<description>&lt;p&gt;What happens when disaster strikes, a hurricane or fire, and communities are left stranded without power, water, or basic medical needs? Generally we rely on shipping in fuel to power generators, but that&amp;#39;s not always an option, and certainly an imperfect one- burning the same fossil fuels which helped propogate the disaster in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Sesame Solar has a solution. Today CEO and co-founder Lauren Flanagan joins us today to discuss her all in one solution for a mobile disaster relief unit powered by, you guessed it, solar. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But that&amp;#39;s not all Lauren brings to the table. From a lifetime of working in tech, she shares with us the teachings from working alongside none other than Steve Jobs. &lt;/p&gt;
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What happens when disaster strikes, a hurricane or fire, and communities are left stranded without power, water, or basic medical needs? Generally we rely on shipping in fuel to power generators, but that&#39;s not always an option, and certainly an imperfect one- burning the same fossil fuels which helped propogate the disaster in the first place.
 
Sesame Solar has a solution. Today CEO and co-founder Lauren Flanagan joins us today to discuss her all in one solution for a mobile disaster relief unit powered by, you guessed it, solar. 
But that&#39;s not all Lauren brings to the table. From a lifetime of working in tech, she shares with us the teachings from working alongside none other than Steve Jobs.

Sesame Solar: The All-In One Solution to De-Carbonized Disaster Relief

<description>Ted is famously known for their captivating talks on how to change our perception of, well, everything. But what comes next? How do we translate that attention into action? Lindsay Levin has a plan. 

Lindsay is in charge of partnerships and impact at TED, her mandate is to mobilize the global platform beyond the role of educator to catalyst for action. We discuss how she sees how role of storytelling can unite disparate communities through a collective action platform, what challenges lay ahead in our fight against climate change, and how you can get involved. 
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Ted is famously known for their captivating talks on how to change our perception of, well, everything. But what comes next? How do we translate that attention into action? Lindsay Levin has a plan. 

Lindsay is in charge of partnerships and impact at TED, her mandate is to mobilize the global platform beyond the role of educator to catalyst for action. We discuss how she sees how role of storytelling can unite disparate communities through a collective action platform, what challenges lay ahead in our fight against climate change, and how you can get involved. 


TED: Turning Conversations into Action

<description>&lt;p&gt;When we last spoke to Sanchali Pal she was the CEO of Juro. Today, Juro is called &lt;a href="https://www.thecommons.earth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;Commons&lt;/a&gt;, and she has $10,000,000 reasons to be more optimistic about the future of personal carbon accountability. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Commons is an app that allows you to track your credit card spend and then offset your carbon footprint, a simple and elegant means of self-accountability. They&amp;#39;ve also partnered with pre-vetted businesses to offer more sustainable options to the products you purchase regularly. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Since we last spoke with Sanchali she&amp;#39;s raised a Series A round from Sequoia Capital, the founders of Afterpay and the one and only Jay-Z. We dig into how she was able to achieve that milestone and what&amp;#39;s in the store for the future of Commons. &lt;/p&gt;
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When we last spoke to Sanchali Pal she was the CEO of Juro. Today, Juro is called <a href="https://www.thecommons.earth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Commons</a>, and she has $10,000,000 reasons to be more optimistic about the future of personal carbon accountability. 
Commons is an app that allows you to track your credit card spend and then offset your carbon footprint, a simple and elegant means of self-accountability. They&#39;ve also partnered with pre-vetted businesses to offer more sustainable options to the products you purchase regularly. 
Since we last spoke with Sanchali she&#39;s raised a Series A round from Sequoia Capital, the founders of Afterpay and the one and only Jay-Z. We dig into how she was able to achieve that milestone and what&#39;s in the store for the future of Commons.

Commons: How to Turn Your Credit Card into a Force for Good... Part 2

<description>&lt;p&gt;What if recharging your EV was as easy as swapping out the batteries in your flashlight? That&amp;#39;s exactly the future Ample is building. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In this episode we sat down with Ample president John de Souza to discuss the future of electric mobility, fighting entrenched legacy energy in the halls of congress, what it means to be an entrepreneur and more. &lt;/p&gt;
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What if recharging your EV was as easy as swapping out the batteries in your flashlight? That&#39;s exactly the future Ample is building. 
In this episode we sat down with Ample president John de Souza to discuss the future of electric mobility, fighting entrenched legacy energy in the halls of congress, what it means to be an entrepreneur and more.

Ample: Revolutionizing EV Battery Swapping (no recharge required)

<description>&lt;p&gt;Understanding a forest has long been a marriage of art and science, but without the technology to scale. &lt;a href="https://www.earthforce.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;Earthforce&lt;/a&gt; is determined to bring forestry into the 21st century so we might better prepare for natural disasters while protecting one of most important natural resources. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;In addition to being as serial entrepreneur, Justin Dawe is also a native Hawaiian. Here are a few of the charities working to support fire relief efforts in Maui. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/strengthening/maui-strong-fund" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;Maui Strong Fund&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.chefhui.com/maui-relief" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;Kokua Restaurant and Hospitality Fund&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.memberplanet.com/campaign/cnhamembers/kakoomaui" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Understanding a forest has long been a marriage of art and science, but without the technology to scale. <a href="https://www.earthforce.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Earthforce</a> is determined to bring forestry into the 21st century so we might better prepare for natural disasters while protecting one of most important natural resources. 
 
In addition to being as serial entrepreneur, Justin Dawe is also a native Hawaiian. Here are a few of the charities working to support fire relief efforts in Maui. 
 
<a href="https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/strengthening/maui-strong-fund" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Maui Strong Fund</a>
<a href="https://www.chefhui.com/maui-relief" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Kokua Restaurant and Hospitality Fund</a>
<a href="https://www.memberplanet.com/campaign/cnhamembers/kakoomaui" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement</a>

Earthforce.io: Saving the Forest from the Trees

Discover how the minds, methods and money that fueled the explosion of innovation and disruption in silicon valley are working to build the technology, products and companies that will save the planet. Hosts: Lex Kiefhaber and Tony Noto. Music: Bill Gagliardi. 

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