Today on the podcast I’m speaking with Manuel Pinuela, co-founder and CEO of Cultivo. a company focused on unlocking capital to regenerate nature.  

Unlocking capital is investment dollars spent on restoring land to its “original” state or at the very least improving its biodiversity through ecosystem growth. Regenerative capital is investment dollars that are put towards improving degraded land and creating improved outcomes for nature.

In the episode, we discuss Manuel's lengthy journey to Cultivo, his understanding of land degradation and what can be done about it, and some of the ecosystems he hopes to one day restore.

You can keep up with Manuel on LinkedIn and Twitter, and you can follow Cultivo's newest at their aptly named website, cultivo.land.

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Today on the podcast we hear from Manik Suri, Founder and CEO of Therma, a technology startup whose mission is to help protect our food, health and planet. 

Manik had storied careers as an investment banker working on Wall Street, then as a Harvard trained lawyer working on Capital hill and yet he pivoted from New York and DC to join the ranks of Silicon Valley founders in order to fight climate change.

Manik founded Therma in 2019, to eliminate food waste, improve energy efficiency and reduce refrigerant emissions, three critical aspects of a net zero future. If these concepts sound foreign and unrelated to your daily life, fear not we get into them in detail, during the show. 

On the flipside, companies you’ve likely heard of companies that work with Therma to reduce their emissions. Namely, McDonalds, Starbucks, NOW Foods, 7-Eleven and Marriott Hotels.

Manik’s pivot from a trajectory destined for the met gala to the chewing on glass life as an entrepreneur is one example of many where individuals are making career altering decisions to help move the world closer to net zero emissions. Manik pulls back the curtain on  the “why” behind his move and at the same time this episode puts a spotlight on an emission area that is significantly less well known, “cold chain emissions.”

You can keep up with Manik on LinkedIn and Twitter, and you can follow Therma's newest Research and Impact at their website.

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Climate change is a relatively new science. The impacts of that scientific research can have massive impacts on how governments, companies, and even individuals can think about their role in preventing climate change. Yet distilling that knowledge requires a pair of skills few people have: first, the ability to comprehend the science and second, the skills to distill it to an understandable level for a non-expert.

Our guest today, Dr. Akshat Rathi, Senior Report for Climate at Bloomberg News, has made it his mission to do just that. Through his weekly newsletter and podcasts, Akshat covers physical and human solutions to the challenge of a global net zero transition. He is careful to cover the companies and people who are making a real impact.

During the episode we discuss Akshat’s unique pivot from a PHD in Organic Chemistry  to journalism, his keys to writing accurate and accessible climate coverage, and how he measures the impact of his work on his readers and listeners.

You can keep up with Akshat on LinkedIn and Twitter, and you can find his work in his newsletter and podcast. Keep up with the show by following The Net Zero Life on Twitter and Instagram (@thenetzerolife). You can also get in touch at www.thenetzerolife.com or via email at nathan@thenetzerolife.com.

As part of the flow of capital in investments such as stocks and bonds, investment vehicles are rated by trusted services to help investors make informed decisions. This creates more opportunities for innovators and entrepreneurs by encouraging more capital flowing across global financial markets.

The same must happen to carbon markets to build a net zero future, and today I’m speaking with Ted Christie Miller, Head of Carbon removal at BeZero Carbon, about the role of Global Carbon Ratings and how they facilitate greater trust and transparency in carbon markets. 

To close any remaining gap between emission reductions and a net zero future, we need to build a massive carbon market. According to the IPCC, we need to be sequestering as much as 10 BILLION tons of CO2 across the globe by 2050 to reach net zero. And the key ingredient to expand these voluntary and regulatory carbon markets from millions to billions of tons is trust. 

Companies, governments, and even individuals need to trust that their carbon credit, offset, or removal purchases are accomplishing the thing they claim to do: namely, removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. 

