Who's Saving the Planet?

Liz Turrigiano and her co-founders are solving a problem every new parent is all too familiar with, what to do with the poop? They’ve created a sustainable diapering company that tackles the problem of how to reduce the over 30 BILLION diapers that end up in landfills every year. We dig into how Esembly Baby grew out of their first start up, what it’s like to raise money in this environment, how t...

Meet Amanda Weeks. She's the genius behind Veles, a revolutionary all-purpose household cleaner composed of two things — water and organic food waste. Join Lex and Tony as they discover the science behind Amanda's remarkable method of taking organic chemical compounds derived from food scraps and transforming them into a product that actually disinfects and cleans. Let's face it: It's the perfect...

Lex is in Brooklyn. Tony is in Manhattan. Boroughs apart... but the show must go on! This week, the Planeteers wield Zoom to bring you a special edition of Who's Saving The Planet? to discuss two important topics. First — the brilliant guests they have on deck for upcoming episodes: Amanda Weeks, CEO of Ambrosia and creator of Veles; and Liz Turrigiano, co-founder and CEO at Esembly. Second — how...

In the most epic meet cute, Olivia met Kyle when he was running a diamond mine and she was polishing her diamond skills as a gemologist. What came later was the company they co-founded — The Clear Cut. The custom online jeweler was born and lives entirely in the digital arena. In this episode, Lex and Tony dig into how these two found each other and launched the start-up, along with the unique cus...

The indomitable Carly Bigi pulls back the curtain on the incredible waste — including literally setting clothes on fire — that is rampant in the fashion industry. The company she founded, Laws of Motion, is upending that status quo. Laws of Motion uses cutting edge (get it?) technology to right-size every dress, custom crafting them one at a time using next generation AI, reducing waste in the fac...