Inevitable
Episodes
A Journalist's Journey into the Skilled Trades
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of our Skilled Labor Series hosted by MCJ partner, Yin Lu. This series is focused on amplifying the voices of folks from the skil...
Full Consequence Investing with Hall Capital
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of our new Capital Series hosted by MCJ partner, Jason Jacobs. This series explores a diverse range of capital sources and the in...
Empowering Youth Climate Leaders: Tips and Tactics for Parents and Educators
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Katrina Erwin and Glennys Navarrete are program managers at the CLEO Institute and co-hosts of the House on Fire Podcast.The CLEO Institute is a 501C3...
Startup Series: Enode
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Henrik Langeland is the Co-founder and CEO at Enode. Enode is building digital infrastructure to enable a coordinated, smart, and flexible energy sys...
Capital Series: Will Tickle, Ballentine Partners
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of our new Capital Series hosted by MCJ partner, Jason Jacobs. This series will explore a diverse range of capital sources and th...
Kenya's Clean Energy Economy
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jay Taneja is an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and the director of the STIMA Lab (Systems Towards Infrastructure Meas...
Capital Series: Sarah Hinkfuss, Bain Capital Ventures
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of our new Capital Series hosted by MCJ partner, Jason Jacobs. This series will explore a diverse range of capital sources and th...
Capital Series: Lucas Joppa, Haveli Investments
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of our new Capital Series hosted by MCJ partner, Jason Jacobs. This series will explore a diverse range of capital sources and th...
John Bissell & Rich Riley, Origin Materials
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guests are John Bissell and Rich Riley, co-CEOs at Origin Materials, a carbon-negative materials company that turns carbon found in biomass in...
Startup Series: Recurrent
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Case is the CEO and Co-Founder at Recurrent, which provides EV battery reports for used EVs, helping consumers and dealers understand the residu...
Capital Series: Mark Robinson, WAVE Equity Partners
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of our new Capital Series hosted by MCJ partner, Jason Jacobs. This series will explore a diverse range of capital sources and th...
Skilled Labor Series: Concrete Making with Alana Guzzetta
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of our Skilled Labor Series hosted by MCJ partner, Yin Lu. This series is focused on amplifying the voices of folks from the skil...
Startup Series: MineSense
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Jeff More, President and CEO of MineSense. MineSense provides real-time, sensor-based ore sorting and data analytics for mines. The ...
Capital Series: Grant Mulligan, AlTi
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of our new Capital Series hosted by MCJ partner, Jason Jacobs. This series will explore a diverse range of capital sources and th...
Lucy Piper, WorkforClimate
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Lucy Piper, Director at WorkForClimate. WorkForClimate is a not-for-profit that provides individual employees with clear step-by-ste...
Startup Series: Syzygy Plasmonics
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Trevor Best, CEO and Co-founder at Syzygy Plasmonics. Syzygy is rethinking how chemicals are produced and pioneering a new technology...
Capital Series: Jacqueline van den Ende, Carbon Equity
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of our new Capital Series hosted by MCJ partner, Jason Jacobs. This series will explore a diverse range of capital sources and th...
Will Steger, Polar Explorer
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Will Steger, an educator, activist, photographer, and polar explorer. Will is a prominent spokesperson for the preservation and und...
Skilled Labor Series: Recycling with Dylan Welch
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of our Skilled Labor Series hosted by MCJ partner, Yin Lu. This series is focused on amplifying the voices of folks from the skil...
John Kinney, CleanFund
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is John Kinney, Founder, CEO and Managing Partner at CleanFund. CleanFund specializes in PACE financing, an innovative way for property...
Startup Series: Scythe
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest on the My Climate Journey Startup Series is Jack Morrison, Co-founder and CEO at Scythe. Scythe recently announced a $42M Series B roun...
Robert Piconi, Energy Vault
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Robert Piconi, CEO and co-founder at Energy Vault, which develops and deploys utility-scale energy storage solutions. The company's ...
Startup Series: ByFusion
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Heidi Kujawa, founder and CEO at ByFusion. ByFusion is solving the global plastic waste crisis by turning unrecyclable plastics into ...
Martin Wainstein, OpenEarth Foundation
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Martin Wainstein, Founder and Executive Director of OpenEarth Foundation, a California-based nonprofit that creates and supports the ...
Startup Series: Nth Cycle
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Megan O'Connor, CEO and Co-Founder of Nth Cycle. Nth Cycle uses a metals processing technology that allows battery manufacturers to ...
