Heart Stock Radio Podcast

Dianna Cohen of Plastic Pollution Coalition

Dianna Cohen is a visual artist and the Co-Founder of Plastic Pollution Coalition which is a non-profit communications and advocacy organization that collaborates with an expansive global alliance of organizations, businesses, and individuals to create a more just, equitable, regenerative world free of plastic pollution and its toxic impacts. Also see her TED Talk here. 

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Kerry Bannigan of the Fashion Impact Fund

Kerry Bannigan is a social entrepreneur, and the Founder of The Fashion Impact Fund as well as The Conscious Fashion Campaign. The mission is to support female founders in the fashion industry, advancing education, media, and workforce development programs to accelerate women's economic empowerment and leadership. She's also working in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Partnerships developing solutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Sergiy Kovalenkov of Hempire

Sergiy is the founder of Hempire, where they specialize in the development and production of hemp building materials. In spite of the impacts of the Ukrainian war, Sergiy continues on, building with and spreading the word about Hemp's value as a building material.

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Vincent Djen of Remakehub

Vincent is the Director of Cheng Kung Garments, and the Chief Strategy Officer at
Remakehub, where he helps companies to recycle their waste into new products. 
He also advices young fashion startups and major fashion companies on industry trends and strategies. He's speaking with us from Shanghai, China. 

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Lazarus Tamana of MOSOP

Lazarus Tamana is the President of (MOSOP), The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People which is a non-governmental, non-political apex organisation of the Ogoni ethnic minority people of South-Eastern Nigeria. In conjunction with his activism and work with MOSOP, he is helping farmers gain access to local markets and building out international markets for the products they produce in the Niger Delta.  We discuss the negative environmental impact the oil industry's had on his homeland.

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Winifred Adeyemi of Africa Seen and Heard

Africa Seen and Heard is an innovative consultancy, operating within the creative and cultural industries. As the Director, Winifred endeavours to generate significant cultural and economic growth for not just her clients but also their partners, markets, consumers and their communities. It is the core of her mission to strengthen delivery of her client's business development objectives and social impact goals.   In particular she is working for the preservation of indigenous heritage and ecosystems, in unrepresented nations and peoples.   

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James Nadiope of Justice Tourism Foundation

James is the CEO & Founder at Justice Tourism Foundation (JTF) a social impact travel grassroots tourism non-profit organization focusing on socially responsible travel with the aim of providing socially and environmentally conscious travelers with opportunities to give back to the local communities they visit in Uganda. Hear his story on this episode. 

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Pasha Whitmire of Patagonia

Pasha Whitmire is the Material Development Lead at Patagonia and point for Patagonia’s technical apparel and equipment product categories. He has built the synthetic material strategy for environmentally positive impact, and established new commercial supply chains as ecological solutions. He's speaking with us from Bozeman, Montana.

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Emily Rasmussen of Grapevine Giving

Emily is the CEO and founder of Grapevine which is a home for collaborative giving that’s helping Giving Circles and donor groups, like friends, families, and alumni to pool their donations and decide together where to give. She's also a graduate of Harvard Business School. Hear her story on this episode!

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Val Emanuel, Mother, Founder and Earth activist

Rif (Regenerative International Female Inc.) makes femcare using hemp fiber. They source regenerative raw materials to produce high quality maxi pads and period products. Rif is biodegradable, carbon neutral and focused on products that are pesticide and chlorine free. Val is also the founder of Role Models Management. Hear her story on this episode!

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