#179: Advice 2021

Hello, and welcome to the Bigger Than Us podcast for the last episode of 2021. And as we prepare for 2022, we thought we’d reflect on the advice given by our most popular guests. We hope that after listening to the episode, you feel as inspired and motivated as...

#178 Julia Armstrong D’Agnese, Co-founder and CEO of Earth Knowledge

Julia Armstrong D’Agnese is Co-founder and CEO of Earth Knowledge and is on a mission to provide the most authoritative integrated planetary intelligence, translating the complexity of our Earth Systems into clear actionable impact to help build a more sustainable world. Julia is an experienced leader in transforming businesses...

#177 Sanchali Pal, Founder of Joro App

Sanchali founded Joro to empower people to take climate action that matters, starting with how they spend money. Prior to Joro, Sanchali worked on sustainable development in East Africa and South Asia at Dalberg, where she saw firsthand the devastating effects of the climate crisis for vulnerable populations, and...

#176 Matthew Kleiman, Co-founder & CEO of Cumulus

Matthew Kleiman is the co-founder and CEO of Cumulus. Prior to co-founding Cumulus, he was the Program Director at Shell TechWorks, Shell’s Skunk Works-style technology center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, focused on developing and deploying new technologies for Shell’s capital projects and operating facilities. Before joining Shell, Matt held various...

5 Tips For a Low-waste Holiday Season

Going Green with Brown The holiday season is upon us and so is the spirit of giving. A simple way to give back to the environment is to be conscious of your waste production.  A study conducted by Stanford University showed a 25% increase in waste production from the...

#175 Sunny Sanwar, Founder & CEO of Dynamhex

Sunny Sanwar is an engineer and entrepreneur who lived through cleantech 1.0 and is building the rails on which climatetech can thrive. He was formerly co-founder and CTO at Verd2GO, an energy storage startup. Currently he is Founder and CEO of Dynamhex, Inc — an intelligence platform for climate action planning...

#174 Nneka Kibuule, Senior Vice President for Aligned Climate Capital LLC

Nneka Kibuule is a Senior Vice President for Aligned Climate Capital LLC. In this role she focuses on investing in growth equity companies in energy, sustainable land use, clean transportation, resilient and efficient infrastructure.  Previously, Nneka was the Director of Energy Innovation at Elemental Excelerator and worked at Pacific...

#173 Heidi Kujawa, CEO and Founder of ByFusion

Heidi Kujawa is the founder and CEO of ByFusion, an innovative manufacturing company on a mission to clean up the planet and block plastic waste for good. ByFusion’s modular systems convert all types of plastic waste (including marine debris) into a high-performing, reusable building material made entirely of plastic...

#172 Matt Prindiville, CEO & Chief Solutioneer for Upstream®

Matt Prindiville is the CEO and Chief Solutioneer for Upstream®, a norms-disrupting non-profit sparking innovative solutions to plastic pollution and today’s one-way “throw-away” society. In this role, Prindiville works with entrepreneurs, policymakers and culture hackers to ideate and accelerate the transition from single-use to reuse. His responsibilities include content...

Preserving the Water-Food-Energy Nexus for Sustainable Development

Going Green With Brown Sustainable development and national security have a common nexus based on water, energy, and food. The United Nations has stated the water-food-energy nexus is vital for sustainable development especially as the world population continues to increase. An integrated framework of the nexus is vital for...

13 CleanTech Companies to Watch Right Now (2022)

Electric vehicles are no longer a distant aspiration. Sustainable infrastructure has made its way to the top of the government policy priorities list. The International Panel on Climate Change AR6 report nudged climate conversations further into the mainstream, and COP26 illuminated ideas about what must be done to solve...

#158 Dr. Rob Moir President & Executive Director of the Ocean River Institute

Dr. Rob Moir is a nationally recognized and award-winning environmentalist and president and executive director of the nonprofit Ocean River Institute. He continues his several decades of tireless efforts to make the planet bluer and greener. Rob and Ocean River Institute has assisted environmental groups on a local, national...