Tech and Trees

Tech and Trees

Pascal Mies

On Tech and Trees Pascal Mies talks to ClimateTech founders, investors and operators to answer two simple questions: How do we build better ClimateTech Start-Ups and how do we build more of them faster? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#51 Nina Mannheimer - CPO and Co-Founder of Klim - Boosting Regenerative Farming

#51 Nina Mannheimer - CPO and Co-Founder of Klim - Boosting Regenerative Farming

Hello and welcome to the Tech and Trees podcast. My name is Pascal Mies and on Tech and Trees I talk to ClimateTech founders, investors and operators to learn about how we build better ClimateTech companies and how we build more of them faster. In this episode I talk to Nina Mannheimer, co-founder and CPO of Klim. Klim is a regenerative agriculture start-up from Berlin that focuses on turning agriculture into an effective force in the fight against climate change. Regenerative farming practices

Jun 30, 2024 • 51:54

#50 Josh Romisher - CEO & Co-Founder of Holocene - The Risks and Opportunities in African ClimateTech

#50 Josh Romisher - CEO & Co-Founder of Holocene - The Risks and Opportunities in African ClimateTech

Hello and welcome to the Tech and Trees podcast. My name is Pascal Mies and on Tech and Trees I talk to ClimateTech founders, investors and operators to learn about how we build better ClimateTech companies and how we build more of them faster. In this episode I talk to Josh Romisher, co-founder and CEO of Holocene. Holocene invests in African pre-seed climate-tech start-ups and aims to accelerate the development of the African ClimateTech-Scene and community. Josh has all the credentials to be

Jun 16, 2024 • 1:01:26

#49 Jakob Bitner - CEO and Co-Founder of VoltStorage - Energy storage for green energy 24/7

#49 Jakob Bitner - CEO and Co-Founder of VoltStorage - Energy storage for green energy 24/7

Hello and welcome to the Tech and Trees podcast. My name is Pascal Mies and on Tech and Trees I talk to ClimateTech founders, investors and operators to learn about how we build better ClimateTech companies and how we build more of them faster. On this episode I talk to Jakob Bitner, co-founder and CEO of VoltStorage. Jakob co-founded VoltStorage straight out of university. The company started out manufacturing home energy storage systems. Since then, Jakob has led the company through a massive

Jun 2, 2024 • 51:29

#48 Caitlin Wale - CEO and Founder of Kinjani - Backing African Climate Talent

#48 Caitlin Wale - CEO and Founder of Kinjani - Backing African Climate Talent

Hello and welcome to the Tech and Trees podcast. My name is Pascal Mies and on Tech and Trees I talk to ClimateTech founders, investors and operators to learn about how we build better ClimateTech companies and how we build more of them faster. On this episode I talk to Caitlin Wale, the founder of Kinjani. This conversation takes us back to the African continent. With Kinjani Caitlin aimes to catalyse African nature-based and industrial decarbonisation solutions. Through a mix of program suppor

May 19, 2024 • 58:55

#47 Natalia Dorfman - CEO and Co-Founder of Kita - Insuring Carbon Markets

#47 Natalia Dorfman - CEO and Co-Founder of Kita - Insuring Carbon Markets

Hello and welcome to the Tech and Trees podcast. My name is Pascal Mies and on Tech and Trees I talk to ClimateTech founders, investors and operators to learn about how we build better ClimateTech companies and how we build more of them faster. On this episode I talk to Natalia Dorfman, founder and CEO of Kita. Kita is an insurance start-up from the UK that focuses on insuring carbon. Buying carbon credits comes with a lot of risk. This risk keeps large players with deep pockets from buying high

Apr 28, 2024 • 39:06

#46 René Bretschneider - Chief People & Sustainability Officer at Thermondo - Führungskräfte gewinnen und halten

#46 René Bretschneider - Chief People & Sustainability Officer at Thermondo - Führungskräfte gewinnen und halten

Hallo und herzlich willkommen zum Tech and Trees Podcast. Mein Name ist Pascal Mies und wie immer geht es heute darum, wie wir bessere ClimateTech Start-Ups bauen und wie wir schneller mehr von ihnen auf die Straße bringen können. Ganz konkret geht es heute darum, wie ClimateTechs erfahrene Führungskräfte gewinnen können, wann das überhaupt Sinn macht und welche Gedanken man sich sonst gemacht haben sollte. Mein Gast ist René Bretschneider. René war 20 Jahre lang bei Adidas und hat es da ziemlic

