Episodes 74
Avg. Duration 36m
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Since Oct 2022
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Can innovation, entrepreneurship and investment make the planet happier and healthier? Entrepreneur and investor Abigail Carroll thinks so. Through conversations with founders, investors, and thought leaders, in over a dozen countries and counting, Abigail shares this thought-provoking and hope-promoting world with her audience. And always with a little humour.

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S1E73 Modernizing Animal Anatomy Resources to Preserve and Deepen Knowledge. Mieke Roth and Paul Schilperoord, Anitomical B.V.

Feb 18, 2026 29m Transcript

Send a textHappy Planet Wednesday!Did you know that the muscle, the snail and the octopus share a common feature? The esophagus runs through the brain. Today we are traveling to the Netherlands,…

S1E72 Citizen Scientists, a Whole Lot of Data, and a Whole Lot of Fun. Mead Kraka, REEF

Feb 06, 2026 28m Transcript

Send a textIt’s Happy Planet Wednesday!Today I'm joined by Mead Krówka from REEF (Reef Environmental Education Foundation), a marine conservation nonprofit based in Key Largo that connects people…

S1E71 Is Biomimicry the key to sustainable industrial design? Sidney Rostan, Founder and CEO, BIOXEGY

Dec 03, 2025 45m Transcript

Send a textHappy Planet Wednesday! If you've ever drawn inspiration from nature, this is the podcast for you. Our guest this week is Sidney Rostan, a Paris-based entrepreneur and biomimicry expert.…

S1E70 Can we have a regenerative planet within a decade? Rob Avis, Co-Founder 5th Generation

Nov 19, 2025 48m Transcript

Send a textWelcome to the 70th episode of Happy Planet podcast. This is the podcast where we celebrate innovation for a happy planet.This week we are traveling to Alberta, Canada to speak with Rob…

S1E69 Can we have our coffee and our happy planet too? Etelle Higonnet, COFFEE WATCH

Nov 05, 2025 51m Transcript

Send a textHappy Planet Wednesday!You might want to listen to this podcast before you pour yourself that cherished morning cup of coffee....Our guest today is Etelle Higonnet, a French-born, Yale Law…

S1E68 Seafood Industry Masterclass: Bill Gerencer, Author of Working Waterfront

Oct 22, 2025 52m Transcript

Send a textHappy Planet Wednesday!If you have ever wanted to lift the veil on New England's mysterious working waterfront, this is the podcast for you. Our guest today is Bill Gerencer, a veteran of…

S1E67 The Comeback Kelp - Can Maine's Atlantic Sea Farms be turned around?

Oct 08, 2025 35m Transcript

Send a textThere's nothing we like more than a comeback kid.While 98% of total farm seaweed in the world comes from Asia, over the past decade, entrepreneurs in the US, Europe and Africa have been…

S1E66 The Environmental Impact of War

Oct 01, 2025 30m Transcript

Send a textEvery day we see more devastating news coming out of on the wars in Gaza and the Ukraine. We see photos of cities and towns turned into piles of rubble and people who have lost their loved…

S1E65 When innovating for health and circularity involves navigating global affairs. Alison Cove, Founder, USEFULL

Jul 16, 2025 38m

Send a textOur guest today is Alison Cove, founder of USEFULL, a circular reuse solution that partners with college campuses to make student takeout meals a zero-waste and microplastic-free…

S1E64 Building an Ocean Community. Paul Holthus, Founding President, World Ocean Council

Jul 07, 2025 46m

Send a text Today's guest is Paul Holthus. Paul is a blue economy visionary. He is the founding president and CEO Emirati of the World Ocean Council, affectionately called the WOC. Founded in 2008,…

S1E63 Boosting biochar and community. Jason Dodier, Co-Founder GRAIN Ecosystem & Fountainhead RI

Jun 18, 2025 40m

Send a textHappy planet Wednesday!We are kicking off a new season, and today I'm just delighted to welcome Jason Dodier, a recognized global authority on the circular economy, biochar and…

S1E62 Ocean surveillance in a fast changing world. Ian Estaphan Owen; Jaia Robotics

Mar 05, 2025 44m Transcript

Send a textHappy Planet Wednesday! Today we travel to Rhode Island, the ocean state, where, fittingly, the blue economy is thriving.  Ian Estaphan Owen, Co-Founder of JAIA Robotics didn't grow up in…

S1E61 Restructuring for the Planet. TECO 2030 gets a new life for its fuel cells.

Feb 19, 2025 32m

Send a textI have been at this long enough by now - 61 episodes!- to see some great successes and some disappointing failures. This week's guest tells a story that's a bit of both, but he is not…

S1E60 Can you have your polar cruise and your healthy climate too? Hugo Hinrichsen and Jenn Bonilla; Positive Polar

Feb 05, 2025 51m

Send a textToday we are traveling to Chile, the birthplace of Positive Polar, a travel startup aiming to combine luxury cruises with academic research and environmental action. Positive Polar’s…

S1E59 When aquaculture is about more than seafood. Proscovia Alando, Founder, Samaky Hub

Jan 22, 2025 32m

Send a textProscovia is a Kenyan entrepreneur who wears many hats. She is founder of Samaky Hub, an organization that empowers women and youth in Africa's aquaculture sector by offering strategic…

S1E58 Building a business strategy based on actions not words. Heather Myers, Spark No. 9.

Jan 08, 2025 40m Transcript

Send a textHappy new year to all and welcome back to our first episode of 2025! Our guest this week is an entrepreneur who excels at building market strategies. Heather Myers of Spark Number 9 has…

S1E57 When renewables provide a strategic advantage. Philipp Stratmann, Ocean Power Technologies

Dec 11, 2024 38m

Send a textHappy Planet Wednesday! This will be our last podcast until 2025 and I want to thank you for tuning in this year! It's been an exceptionally interesting journey for me and I hope you've…

S1E56 Reducing Building's Carbon Footprint: Nick Farmer, Opal Build

Nov 27, 2024 37m

Send a textHappy Planet Wednesday! And to American followers, Happy Thanksgiving!During the US presidential debates, we heard a lot about the nearly five million unit housing shortage in the US.…

S1E55 Can Social Change Drive Ocean Conservation? Sea Rangers, Wietse van Der Werf

Nov 13, 2024 31m

Send a textHappy Planet Wednesday!This week we are hopping across the Atlantic to speak to serial Dutch innovator Wietse van der Werf.  Wietse's current venture, Sea Rangers, is a social enterprise…

S1E54 When things don't go as planned. Shuttering AKUA. Courtney Boyd Rey

Oct 30, 2024 39m

Send a textHappy Planet Wednesday!I was tempted to call this week’s episode “Unhappy Planet” because in it we  grapple with what happens when your startup doesn’t go as planned. When I learned that…

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