Brianna is the founder of Anact. (short for "an act"). The simple act of taking action and creating positive impact. Her mission is to create a sustainable towel made out of hemp and organic cotton that is better for ALL people and the planet. In 2019, she helped legalize hemp in Florida while launching Anact. Prior to starting Anact, she worked in the apparel industry for prAna, Columbia Sportswear, and Under Armour. She has traveled to over 40+ countries and has worked in factories on almost every continent.Check out our simple act of developing a hemp towel better for all people and the planet at anact.com. She shares her story from Austin Texas!
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On this episode, Vanessa Barboni Hallik, of Another Tomorrow. Vanessa is the founder and CEO of Another Tomorrow, a B Corp Certified end-to-end sustainable fashion brand with a fully digitized product eco-system delivering technology-enabled transparency, authenticated recommerce and carefully currated sustainable materials. She spoke with us from NYC this week.
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Catherine Ryan is the Spokesperson and VP of Communications at NOVICA. Before joining NOVICA for its launch in year 2000, Catherine worked as an international journalist focused on human rights and indigenous cultures. An impassioned traveler, Ryan has journeyed through more than 50 nations so far, and has served as NOVICA’s editor, spokesperson, Vice President of Communications, and as NOVICA’s traveling “Wander Woman.”
Jackie is the founder of Motif Handmade, where she designs sustainable collections of interior and fashion fabrics and accessories, partnering with talented hand-weavers and other artisans through her fair trade business. She also partners with international agencies building up artisan enterprises with creative thinking, design, production management and marketing skills.
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Nicole Masters is the founder of Integrity Soils Ltd where she and her team have been involved in regenerative agriculture since 2000, focusing on leadership, education and coaching in the field of regenerative agriculture. Nicole is also the author of For the Love of Soil. Her work highlights how even badly degraded land can be regenerated through circular natural systems that foster soil health. Heart Stock is a production of KBMF 102.5 FM
Deb Lewis is a mentor and coach, working with fashion entrepreneurs, at the start up stage helping them create a sustanable fashion brand from concept to launch.
Michael Paul Masters, is an author and professor of biological anthropology at Montana Tech in Butte, Montana. He received a Ph.D. in Anthropology from The Ohio State University in 2009, where he specialized in hominin evolutionary anatomy, archaeology, and biomedicine. In his recent book The Extratempestrial Model,Dr. Masters uses an abductive approach to logically infer the best explanation for extra-terrestrial activity and encounters. He examines well-documented abductee experiences in the context of a time travel model, and considers other theories put forth to elucidate this complex and mysterious phenomenon.
Derick Muhammad is the founder of Bossville Farms. He's an industrial Hemp Farmer who promotes hemp for climate impact and is helping under-represented farmers through education & outreach. Bossville is a family run farm based in South Carolina.
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ChristineThuring is working to create more sustainable and eco-friendly urban environments. She is passionate about biodiversity, healthy communities and decarbonization. Her work began with green roofs in 1999 and since continues it in many forms. Christine holds an MSc from the Penn State Center for Green Roof Research (2005) and a PhD from the Department of Landscape at University of Sheffield (2016). Hear her story on this episode as she speaks with us from Vancouver, BC.
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Joanna James writes, produces and directs original content for independent film and television. She is also the founder of the 501c3 MAPP, to empower more women into leadership through mentorship and advocacy. Her most recent film, A Fine Lineexplores why less thank 7% of head chefs and restaurant owners are women when traditionally women have always held the central role in the kitchen.
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Bill is an internationally recognized planning consultant, design process facilitator, lecturer, teacher, and author in sustainability and regeneration. He is a principal of Regenesis Group, a regenerative design, living systems integrator, and education organization - as well as The Place Fund, an investment vehicle focused on Regenerative ESG real estate. His work centers on creating the framework for and managing an integrative, whole and living system design process. This work is known as Regenerative Development. The objective is to improve the overall quality of the physical, social and spiritual life of our living places and therefore the planet.
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Lisa and Caitlin are a mother-daughter team located in Butte, Montana who are mentoring clients on building solid financial foundations. They believe wealth is an inside job and available to all. They share their stories and the mission of Litehouse Enterprises on this episode.
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Circuthon® Consulting partners with businesses, guiding them through the changing legislative environment and enabling them to embed circularity into their products and operations. Paul and his team help businesses transform for the 21st century and 21st century customers. He's speaking with us from his home outside of London, UK.
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In this episode, Chris Bennett shares an update regarding his organization Technology-Innovation-Law, where they are on a mission to leverage innovation and technology, to address judicial poverty by enhancing awareness, accessibility, affordability and availability of intellectual property rights (IPR). Hear about his advancements in democratizing access to IPR for all. Their intellectual property lawyers are available for consultation on issues related to intellectual property, from acquisition of patents and trademarks, to evaluation of third party IP rights and infringement, to obtaining intellectual property licenses. They can also assist our clients in negotiating, drafting, or modifying a wide array of IP-related agreements.
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G. Brian Benson’s mission is to wake up the world with conscious, thought-provoking media that inspires. Brian's new book "Habits for Success - Inspired Ideas to Help You Soar" is an Amazon #1 Best-Seller and was selected as a 2019 Book Excellence Award Winner in the Motivational book category. Hear Brian's story on this episode as he shares his journey through following his own intuition.
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Monica helps purpose-driven entrepreneurs accelerate their growth and maximize their impact. As a consultant or interim executive, she provides strategy and go-to-market expertise. Through her Quantum Surfing program, she provides coaching based on a growth mindset curriculum so her clients may become predictably lucky.
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In this episode Virginie Glaenzer shares her life's journey from Paris to New York, and becoming a web3 savvy marketing powerhouse. At AcornOak they are an expert strategic advisory and digital marketing team of tech-savvy, socially responsible women serving as Marketers-for-Hire, Fractional CMOs, Trainers, and Advisors. They help small and mid-size organizations build remarkable brands and seize opportunities for growth. They are also expanding to address their HR and accounting needs as well.
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La Rhea is the founder and CEO of Textile Exchange. In addition to developing standards, they also publish critical industry data that enables brands and retailers to measure, and track their use of preferred fibers and materials. With their Climate positive strategy, Textile Exchange is the driving force for urgent climate action on textile fiber and materials with a goal of 45% reduced CO2 emissions from textile fiber production by 2030. La Rhea shares her story in this episode which begins with her experiences as A fifth-generation farmer.