Apr 7, 2024 • 57:07

#45 Casper Rasmussen - Co-Founder & CEO of Monta - Connecting the dots in the EV ecosystem

#45 Casper Rasmussen - Co-Founder & CEO of Monta - Connecting the dots in the EV ecosystem

Hello and welcome to the Tech and Trees podcast. My name is Pascal Mies and on Tech and Trees I talk to ClimateTech founders, investors and operators to learn about how we build better ClimateTech companies and how we build more of them faster. On this episode I talk to Casper Rasmussen, Co-Founder of Monta. This company from Copenhagen has built a central platform that facilitates the charging process of electric vehicles, making the charging process easier for everyone involved..Thereby, they

Mar 24, 2024 • 43:10

#44 William Pelton - CEO & Co-Founder of Phytoform - DNA editing for sustainable agriculture

#44 William Pelton - CEO & Co-Founder of Phytoform - DNA editing for sustainable agriculture

Hello and welcome to the Tech and Trees podcast. My name is Pascal Mies and on Tech and Trees I talk to ClimateTech founders, investors and operators to learn about how we build better ClimateTech companies and how we build more of them faster. On this episode I talk to William Pelton, Co-Founder and CEO of Phytoform. Phytoform is a British ClimateTech Start-Up that contributes to making agriculture sustainable by helping to grow the next generation of future proof crops. Phytoform makes minimal

Mar 10, 2024 • 42:55

#43 Florian Hildebrand - CEO & Co-Founder of Greenlyte Carbon Technologies - Scaling DAC to Tesla-levels

#43 Florian Hildebrand - CEO & Co-Founder of Greenlyte Carbon Technologies - Scaling DAC to Tesla-levels

On this episode I talk to Florian Hildebrand, Co-Founder and CEO of Greenlyte Carbon Technologies. Greenlyte is direct air capture company that draws down carbon from the air while producing hydrogen. They have raised ten million in capital and want to grow as fast as Tesla did. Ambitious goals but if we want to fight climate change we need people thinking big. Continue listening to find out how Florian wants to reach Tesla-scale success with Greenlyte Carbon Technologies.Check out Greenlyte Car

Mar 3, 2024 • 37:20

#42 George Darrah - Principal at Systemiq Capital - From Oil & Gas to ClimateTech VC

#42 George Darrah - Principal at Systemiq Capital - From Oil & Gas to ClimateTech VC

Hello and welcome to the Tech and Trees podcast. My name is Pascal Mies and on Tech and Trees I talk to ClimateTech founders, investors and operators to find out how we build better ClimateTech companies and how we build more of them faster. In this episode I talk to George Darrah, a principal at the ClimateTech-VC Systemiq Capital. George has a past in the mining and oil industry before he started building and investing in ClimateTech-Startups. So I talk to him about the mindset at oil companie

Feb 11, 2024 • 44:03

#41 Timur Sirman - Co-Founder of Magnotherm - Cooling the Planet

#41 Timur Sirman - Co-Founder of Magnotherm - Cooling the Planet

This time I spoke to Timur Sirman, co-founder of Magnotherm. Magnotherm is a German company that developed a magnetic cooling technology that is vastly more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly than fluid-based cooling systems. By bringing this cooling technology to for example super markets Magnotherm plans to cut the energy usage and emission intensity of cooling. I spoke to Timur about sales, dealing with customers and fundraising. Sit back, listen and learn about Magnotherm from Tim

Jan 28, 2024 • 51:18

#40 Hampus Jakobsson - GP and Co-Founder at Pale Blue Dot - Pragmatism vs Idealism in ClimateTech

#40 Hampus Jakobsson - GP and Co-Founder at Pale Blue Dot - Pragmatism vs Idealism in ClimateTech

Hello and welcome to the Tech and Trees podcast. My name is Pascal Mies and today I am starting a new season of Tech and Trees. After leaving Africa I took a little pause to reflect on what I wanted to do next and what I wanted to learn about. However, in the end everything will still be about the questions of how do we build better ClimateTech and how do build more of it faster. The focus is now shifting back to European ClimateTech. I will try and put a stronger focus on DeepTech as well as ha

Jan 14, 2024 • 54:25

#39 Jit Bhattacharya, Co-Founder and CEO of BasiGo - From Apple to electric buses in Kenya

