. By feeding greenhouse gasses to microorganisms found in the ocean, Newlight is able to extract AirCarbon and use it to replace plastic, leather, acetate and other fibers.

Naturally regenerative and carbon-negative, AirCarbon has been used to create Restore FoodWare, which is carried nationwide by Target and has been implemented into Shake Shack locations, and Covalent fashion. A few months ago, it was announced that the use of AirCarbon is going to be explored by Nike in an effort to reduce their carbon footprint further.



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PRODUCTION TEAM:

Music: Jake Huffman

Artwork: Groove Street

Editing: Ivy Moore


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Season 3 is back with an action packed and planned season. To start the podcast off with a bang, meet Chris and Sam, two friends who met in grad school at University Of Michigan and have never actually taken a class together. They started an email newsletter sponsored by their school called On Ramp, a guide to meaningful climate action. Like most people, they have grown increasingly worried about climate change. Raging wildfires, biblical floods, and polar vortexes tend to have that effect. They wanted to be a part of the solution, but had no idea where to start. Every week, Onramp sent subscribers bite-sized actions in the form of links. These links were videos, blog posts, sustainable product recommendations, and whatever else Chris and Sam could dream up. When subscribers clicked on the links, they would earn Planet Points. Planet Points measure how much carbon dioxide you’ve sucked out of the atmosphere by engaging with On Ramp. A seriously cool concept and awesome guys to chat with - get connected with Sam and Chris via Linkedin. 

Follow along on IG @makeclimatecool or submit your question to be shared on www.makeclimatecool.com

Sustainability Help Desk

Special Promotion for the first 10 that join: https://www.patreon.com/makeclimatecoolagain?fan_landing=true

PRODUCTION TEAM:

Music: Jake Huffman

Artwork: Groove Street

Production: Ivy Moore


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