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The Material Innovation Initiative exists to make the #sustainable option, the easy option. They are partnering with scientists, startups, brands, and retailers to bring #NextGenMaterials to market. MII was founded on one basic premise: a market-driven shift toward sustainable materials is urgently needed. The non-profit launched in 2019, as the markets were begining to change with consumers and brands demanding improvements. In this episode, Nicole shares her part in creating more sustainable options for the industry.
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Christian Busch, PHD is the Director, CGA Global Economy Program (focus: how can business contribute to tackling the world's biggest challenges?), New York University & Author of The Serendipity Mindset. His book examines how we can use unpredictability to our advantage and as a pathway to more joyful, purposeful and successful lives. In this book, he reveals the secrets behind the hidden force that rules the universe: serendipity. The book is based on cutting-edge research in the natural and social sciences, as well as hundreds of interviews including with leading CEOs, entrepreneurs, and changemakers.
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Christian Busch, PHD is the Director, CGA Global Economy Program (focus: how can business contribute to tackling the world's biggest challenges?), New York University & Author of The Serendipity Mindset. His book examines how we can use unpredictability to our advantage and as a pathway to more joyful, purposeful and successful lives. In this book, he reveals the secrets behind the hidden force that rules the universe: serendipity. The book is based on cutting-edge research in the natural and social sciences, as well as hundreds of interviews including with leading CEOs, entrepreneurs, and changemakers.
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Dianna Cohen is a visual artist and the Co-Founder of Plastic Pollution Coalition which is a non-profit communications and advocacy organization that collaborates with an expansive global alliance of organizations, businesses, and individuals to create a more just, equitable, regenerative world free of plastic pollution and its toxic impacts. Also see her TED Talk here.
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Dianna Cohen is a visual artist and the Co-Founder of Plastic Pollution Coalition which is a non-profit communications and advocacy organization that collaborates with an expansive global alliance of organizations, businesses, and individuals to create a more just, equitable, regenerative world free of plastic pollution and its toxic impacts. Also see her TED Talk here.
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Kerry Bannigan is a social entrepreneur, and the Founder of The Fashion Impact Fund as well as The Conscious Fashion Campaign. The mission is to support female founders in the fashion industry, advancing education, media, and workforce development programs to accelerate women's economic empowerment and leadership. She's also working in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Partnerships developing solutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Sergiy is the founder of Hempire, where they specialize in the development and production of hemp building materials. In spite of the impacts of the Ukrainian war, Sergiy continues on, building with and spreading the word about Hemp's value as a building material.
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Vincent is the Director of Cheng Kung Garments, and the Chief Strategy Officer at Remakehub, where he helps companies to recycle their waste into new products. He also advices young fashion startups and major fashion companies on industry trends and strategies. He's speaking with us from Shanghai, China.
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Lazarus Tamana is the President of (MOSOP), The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People which is a non-governmental, non-political apex organisation of the Ogoni ethnic minority people of South-Eastern Nigeria. In conjunction with his activism and work with MOSOP, he is helping farmers gain access to local markets and building out international markets for the products they produce in the Niger Delta. We discuss the negative environmental impact the oil industry's had on his homeland.
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Africa Seen and Heard is an innovative consultancy, operating within the creative and cultural industries. As the Director, Winifred endeavours to generate significant cultural and economic growth for not just her clients but also their partners, markets, consumers and their communities. It is the core of her mission to strengthen delivery of her client's business development objectives and social impact goals. In particular she is working for the preservation of indigenous heritage and ecosystems, in unrepresented nations and peoples.
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James is the CEO & Founder at Justice Tourism Foundation (JTF) a social impact travel grassroots tourism non-profit organization focusing on socially responsible travel with the aim of providing socially and environmentally conscious travelers with opportunities to give back to the local communities they visit in Uganda. Hear his story on this episode.
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Pasha Whitmire is the Material Development Lead at Patagonia and point for Patagonia’s technical apparel and equipment product categories. He has built the synthetic material strategy for environmentally positive impact, and established new commercial supply chains as ecological solutions. He's speaking with us from Bozeman, Montana.
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Emily is the CEO and founder of Grapevine which is a home for collaborative giving that’s helping Giving Circles and donor groups, like friends, families, and alumni to pool their donations and decide together where to give. She's also a graduate of Harvard Business School. Hear her story on this episode!
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Rif (Regenerative International Female Inc.) makes femcare using hemp fiber. They source regenerative raw materials to produce high quality maxi pads and period products. Rif is biodegradable, carbon neutral and focused on products that are pesticide and chlorine free. Val is also the founder of Role Models Management. Hear her story on this episode!
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Cities4Peace is a global initiative of the International Association for Human Values that strives to promote PEACE and reduce violence. As the former manager of Shell's GameChanger social innovation program, Mandar taught over 2000 colleagues meditation practices with the aim of improving innovation and change from within.
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Damion is the Founder of Size Wise, an online marketplace that recommends clothing based on your measurements so you can shop with confidence and avoid returns. Size Wise allows you to find products that fit you. They compare your measurements from head to toe against their database of over 100+ brands to find products that are made to fit you. Hear his story on this episode of Heart Stock.
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Gayatri is the Founder and CEO of MasterG where they are breaking patterns of disparity and poverty in India using design and skill development as tools for emancipation. As a graduate of Parsons School of Design in NYC, Gayatri is using her talents to make real changes in the lives of women. Hear her story on this episode of Heart Stock Radio.
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Myranda Caputo and Rachel Battarbee share the story of Guided Makers, Where they are focused on empowering apparel brands with process improvements in the area of product development. Based in Portland Main, they use their experience in technical design, product development and project management to offer brands full product development services throughout the apparel development and production process.
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Yasmina Zaidman is the Chief Development and Partnerships Officer at Acumen, where she leads its efforts to engage with partners and funders who share Acumen’s commitment to supporting entrepreneurial approaches to tackling poverty. She has worked in the arenas of international development, corporate sustainability and social entrepreneurship for over 25 years. She received a BA from Vassar College and her MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business with a certificate in Public Management.
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Maggie's path to becoming the co-Founder of Sesh Coworking, like most women, has not been linear. Before landing in Houston in 2018, she spent the last decade in New York studying, designing and producing jewelry. In 2015. She opened a small jewelry studio located along the Hudson Valley and continued to feel the vast lack of community and connection with other women in business. Moving to Houston was the start of a new chapter and the co-founding of Houston’s first female-focused coworking space.