#39 Jit Bhattacharya, Co-Founder and CEO of BasiGo - From Apple to electric buses in Kenya

This time I spoke to Jit Bhattacharya, Founder and CEO of the Kenyan electric bus company BasiGo. He is one of those people with whom I do not know where to start asking questions. Jit has spent significant time in Silicon Valley working on battery systems, then moving on to Apple, then building one of the biggest solar business in Africa, moving on to being an investor and now driving his next venture forward: BasiGo. Jit says about himself that he is an intense person and so is this podcast. I

Aug 27, 2023 • 44:48

#38 Our long walk to economic freedom - Johan Fourie, Economic Historian at Stellenbosch University

#38 Our long walk to economic freedom - Johan Fourie, Economic Historian at Stellenbosch University

Having spent the past year on the African continent, I am now in the final stages of this series of African guests. This time I am talking to the economics professor and economic historian Johan Fourie. He is something like the South African Noah Yuval Harari whom most people know for his book Sapiens - A short history of mankind. Johan wrote a book as well called “Our long walk to economic freedom”. In this book he tells the history of human development, the role that economics play for progres

Aug 13, 2023 • 57:16

#37 Pioneering Direct Air Capture in Kenya - Martin Freimüller, Founder of Octavia Carbon

#37 Pioneering Direct Air Capture in Kenya - Martin Freimüller, Founder of Octavia Carbon

Hello and welcome to the Tech and Trees Podcast. My name is Pascal Mies and on Tech and Trees I talk to Climate-Tech Founders, Operators, Investors and Academics who get me smarter on how to build better climate-tech companies. This time I spoke to Martin Freimüller, Founder of Octavia Carbon - Kenya’s first ever Direct Air Capture Company. Martin is one of the people who have the ability to excite you about a topic through a combination of brain power and charisma - This conversation is a

Jul 30, 2023 • 37:11

#36 Leah Bessa - Co-Founder &  CSO of De Novo FoodLabs - Being the Scientist in a Start-Up

#36 Leah Bessa - Co-Founder & CSO of De Novo FoodLabs - Being the Scientist in a Start-Up

I have started to dive a bit more into the DeepTech-Space and what it takes to build such a venture. Last time, I tried to cover how to start a biotech venture as a business guy. Well, this time I approach the topic from the other side. I want to understand how a deeptech business is run on the science-side. My guest is Leah Bessa, co-founder and chief scientific officer at De Novo Foodlabs. De Novo Foodlabs is researching novel proteins and is about to launch its first product this year. It’s h

Jul 2, 2023 • 50:05

#35 Tasneem Karodia - Co-Founder of Mzansi Meats - Cultivated Meat from Cape Town

#35 Tasneem Karodia - Co-Founder of Mzansi Meats - Cultivated Meat from Cape Town

Among all the start-ups out there, DeepTech-ventures are the most interesting to me and so I want to make an effort to interview more people who are building something really really hard. As a guy with a business background, I want to understand how to start these type of ventures without having a scientific background.My guest this time is Tasneem Karodia, co-founder of Mzansi Meat - a biotech start-up that produces cultivated meat - meat grown right in a lab without any animals harmed. She has

Jun 18, 2023 • 46:21

#34 Jesse Forrester - Founder & CEO of Mazi Mobility - Electrifying Kenyan Mobility

#34 Jesse Forrester - Founder & CEO of Mazi Mobility - Electrifying Kenyan Mobility

Last time I talked to Romain Diaz Satgana, a venture capitalist who invests in climate-focused companies in Africa. This time I talk to one of the founders who was too good for Romain to pass on and compelled him to invest.. My guest is Jesse Forrester, Founder and CEO of Mazi Mobility. Jesse is building an electric motorcycle company out of Nairobi, Kenya. But he was in South Africa for a couple days and we managed to link up in person. He let’s me in on how Mazi is his path to immortalit

Jun 4, 2023 • 58:23

#33 Romain Diaz, Managing Partner at Satgana - The Climate VC bridging Africa and Europe

#33 Romain Diaz, Managing Partner at Satgana - The Climate VC bridging Africa and Europe

My guest today is Romain Diaz, the founder and managing partner of the climate-tech VC Satgana. In the past year one climate fund after another has been raised in Europe but Satgana is special due to their geographical focus: They invest in Europe and Africa alike. Romain spent several years as an entrepreneur and venture builder on the African continent. He wants to do his part in paving the way for green growth in Africa. However, Africa is big: 54 countries to be precise and not all of them a

