Dianne Saxe's Green Economy Heroes Podcast

Electric delivery trucks are expensive to buy but much cheaper (and healthier and more comfortable) to operate, so financing is the key. 7Gen makes it possible by financing electric trucks and their charging system.

Do you want a living roof for an environmentally conscious home? Hear from a Toronto-area specialist about stormwater control and other benefits of planting plants on your roof.

Want to decorate your home with character while reducing your logging footprint? Find out about reclaimed wood furniture from BeReclaimed, a small business with a shopfront at the Evergreen Brickworks.

What's wool got to do with climate change? Find out what's wrong with the move to synthetic clothing as a homegrown Ontario mill joins Dianne.

This month we feature a Toronto company that identifies water and heat-saving opportunities for older building stock through automation and pinpoint monitoring

Meet a Canadian clean tech company providing smart off-grid lighting from Bloor Street to urban Africa.

An electrolysis firm delivering fuel savings technologies to the global marketplace straight from west Toronto.

An Ontario firm is bringing high-quality, prefabricated homes to market with recycled materials and a reduced carbon footprint.

Meet a local firm that is recycling rare earth minerals to achieve circularity in the new green economy and ramp up Canadian manufacturing.

Tracking, managing, and reducing embodied carbon throughout the construction process.

A Toronto-based firm takes on the solar challenge: complete site survey, engineering and design solutions for solar projects of any scale.

Food and beverage providers are eager to do their part in diverting waste but often don't know how. Find out how a Toronto organization is successfully helping film sets and restaurants divert up to 80%.

As the world heats we need more HVAC infrastructure thus accelerating global warming. Is it possible to break this vicious cycle? Hanif Montazeri has a plan for cooling and heating that is free of refrigerants and fossil fuels.

Where can you buy scientifically valid Canadian carbon removal credits? Canadian climate scientist Phil de Luna tells Dianne Saxe about Quebec-based Deep Sky.

The tables are turned as Toronto Mike'd interviews Dianne Save about exciting news in her life and how it impacts Green Economy Heroes.

Electric assist cargo-bike rental company

Carbon neutral craft beer with local ingredients and minimal packaging waste.

Most buildings can generate their own electricity if solar PV is integrated into the building cladding. Now cost competitive and appearing on buildings around the world.

Low-toxic, low-carbon plant-based foams to replace petroleum, starting with insoles.

Reusable, deposit-return packaging for takeout food.

Green economy law firm that advises green business and nonprofit clients, and provides public education on climate law. Plus psychedelics.

Pioneer of home and bodycare essentials in refillable, non-plastic, circular economy containers

How Mike's passion and perseverance built a $60 million solar energy cooperative.

How did Morgan Solar survive China's solar juggernaut, and stay Canadian?

Early stage funding so that breakthrough technology companies can grow through Canada's notorious valley of death.