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Ngozi is the Executive Director and Founder of Custom Collaborative, which is a social enterprise that supports women who are no/low-income and/or immigrant as they create careers in the fashion industry. She's also a graduate of Georgetown Law School. Hear her story on this episode of Heart Stock.
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Marci Zaroff coined the term “ECOfashion” in 1995 and is an internationally recognized ECOlifestyle expert, educator, innovator, author and serial ecopreneur. Founder/CEO of ECOfashion Corp—a “Greenhouse of Brands”—including B2B turnkey sustainable fashion manufacturer MetaWear, regenerative in-conversion-to-organic cotton farm project RESET, QVC organic lifestyle brands Farm to Home, Seed to Style and and new D2C ECOfashion brand YES AND. She is also the author of ECORenaissance, A Lifestyle Guide for Cocreating a Stylish, Sexy, and Sustainable World. Hear Marci's story on this episode where she shares the link between fashion and regenerative agriculture.
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Fran Dunaway is a media executive-turned-fashion entrepreneur and co-founder of TomboyX, a Seattle-based gender neutral underwear and apparel brand launched in 2013. As a certified B-Corp, she and her partner, Naomi Gonzalez, are driven by a belief that brands can be a force for positive change, and their messaging promotes a human agenda to inspire conversation about gender, confidence, acceptance, and inclusion.
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Green Matters Natural Dye Company’s mission is to bring pollution-free color to the textile industry by using all-natural dye ingredients. They are educating customers and businesses about the many benefits of natural dye and their dye studio is based in Lancaster County PA.
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Thi Hien Nguyen is an entrepreneur, futurist and investor active in the fields of Space, Longevity and Technology. She is the CEO and founder at Hi Performance Space, a leading performance facility focused on longevity, renowned for its functional medicine approach of nutritional, lifestyle and training methods for peak performance. She is the Founder and Director at SpaceConneX with a mission to connect, collaborate, and catalyze ideas, actions, people, and projects that lead to the opening of the space frontier. SpcX envision a future in which humanity has expanded into the solar system, contributing products and services that will foster a better life for all mankind.
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Yesa founded Santeria with the vision of creating an authentic and sustainable clothing brand, handmade by indigenous artisans in Mexico. Together they are contributing to the evolution and growth of the eco-friendly, fair trade and slow fashion movement.
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Mathilde is the founder and director of SANE (www.sane-standard.com)– a certification label for sustainable clothing. She is also the founder of Sustain Your Style, which is a not-for-profit initiative launched in 2017. Her goal is to inform fashion consumers about the current issues of the industry and about the available alternatives. Sustain Your Style also aims to promote sustainable fashion brands, initiatives, and practices with the objective of supporting the whole sustainable fashion movement. Through their platform, they also provide consulting services to fashion brands looking for sustainable materials and suppliers.
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Jessica Schreiber is a self proclaimed trash nerd and passionate about waste prevention. She's the founder of FABSCRAP where they are rethinking commercial textile waste by providing convenient pickup of unwanted textiles from NYC businesses and have recently expanded their thrift store operations to Philadelphia. They also offer workshops, and of course anyone can shop for fabric online.
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Danny Grande is a Co-Founder at Arbor, which is a data science platform that utilizes proprietary environmental and societal datasets to empower companies with the ability to measure, improve, and showcase the sustainability of their products through custom tools and visualizations. They enable brands to evaluate their existing production processes, reduce costs, set sustainability benchmarks all while helping share this information with customers online. He shares his founder's journey on this episode.
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Lisa Broderick is the author of "All the Time in the World" and the founder of Police2Peace. She's helping communities reimagine how they would like policing to be. Lisa comes from a career in the high-tech industry, where for three decades she helped bring new approaches to society through innovation. Lisa has frequently found herself at the forefront of applying “disruptive technologies” to societal problems through the use of language and radical thinking. Hear her story on this episode.
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Previously Lynn ran Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ), which has since become Conservation Nation, a new organization committed to saving wildlife by creating a more inclusive, representative, and stronger community of conservationists. Hear how the Pandemic impacted FONZ and their quick response, pivoting to create Conservation Nation.
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Erinch is a lecturer, public speaker, podcaster and the Business & Enterprise Lead at Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) Former chief executive of the World Fair Trade Organization, Erinch now works with the team alongside Kate Raworth, the author of Donut Economics. Their mission is to transform Doughnut Economics from a radical idea into actions that result in a more regenerative and distributive business/economic model for people and planet. Heart Stock Radio is a production of KBMF 102.5 FM and underwritten by Purse for the People
After overseeing the successful hiring of over 20k people in 150 countries annually and leading internal talent initiatives, Annissa now combines her experience in finance, IT, and strategy to modernize HR for companies to achieve business outcomes and create a place where people love to work. Over the last 25 years, Annissa has helped her clients achieve all types of measurable business results including growing revenue, improving profitability, evaluating the workforce implications of different business models, retaining key talent, avoiding layoffs, and when needed making difficult workforce decisions with compassion and respect. She also recently published a modern HR novel called "The Comeback" which is a fast-paced fictional adventure through the fundamentals of modern HR. Heart Stock Radio is a production of KBMF 102.5 FM and is underwritten by Purse for the People
Phil Johnson is an executive business coach, podcast host and author. His mission is to improve the emotional intelligence of business leaders in order to prepare them for our rapidly changing future and make a positive impact in business cultures. In his book, The Servant Warrior Leader, Phil has encapsulated what true leadership is all about: An authentic leader motivates, inspires and empowers others as a servant. Hear how Phil, very early in life, learned the secrets of success in spite of being dyslexic and struggling at school.
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Grant Trahant is the founder of Causeartist, an impact business platform that has been read in over 200 countries. Grant has interviewed nearly 700 social entrepreneurs from around the world, highlighting innovations in ethical fashion, climate change, ethical technology, impact investing, and sustainable travel. He also recently launched www.impactinvestor.io and is the host of two podcasts: Disruptors for GOOD and Investing in Impact.
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Ronda Coguill is the Chief Technology Officer for her family owned and operated business, Highland Point, Inc. HPI brings engineering and materials solutions to clients through innovation, specializing in materials testing, characterization, environmental optimization as well as assisting entrepreneurs with prototyping and technical challenges. Ronda shares her journey as an entrepreneur, and home schooling parent on this episode.
