The Eco Entrepreneurs Podcast: Recent Episodes
Rashmi Vittal
Welcome to the Eco Entrepreneurs Podcast. What is so special about these entrepreneurs ?
A Greek proverb goes: “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shadows they shall never sit in”. This podcast is a conversation with those young and conscious men and women who decided to do something about the environment we live in today - to change the planet one product at a time, to make it better for generations to come one company at a time. As we chat up with these super eco warrior entrepreneurs from across the globe, we will discover their stories of struggles and triumphs and survival and more.
"I wanted to dispel myths and prove that eco friendly can be easier way to live, cheaper way to live. And I help other people make that transition", says Jodie, founder of Between Green Boxes. "We help you champion small changes by helping you with small product. Its making it NOT an elitist way of life. People think a)don't know where to start b)think its too much of an issue to deal with" says this mother of two, eco warrior. "Its not somebody else's job to reduce he impact on the environment". Her mantra - "Keep it simple"
https://between-green.com
email at betweengreenboxes@gmail.com
"Waste management does not start from collection, it starts from production", says Chukwuka Franklin who runs 'I and My Environment'.
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In one of the most futuristic conversations on this podcast yet, he says, 'If we can manage our waste very well there will be no need for landfill. Landfill is never a sustainable way to manage waste" https://www.facebook.com/Iandmyenvironment @Iandmyenvironment iandmyenvironment@outlook.com +234 803 801 5866
"When you are on the right path, you are just excited to go to work every single day", says Petria Leggo-Field. Launching her business at the beginning of Corona Virus, she says, "I have the growth mindset. If I can launch a business and survive the Corona Virus, I can do anything!!"
Petria Leggo-Field is the founder of Coco Rose Eco and the Coco Rose Community. Petria is on a mission to build a well-informed community based around the earth-friendly movement and help female entrepreneurs of eco brands make a bigger impact, create exposure and make more sales.
Petria is a busy mum to four young children and a wife to a fly-in-fly-out husband so understands what it’s like to be busy. Petria is proud to gather a community of like minded business owners who are ready to embrace a more sustainable business, and be mentor to help support and guide them to make small steps in the right direction to enhance our planet.
Petria is also the weekly host of The Sustainable Shift Podcast, which was founded in 2020 and in addition also loves guest speaking and workshop facilitating about all things sustainable.
I'm all about supporting conscious business owners who are heart centred and wildly passionate about making a difference on our environment and the future of the planet.
Website: www.cocoroseeco.com.au Instagram: www.instagram.com/cocoroseeco Facebook: www.facebook.com/cocoroseeco Podcast: The Sustainable Shift Podcast https://cocoroseeco.com.au/podcast/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com.au/cocoroseeco/boards/ FREE Eco Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/cocoroseecocollaborative/
This Episode was produced and hosted by Rashmi Vittal. Edited by Prem Jagadeesh and Rashmi Vittal. Coordinated by Agrima Mathur. Original music score by Eden Mikula.
If there is a story of perseverence, commitment to fulfiling a calling and relentlessly following one's passion that one wants to listen to, then this is the one.
Vina Lustado runs Sol Haus Design and is famous for her fantastic and impeccable tiny house. But there is so much more to the story - one that starts in Philippines ->LA->Germany->rest of EU->LA->Italy->LA and it still going on. We caught up with her and Vina did a fantastic job of sharing her true story of how and why the tiny house really came about. I urge you to take a look at this beautiful video : https://youtu.be/3tKUavs9uN8
This Episode was produced and hosted by Rashmi Vittal, edited by Prem Jagadish, co-ordinated by Agrima Mathur and the music is an original compostion by Eden Mikula.
Please forgive us for the poor audio in some parts of the episode. The conversation was so pure and candid, we did not want to do a rehearsed version. Hope you will stay tuned and listen to the entire coversation.
"There is NO waste. The word 'waste' should not exist in the Oxford dictionary", says Shibin Vasudevan as he questions the very premise of how we create things in the world today.
Shibin grew up as a child who witnessed garment manufacturing in his father's factory and questioned the 'left over' then, and then he went on to study Fashion at prestigious institutes in India and London and broke norms by creating fantastic products out of every day waste. To know what kind of waste he picked and how he transformed it, listen to his amazing and inspiring journey on this episode of the podcast.
https://iwearcustoms.com/
https://www.facebook.com/vasudevanshibin/
@shibin.vasudevan
@shibinvasudevan
How much of plastic do we buy our children every year ? And then, we the same people, wish that our children would never have to deal with plastic waste in their lifetimes.
When Helen Rogan, in Queensland Australia, received a ton of plastic toys as presents for her daughters' birthdays, she just HAD to do something about it. Helen, mother of Poppy and Daisy, designed high quality eco friendly and experiential toys. She shares her journey with us and especially so the spike in her business during the covid times as more families are spending time with their children. It is such a delight to listen to her stories of experimenting with coming up with the right design for the toys with Poppy and Daisy themselves.
https://youtu.be/YZX-rGSuCfY : this video is going to make you think twice before you pick up a plastic toy for your child next time :)
https://www.poppyanddaisydesigns.com.au/
hello@poppyanddaisydesigns.com.au
https://www.instagram.com/poppyanddaisydesigns/
"Sustainable fashion is not a trend, it is a revolution", says Shiksha Bansali who runs a label by her name.
Absolutely honest about her journey and transparent about her work, great narrator of her story - this episode focusses on how Shiksha Bansali did something about what bothered her deeply and turned it into something beautiful. Her timeless sustainable pieces are worn by the young crop of Bollywood.
https://www.shikshabhansali.in/
https://youtu.be/dpZ5YP55ysU - The saree upcycle program
https://www.instagram.com/shikshabhansali/ https://www.facebook.com/shikshabhansalilabel/
The music on this podcast is an original composition by Eden Mikula, the episode is audio edited by Prem Jagadeesh and coordinated by Agrima Mathur
If you make preservative free, chemical concoctions free, healthy food - does it taste good? Ofcourse it tastes good. That is how human beings ate until we started packaging them and spending more on packaging and advertising.
Priyamvada and Vasuprada realised the treasure trove of ancient recipes we are sitting on, yet stuffing ourselves with chemical concoctions from the supermarkets in the name of convenience.
They quit their corporate jobs to start Mango Kitchen : Healthy Tasty food, served for your modern lifestyle sans chemicals. How do they do that ?
In conversation with us is Priyamvada from Mango Kitchen and speaks about the magic.
This episode was audio edited by Prem Jagadeesh, coordinated by Agrima Mathur and the music is an original piece created for this podcast by Eden Mikula.
Krishna started Bosnal, a palm leaf dinnerware company, after his 7 year old son asked him, "Daddy, where do these plates go to?", while he was helping cleaning up plastic plates after a party.
Krishna, in a short span of 2 years had been able to reduce the ocean plastic waste by 1.2-1.5 million plates every 3 months. How did this Eco Entrepreneur do it ?
This episode is audio edited by Prem Jagadeesh, co-ordinated by Agrima Mathur and the original music piece is by Eden Mikula.
Reach out to Krishna @ www.Bosnal.com. They operate out of the US and are also available on various other platforms like Amazon, Walmart and more.
Contact Email : Info@bosnal.com Contact Number : 1 703-981-4676 Contact Person Name : Krishna
Website : https://bosnal.com/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/bosnalusa/
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/bosnalusa/
Amazon : https://www.amazon.com/stores/BOSNAL/page/14753FEB-E262-4DC1-9B9F-DE8541FC00CC?ref_=ast_bln
Walmart : https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=bosnal%20palm%20leaf%20plates