Skilled Labor Series: Maritime Shipping
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of our Skilled Labor Series hosted by MCJ partner, Yin Lu. This series is focused on amplifying the voices of folks from the skil...
Startup Series: Mill
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Harry Tannenbaum, Co-founder and President at Mill. Mill developed a household bin that not only collects uneaten food but also shri...
ERCOT
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's topic is ERCOT (The Electric Reliability Council of Texas), and we have two guests. Eric Goff is President at Goff Policy, an infrastructure ...
Startup Series: Pano & Convective Capital
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we have two guests, Sonia Kastner, Founder and CEO at Pano, and Bill Clerico, Founder and Managing Partner at Convective Capital. Both Sonia a...
Jigar Shah, DOE Loan Programs Office, and Ajay Kochhar, Li-Cycle
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guests are Ajay Kochhar, President, CEO, and co-founder at Li-Cycle, and Jigar Shah, Director of the Loan Programs Office at the United States...
Startup Series: Quaise Energy
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Carlos Araque, co-founder and CEO of Quaise Energy. Quaise is seeking to unlock the power of geothermal energy by drilling into deepe...
Skilled Labor Series: Firefighting with James Sedlak
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
*This episode is part of our Skilled Labor Series hosted by MCJ partner, Yin Lu. This series is focused on amplifying the voices of folks from the ski...
Diego Saez Gil, Pachama & Sam Gill, Sylvera
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our guests today are, Diego Saez-Gil of Pachama and Sam Gill of Sylvera, and we're talking about forestry carbon offsets.Forestry carbon offsets were ...
Startup Series: Impossible Metals
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Oliver Gunasekara, co-founder and CEO at Impossible Metals. If we're to electrify everything, we need an order of magnitude more bat...
Alex Blumberg
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Alex Blumberg, who is most recently the co-host of the climate change-focused podcast, How to Save a Planet. Alex was co-founder and ...
Startup Series: Charm Industrial
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Peter Reinhardt, co-founder and CEO of Charm Industrial. This conversation was recorded as a live session during Climate Career Week...
Simon Moores, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Simon Moores, CEO of Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, the world’s leading Price Reporting Agency (PRA) for the lithium-ion battery t...
Startup Series: Virridy
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Dr. Evan Thomas, CEO and Founder of Virridy, and Director of the Mortensen Center in Global Engineering & Resilience and the Climat...
Skilled Labor Series: Electrical Work with Tonya Hicks
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of our new Skilled Labor Series hosted by MCJ partner, Yin Lu. This series is focused on amplifying the voices of folks from the ...
Startup Series: Impulse
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Sam D'Amico, Founder and CEO at Impulse. Impulse is helping to electrify homes with sleek-looking all-electric appliances, starting w...
Peter Minor, Carbon180 & Jack Andreasen, Breakthrough Energy
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we have two guests, Peter Minor, Director of Science and Innovation at Carbon180; and Jack Andreasen, Policy Manager for Carbon Management at B...
Startup Series: Made of Air
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Allison Dring, CEO and co-founder of Made of Air, which makes carbon-negative materials using biochar for the built environment and c...
David Kirtley, Helion Energy
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Dr. David Kirtley, Founder and CEO at Helion, which is building the world's first fusion generator and enabling a future of unlimit...
Startup Series: Therma
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Manik Suri, CEO and Founder of Therma. The cold chain is a massive part of modern society that doesn't get much attention. It stores...
Skilled Labor Series: Brittany Heller, Solar Industry Professional
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of our Skilled Labor Series hosted by MCJ partner, Yin Lu. This series is focused on amplifying the voices of folks from the skil...
Startup Series: Sublime Systems
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Dr. Leah Ellis, CEO and co-founder of Sublime Systems, which is using electrochemistry to make cement and in doing so claims to have ...
Jonathan Strauss, Climate Draft
02 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Jonathan Strauss, co-founder and CEO of Climate Draft, whose mission is to expose more people to the inspiring, impactful, and lucrat...
Startup Series: MicroByre
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Sarah Richardson, CEO and co-founder of MicroByre, which is domesticating novel bacteria and using biology to produce chemicals that ...
Skilled Labor Series: Trucking with Larry Coons
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of our new Skilled Labor Series hosted by MCJ partner, Yin Lu. This series is focused on amplifying the voices of folks from the ...