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Steve Groff is a farmer, agricultural consultant, speaker, researcher and author focused on regenerative agriculture methods. His book, The Future Proof Farm, is a perceptive solution for those who want to know how nutritious food can be grown. It's a practical survival guide for farmers, showing them how to meet the needs of consumers. Steve shares his story on this episode and how regenerative agriculture can also help solve climate issues.
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Renaud Teasdale is the co-founder and CEO of MyCustomizer. He leads the design of their software / platform and is responsible for setting the overall direction and product strategy for the company. As a product designer, he was introduced to the concept of Mass Customization while at New Balance and was inspired to join the customization revolution. He would like all brands and makers to have access to this technology and empower them to engage customers in a design-your-own customization experience.
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Michael Bowman is the author of the 2014 Farm Bill amendment, Section 7606, that granted farmers the right to grow industrial hemp in legal states for the first time in 80 years. He grew up on his family farm in Colorado and advocates for the power of hemp to restore land and bolster resilient farming economies. He's passionate about dispelling the misconceptions and myths of Hemp and is helping us all understand, "What's the big deal with Hemp anyway?"
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Sandra Goldmark is a designer, teacher and entrepreneur. Her work focusses on material culture and its impacts on our lives and on the planet. Sandra is an Associate Professor of Professional Practice at Barnard College, where she teaches design and leads the office of Sustainability and Climate Action on campus. She is also the Author of "Fixation, How to have stuff without breaking the planet".
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Leslie Goldman is General Partner & Co-Founder of The Artemis Fund where they invest in mission-driven female founders in fintech, the care economy, and sustainable consumer packaged goods. Historicaly, female-founders received only 2-3% of venture capital. Their mission is to give female founders the access to capital that they deserve. #sheisnotacarveout
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BE (Barbara) is the inventor of the Alinker, a non-motorized walking-bike without pedals that's designed for everyone who wants to maintain an active life regardless of mobility challenges. BE has gained appreciation of the power of inclusivity and community as a result of her previous work in Afghanistan, Kenya, the Sudan, Ethiopia, Kosovo, and Indonesia. As a certified B Corporation, the Alinker is challenging assumptions about people with disabilities. Hear BE's story on this episode.
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Steffen Kuehr is the founder and CEO of TekTailor. Their mission is to grow and strengthen the apparel and textile manufacturing sector in the U.S. in a sustainable manner. TekTailor, Inc. is also a legal Benefit Corporation and Certified Green Business.
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Sheryl-Ann Carscadden, is the Managing director at Sundance Source, where she specializes in strategy, belonging in the workplace, inclusivity and diversity and business development. She has a special focus in serving the Indigenous communities and businesses. She shares her story on this episode of Heart Stock Radio.
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Shamil Hargovan is the Managing Director of STS Capital Partners and CEO of Altruvest Charitable Services, where he is bettering the human condition through impactful business. In 2016, Shamil was named a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree in Manufacturing and Industry – and again in 2017 to the Forbes 30 Under 30 All-Star list. He has also been featured as one of Inc Magazine's "50 Emerging Global Entrepreneurs to Watch". He shares his story on this episode.
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Michelle McLaughlin is the founder and Chief Soap Maker at Montana Pure Skin. She is passionate about making products that are healthy for people and considerate of the environment. Located in Marion Montana, Michelle's planning to add jobs and growth to her local economy as she scales her business.
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After 20+ years in fashion design, Thomasine Dolan Dow felt the fashion industry had lost its mind and wanted to do something about it. Thus began her sustainability journey. From farms to shipping finished garments, she's helping fashion brands take on the challenge of doing better. Thomasine shares her story and answers the question "Why does sustainable fashion matter?" on this episode of Heart Stock.
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Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas is a Professor of Marketing and Sustainable Business at the British School of Fashion. She researches and teaches sustainability and ethics, conducting cross-disciplinary research on sustainability including fashion, luxury, and health; promoting innovative policy in sustainability, international marketing, ethical business, and fair trade. She is also Editor-in-Chief for Bloomsbury Fashion Business Case Studies. She shares her story on this episode.
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Not only does Jessica speak 7 languages, she is also the founder of Fair For Us, a platform that gathers all the latest news related to fair trade, whether it’s textile, food, or materials. Hear Jessica's story on this episode.
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Dr. Michael P Masters is a Professor of Biological Anthropology and author of "Identified Flying Objects". He uses a multidisciplinary study of time and the UFO phenomenon to cautiously examine the premise that “UFOs” and “Aliens” may simply be our distant human descendants. Dr. Masters shares his story and his experiences as an author on this episode of Heart Stock.
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Rudi van Aarde and Stuart Pimm are working to improve elephant populations. Together as professors at the Conservation Ecology Research Unit, University of Pretoria in Johannesburg South Africa, they have studied African Elephant populations and developed an interesting and multi- country approach to land conservation, so existing herds might increase in numbers. Pictured from left to right are: Stuart Pimm, Theo Wassenaar, Rudi van Aarde and Robert Guldemond.
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Taneeza is the co-founder of South Dakota Voices for Peace and South Dakota Voices for Justice. She has developed strategic programming to empower South Dakotans with accurate information to fight Islamophobia, immigrant/refugee bigotry in order to nurture informed, inclusive and civically engaged communities. South Dakota Voices for Justice engages in direct lobbying against bigoted legislation and statements made by elected officials or those running for office.
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Mandi Kerr has spent her career bringing people together. She started thinking about how to connect everyone in this industry, and thus the Global Hemp Association was born and the rest was history. The Global Hemp Association is a diverse organization that works with a variety of individuals and companies, with the common goal of growing the hemp industry on a global scale. As the CEO and board member, she works with leaders across a variety of industries to help educate others on the benefits of hemp.
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One of the stars of the Netflix series, Blackstone, Andrea is a five-time Gemini-nominated actress, a 15-time music award winner. As the founder of the Sacred Feminine Learning Lodge. She is an influencer in Feminine Leadership and trains women to “Lead Like a Goddess.” An advocate for rematriation and reconciliation, Andrea helps women, men and all-gendered people to name, reclaim and embody the qualities of the Sacred Feminine.
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Breezy Point Energy’s (BPE) mission is to combat the immediate threat to our planet brought on by climate change and improve the health and quality of life of the individuals in the communities where they live and work. Based in Northern Montana, home of the best wind results in the country, their wind, solar, energy storage, and green hydrogen generator solution, will be able to provide renewable energy 24/7 365 days a year without interruption with a zero-carbon footprint.
