A Positive Climate is an uplifting podcast about the solutions to climate change. An entertaining look at the products, people and technologies making a real difference. Hosted by Australian climate technology experts and investors Alex McIntosh and Nick Zeltzer, two friends on a mission to keep our existential crises at bay. World Wide Web: www.apositiveclimate.com Say hi: hello@apositiveclimate.com Instagram: @apositiveclimatepodcast Twitter: @pstvclimate LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com ...
…
continue reading
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 the right solutions, so we hope you enjoy our reflections about what we think matters. Thanks again to all you listening out there! It’s been a big yea…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Startup Pitch Competition w/ TEN Australian Climate Tech Startups
1:14:51
1:14:51
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:14:51
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 accelerator program, but this time it’s different - there will be a winner decided by YOU! We’ve secured some awesome prizes that will go to the People’s …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
How The USA Is Changing The Game (feat. Sicona)
33:25
33:25
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
33:25
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 all-time listener favourite episodes: "Australia's Role in the Battery Revolution". Since then Sicona has come a long way! Fresh off their recent $22m …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Jolting Australia’s Electric Vehicle Industry (feat. Jolt Charge)
44:17
44:17
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
44:17
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 a charge! When we recorded our first EV episode in 2021, they comprised less than 0.5% of total sales. In the first half of 2023 this number was up to…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Made In Australia: SunDrive is Leading Our Next Solar Revolution
44:38
44:38
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
44:38
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 most efficient commercial-sized solar cell. Not only that - by swapping silver with copper as the conductive material their products could be lower cost …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Lithium: Can We Extract It Sustainably? (feat. Novalith)
38:08
38:08
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
38:08
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 chat with Steven Vassiloudis of Novalith, a Sydney startup that can extract lithium in a way that not only reduces emissions but also the amount of chem…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Turning Seaweed Into Plastic (feat. Uluu)
37:03
37:03
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
37:03
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 tackling the plastic problem from the very source - the production! Plastic is a very real problem we need to address and unfortunately, given the way we cu…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Infinite Plastic Recycling with Samsara Eco
46:28
46:28
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
46:28
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 that has raised ~$60 million to tackle one of the biggest problems of all: plastic recycling. It’s a tangible, challenging and very current problem in A…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Dairy Without The Cow (feat. All G Foods)
53:50
53:50
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
53:50
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 create real dairy, without the cows or the emissions (8:00) The technology is called precision fermentation and it could soon enough upend the $1 tril…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Making Aviation More Sustainable...With Shark Skin (feat. MicroTau)
40:45
40:45
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
40:45
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 airlines up to $61 billion a year on fuel. ** If you enjoy the show, subscribe and give us a rating on Apple or Spotify! You can sign up to our mailing li…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Season 4 Trailer: The Australian Startup Season!
2:21
2:21
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
2:21
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 changing sustainable technology. They’ve raised hundreds of millions of dollars. And they’re ready to turn the world’s biggest problem into Australia’s g…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
A Positive Climate #Wrapped: 2022 in Review with Alex and Nick
53:27
53:27
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
53:27
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 and our plans to bring you even more great episodes in 2023. We cover a lot on this episode: How the narrative around decarbonisation has changed in the …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
A Positive Climate’s Startup PITCHFEST (feat. EnergyLab’s climate cohort)
1:22:26
1:22:26
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:22:26
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 leading climate solutions accelerator) to hold a pitch speed round featuring their most recent startup cohort. The rules: A 60 second opening free pitch and …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Building Sustainably: Making Carbon Neutral Homes and Buildings
51:13
51:13
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
51:13
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 neutral. In our chat with Liam we cover: What goes into creating a sustainable building - what matters the most? How do builders or developers consider des…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Removing Carbon from the Atmosphere to Reverse Climate Change (feat. Nori)
53:46
53:46
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
53:46
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 positive force for addressing climate change. In this one we cover: The role of (and challenges with) carbon offsets Carbon avoidance offsets vs carbon r…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Crypto and Climate: Can Blockchain be a Force for Good?
27:28
27:28
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
27:28
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 following in this ep: What is cryptocurrency? What is blockchain? Why can crypto be so energy intensive? Can it be improved? Bitcoin and Ethereum (includ…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Night-time Solar: can we create Electricity in the Dark?