May 21, 2023 • 48:30

#32 Zachariah George, Co-Founder of Launch Africa - The most active African Venture Capital Investor

#32 Zachariah George, Co-Founder of Launch Africa - The most active African Venture Capital Investor

Hello and welcome to the Tech and Trees Podcast - What are the big shifts that technology will bring about on the African continent? I spoke to the most active venture capitalist on the continent about the trends he sees. Zachariah George and his fund “Launch Africa” have made 133 investments across 22 countries over the past 2 ½ years, so he is on top of what is happening. This conversation is less about sustainability and more about the macro-view that a generalist investor has when it comes t

May 7, 2023 • 43:18

#31 Shobhita Soor - Founder of Legendary Foods - Insect Farming in Ghana

#31 Shobhita Soor - Founder of Legendary Foods - Insect Farming in Ghana

Sometimes you start an episode and you have a good feeling right away. When I started talking to Shobhita Soor I had this feeling. She gave off a great positive vibe during our conversation which I feel stemmed from her conviction regarding her mission: making protein insufficiency and inaccessibility in West Africa a thing of the past. She does so via her company Legendary Foods - one of the first large scale commercial insect farming companies in West Africa. Shobhita moved to Ghana to spin of

Apr 23, 2023 • 50:29

#30 Dr. Armand Bam - Leadership for Equality in South Africa

#30 Dr. Armand Bam - Leadership for Equality in South Africa

The people I get to interview on Tech and Trees are different every time and all of them have different stories to share. Yet, I feel that this one turned out to be more personal than others. I talk to Armand Bam, the head of social impact at the Stellenbosch Business School. He oversees their efforts to make education more inclusive and labels himself to be an academic-activist whose opinions often are not welcome. We talk about his path into academia. To say the least: Opportunity was not hand

Apr 9, 2023 • 48:07

#29 Joost Boeles - Co-Founder of eBee - Bringing 100,000 e-Bicycles to Africa

#29 Joost Boeles - Co-Founder of eBee - Bringing 100,000 e-Bicycles to Africa

In this episode I am talking to Joost Boeles - A Dutchie turned start-up founder in Kenya. When I got introduced to Joost, I struggled a bit with the question of how does his business makes sense? Joost has co-founded the first e-Bike assembler in East Africa and sells them to businesses and individuals via subscription. So, Joost got told by a lot of people that this would not work - but he had a sense that it could work. His goal is to have 100,000 e-Bicycles or eBees as he calls them on Afric

Mar 26, 2023 • 50:17

#28 Duval van Zijl - Accelerating Climate Tech in South Africa

#28 Duval van Zijl - Accelerating Climate Tech in South Africa

Building a start-up is hard. Building a start-up in South Africa is harder. To help ease the pain and assist founders in their journey accelerators are setting up shop all over the African continent. One of the most successful ones is the LaunchLab in Stellenbosch. What makes them unique is: They are not jumping on the bandwagon of investing in African FinTech. They say: we want to support founders solving real problems. Their impact Focus has also led to the creation of their climate cohorts. T

Mar 12, 2023 • 48:17

#27 Michael Maas - E-Mobility in South Africa

#27 Michael Maas - E-Mobility in South Africa

In Today’s episode I am talking to Michael Maas. This interview was recorded a while back but it was special for me: It was the first time I got to interview someone in person rather than via video call. While it made me a bit more nervous as I could not hide behind my screen it was also a fantastic experience. Remote does the job but being face-to-face is just so much more fun. Michael is an early-stage founder whom I met at a pitch event in Cape Town. His company Zimi Charge is building the fi

Feb 25, 2023 • 51:29

#26 A Trip around South Africa - Jako Volschenk - Prof. for Sustainability at Stellenbosch Business School

#26 A Trip around South Africa - Jako Volschenk - Prof. for Sustainability at Stellenbosch Business School

Hello and welcome to the tech and trees podcast. I paused the show for six months. I was living in South Africa. When live around you is loud and there is a lot to see, it is worth it to focus and decrease your own output. Now, that I am back in Europe, I want to share the impressions I gathered in South Africa. To that end, I am starting an Africa-focused Series of Entrepreneurs, Researchers and Activists who are united by one goal: Advance sustainable development on the African continent. My f