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Stuart is the Doris Duke Chair of Conservation Ecology at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. He is a world leader in the study of present day extinctions and what can be done to prevent them. As the founder and president of Saving Nature, he works with local conservation groups to acquire land to reconnect isolated habitats. He was worked and taught in Africa for nearly 20 years on elephants, most recently lions — through National Geographic’s Big Cats Initiative — but always on topics that relate to the conservation of wildlife and the ecosystems on which they depend.
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Brett Blumberg, is the Director of Sustainable Events & Analytics at Green Sports Alliance in San Diego, California. At Green Sports Alliance, they leverage the power of sports to drive meaningful impact by convening industry stakeholders, and engage fans, inspiring them to embrace sustainability. Brett is interviewed by our intern extraordinaire Jillian Lewandoski, recent graduate of Pace University with degrees in Sports Marketing and Arts & Entertainment Management.
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Felipe helps conscious travelers find local, ethical tour operators they can trust, in 18 countries and 100+ destinations in Latin America at Sumak Sustainable Travel. He founded the social enterprise 9 years ago and focuses on tourism and sustainable development for local and indigenous communities. Hear his story on this episode.
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Alyssa Agrifolio is the Senior Manager of Corporate Giving & Events at the New York Football Giants. She holds a Masters Degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Sports Administration where she's also taught as an adjunct professor. Alyssa shares her story and how she's making a positive impact working with the NY Giants.
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Kelly Drennan is the Founding Executive Director of Fashion Takes Action (FTA), Canada's only non-profit organization devoted to advancing sustainability in the fashion industry through education, awareness, research and collaboration. Since 2007 FTA has worked with over 2000 fashion brands and retailers. Kelly developed FTA's youth education program called My Clothes My World for students in grades 4-12. Hear Kelly's story on this episode.
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Tiila is a former Sephora executive and the founder of AETHER Beauty. She is passionate about sustainable beauty product development and has won several awards for the work she is doing at AEHER Beauty. Hear her story on this episode of Heart Stock Radio.
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Dana Thomas is the author of Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes. Thomas began her career writing for the Style section of The Washington Post, and for fifteen years she served as a cultural and fashion correspondent for Newsweek in Paris. She is currently Editor-at Large for Vogue Business, and a regular contributor to The New York Times Style section. Hear her story and the impacts of fast fashion on this episode.
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By 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in our oceans (by weight). Dinesh is determined to change this and preserve nature by making it possible to switch from plastic to an edible spoon. Hear his story and the story of IncrEDIBLE on this episode.
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Allen is the Founder and creative force behind the Cincinnati based business accelerator, MORTAR. Through a 15-week course, aspiring entrepreneurs build a comprehensive business canvas and learn the nuances of business management. The end goal being to launch businesses that create jobs and circulate dollars locally. Allen shares his story and the story of MORTAR on this episode.
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As the Founder of Sharethelovely, Bonnie is reimagining wedding shopping and planning for all-sustainable weddings by providing the wedding industry and consumers a range of sustainable products and services helping couples create the wedding of their dreams.
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Mark's mission at Ecojot is to be a paper company with a cause for literacy and our environment. Ecojot's products are made by the finest quality of 100% percent post consumer recycled material. Founded by brother and sister team Mark and Carolyn Gavin in 2007, they create eco-friendly stationery, paper goods and custom products that feature whimsical and inspirational designs. Their love for paper, the planet and art has enabled them to create a sustainable brand available in hundreds of locations around the world.
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As the founder of TIL, Chris is on a mission to leverage innovation and technology, addressing judicial poverty by enhancing awareness, accessibility, affordability and availability of intellectual property rights (IPR). Chris shares his story on this episode of Heart Stock Radio.
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Melissa works with brands to incorporate Unifi's Repreve certified recycled polyester and nylon into their product line. REPREVE® is the global leader in branded recycled performance fibers, transforming more than 20 billion plastic bottles into recycled fiber for new clothing, shoes, home goods and other consumer products. Hear Melissa's story on this episode.
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Diana Martin is the Director of Communications at Rodale Institute. She connects with consumers, farmers, scientists and policymakers to promote regenerative organic agriculture. Though Rodale Institute has been in existence since 1947, they are still leading the way with an upcoming cohort of physicians, introducing them to the health benefits of regenerative farming.
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Daniel Carper is the CEO and Founder of Develop Mental, where he helps startups and midsized companies with their IT needs. He's also an active cryptocurrency trader. On this episode he gives us an introduction to cryptocurrency, and why it's here to stay.
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R-Water's mission is to provide state-of-the-art cleaning and disinfecting technology globally, eliminating archaic chemicals that wreak havoc on human health and the environment. Rayne Guest is on a mission to squash the COVID pandemic while providing a safe, healthy alternative to disinfection chemicals. Hear her story on this episode.
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Vanessa is the CEO of Roanhorse Consulting (RCLLC), which is an indigenous women-led think tank. RCLLC works with unheralded communities, businesses, organizations, and individuals to achieve and aspire their self-determination through forging communities of practice, strengthening indigenous evaluation methods, creating equity through entrepreneurship, and encouraging economic empowerment from within. She shares the story of her work on this episode.
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Kayleigh O’Keefe is the founder and CEO of Soul Excellence Ventures, a leadership publishing, consulting, and education company. Her latest book, Leading Through the Pandemic: Unconventional Wisdom from Heartfelt Leaders is now available with all proceeds benefiting the National Alliance on Mental Illness. She's on a mission to amplify the voices of unconventional, courageous leaders.
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Mike Newman is a thought leader in the new Circular Economy and is considered one of the leading experts in the transformation of logistics platforms from single-use packaging to reusables, combatting the mountains of corrugated cardboard entering our waste stream while saving millions in logistics expenses. Mike share the story of Returnity on this episode of Heart Stock.
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Amy Hall leads the Social Consciousness commitment at EILEEN FISHER. As a sustainability pioneer, Amy launched and built EILEEN FISHER’s Social Consciousness practice and is considered a leader in the global sustainable apparel and conscious business movement. In her new venture as the President and Founder of Impactorum, Amy offers over 25 years of sustainability and corporate social responsibility experience to her consulting clients. We've shared some of Amy's ideas about the task at hand for Impactorum below.
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We have one chance to get this right. To bring our collective actions in line with the earth’s renewable resources. To restore the biodiversity of this planet so that our species can survive for future generations. And to do so with humility, equity and compassion for all.
We take our inspiration from Project Drawdown (edited by Paul Hawken), Climate: A New Story (Charles Eisenstein), Winners Take All (Anand Giridharadas) and from children, animals and living systems the world over.