Our guest today, Ted Christie Miller, is an expert in carbon removal and carbon markets. He is currently the Head of Carbon Removal at BeZero Carbon where he leads research, ratings and partnerships team for engineered carbon removal for the BeZero Carbon Markets platform. The Be Zero Markets Platform grades carbon offset and removal projects on their likeliness to reduce emissions. This streamlines companies and governments decisions as they look to reduce their carbon output outside their operations.

You can keep up with Ted on LinkedIn and Twitter, and you can check out BeZero Carbon on Twitter for updates on their work. Keep up with the show by following The Net Zero Life on Twitter and Instagram (@thenetzerolife). You can also get in touch at www.thenetzerolife.com or via email at nathan@thenetzerolife.com.

Other show notes: 

Ted's Suggested Readings

• Net Zero: How We Stop Causing Climate Change by Dieter Helm
• Climate Change and the Nation State: The Case for Nationalism in a Warming World by Anatol Lieven
• Business Green
• Carbon Brief
• NoahPinion (Noah Smith on Substack)

Ted's Suggested People/Companies to Check Out

• Richard Howard
• Na’im Merchant
• Joss Garman
• Open Air
• Planetary Tech
• Captura

In the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden asked energy companies to pump more oil, drill more wells and overall increase fossil fuel production at the behest of the American public. 

Energy companies have built the existing infrastructure, provided critical resources, including meeting energy demand, and they want to protect what they built. At times that has come at a cost to the climate, the speed at which we will achieve net zero emissions, and public trust.  Nonetheless it’s important to identify good partners, and today’s guest, Bryan Trudel is one of those partners.

Bryan is the CFO and Co-founder of Avatar Innovations, a venture studio focused on energy innovation towards net zero. Reality has moved the goalposts for energy companies, and now they have to focus on a net zero future—both to save the planet and to make a profit. In service of this vision, Avatar incubates new energy companies that include net zero in their strategic business plan.

On today's episode, we discuss how and why he got to this point, as well as how his work is helping change the minds of other players in the energy space in the episode.

You can keep up with Bryan on LinkedIn and follow Avatar on Instagram for updates on their work. Keep up with the show by following The Net Zero Life on Twitter and Instagram (@thenetzerolife). You can also get in touch at www.thenetzerolife.com or via email at nathan@thenetzerolife.com.

Other show notes: 

Bryan's Suggested Readings

• How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom by Matt Ridley
• How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need by Bill Gates
• The Hard Thing about Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz
• Arc Energy Ideas Podcast

Three and a bit seasons into The Net Zero Life we finally have  our first climate scientist on the pod. Today on the podcast we hear from Professor Kimberly Nicholas from Lund University on perspectives from a climate scientist.

In conjunction with her research in sustainability, Kimberly is the author of the book Under the Sky we Make, and We Can Fix It, a monthly newsletter informing individuals on how to deliver the impacts humanity needs to reach net zero emissions.

Kimberly began her study of climate science and the impacts of human induced climate change on the environment in 2003 when, in her words, climate change was a problem for future generations. In the nearly 20 years since, she has navigated both a warming world and new expectations for academics.

Where previously, Kimberly and her peers solely communicated among themselves, they no longer have that luxury. Confronted with the current impacts of climate change, communicating her research with diverse groups of stakeholders is just another part of Kimberly’s job as a sustainability expert. 

She has published over 55 articles on climate and sustainability in leading peer-reviewed journals; writes for publications such as Elle, The Guardian, Scientific American, and New Scientist. In her book, Under the Sky We Make, Kimberly navigates this new world, writing for academics and consumers alike .

You can keep up with Kimberly on Twitter, @KA_Nicholas. Sign up for her monthly newsletter We Can Fix It here and buy her book Under The Sky We Make here.