Feb 9, 2023 • 55:44

#25 - Melina Sánchez Montañés - Head of Impact at AENU - Refocusing Venture Capital on Impact

#25 - Melina Sánchez Montañés - Head of Impact at AENU - Refocusing Venture Capital on Impact

Impact Tech has proven remarkably resilient to the latest developments in the world. Hence, it is not surprising that more and more impact venture funds are popping up. One of them is AENU, a VC firm started by the well-known Heilemann brothers. They raised 100M in their first closing to pump into climate-tech and social equality advancing firms. Such firms are always dependent on a rigorous impact measurement process that does not leave room for doubt. AENU’s impact due diligence has been descr

Jul 10, 2022 • 59:03

#24 Merit Valdsalu - Founder of Single.Earth - A Nature-Backed Economy

#24 Merit Valdsalu - Founder of Single.Earth - A Nature-Backed Economy

A lot of buzz surrounds the world of ClimateTech and the question of how to draw down CO2 from the atmosphere. This carbon tunnel vision can make us easily forget that we have a biodiversity crisis to deal with. Biologists go as far as claiming that we live in a sixth great extinction. How do we stop that? To get an answer, I spoke to Merit Valdsalu, the founder of Estonian start-up Single.Earth. She believes one of the biggest hypes of the last months can be the answer: Web3. Her ultimate aim i

Jun 26, 2022 • 55:37

#23 Ivo Degn - Mitgründer von Climate Farmers - Regenerative Farming

#23 Ivo Degn - Mitgründer von Climate Farmers - Regenerative Farming

Dieses Mal spreche ich mit Ivo Degn - dem Gründer von Climate Farmers. Technologien, die CO2 aus der Luft ziehen erfahren gerade einen extremen Hype. Dabei haben sie aber oft noch einen sehr langen Weg vor sich, um relevante Mengen an CO2 aufnehmen zu können. Da trifft es sich ganz gut, dass Natur-basierte Lösungen bereitstehen - unter anderem sogenanntes Carbon Farming. Dabei geht es um Farmmethoden, mit denen der Kohlenstoffgehalt unserer Böden schrittweise erhöht wird. Angenommen wir erhöhten

Jun 12, 2022 • 58:06

#22 Yair Reem - Partner at Extantia Capital - Time to hunt Gigacorns

#22 Yair Reem - Partner at Extantia Capital - Time to hunt Gigacorns

Today I talk to Yair Reem, founding Partner at Extantia Capital, a Berlin-based venture capital fund that invests exclusively in climate-tech. They do what they call carbon math for each of their investments. That is how they identify Gigacorns, companies that can sequester one Gigaton of CO2e-emissions. Therefore their portfolio covers technologies such as  green hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuel or geothermal heat. Yair has been an investor for a long time and has witnessed the rise and fall

May 29, 2022 • 52:49

#21 Sana Kapadia - Climate Change and Gender Inequality | Gendersmart investing

#21 Sana Kapadia - Climate Change and Gender Inequality | Gendersmart investing

Hello and welcome to the Tech & Trees Podcast. My name is Pascal Mies and today I speak to a kick-ass woman from the world of impact investing: Sana Kapadia. Sana wears a lot a of different hats - amongst others she is the: Gender-Lead for Programmes & Advisory at the investment firm Roots of ImpactHead of Content & Project Director for the Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, short JEDI, working group at GenderSmart - a global initiative of investors to unlock gender-smart capital at scale

May 15, 2022 • 50:54

#20 Antoine Welter - Co-Founder Circu Li-On - Automated Battery Recycling

#20 Antoine Welter - Co-Founder Circu Li-On - Automated Battery Recycling

Hello and welcome to the Tech and Trees Podcast. My name is Pascal Mies and today I am talking to Antoine Welter. 75% of our worldwide emissions stem from energy-related sources. We need to electrify a whopping amount of our life to reduce this. Part of this is the ramp-up of electricity storage capacity and a smarter use of our resources when it comes to manufacturing batteries. Antoine is the CEO and Co-Founder of Circu-Li-On - a battery recycling start-up from Luxembourg. They want to ensure

May 1, 2022 • 47:31

#19 Christian Rebernik - Gründer und CEO von Tomorrow’s Education - Empowerment und Education

#19 Christian Rebernik - Gründer und CEO von Tomorrow’s Education - Empowerment und Education