46:38
46:38
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
46:38
Nick and Alex chat to Ned Ekins-Daukes from UNSW about their breakthrough to create solar energy in the dark. This is a wide ranging chat about how solar panels could generate all of Australia's electricity at night, where climate solutions come from, the role of UNSW and universities in creating them, the legend of Martin Green, how to commerciali…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Solar Panel Recycling: Big Problem or Massive Opportunity? (feat. PV Industries)
44:14
44:14
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
44:14
We chat to Tim Dawson, the founder of PV industries, an Australian startup on a mission to recycle solar panels (and soon, batteries too!). In Australia we have A LOT of solar! Currently over 3 million (or 1 in 3) households have solar. Australia has over 25 GW of solar capacity now installed which on a per person basis is 1kw per person, 30% great…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Hydrogen: how Aussie startup Hysata is leading the hydrogen revolution
48:14
48:14
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
48:14
Alex provides a primer on hydrogen's role in our future clean economy and then we interview Tom Campey from Hysata (11:21) an Australian startup with a breakthrough electrolyser technology. ** If you enjoy the show, subscribe! We'd love it if you gave us a rating on Apple or Spotify! You can also follow us: on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn or send u…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
The Australian Guide to Electric Vehicles (feat. CarsGuide)
46:46
46:46
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
46:46
Tom White from CarsGuide presents the state of play for electric vehicles in Australia. Tom has a very cool job! He gets to drive and review all the latest electric vehicles that are coming to Australia. He also recently released the EVGuide Report for all the latest stats, facts and figures on Electric Vehicles So what better person to chat to (af…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Reducing your personal carbon footprint (feat. One Small Step)
48:51
48:51
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
48:51
Lily Dempster from One Small Step chats to us about how to address your personal carbon footprint. Welcome to Season THREE of A Positive Climate! We’re excited to have a new season of another ten episodes, released fortnightly on Tuesdays in Australia. HIT THE FOLLOW / SUBSCRIBE button in your podcast app One Small Step is a mobile app that aims to…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
A Positive Climate #Wrapped: 2021 in Review with Alex and Nick
40:03
40:03
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
40:03
Alex and Nick wrap up 2021 and the end of our second season with a wide ranging chat: the current state of cleantech, some BOLD predictions about the future, the zaniest climate solutions of 2021 and what we’re excited about for 2022! We cover a lot on this episode: Australia’s opportunity to be a renewable energy superpower; the hydrogen economy; …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
E-bikes: the electric vehicle transforming our cities (feat. Zoomo)
45:24
45:24
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
45:24
Zoomo’s Mina Nada chats to Nick and Alex about the role of electric bikes in the future of our cities. Electric vehicles are a key pillar of our shift to zero carbon transportation. And when we hear the words "electric vehicles" most of us think about cars. But what about e-bikes? In the US for example they outsold cars by over 2 to 1 last year! An…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Australia's Role in the Battery Revolution (feat. Sicona)
39:40
39:40
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
39:40
Christaan Jordaan of Sicona and Novalith talks to us about Australia’s great opportunity in batteries. Yes, the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t always blow. But there’s lots of technologies for those in between times - some are old, some are new but all of them are getting much much better. Pumped hydro, hydrogen, thermal storage and of cour…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Fashion, but make it sustainable! (feat. Good on You)
43:18
43:18
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
43:18
Gordon Renouf from Good On You, chats to us about sustainable fashion. We all want to look good and stay up with the latest trends but how do we do this in a sustainable and ethical way? It's an area definitely worth solving as the global apparel industry accounts for an estimated 8% of emissions! That’s on par with the steel sector. It's a complex…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
How will Amazon get to net zero emissions?
41:04
41:04
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
41:04
Charley Daitch from Amazon Web Services (AWS) joins us to talk about the work he’s doing in renewable energy and how Amazon will get to net zero emissions by 2040. Amazon is one of the world’s largest and best known brands. Their operations are both everywhere and nowhere at the same time. You see the website, the streaming service, the Kindles and…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Sea Forest's seaweed to stop cows burping
33:32
33:32
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
33:32
Today’s episode with Sam Elsom from Sea Forest continues our discussion on sustainable protein - can we have our steak and eat it too? We all know that our obsession with meat is not sustainable. The livestock sector accounts for around 15% of all emissions and in Australia alone we eat 120kg of meat per person per annum (the equivalent of eating D…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Great Wrap: Making Cling Wrap Great Again
31:50
31:50
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
31:50
Julia Kay, co-founder of Great Wrap chats to us about how we can make cling wrap GREAT again! Great Wrap has created Australia's first certified compostable cling wrap - it’s not only made from food waste but it also contains zero plastic. Great Wrap makes residential wrap (the sandwich wrapping kind), catering wrap and pallet wrap (the stuff heaps…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Drones to string together the clean energy transition (feat. Infravision)