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Other show notes: 

Kimberly's Suggested Readings

• New York 2140 and The Ministry For The Future by Kim Stanley Robinson 
• Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math by Bill Mckibben | Rolling Stone

Kimberly's Suggested Organizations to Check Out

• Climate Outreach
• Yale Center for Climate Communications
• 350.org
• Climate Action Network

In the fight to ensure we maintain livable conditions on this planet, carbon gets most of the spotlight, however water is the key ingredient that enables life on this beautiful world. And yet, according to the World Health Organization, 2 BILLION people don’t have access to clean drinking water at their home. We’ve covered this topic in light detail with Andrea Johnson of Green Empowerment, but today on the show, I’m speaking with Neil Grimmer about water and how ensuring every person has access to clean water is a massive part of a net zero future.

Imagine you live in a desert, off the grid, and not connected to a public source of water. Instead of walking or driving miles to the neatest water source, you can use Hydropanels, to collect water out of the air right outside your house. This is one of Source Global’s many projects, and the one we’re going to talk about with Neil.

As co-founder and CEO of Plum Organics, Neil built one of the fastest-growing organic food brands in the U.S. and revolutionized a dormant and commoditized category. In 2013, he sold PlumOrganics to Campbell Soup Company, where he served as a senior executive for more than five years.

You can keep up with Neil on LinkedIn and at https://www.source.co/.

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Other show notes: 

Neil's Suggested Readings

• Raising the Bar: Integrity and Passion in Life and Business: The Story of Clif Bar Inc. by Gary Erickson

Neil's Suggested Organizations to Check Out

• Taxa Outdoors

Today on the show we have Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of the most important carbon recycling company in climate tech, LanzaTech. LanzaTech takes CO2 and turns it into useful materials like clothing (think Zara), jet fuel (sustainable aviation fuel), and shoes (including with the popular Swiss shoe company On). 

Climate tech companies like LanzaTech often have two distinct types of problems to solve: physical and financial. We’ve covered a range of physical hurdles climate tech companies face on the show previously, but for the first time on the net zero life we cover the financial hurdles.

That’s what makes this episode so special and why LanzaTech’s $500M capital raise is so important. Because they are in the midst of crossing that financial valley of death and if they succeed, they will build the path for others to follow.

Jennifer was the first woman awarded the Malcolm E. Pruitt Award from the Council for Chemical Research . In 2010, she was the recipient of the Leadership Award from the Civil Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative for her work in establishing the technical and commercial viability of sustainable aviation biofuels.

Jennifer currently serves on the board of The National Renewable Energy Laboratory Biofuels Advisory Committee. She holds a B.Sc. degree from Harvey Mudd College, a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a MBA from the University of Chicago.

You can keep up with Jennifer on Twitter, @TodaDogs and LanzaTech too, @LanzaTech. If you prefer email, you can reach Jennifer at Jennifer@lanzatech.com, and you can keep up with everything LanzaTech at LanzaTech.com. 

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Other show notes: 

• 1491 - Charles C. Mann
• Sir David King
• Solyndra
• Cradle to Cradle - William (Bill) McDonough

A few years ago, Hal Harvey, an acclaimed energy advisor and Justin Gillis, an award winning New York Times climate reporter, discussed the health of our planet over steaks. By the end of that dinner, they decided to write a book together on the principles individuals can rely on to help save the planet. (Sound familiar?) 

That book became THE BIG FIX: 7 Practical Steps to Save Our Planet. And over the course of the book, Hal and Justin provide readers with seven essential changes communities must enact to bring greenhouse gas emissions down to zero. 

Today, Hal and Justin join The Net Zero Life to break down The Big Fix in detail, and as always, I ask them to share their climate origin stories and climate role models.

Hal is a Stanford trained engineer, and CEO of Energy Innovation. He is the recipient of the UN Climate and Clean Air Award, the Heinz Award for the Environment, and the State of California’s Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award. Presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush both called on Hal to Serve on national and international climate panels. 

Justin is an award-winning journalist with four decades of experience with major daily newspapers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Miami Herald. As the lead reporter on climate science at The Times for nearly a decade, Justin won the John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism for a series of front-page articles exploring the basics of the climate crisis.

