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Nick Zeltzer & Alex McIntosh
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S5E4 Cheaper, Faster & Smarter EV Charging: How Kwetta Raised US$10.5M to Connect Millions of Vehicles to the Grid
Nick chats with Mike Lazelle and Dr Rob Turner, co-founders of Kwetta, to discuss their groundbreaking approach to electrifying heavy vehicles. Kwetta has just raised ~$17 million AUD in Series A…
S5E3 A Positive Climate's Startup PITCHFEST 2024 (feat. ten startups!)
Nick and producer-turned-”shark” Mark hear pitches from ten up and coming Australian climate startups! Our third annual pitch episode with some incredible ~seed stage startups in the latest cohort…
S5E2 Does Australia Need Nuclear Energy? (feat. Simon Holmes à Court)
Nick chats to Simon Holmes à Court about nuclear energy in Australia.“When are you covering nuclear?” is one of the most common questions we’ve received from APC listeners.So we finally went there.…
S5E1 Will Our Cars Power Our Homes?
Nick chats to Tim Washington from JET Charge about using electric vehicles as batteries for our homes.Vehicle to grid technology could transform not one but *two* trillion dollar industries in energy…
S4E10 A Positive Climate #Wrapped 2023
That’s a wrap! It's our annual review episode, with Alex and Nick covering all the climate technology news from 2023. The hottest year on record brings a reminder that we need to be doubling down on…
S4E9 Startup Pitch Competition w/ TEN Australian Climate Tech Startups
Nick and Alex hear pitches from ten up and coming Australian startups working on climate solutions! *Vote HERE* We’re back with our second pitchfest episode! And again teaming up with EnergyLab’s…
S4E8 How The USA Is Changing The Game (feat. Sicona)
This week Alex is away so Nick is let loose on the podcast! Nick chats to Christiaan Jordaan, CEO and founder of Sicona. Sound familiar? We interviewed Christiaan in back November 2021 in one of our…
S4E7 Jolting Australia’s Electric Vehicle Industry (feat. Jolt Charge)
We chat to Doug Mcnamee from Jolt Charge, an Australian electric vehicle charging business that has raised $100million from Blackrock (the world's largest money manager). EV uptake in Australia is on…
S4E6 Made In Australia: SunDrive is Leading Our Next Solar Revolution
We chat with Vince Allen from SunDrive, a Sydney-based startup on a mission to transform Australia into a solar manufacturing powerhouse. In 2021, SunDrive made headlines by developing the world's…
S4E5 Lithium: Can We Extract It Sustainably? (feat. Novalith)
Do we have enough lithium for all the batteries we’ll need for a low carbon future? What is the impact of lithium extraction on the planet? And can we do it in a more sustainable way? Nick and Alex…
S4E4 Turning Seaweed Into Plastic (feat. Uluu)
Nick and Alex chat with Julia Reisser of Uluu, a startup based in Western Australia creating biodegradable plastic made from seaweed. This is episode two of our PLASTIC DOUBLE HEADER, this time…
S4E3 Infinite Plastic Recycling with Samsara Eco
Is Samsara Eco Australia’s most exciting climate startup? With enzymes that literally eat plastic, it’s hard to disagree! Nick and Alex chat with Paul Riley of Samsara Eco, a Canberra based company…
S4E2 Dairy Without The Cow (feat. All G Foods)
Stop The Burps! Nick and Alex have a chat about using less dairy. We then interview Jan Pacas of All G Foods - a Sydney-based company which has raised A$50 million to spearhead a global revolution to…
S4E1 Making Aviation More Sustainable...With Shark Skin (feat. MicroTau)
We speak to Henry Bilinsky from MicroTau. The Sydney-based startup’s shark skin technology applied to planes has the potential to improve the efficiency of aviation by up to 10%, meanwhile saving…
S4 Season 4 Trailer: The Australian Startup Season!
We’re BACK with our best season yet! Launched on 27 June 2023, we'll release interviews fortnightly, speaking with Australia’s very best startups in the global climate transition. They’ve got game…
S3E10 A Positive Climate #Wrapped: 2022 in Review with Alex and Nick
Alex and Nick wrap up 2022 and the end of season three with a wide ranging chat including an update on the international race to decarbonise, trends in cleantech, a check-in on our BIG predictions…
S3E9 A Positive Climate’s Startup PITCHFEST (feat. EnergyLab’s climate cohort)
Nick and Alex hear pitches from TEN of Australia’s up and coming climate startups! This episode brings you something a bit different. We’ve partnered with our friends at EnergyLab (Australia’s…
S3E8 Building Sustainably: Making Carbon Neutral Homes and Buildings
We chat to Liam Wallis, Founding Director of Hip v Hype a leading sustainable property developer based in Melbourne about the built environment and how we can make our homes and buildings carbon…
S3E7 Removing Carbon from the Atmosphere to Reverse Climate Change (feat. Nori)
We chat to Paul Gambill from Nori about their carbon removal marketplace using blockchain technology. This is the second episode in our two-part series about whether crypto and blockchain can be a…
S3E6 Crypto and Climate: Can Blockchain be a Force for Good?
Nick and Alex chat about the impact of crypto and blockchain on climate. Is crypto accelerating climate change or can it be a force for good? Hot off the heels of “the Ethereum Merge” we cover the…
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