Manchmal hab ich Gäste, mit denen ich auch gerne den ganzen Tag sprechen könnte, wenn Sie denn nicht so beschäftigt wären. Heute habe ich mit Christian Rebernik wieder so einen Gast. Der Mann hat Bwin mit aufgebaut, hat die technische Entwicklung bei Parship geleitet und die frühen Jahre von N26 als CTO durchlebt. Aber anstatt Christian jetzt hier in die Höhe zu heben, will ich es einfach dabei belassen, dass er mir die paar Male, die wir miteinander gesprochen haben sau-sympathisch war. Dass li

Apr 17, 2022 • 56:19

#18 Joel Tasche, Founder & CEO of CleanHub - Plastik ist von allen Problemen am leichtesten zu lösen.

#18 Joel Tasche, Founder & CEO of CleanHub - Plastik ist von allen Problemen am leichtesten zu lösen.

Hallo und herzlich Willkommen zum beim Tech & Trees Podcast - dieses Mal habe ich den guten Joel Tasche an der Strippe. Joel ist der Mitgründer und CEO von CleanHub. Mit seinem Team werkelt er an einer Lösung, um Plastik von den Weltmeeren fernzuhalten. Konkret bietet er mit CleanHub eine den Carbon Credits ähnliche Plastic-Offsetting-Lösung an. Wir sprechen also darüber wie genau das funktioniert. Ich hab Joel als sehr nachdenklichen Menschen erlebt. Er ist sich über die Stärken und Schwächen s

Apr 3, 2022 • 56:53

#17 Fridtjof Detzner - Gründer von Jimdo und Planet A - Build something the planet needs

#17 Fridtjof Detzner - Gründer von Jimdo und Planet A - Build something the planet needs

Willkommen beim Tech and Trees Podcast, dieses Mal mit einem der vermutlich bekanntesten Namen, der deutschen Start-Up Szene: Fridtjof Detzner. Bekannt geworden ist er als Mitgründer von Jimdo, dem Websitebaukasten, den er schon als Teenager mit aufgebaut hat. Nach 18 Jahren Jimdo hat er die Firma jedoch hinter sich gelassen und eine lebensverändernde Reise angetreten. Auf der Suche nach neuen Impulsen und etwas leichtsinnig wie er sagt ist er für die Deutsche Welle 120 Tage lang durch Asien ger

Mar 19, 2022 • 46:51

#16 Ole Seidenberg, Gründer von Skyseed - Aufforstung per Drohne

#16 Ole Seidenberg, Gründer von Skyseed - Aufforstung per Drohne

Moin und herzlich willkommen beim Tech and Trees Podcast. Diesmal geht es wieder ins Technische. Ich spreche mit dem guten Ole Seidenberg. Mit seiner Neugründung Skyseed fliegt er Drohnen über Waldgebiete, die dort dann Saatgut abwerfen und so Aufforstung voranbringen. Klingt futuristisch, ist es sicherlich auch, aber in anderen Ländern auch schon in der Praxis gängig. Für mich interessant waren die Einblicke, die Ole in die Welt der Waldwirtschaft mitbringt. Die wird ja nach wie vor von Familie

Mar 6, 2022 • 50:49

#15 Antonio Rohrßen - Politik für ein klimaneutrales Berlin

#15 Antonio Rohrßen - Politik für ein klimaneutrales Berlin

Hallo und herzlich Willkommen zum Tech & Trees Podcast und der vielleicht bisher politisch-aufgeladensten Folge. Ich habe Antonio Rohrßen zu Gast. Er ist für die Community-Arbeit bei Patagonia in Berlin zuständig, aber vor allem ist er Mitgründer der Berliner Partei: Klimaliste. Politik ist einigen Leuten zuwider, zu kompliziert oder nicht fassbar genug. Mir ergeht es hin und wieder ähnlich. Deshalb habe ich das Gespräch mit Antonio sehr genossen. In einem mir ungefähr ähnlichen Alter hat er sic