Startup Series: FYTO
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Jason Prapas, CEO and Founder of FYTO, which is a technology company that is unlocking the potential of nutrient-rich aquatic plants ...
Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, All We Can Save Project
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, best-selling author, strategist, teacher, and one of 15 “women who will save the world,” according to Ti...
Startup Series: Vespene Energy
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Adam Wright, CEO and co-founder of Vespene Energy, which uses landfill methane to fuel Bitcoin mining.At MCJ we’ve spent some time ...
Ira Pearl, Cox Enterprises
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Ira Pearl, Vice President of Environmental Sustainability at Cox Enterprises. Ira is also the leader of Cox Conserves. In his role, ...
Startup Series: Forum Mobility
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Matt LeDucq, CEO and co-founder of Forum Mobility, which is working on the problem of heavy-duty trucking electrification, starting i...
Skilled Labor Series: Ranching with Alejandro Carrillo
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of our Skilled Labor Series hosted by MCJ partner, Yin Lu. This series is focused on amplifying the voices of folks from the skil...
Taj Eldridge, Jobs for the Future
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Taj Eldridge. He calls himself the DJ Khaled of climate and you’ll know why when you hear him speak. Taj’s professional portfoli...
Startup Series: Helio
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Eric Reinhardt, CEO and co-founder of Helio, which makes it simple for customers to transition off fossil fuels and fully electrify t...
Jill Tauber, Earthjustice
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Jill Tauber, Vice President of Litigation for Climate and Energy at Earthjustice. Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit public inter...
Startup Series: Odyssey Energy
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Emily McAteer, co-founder and CEO of Odyssey Energy Solutions, helping emerging market project developers to finance, build and ope...
Felicia Marcus, Water in the West
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Felicia Marcus, the Williams C. Landreth visiting fellow at Stanford University's Water in the West program. Felicia is also an at...
Startup Series: Sealed
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Lauren Salz, co-founder and CEO of Sealed, which modernizes houses with the latest HVAC, weatherproofing and smart home technology,...
Vikas Gupta and Geert van de Wouw, Shell Ventures
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guests are Geert van de Wouw and Vikas Gupta from Shell Ventures. Shell Ventures was established in 1996 as one of the first corporate ventur...
Startup Series: Vesta
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Tom Green, CEO and Co-founder of Vesta.The ocean is one of nature's largest carbon sinks, as it absorbs upwards of 30% of cumulative ...
Leah Stokes, A Matter of Degrees
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Dr. Leah Stokes, a renowned climate and energy policy expert, strategist and researcher, helping leaders build clean energy practices...
Startup Series: CODA Farm Technologies
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is David Wallace, co-founder and CEO of CODA Farm Technologies, which provides remote monitoring and control for agricultural irrigation...
Skilled Labor Series: HVAC and heat pumps with Scott Arnold
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Scott Arnold, a HVAC technician and small business owner based out of New York. With heating and cooling accounting for nearly 50% o...
Sue Brown, Worley
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Sue Brown, Executive Group Director of Sustainability at Worley. As a leading global provider of professional project and asset serv...
Startup Series: The Cool Down
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guests are Dave Finocchio and Anna Robertson, co-founders of The Cool Down.Since the beginning, media businesses have been in the game of bu...
Skilled Labor Series: Farming with Josh Svaty
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of our new Skilled Labor Series hosted by MCJ partner, Yin Lu. This series is focused on amplifying the voices of folks from the ...
Startup Series: Sweep
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Rachel Delacour, co-founder and CEO of Sweep. Carbon accounting helps organizations measure their emissions so they can understand...
David Roberts, Volts
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is David Roberts, aka Dr. Volts, who runs the Volts newsletter and podcast.David has been reporting on and explaining clean energy top...
Startup Series: Shellworks
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Insiya Jafferjee, CEO ad Co-Founder of Shellworks. When we talk about excellence in packaging today, we typically think of compani...
Skilled Labor Series: Solar with Sam Steyer and Andy Martinez
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
*This episode is part of our new Skilled Labor Series hosted by MCJ partner, Yin Lu. This series is focused on amplifying the voices of folks from the...
Michele Demers, Boundless Impact
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Michele Demers, Founder and CEO at Boundless Impact Research & Analytics. As companies pursue sustainability targets, having an ac...
Startup Series: Ample
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Khaled Hassounah, CEO and Co-Founder of Ample. When entirely new platforms emerge, the initial product attempts on those platforms...