You can keep up with Hal and Justin on Twitter, @Hal_Harvey and @JustinHGillis. You can buy The Big Fix wherever you get your books, and here's a link to where I got my copy.

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Other show notes: 

• Orsted's green energy transformation
• Half-Earth by E.O. Wilson

Welcome to The Net Zero Life Season 4, I’m Nathan Zvi. The question driving us this season is “How Do We Measure Impact?”

Our guests are climate leaders from all over the private sector. Their expertise intersects with a host of different climate challenges, and each of them need to be measured. Our guests are founders, authors, CEOs, board members, and writers. They represent climate science, journalism, consumer goods, water tech, climate tech, and venture capital.

Together, we discuss this theme along with their climate origin stories, first principles of their work, and, of course, how their organizations are building a net zero future. 

In every episode we start with their why? Like Brian Trudel. How does a lifelong energy analyst become the co-founder of a net-zero focused incubator?

Trudel: "It dawned on me the oil and gas sector has a problem … you basically have an existential threat on your hands.”

We also cover the first principles of technical and non-technical topics, such as how to finance a critical, but as-of-yet unproven, circular economy solution at scale.

Jennifer Holmgren: "I think there's this—ridiculous frankly—fight between the people who think that the unicorns will magically appear, and the world will bend the carbon curve. And the people who say, 'I just got to take a step, help me take one step. That will give me a reduction. Then I'll take another step and then I'll take another step and eventually we'll solve this problem.'"

This is the question animating Jennifer Holmgren when she and her company LanzaTech recycle CO2 by making clothes and shoes with Zara and On.

Every guest, and the organizations they come from, define impact differently, and how they measure that impact differs as well. 

And while your actions and how you measure their impact may differ from what our guests or society believe is best, these ten episodes in season four will help you consider your role in bringing about a net zero future. 

Hal Harvey: “Guilt might work well for the Catholic Church, but not right set of solutions for solving climate change.”

And maybe, just maybe, help you make a small change that benefits the world.

The first episode comes out next Tuesday, if you can’t wait until then, check out the interviews from our incredible guests from seasons 1-3. 

I’m Nathan Zvi, and this is the net zero life. I’ll talk to you next week.

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In the tenth and final episode of season three, TNZL explores the lessons of a technologist with a rich history of environmental-focused innovation. 

From teacher to engineer to hedge fund manager and now as the leader responsible for ensuring his portfolio companies can reduce global greenhouse gases at scale, Louis (Lou) Schick has quite a story to tell.

Thankfully he is quite a good storyteller. Lou is a contrarian with a strong moral compass who is determined to innovate a net zero future. He’s spent the majority of his career peering over the edge at earth’s carrying capacity and figuring out how we can avoid reaching it.

Lou has more than twenty years of experience as a technologist and investor. In his investing role at Clean Energy Ventures, Mr. Schick works with deal teams to source, screen and diligence new investments, as well as support portfolio companies on technology, markets, strategy and commercialization.

Prior to joining Clean Energy Ventures, Lou was a co-founder, partner and CTO at NewWorld Capital, and served as a Managing Director at Ritchie Capital. From 1997 to 2005, Mr. Schick held a variety of positions at General Electric’s Corporate Research and Energy groups. Mr. Schick facilitated GE’s entrance into both solar and wind energy, and led GE’s solid oxide fuel cell program.

Lou was trained as a physicist and co-authored papers in accelerator physics, space physics, and biophysics as well as earning ten granted US patents. He holds a BS in Physics from Union College; an MS in Physics from Cornell University.

Clean Energy Ventures or CEV is helping founders build a cleaner future by investing in early-stage climate tech companies.

You can keep up with CEV on Twitter and if you’d like to get in touch with Lou, you can connect with him on LinkedIn.