History shows that we can’t simply measure our current actions against last year’s actions. But we must inhabit a new reality. One that manifests net positive impact for the good of all.
That’s the vision of Impactorum.
Jessica Baldwin and Joshua Toenyes are the founders of Cardsetter. They were recognized by Montana High Tech Business Alliance as a Montana Startup to Watch in 2019. Cardsetter is a website platform and CMS that’s easy to use yet powerful enough to handle unlimited content and it gives website owners complete control over organizing content. Jessica and Josh share their story on this special holiday episode.
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Dr. Haverhals is an analytical chemist/materials scientist and entrepreneur working to produce high performance materials for a wide variety of applications. His company, Natural Fiber Welding, is a patented fabrication platform that produces materials for textiles, leather and beyond. At scale they will recycle billions of pounds of cotton and transform waste into sustainable biodegradable circular products.
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Dr. Jackson leads New Profit’s Future of Work Initiative, which seeks to close the career-readiness gap for Americans from low-income backgrounds. She currently leads New Profit’s $15M Future of Work Global Fund to invest in entrepreneurs and companies developing innovative technical solutions to upskill low-income and entry-level workers at scale. Angela recently launched a $6 million Future of Work Grand Challenge, powered by XPRIZE and MIT Solve, to rapidly reskill 25,000 displaced workers into living-wage jobs in the next 24 months. Hear Dr. Jackson's story on this episode of Heart Stock Radio.
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Daphne Amory works as a Biodynamic consultant and educator. Consulting, biodynamic/organic farm conversions, and certification preparation, to education and advocacy, Daphne utilizes concepts of regenerative farming to fully embrace a holistic approach to Farming. She is also a certified International Organic Inspector (IOIA) for Organic/Demeter-USA; specializing in vineyards and wineries.
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Along with her husband and four children, Doniga owns and operates Markegard Family Grass-Fed LLC, raising grass-fed beef, lamb, pastured pork, chicken and dairy supplying the Bay Area with local, nutrient dense foods. She is dedicated to finding ways to regenerate lands and community through ranching practices that build soil, sequester carbon, capture and purify water and enhance habitat.
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After 40 years of farming his family farm of 4000 acres (100% organic for 30 years), Bob Quinn is currently in the 3rd year of a 3 years to retirement program: He has retained about 4 acres in order to conduct a few research experiments and to grow all his own food. In 2019 Bob published, with Liz Carlise, the book "Grain by Grain". Hear his story on this episode of Heart Stock Radio and learn about Kamut International.
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Karen's family heirloom apples are grown on the Navarro River bottom in Mendocino County. They envision their farm as a place where soil, plants, animals and people can live together and thrive and have been members of CCOF (California Certified Organic Farmers) for many years. The idea of looking at the farm as a complete organism is central to the practice of biodynamic agriculture, which they began practicing in earnest several years ago. Hear the story of The Apple Farm on this episode.
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Amanda is the CEO of Social Mama, which is an app that matches like-minded mothers for friendship and support. Social Mama does this through profile matching that enables women to connect organically for friendship and by facilitating support through experts (OBGYNs, Therapists, and more) that live on the app. Social Mama is an ecosystem with no judgement & and an inclusive vibe. Amanda shares the story of her enterprise on this episode of Heart Stock Radio.
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Women and minority founders have been shown to deliver outsized investment returns, yet they receive a small fraction of investment dollars. These underestimated diverse founders are outside investor networks and therefore perceived as riskier. To make it even harder, founders can't effectively convey their opportunities or passion through a static pitch deck. Allison Byers recently founded Scroobious to address these problems with a platform solution that uses video, technology, and data science to humanize and expand pitching and sourcing in underestimated markets.
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Yoga and Pilates instructor by day, and start-up co-founder by night, Mandi Bateman works to expand the reach of fitness and wellness providers by taking the inefficiencies out of the wellness ecosystem. As a social entrepreneur, her goal is to leave the planet better than she found it on a daily basis. LubbDubb has experienced a 400% increase since COVID has appeared. Hear her story and how COVID has actually helped her enterprise bloom.
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Shiloh Johnson of ComplYant, works to make tracking and paying taxes easier for small business. She founded ComplYant in 2019 and participated in Seneca VC’s Advance Cohort. She fights for the little guy and believes that the color of your skin should not impact your likelihood of success. Everyone deserves complete and accurate fiscal guidance and financial success. Shiloh helps small businesses to operate more efficiently by unlocking solutions to their toughest tax challenges.
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Through Playa Viva and Regenerative Travel Inc, David has endeavored to leverage hospitality (and real estate investments) to bring capital (social, market, intellectual, natural and financial) to work in improving the ecosystem, both people and planet, to create vibrant, resilient, healthy and profitable systems for all participants. It takes a "slow money" committed investment and it's working. He tells us how on this episode of Heart Stock.
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Nicole Snow launched Around the Om, a general imports company, in 2006. Two years later, wanting to create a business focused on social consciousness through crafting and design, Nicole merged the firm into a new entity, Darn Good Yarn. Since then, Darn Good Yarn has saved over 1,000,000 pounds of manufacturing remnant material from ending up in landfills or rivers, up-cycling it into hand-spun, hand-dyed silk yarn and craft supplies and employing more than 600 Indian and Nepalese artisans.
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At TOP Organic Project, they believe that tampons and pads should be free of dioxins, pesticides and toxins – period. The founders, Denielle Finkelstein and Thyme Sullivan, are here to educate, enlighten, and embarrass themselves so that every girl and woman on the planet has access to healthy, 100% organic, eco-loving tampons and pads, and every step of the way, they inspire stigma-shattering conversations about periods.
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Mobolaji Olambiwonnu is a film maker and creative partner at Dreamseeker Media. His current documentary project, Ferguson Rises, is about struggle and hope, tragedy and transcendence. It is the story of a small town that suffered a powerful loss and became the flash-point for a modern-day civil rights movement. Mobolaji tells his story on this episode of Heart Stock Radio.
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The Women’s Foundation of Montana works to increase the number of women in leadership by supporting leadership programs, as well as hosting their own Power House Montana initiative in support of women’s leadership and entrepreneurship. Jen shares her story on this episode of Heart Stock Radio.
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Innovation Women is an online speaker bureau for entrepreneurial, innovative and technical women. Bobbie connects event managers with great female speakers, helping event organizers avoid embarrassing all-male panels. She has multiple other endeavors and works to help startups and small companies with their integrated marketing needs.
