The Capitalist Hippie

In this week's episode, we welcome Aki Kaltenbach, Founder, and CEO of Save Da Sea, a plant-based seafood company based in Victoria, BC. While working at her family's Japanese restaurants, a newly vegan Aki was looking for seafood alternatives to serve customers. When she couldn't find options, she started her own recipes, and what started as a side hustle became a full-time business in 2019. Save...

In this week's episode, we welcome Jonathan Shieber, Chief Editor and Venture Partner at FootPrint Coalition, a venture capital firm founded by Robert Downey Junior that prioritizes investment in high-growth companies that have a strong focus on sustainability.   FootPrint Coalition brings together a community of supporters by entertaining, informing, and mobilizing the public with original and cu...

In this week's episode, we welcome Sahar Sam, Co-Founder and CSO at Solaires Entreprises Inc. Sahar holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master's in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Victoria. She has over 15 years of managerial experience in the industrial and academic environment and is the inventor of the fabrication process for transparent conductive films and thin-film sol...

In this week's episode, we welcome Jackie Prince, Co-Founder of Guests on Earth, a brand of eco-friendly home care products that aims to restore the balance between people and the planet. Jackie is an established marketing professional with fifteen-plus years of experience as a creative strategist for brands like TikTok, Facebook, Neutrogena, L'Oréal, and more. Like many of us at the beginning of...

In this week's episode, we welcome Kelly Erhart, President & Co-Founder of Project Vesta. The mission of Project Vesta is to advance the science of Coastal Carbon Capture — the ocean's equivalent of planting trees to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Coastal Carbon Capture harnesses the power of the oceans to accelerate the earth's natural long-term carbon dioxide removal process and can...

In this week's episode, we welcome Miguel Calatayud, a social entrepreneur in the alternative proteins, agriculture, food, tech and nutrition industry and CEO and director of iwi, an innovative and sustainable algae-based nutrition company. Iwi produces a microscopic algae strain rich in omega-3 with 50% more absorption of omega-3 than fish and krill oil. Iwi uses saltwater and the sun for minimal...

In this week's episode, we welcome Lucy Hargreaves, Head of Public Affairs and Policy at Patch , a platform that powers climate action with a mission to reach giga-tonne scale carbon sequestration. With its application programming interface —or API— and marketplace, Patch enables people and businesses to seamlessly purchase as little as a gram to giga-tonnes of carbon removal from reputable and tr...

In this week's episode, we welcome Julie Poitras-Saulnier, CEO and Co-founder of Loop Mission, a food waste fighting powerhouse that reduces food waste by repurposing unwanted fruits and veggies into juices and smoothies, probiotic sodas, beers, spirits, handcrafted soaps and more. Based in Montreal, Julie and her partner and co-founder David Côté both worked in the food industry, and with that ex...

In this week's episode, we welcome Janna Bishop, Co-founder and CEO at Flourist, a premium Canadian dry goods company with a mission to protect Canadian farmlands and create food security for future generations. While Janna worked as an apparel designer at Mountain Equipment Co-op, she started a side hustle selling chickpeas, lentils and wheat from her family's Saskatchewan farm to Vancouver resta...

In this week's episode, Marco Pimentel is joined by Paul Long, founder and designer at ANIÁN, a circular fashion company based on the west coast of Canada. Paul is passionate about the outdoors and the environment, and passionate about creating change in the retail and textile industry and boosting the local economy. The collections at ANIÁN are inspired by time spent in nature, designed to withst...

In this week's episode, Marco Pimentel welcomes Ann Radil, Head of Carbon Reduction at Neutral, an ex-NASA funded scientist and fifth generation rancher who is incredibly passionate about climate-friendly initiatives. Neutral is the first carbon food neutral company in the United States on a mission to radically reduce the carbon footprint of agriculture, starting with dairy farming. Neutral milk...

In this week's episode, Marco Pimentel sat down with Emma Gilchrist, Co-Founder, and Editor-in-Chief of The Narwhal, a pioneer in non-profit environmental journalism. The Narwhal was created in 2018 in Victoria, BC and now has bureaus in Ontario and a team of investigative journalists reporting on pressing environmental issues across Canada. Emma grew up in a small town in Northwestern Alberta and...

On this week's episode, Marco Pimentel sat down with Felix Böck, Founder & CEO of ChopValue, a certified B Corp. based in Vancouver, Canada that creates high performance circular economy designs made entirely with recycled bamboo chopsticks. Hailing from South Germany, Felix came to Canada to complete a PhD at the University of British Columbia in Innovation on Composite Materials with bamboo as t...

On this week's episode, Marco Pimentel sat down with Desirée Dupuis, VP Sales & Marketing at Cascadia Seaweed. With over 18 years of marketing experience, Desirée is passionate about living a life of purpose and making a substantial impact in the world by creating permanent sustainable change. Cascadia Seaweed is based on Vancouver Island in the town of Sidney, BC and is growing to become the larg...

On this week's episode, Marco Pimentel had the chance to sit down with Jack Bruner. He's the co-founder of the Carbon Neutral Club, a Canadian climate tech company based in Toronto seeking to make climate action accessible to anyone. Jack holds a Bachelor in Political Science and Economics from the University of Guelph, and over his career as a digital product manager, has helped build a number of...

On this week's episode, Marco Pimentel had the pleasure of talking with Victor Nicolov, founder and CEO of Sepura Home. Sepura is a home composting system that made Times' top 100 inventions in 2020.  Sepura uses proprietary technology to divert organic waste from landfills and drain systems into curbside compost receptacles or to make it easier for yard composting. The device is able to separate...

Every week, Marco Pimentel, CMO at Redbrick, dives into stimulating conversations with founders, entrepreneurs and business owners who've gotten off the regular path to consciously (and successfully!) integrate sustainability into their business model for the sake of our planet. Someone Like You aspires to motivate others towards taking that first step, whether it is in their professional or perso...