Season three of The Net Zero Life is powered by Climate People. If you are a software developer or recruiter looking to get into climate tech, Climate People is the best place to start. You can reach Brendan Anderson, CEO of Climate People, at brendan@climatepeople.com.

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Other show notes: 

• Limits to Growth Report: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Limits_to_Growth

• Creo Syndicate: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-16/creo-syndicate-is-the-secret-club-for-billionaires-who-care-about-climate-change

• Dong to Orstead: https://orsted.com/en/about-us/whitepapers/green-transformation-lessons-learned

How do you ensure a new renewable energy project is displacing fossil fuel production? How can we ensure clean energy is available to all communities, even those in the most rural areas?

In the ninth episode of season three, TNZL explores the idea of emissionality (aka true impact) of a renewable energy project with Laura Zapata, CEO and Co-founder of Clearloop.

During the episode Nathan and Laura discuss how she made the transition from corporate communications expert to climate tech co-founder and CEO, the importance of measuring emissionality when designing a renewable energy project, the lifecycle of a zero-carbon energy project and the math/carbon accounting behind it, and how she takes pride in representing her underrepresented community in a field traditionally dominated by white males. 

Laura Zapata is the CEO and co-founder of Clearloop Corporation, a Nashville-based startup that helps companies of all sizes—from established companies like Intuit and Vista Equity Partners to direct to consumer brands like Dropps—cut their carbon footprint and expand access to clean energy in the United States. Zapata made a career in crisis communications and reputation management having worked in Congress, political campaigns, and Uber. She’s now helping companies reach their ESG goals with tangible climate action and ensure that the environmental, health, and economic benefits of new solar projects reach communities getting left behind. Zapata is a strong believer that solar can do more if we’re intentional about the communities where we invest and is eager to work with more companies seeking to tackle their carbon footprint to tap into their growing economic power as we strive for an equitable clean energy transition. Zapata immigrated from Colombia, was raised in Memphis, Tennessee, and is a graduate of Dartmouth College.

ClearLoop or ClearLoopUs on most social medias is for brands that want to reclaim their #carbonfootprint & expand access to #cleanenergy by building new #solar projects in the #USA ❌🌫😷👍☀️🇺🇸

You can keep up with Clearloop on Twitter or their blog, https://clearloop.us/category/blogs/, and if you’d like to get in touch with Laura, you can follow her on LinkedIn.

Season three of The Net Zero Life is powered by Climate People. If you are a software developer or recruiter looking to get into climate tech, Climate People is the best place to start. You can reach Brendan Anderson, CEO of Climate People, at brendan@climatepeople.com.

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Other show notes: 

• Distressed Community Index
• Vanderbilt Professor 

Nori is the carbon removal marketplace that  helps organizations, companies, and individuals meet their climate goals with high-quality carbon removal offsets. They are early advocates of carbon removal (as opposed to avoided carbon offsets), advocates of the intersection of blockchain technology and climate, and purveyor of regenerative agriculture projects. 

Ross is a former political philosophy PhD student who decided playing with filmmaking was more fun than graduate school. He is a screenwriter, producer. He’s also worked in technology communications in the blockchain space. And he is a cofounder of Nori as well as their their Creative Editor where he leads the development of Nori's podcasts and other types of media.

If you’d like to get in touch with Ross, you can follow him on LinkedIn or follow Nori on Twitter. 

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Season three of The Net Zero Life is powered by Climate People. If you are a software engineer looking to get into climate tech, Climate People is the best place to start. You can reach Brendan Anderson, CEO of Climate People, at brendan@climatepeople.com. References During the Show: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Berry

- https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/michael-e-mann/the-new-climate-war/9781541758223/

-https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/220698/the-wizard-and-the-prophet-by-charles-c-mann/

-https://www.amazon.com/Earth-Human-Hands-Shaping-Planets/dp/1455589128 (David Grinspoon)

How do we create new paradigms that shift the current economic incentives that ignore negative externalities like carbon emissions? One method is through new economic markets. But in order to build those markets, the players new frameworks and methodologies that govern the new market. Taking on this type of work requires a penchant for rule making and attention to detail. Not everyone is cut out for this work but there is a small group of organizations helping move the world closer to net zero by establishing the foundation for new markets and the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) is one of those key leaders.

