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Send us Fan Mail This week we speak with Blaine Grimes, the woman behind Gulf of Maine Ventures, the investment arm of Gulf of Maine Research Institute. I really enjoyed my conversation with Blaine. She has a broad perspective on the ocean economy as well as a take-charge attitude.  During her tenture at GMRI, Blaine realized that important innovations were sometimes not making it into the market...

Send us Fan Mail In Happy Planet’s third episode we meet Griffin O’Driscoll, the young CEO of Organicin Scientific. Griffin joined forces with his professor Dr. Margaret Riley to commercialize her 25+ years of research on bacteriocins, anti-microbial proteins that kill bacteria in a targeted way. Organicin is now creating products for the aquaculture industry, both to keep seafood safer for consum...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Nicholas Sullivan, author of Blue Revolution , who helps debunk some of the myths around wild caught seafood versus aquaculture and tells us about new blue technologies that will make both industries fare better.  Nicholas is a Senior Fellow at The Fletcher School’s Council on Emerging Market Enterprises and a Senior Research Fellow at its Maritime Studies Program. A writer a...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Bill Curtsinger, a pioneer of underwater sea photography. He has many “firsts” to his name including being the first to photograph a narwhal.  Bill was also my neighbour growing up in Maine and his stories and photographs made a life-long impression.  I wanted to reconnect with Bill to frame our ocean series discussion. In addition to uncovering his tales of adventure, I was...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Happy Planet where we speak with entrepreneurs, investors and thought leaders driving the impact economy. I am your host, Abigail Carroll. For a long time I was best known as Maine’s oyster lady; now I  work with other mission-driven start-ups  pursuing both profit and planetary health.. This work is so exciting and hope-inspiring that I decided to share the stories of...