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Malik Yakini is the Executive Director of Detroit Black Community Food Security Network where they believe in and work to promote racial equality, class-consciousness and gender equality. They are committed to fighting injustice, building community models of justice and upholding good food as a human right. Hear his story on this episode of Heart Stock Radio.
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In addition to being the author of Mining City Mysteries, Marian Jensen, is also the host and writer of the radio series, Mining City Reflections, which shares the rich history of women in Butte, Montana. Mining City Reflections is part of the Verdigri Project, a comprehensive oral history project from KBMF 102.5FM, in partnership with the Butte-Silver Bow Archives. Marian has also provided this link to an important episode of her show exploring the experience of African Americans in the Minining City. Enjoy! https://bit.ly/385SzA2
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Gregg Treinish is a conservationist, social entrepreneur, and adventurer. He founded Adventure Scientists in 2011, with a strong passion for both scientific discovery and exploration. Hear his story on this episode of Heart Stock Radio.
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Ethan Austin is the Managing Director of Techstars where they connect startup founders with world class executives, mentors and investors to help them develope their product and go-to-market strategy. He's been a founder himself and went through Techstars as a founder in 2010. He shares his story on this episode of Heart Stock Radio.
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At NC3 they envision a new, more equitable economy — one focused on small, local businesses that keeps wealth, income, and jobs in local communities. As the Executive Director of the National Coalition for Community Capital, Ken Linge is especially interested in fostering collaborations that grow community engagement and expand opportunities for people to get more involved in the production side of community economics as entrepreneurs and investors. He shares his story on this episode of Heart Stock Radio.
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Corporate attorney turned fashion tech and sustainability entrepreneur, Stephanie Benedetto is the Co-Founder of Queen of Raw, a marketplace to buy and sell unused textiles, keeping them out of landfills and turning pollution into profit. Prior to starting Queen of Raw, Stephanie worked as a lawyer in the fashion, media/entertainment, start-up, and technology industries and co-founded a sustainable textile manufacturing facility. She's an advocate for women in business and sustainability.
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Kristel Corson is the Vice President of Sales & Marketing Clover Sonoma, a third-generation family owned and operated dairy. From organic and natural food to beauty and educational entertainment, Kristel has worked within a variety of compelling industries. Most recently, her professional accomplishments include the development and launch of Clover Sonoma’s rebrand and the company’s B Corporation certification. She shares her story on this episode of Heart Stock Radio.
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Meredith Benton is an expert in the field of impact investing and corporate social responsibility. She's the founder and CEO of Whistle Stop Capital, LLC, where she aids investment managers and asset owners in understanding and communicating how sustainability issues impact portfolio outcomes. Whistle Stop assists in the development of active strategies to address human rights and environmental concerns across asset classes. She shares her story on this episode of Heart Stock Radio.
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In addition to being the founder of Montana Robe Company, Jennifer is also founder of the Podcast Femories. She's passionate about entrepreneurship, travel and skiing. Hear her story up next on Heart Stock Radio.
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Angella Conrad is the CEO of Hemp Buyer and HempBuyerAuction.com, an online platform for wholesale distribution of hemp products. Angella's previous endeavors include, FHA Reverse Mortgage Advisor and working in the alternative medicine industry. Hear her story on this episode of Heart Stock Radio.
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Dr. Ashi Bhandiwad is on a mission to disrupt education as it stands today. She's the founded of StemChef. It's is a new approach to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) learning for kids through food and cooking. She shares her story on this episode of Heart Stock Radio.
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Lewis Perkins is a champion for sustainability and social responsibility – personally and professionally. He's the President of the Apparel Impact Institute, where they meet the most urgent sustainability needs of the planet by transforming the apparel industry. But there's even more to his story so listen in as he shares on this episode of Heart Stock Radio.
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KO works with gangs and coaches strong women. She's the Vice President of Human Resources at TRU Colors, a for profit start up brewery owned & operated by active gang members. Their social mission to unify and decrease gang violence. KO is the force behind defining company culture at TRU Colors, driveing both personal and professional growth for their team. She is also responsible for training & development | hiring & firing. In her “free time”, KO is also an accomplished author, speaker and personal core coach to women intra & entrepreneurs.
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Amanda Curtis has many accomplishments including Forbes’ 30 Under 30 2016 for Retail & E-commerce, Apparel Magazine's 30 Under 30 2016, NRF's Person Shaping Retail's Future 2018, a mentor at TechStars, a mentor with AOL's Built by Girls and she's just getting started. Amanda will share her story with us, and her views on sustainability in the world of fashion.
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On this episode, Annafi Wahed, founder and CEO of The Flip Side, shares her story. The Flip Side's mission is to help bridge the gap between liberals and conservatives. They are a one-stop shop for smart, concise summaries of political analysis from both conservative and liberal media. They are working to create a shared news source in a world of a billion news feeds.
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Cat Bradley is the founder of SewEthico, a growth hacking service for ethical businesses. After working on the business side of nonprofits, a masters in marketing and nonprofit management, she's transitioned to tech, and developed her systems for growth and scalability. So, after learning, she’s using her powers for good to drive mission-based businesses forward to a successful future.
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This episode focuses on the business of cannabis post-prohibition in Northern California and the multiple impacts affecting Southern Humboldt County and beyond.
Guest Credits:
Shane Anderson: Northfork Studios
Jentri Anders: Beyond Counter Culture
Johny Casali: Huckelberry Hill Farms
Chelsea George: Five Sisters Farms
Amanda Reiman: Flow Kana
AnnaRae Grabstein: NorCal Cannabis
Music: Max Ritter: On the Nature of Daylight, Psychedelic Furs: India, Tobies Oats: Farm, Deep Forest: Sweet Lullaby, Don Ross: Burkley Springs, SkyBlue: Travelin,
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Dawn Mcgee is the CEO of GoodWorks Evergreen, where they acquire, build and reinvest in private profitable community centered companies. She is also President of the High Stakes Foundation, which provides support to visionary people and organizations that are leading and implementing changes to create a sustainable future for Montana. Hear her story on this episode of Heart Stock Radio.
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Dr. Cynthia Daley is a professor within the College of Agriculture at California State University, Chico, and currently serves as the Rawlin's Endowed Professor for Environmental Literacy, and the Director for the Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems. Hear her story up next on Heart Stock Radio.