RSB is a global membership organization that drives the sustainable transition to a bio-based and circular economy. RSB’s sustainability framework has been developed by its multi-stakeholder membership, and is a uniquely robust and credible foundation for supporting innovative solutions to the climate crisis. RSB uses this foundation to develop projects, new knowledge and solutions that equip key decision-makers to deliver positive impacts for people and the planet.

RSB’s Executive Director, Elena Schmidt, has a strong sustainability background with a record of delivering robust product and business model innovations, serving as Head of the TÜV SÜD Certification Body for Climate and Energy before joining RSB. She has extensive experience in working with complex chain of custody settings, developing strategic business models, and managing innovation projects to establish new certification services in the private and public sector. She holds Master’s degrees in both Environmental and Political Sciences.

If you’d like to get in touch with Elena, you can follow her on LinkedIn or follow RSB on Twitter. 

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Season three of The Net Zero Life is powered by Climate People. If you are a software engineer looking to get into climate tech, Climate People is the best place to start. You can reach Brendan Anderson, CEO of Climate People, at brendan@climatepeople.com.

Is cryptocurrency bad for the environment? A simple question with no simple answers. Not all coins are equally bad for the environment. Nearly all crypto related emissions are scope 2 — so is it even their fault? It's complicated.

On today's episode, Nathan explores the good and bad of crypto vis-á-vis the climate with Jonathan Rackoff, a Sustainability & ESG leader who recently spent ten months with Coinbase, helping the crypto giant with ESG, sustainability and climate issues.

During the episode, Nathan and Jonathan discuss Jonathan's winding career journey, consider the fact that nearly all of crypto's emissions are scope 2, and look for a comparison for the nascent world of crypto.

Jonathan Rackoff is a sustainability executive, former Obama White House and U.S. EPA senior lawyer, and expert in federal regulatory policy, process, and enforcement with over 20 years of diverse government affairs, crisis communications, and civil and administrative litigation experience spanning global law firms, public companies, and early and late stage startups.

If you’d like to get in touch with Jonathan, you can follow him on LinkedIn.

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Season three of The Net Zero Life is powered by Climate People. If you are a software engineer looking to get into climate tech, Climate People is the best place to start. You can reach Brendan Anderson, CEO of Climate People, at brendan@climatepeople.com.

How does a banker end up leading the world's largest environmental organization? What resources did he use to build his sustainability knowledge and what frameworks did he learn from 11 years leading the organization? In latest episode of TNZL, Nathan speaks with Mark Tercek to understand how he unlocked his inner environmentalist and how he thinks everyone needs to do the same. 

During the episode Nathan and Mark discuss Mark's climate journey, his unique perspective on the intersection of finance, capitalism, and the environment. They get into disclosure and carbon accounting with some added history of GAAP financial accounting and other lessons from his career for how to move the world closer to net zero emissions. 

Mark R. Tercek is the former president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy. He is co-author of the book Nature’s Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature. Prior to The Nature Conservancy, he was a manager director and partner at Goldman Sachs for 24 years and was a member of the faculty at New York University Stern School of Business.

Today Mark spends his time advising companies, investors, and NGOs on ambitious environmental initiatives and also writes a bi-weekly newsletter on Substack "The Instigator."

If you’d like to get in touch with Mark, you can follow him on LinkedIn or Twitter. 

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Season three of The Net Zero Life is powered by Climate People. If you are a software engineer looking to get into climate tech, Climate People is the best place to start. You can reach Brendan Anderson, CEO of Climate People, at brendan@climatepeople.com.

Other Show Notes 

-ETFs for the Amazon (blog post)

-Stewart Brand Biography

-Mark's Book Recommendations