Green Success Stories sat down with Shahar Cohen, VP of Engineering at Plastic Back, a pioneers of a PVC recycling process that converts plastic waste, even the most difficult to recycle, into valuable resources, significantly reducing landfill waste and lowering the carbon footprint of plastic production. Shahar describes his journey from desalination efforts to sustainable aquaculture, to plastic waste reduction. He foresees a cleaner, healthier future with his company leading the way to a circular economy in the plastics industry. He invites industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators to join in that effort.
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Green Success Stories sat down with Abdurrahman (Abdu) Bejjaj, CEO and Founder of Ignition Packaging. Abdu’s interest in fighting plastic pollution started early on, when he created biodegradable plastic from milk at his school science fair. At 18 he conducted a full-scale research project analyzing cellulose-based films. Now, at 21, he is the founder and CEO of Ignition Packaging, a sustainable materials company dedicated to revolutionizing the packaging industry with biodegradable plastic derived from agricultural waste and plant-based plasticizers. Abdu sees a future where, led by individual action and innovative technology from Ignition Packaging, sustainable packaging is readily available, economically smart, and in fact, the norm.
Green Success Stories puts Matias Sigal, CEO and Co-Founder of REplace, in The Green Spotlight. Integrating social impact with successful ventures is the theme of Matias’ work experience. From Buenos Aires to Tel Aviv and from there to multiple countries around the world, he has been proving that technology can play a big role in combatting climate change. As CEO of REplace he continues to do so, leading the way by identifying the most promising sites for renewable energy projects, in a way that eliminates months of manual work, minimizes development risks, and maximizes ROI.
Green Success Stories sat down with Jason and Jaime Curtis, co-founders of Option Zero, a climate-focused software development consultancy they run as a husband-wife team. They describe their journey growing their skills at a variety of companies from climate-focused to not, and from tiny startup to Fortune 500, while struggling with life balance. Having developed their unique sets of skills, they realized that their traditional jobs weren’t making the best use of those skills towards climate impact, or their time as a family. Developing and running Option Zero has enabled them now to lead a life of enhanced connection, meaning, and impact.
Green Success Stories sat down with Dr. Sotiria Anagnostou, Board Director of AZ CleanTech. We discussed her mission to make corporations more sustainable, her excitement at heading Arizona’s first platform uniting the entire climate community, and her vision for a future surge in clean technology.
How does an earth-friendly company save 90,000 hectares of sugar cane from soil-borne pest and weed infestations without applying massive amounts of pesticides indiscriminately? With EOSDA’s satellite-based data-driven Crop Monitoring platform.
Green Success Stories puts Bridgid O’Connell, Marine Science and Technology Fellow at Seaside Sustainability, in the Green Spotlight. We discussed Bridgid’s hands-on educational and community outreach programs to clean up coastlines and enhance aquatic ecosystems, the use of “BlueTech” devices such as the PixieDrone, the building of coalitions toward local and global coastal cleanup, and more.
Green Success Stories sat down with Dr. Sotiria Anagnostou, Board Director of AZ CleanTech. We discussed her mission to make corporations more sustainable, her excitement at heading Arizona’s first platform uniting the entire climate community, and her vision for a future surge in clean technology.
Green Success Stories puts Maksym Sushchuk, Senior Content Writer of EOS Data Analytics, in the Green Spotlight. EOSDA is a Ukranian firm that provides satellite-based solutions for decision making in agritech and environmental management. We discussed the sustainability success stories of EOSDA, especially in light of the war, and how despite it all their team keeps faith in the common good, even in the face of so much tragedy.
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Green Success Stories put JC Vautrin of Blue Ocean Future in The Green Spotlight. Blue Ocean Future offers an area-based methodology for sustainable development that integrates with their GIS and data science platform. This ultimately attracts stakeholders and financing for green efforts.
Project Drawdown offers a free video course on climate solutions.
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