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Seth Carlstrom is the owner of Height LLC. His specialty at Height, is product development, especially focusing on performance solutions made of textiles. We discuss his passion for making prototypes and samples, design thinking and innovation in manufacturing. He's a graduate of Montana State University Bozeman, and former Director of Soft Products at Salient Technologies.
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Maisie is an Architect and the co-owner of Restor Design + Build. She earned her Masters of Archetecture at Montana State University in Bozeman, and loves preserving all things old. She'll share her story up next on Heart Stock Radio.
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Sica Schmitz is a fashion activist and the founder of Bead and Reel. She's passionate about telling stories through what we wear and helping give a voice to those without one. She's also the winner of the Sustainable Business Council's 2017 Sustainable Business Award. Hear her story on this episode of Heart Stock Radio.
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Lisa Morales-Hellebo is a VC, seasoned entrepreneur, product strategist, and creative director with a career spanning 25 years working with start-ups to F500s on strategy and execution across branding, products, and innovation. She is currently a co-founder of The New York Supply Chain Meetup and The Worldwide Supply Chain Federation; and is co-founder and general partner of REFASHIOND Ventures — an NYC-based, early-stage supply chain technology venture fund that invests in startups refashioning global supply chains.
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Alisa Herr is the CEO and founder of Unity Digital Agency. Grounded in the principles of sustainability, community, and social equity, Unity is a digital agency for mission-based organizations. Alisa is also co-host of the Podcast, Arc Benders. The name "Arc Benders" is inspired by the quote from Theodore Parker, "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice," which was made famous by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Jenny Siede is the co-founder of Instyle Exchange, and she’s apparel design and manufacturing program advisor at Texas Tech. Her mission is to shape the future of fashion design and manufacturing with a focus on sustainability and technology.
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Interested in creating a food co-op in your community? Butte, Montana is moving to create theirs. In this episode, Leo Prigge and Casey McConnell share what the Butte Food Co-op Working Group is all about and how they've found support from other co-ops in Montana and beyond.
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As a Social Entrepreneur, Rhonda Collins is helping parents and families live more sustainably with Toycycle. Hear her story on this episode of Heart Stock Radio.
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Juliette Barre is the Director of Business Development & Marketing at Sourcemap, where they're using information technology to help consumers and companies trace products to their source, ensureing transparency for consumer goods worldwide.
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Amanda Reiman is the Vice President of Community Development at Flow Kana. She's a PHD and research scientist with a history of working in the cannabis industry. She'll share her experiences, and a social history of legalization in the US.
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Esther is the CEO of Cienega Capital, a regenerative investment firm utilizing an integrated capital approach to systemic change in the areas of soil health, regenerative agriculture, and local food systems. Cienega Capital is also part of the #NoRegrets Initiative, a regenerative asset strategy focused on the health of agricultural soils and agricultural communities of North America.
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Paddy Fleming is the Director of Montana Manufacturing Extension Center. Paddy grew up in Montana and has a successful history of working in manufacturing, higher education and economic development. Why is manufacturing important to Montana and beyond? Up next on Heart Stock Radio.
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Rebecca Magee is manager of Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship at EILEEN FISHER. She is guiding the company's sustainability strategy, initiating and facilitating creative solutions to accelerate the company's sustainability progress (including development of internal sustainability education programming), spearheading industry bench-marking assessments, such as the B Corp Impact Assessment, and leading an initiative titled: Supporting Women in Environmental Justice. We asked, "what might the connection be between gender equality and environmental issues"? Rebecca shares what they've discovered and much more on using business as a force for good at EILEEN FISHER.
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Nina Horne is a public policy expert, social entrepreneur, advocate for positive maturation, and founder and CEO of Oakland-based Samara Family Service. Most important, she’s a mom who’s been there and back, so she's putting her knowledge and experience to helping parents and their teens to build thriving families.
Nina started her career in the classroom, teaching living skills to developmentally delayed adults, teens, and children so that they could function more independently in their lives. She then spent 20 years as an educational publisher, working with leading educators and scientists to understand how teens and college students learn and grow. Nina used that deep knowledge of the classroom, learning styles, and instructional methodology of curricular materials to create more than 100 successful curricular systems (textbooks). Nina spent 10 years working on institutional systems-level change as a public policy advisor and consultant to understand how to solve big problems from a macro level, and build solutions from the micro level. Hear her story on this episode of Heart Stock Radio.
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Alicia Syrett, is an Angel Investor and supporter of all things startup especially those led by female founders. Her Point25 Initiative, is based on the belief that having the right network of helpful and influential advisors can propel a businesses forward. It's also an effort to facilitate advisory board roles for prominent leaders who wish to give back to the startup ecosystem.
Her achievements include: Recurring Panelist on CNBC & MSNBC, Inc. Contributor, Instructor at Columbia University, Fellow at The Economic Club of New York. Featured in CNBC's Make Me A Millionaire Inventor, TechCrunch, Forbes, USA Today, Inc., Entrepreneur, Huffington Post, Mashable, NPR’s Marketplace, PBS, Associated Press, CNBC’s Cash Crowd, & Fox Business’s Risk & Reward. Named one of LinkedIn's Top Voices in Startups & Entrepreneurship in 2018, 30 Women in Venture Capital to Watch by Business Insider, 25 Angel Investors in New York You Need to Know by AlleyWatch, Wharton's 40 Under 40 young alumni by Wharton Magazine, and Five Next Generation Leaders Emerging from Tech by Virgin. Founder of #Point25 (point25.splashthat.com) to help women-led startups build robust Advisory Boards with C-Level advisors. Active Board and Advisory Board member.
On this episode hear Alicia's best words of advice for investors and founders.
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Dave Ford is the founder and CEO of SoulBuffalo Expeditions, which is an expedition company with operating experience in over 80 countries, servicing the Fortune 500. They've spent the last four years heavily focused on purpose-driven expeditions aligned with United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals, with the mission to drive large scale systemic change in the world. They organize global expeditions, sustainability summits and meetings, bringing change makers together to face global challenges head on.
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Pam Chaloult is the CEO of Practical Feet Advisers and the Executive Producer of Social Venture Institute. Pamela is an empathic leader who offers results-focused wisdom to individuals, nonprofits and businesses. As a natural relationship weaver, Pamela has a history of cultivating high-caliber relationships to instigate change and transformation which she imbued in her executive leadership positions. As a lifelong learner Pamela possesses a passion for healing and the advancement of women leaders. Hear her story on this episode of Heart Stock Radio.
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