29:56
29:56
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
29:56
Cameron Van Der Berg from Infravision explains how can drones help us tackle climate change. As the world transitions to 100% renewable energy we are going to need a whole lot more electricity transmission. Historically fossil fuel generators have always been located in centralised locations closer to central loads or cities. However, if our grid i…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Meat 3.0: is cultured meat the future? (feat. Vow Food)
45:59
45:59
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
45:59
Tim Noakesmith and George Peppou of Vow explain the carbon free revolution soon to come to our dinner plates - cultured meat. *** Welcome back to Season 2 of A Positive Climate! We’re thrilled to be bringing you another ten episodes EVERY TUESDAY covering everything from sustainable plastics, seaweed to stop cows burping methane and Australia’s pot…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Electric Vehicles: Busting the Myths (feat. JET Charge)
56:52
56:52
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
56:52
Tim Washington from JET Charge answers the question: why should we care about electric vehicles? They’re a better driving experience, they’re quieter, they’re better for air quality (especially important for when kids are walking by at exhaust pipe height), they’re soon to be cheaper, they are actually MORE convenient to charge and finally, unlike …
…
continue reading
Andrew Moore, co-founder and CEO of AMSL Aero chats to us about the future of transportation and how soon we might all be able to get around in flying taxis or eVTOLs (electric vertical take off and landing) as the industry calls them. AMSL Aero is an Australian company that's creating a flying air taxi which is powered by batteries and a hydrogen …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
The future of farming with Sarah Nolet, Tenacious Ventures
38:52
38:52
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
38:52
Sarah Nolet is the CEO and a founding partner of Tenacious Ventures, Australia's first and only dedicated agrifood venture capital firm. Sarah chats to us about all the innovative and exciting agricultural technologies or as they say in the industry “agtech”. We cover the current sources of emissions within our food supply chain and some fantastic …
…
continue reading
Welcome to our new podcast series The Positive Press by A Positive Climate! We'll be bringing you 5-ish minute episodes on good climate news. Bite sized, informative and a bit tongue in cheek, tune in to hear from Alex and Nick about the most uplifting stories of the week. This week we're covering NUGGS by SIMULATE - a plant based chicken nugget co…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Can an Aussie company deploy solar faster and cheaper? (feat. 5B Solar)
39:28
39:28
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
39:28
Solar energy is changing the world and 5B Solar has created an innovative solution for large scale sites - the MAVERICK. It's prefabricated, modular, rapidly-deployable and enables projects to be delivered more safely, three times faster and using half the land vs conventional technology. Chris McGrath shares the story of how he and his mate Eden c…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
A solar panel that makes clean drinking water? (feat. Source Global)
36:46
36:46
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
36:46
Rob Bartrop has a great story, he’s an Aussie who was part of the development of the first large scale solar farms in Australia and has now found his way over to Arizona working for a company that's created the world's first renewable drinking water system - Source Global. The system includes a solar panel that doesn’t create electricity but instea…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
BEER and HYDROGEN to solve the climate challenge (feat. SwitcH2)
30:38
30:38
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
30:38
Constantine Tsounis, co-founder of SwitcH2 Engineering has created a unique process that turns beer waste-water into hydrogen which can be used to power breweries or as a fuel for trucks and forklifts to get that beer into your hot hands! In this episode we discussed how Con and his co-founders developed this innovative tech plus how some great bee…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
ZeroCo: Eliminating single-use plastic one household bottle at a time
44:28
44:28
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
44:28
Mike Smith from ZeroCo is trying to eliminate single-use plastic, one household bottle at a time. This episode explores the sheer scale of the plastic problem, the impact of plastic on not only the environment but also carbon emissions and how ZeroCo and their innovative business model is looking to address the problem at hand. Mike spins many a go…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
GoTerra: using robotic insect farms to solve the problem of food waste
35:56
35:56
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
35:56
Olympia Yarger is the CEO and founder of Goterra, a startup using insects to redefine waste management. Goterra has created a unique solution which uses organic waste as feed to grow other usable products such as maggots that can be used in livestock feed and pet food. This episode explores just how Olympia became a maggot farmer, the issues surrou…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Meat 2.0: Is plant based meat the future? (feat. V2Food)
49:16
49:16
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
49:16
Welcome to the first episode of A Positive Climate - an uplifting podcast focussed on the cool ways to tackle climate change. We're Alex McIntosh and Nick Zeltzer, two mates in the Australian clean energy sector trying to showcase all the positives. In this episode we interview Nick Hazell, CEO and founder of V2Food. V2Food is an Australian company…
…
continue reading
Welcome to the podcast! A Positive Climate is an uplifting podcast about tackling climate change. An inspiring look at the products, people and technologies making a real difference. Hosted by Australian climate technology experts Nick Zeltzer and Alex McIntosh two friends on a mission to find the solutions to keep our existential crises at bay. We…
…
continue reading