Feb 20, 2022 • 1:11:44

#14 Jakob Willeke - Purpose Ventures & Verantwortungseigentum

#14 Jakob Willeke - Purpose Ventures & Verantwortungseigentum

Hallo und herzlich willkommen zum Tech & Trees Podcast. Dieses Mal habe ich mit Jakob Willeke über das Thema Verantwortungseigentum gesprochen - also Unternehmen, die sich selbst gehören. Jakob Willeke arbeitet seit knapp vier Jahren für PURPOSE und macht dort so gut wie alles. Er verantwortet aktuell den Beratungsbereich bei Purpose Ventures und ist dort auch Teil des Investmentteams. Er begleitet und berät Start-ups und Unternehmen, die sich von Beginn an oder auch in Zukunft in Verantwortungs

Feb 6, 2022 • 54:49

#13 Katja Diehl - #Autokorrektur - Antriebswende ist nicht Verkehrswende

#13 Katja Diehl - #Autokorrektur - Antriebswende ist nicht Verkehrswende

Hallo und frohes Neues, Mensch. In dieser ersten Folge des Tech and Trees Podcasts im Jahre 2022 habe ich Katja Diehl zu Gast. Katja beschäftigt sich intensiv mit einem Thema das uns alle betrifft: Mobilität. Allerdings betrachtet Katja dieses Thema nicht durch eine rein technische Linse sondern noch viel systemischer. Ihre Gedanken für eine inklusive und klimagerechte Verkehrswende hat sie in ihrem Buch “Autokorrektur”, zusammengefasst. Wir haben darüber gesprochen, was man von ihrem Buch erwar

Jan 23, 2022 • 1:05:55

#12 Vanessa Gstettenbauer - Co-Lead Farm-Food-Climate bei ProjectTogether

#12 Vanessa Gstettenbauer - Co-Lead Farm-Food-Climate bei ProjectTogether

Dieses Mal bei Tech and Trees spreche ich mit Vanessa Gstettenbauer, ihres Zeichens Verantwortliche für den Bereich Farm-Food-Climate bei Project Together, einer deutschen Non-Profit Organisation, die open social innovation nutzt um systemischen Wandel zu bewirken. Vanessa ist extrem schnell im Kopf. Man merkt, dass ich mich immer mal wieder in meinen Gedankengängen verheddere, während sie hier souverän durchmarschiert. Wir haben darüber gesprochen, wie man systemischen Wandel herbeiführt, wie d

Dec 26, 2021 • 54:47

#11 Dr. Lauren Lentz - Founder of Revent - How to: Impact Measurement

#11 Dr. Lauren Lentz - Founder of Revent - How to: Impact Measurement

Welcome, welcome - you are listening to Tech and Trees and this time I am talking to Dr. Lauren Lentz - Lauren is a lot of things: The founding partner at the Berlin-based Impact Venture Capital Fund Revent, a social scientist with degrees from Yale, Oxford and Harvard and lastly and probably most importanty: my boss. Lauren has done a fair share of zig-zagging in her life from conducting impact measurement on social interventions around the world to now ending up as an aspiring Impact Venture C

Dec 19, 2021 • 1:05:18

#10 Karry Schwettmann - Über B-Corp und Communication for Impact

#10 Karry Schwettmann - Über B-Corp und Communication for Impact

Wie kann man den Impact seiner Firma fundamental neu ausrichten? B-Corp ist die Lösung. Diese Meinung vertritt man zumindest in der Philosophietage bei Patagonia. Aber man sollte nichts einfach hinnehmen . Ich wollte dem Ganzen jedoch etwas auf den Zahn fühlen und habe versucht eine Gesprächspartnerin zum Thema Benefit-Corporation Zertifizierung finden. Hier kommt Karry Schwettmann ins Spiel - Sie wurde als “erfahrenste B-Corp-Beraterin” Deutschlands an mich empfohlen.  Sie hat alles andere als

Dec 12, 2021 • 51:20

#9 Fredrik Uddenfeldt - VP of Product Vision at ClimateView - Once a Diplomat in China, now envisioning Climate Strategies for Cities

#9 Fredrik Uddenfeldt - VP of Product Vision at ClimateView - Once a Diplomat in China, now envisioning Climate Strategies for Cities

Hello and welcome to the first ever edition of Tech and Trees in English!This time I talk to Fredrik Uddenfeldt, the VP of Product Vision at ClimateView. ClimateView is a Climate-Action-Platform for cities. A major share of greenhouse gas emissions stem from the cities that we love so much. But whoever has ever lived in one can tell how much of a hustle and bustle is going on in these places. It is extremely hard to get these melting pots under control - and it is extremely hard to do so when it