Genevieve Guenther, End Climate Silence
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Genevieve Guenther, author, activist, and Founding Director of End Climate Silence. Dr. Genevieve Guenther is a Renaissance schola...
Startup Series: Synop
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Gagan Dhillon, CEO & Co-Founder of Synop. In many climate conversations about mobility, solutions inevitably turn into conversatio...
Camila Thorndike, Climate Policy Campaigner
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Camila Thorndike. Most recently, Camila managed Senator Bernie Sanders' portfolio on climate, energy, environment, territories, an...
Startup Series: Climate Robotics
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Jason Aramburu, CEO and co-founder of Climate Robotics. Earth’s soils contain 14 times more carbon dioxide than the atmosphere. ...
Degrowth with Matthias Schmelzer
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Matthias Schmelzer, an economic historian, networker and climate activist. This episode is complementary to a previous podcast wit...
Rollie Williams, Climate Town
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Rollie Williams, host and creator of Climate Town. The topic of climate change can be dark upon initial exploration. While some fi...
Alex Trembath, The Breakthrough Institute
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Alex Trembath, Deputy Director at the Breakthrough Institute. The Breakthrough Institute is a global research center that identifi...
Startup Series: Cemvita Factory
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Moji Karimi, CEO and Co-Founder of Cemvita Factory. Cemvita Factory’s mission is to deploy nature-inspired economical technology...
Rebecca Dell, ClimateWorks Foundation
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Rebecca Dell, Senior Program Director, Industry at ClimateWorks Foundation.ClimateWorks is on a mission to end the climate crisis by ...
Startup Series: Enhanced Rock Weathering w/ Lithos Carbon & Eion Carbon
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guests are Mary Yap, Co-Founder and CEO at Lithos Carbon, and Adam Wolf, Co-Founder and CEO at Eion Carbon.Both Lithos and Eion work in the sp...
Degrowth with Timothée Parrique
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Timothée Parrique, a researcher in ecological economics at Lund University in Sweden. Degrowth is one school of thought in the path...
Kip Pastor, Founder & CEO at Pique Action
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Kip Pastor, Founder and CEO of Pique Action.When most people think of climate change, they picture stories about wildfires, melting i...
John Dees, Senior Science Analyst at Carbon Direct
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is John Dees, Senior Science Analyst at Carbon Direct.Carbon Direct is a science-first carbon management firm that enables organizations...
Startup Series: Vibrant Planet
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Allison Wolff, Founder and CEO at Vibrant Planet. This year, wildfires have raged across the Western US, the Mediterranean, Australi...
Benji Backer, American Conservation Coalition
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Benji Backer, Founder and President of the American Conservation Coalition (ACC). ACC is focused on building grassroots environmenta...
Startup Series: Epoch Biodesign
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Jacob Nathan, CEO and Co-Founder of Epoch Biodesign.Plastics are among the most visible and ubiquitous environmental issues plaguing ...
Ketan Joshi
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Ketan Joshi, a writer, data analyst and communications consultant working on climate and energy. Ketan Joshi has been at the forefro...
Startup Series: Zero Acre Farms
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Jeff Nobbs, CEO and Co-Founder of Zero Acre Farms.It turns out 20% of our daily caloric intake is made of vegetable oils that are not...
Cris Stainbrook, Indian Land Tenure Foundation
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Cris Stainbrook, President of the Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF). ILTF is a national community-based organization serving Indi...
Startup Series: ONE
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Mujeeb Ijaz, Founder and CEO of ONE. Widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) not only face technical challenges, but also psy...
Marcius Extavour, XPRIZE
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Marcius Extavour, Chief Scientist, Executive Vice President Energy and Climate at XPRIZE.XPRIZE is a global future positive movement ...
Startup Series: Calwave
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Marcus Lehmann, CEO and Co-Founder of CalWave. Our planet’s surface is mostly covered by ocean, but harnessing the power of our ce...
Kerry Bowie, Browning the Green Space
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Kerry Bowie, Founder, President and Executive Director of Browning the Green Space.Browning the Green Space (BGS) is a voluntary coal...
Startup Series: BOLT
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Mohit Yadav, co-founder of BOLT. BOLT was founded in 2017 with the dream of making electric vehicles more accessible by easing and a...
Craig Shapiro and Tomas Alvarez Belon, Shared Future Fund
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guests are Craig Shapiro and Tomas Alvarez Belon from Collaborative Fund. Collaborative Fund is an investment firm focused on supporting and ...