Dec 5, 2021 • 1:01:03

#8 Marko Vogt, Gründer & Geschäftsführer von Eventus Wind u SolarBlick - Wer Leistung will, muss Sinn bieten

#8 Marko Vogt, Gründer & Geschäftsführer von Eventus Wind u SolarBlick - Wer Leistung will, muss Sinn bieten

Marko Vogt ist der Gründer und Geschäftsführer von SolarBlick und Eventus Wind. Mit diesen zwei Firmen entwickelt er großflächige Solar- und Windparks. Er und sein Team sind hier für Projekte verantwortlich, an denen ganze Armeen mitwirken.Wir haben über Markos Karriere im Silicon Valley als Unternehmer, über seine Erfahrungen in Start-Ups, die Energiewende und den Beitrag seiner Firmen gesprochen als auch darüber, wie er die Start-up Welt als Unternehmer und Business Angel sieht. Für mich war d

Nov 28, 2021 • 55:49

#7 Raphael Fellmer, CEO & Gründer von Sirplus - Aufhören Nahrung zu verschwenden und Enkeltauglichkeit Zukunft werden lassen

#7 Raphael Fellmer, CEO & Gründer von Sirplus - Aufhören Nahrung zu verschwenden und Enkeltauglichkeit Zukunft werden lassen

Raphael Fellmer trägt viele Hüte: Gründer, Klimaaktivist, Geldstreiker und Vater. Er ist der Gründer von Sirplus und verfolgt die Vision einer Welt, in der alle Menschen genügend zu essen haben und alle produzierten Lebensmittel gegessen werden. Darüber hinaus kennt man Raphael aber vor allem daher, dass er 5 Jahre lang im Geldstreik gelebt hat, um zu zeigen, wie ineffizient unsere Gesellschaft funktioniert - wie man vom Geldstreiker zum Gründer wird, darüber haben wir heute gesprochen. Raphael

Nov 21, 2021 • 57:48

#6Tina Dreimann - Founder & MD Better Ventures - Alle Hebel für das Klima auf den Tisch

#6Tina Dreimann - Founder & MD Better Ventures - Alle Hebel für das Klima auf den Tisch

Tina Dreimann ist Mitgründerin und Managing Director des Impact Angel Clubs Better Ventures. Das ist eine Ansammlung von Unternehmern wie Dr. Stephen Weich dem CEO von Flaschenpost oder Christoph Behn, dem Gründer der Kartenmacherei, eines von Deutschlands größten gebootstrappten Start-ups schlechthin. Nach dem Motto 90% Unternehmer und 10% Investor wird hier mit Rat und Tat zur Seite gestanden anstatt nur investiert. Im Vordergrund stehen dabei zwei Felder nämlich People & Planet Unter People s

Nov 14, 2021 • 40:09

#5 Leon Seefeld - Gemeinwohl-orientierte Geschäftsmodelle, keine NGOs

#5 Leon Seefeld - Gemeinwohl-orientierte Geschäftsmodelle, keine NGOs

Leon Seefeld ist Jungunternehmer und hat aus der Universität heraus eine Beratung für wirkungsorientierte Geschäftsmodelle gegründet. Sein Unternehmen Reframe Ventures, kann man sich hier anschauen:  https://www.reframe-rt.de Wie ich hat er an einer Business School studiert und so haben wir darüber gesprochen wie man die Business School mit Impact und Nachhaltigkeit verbinden kann.  Anschließend haben wir viel über das Thema Social Entrepreneurship gesprochen - Wie definiert Leon das und wie sie

Nov 7, 2021 • 49:57

#4 Markus Sauerhammer - Social Entrepreneurship und Wirkungsorientierung in die Politik bringen

#4 Markus Sauerhammer - Social Entrepreneurship und Wirkungsorientierung in die Politik bringen

Markus Sauerhammer, Chairman des Social Entrepreneurship Netzwerks Deutschland - kurz SENDDas Hauptthema für uns heute war etwas ganz Aktuelles und zwar die Verhandlungen zu einer möglichen Ampelkoalition. Vor vier Jahren war das Thema Social Entrepreneurship auf der politischen Agenda praktisch nicht existent. Das zu ändern, Social Entrepreneurship in Politikdeutschland eine Stimme zu verleihen - dafür hat Markus die vergangenen Jahre gekämpft und siehe da, er blickt tatsächlich sehr hoffnungsv

Nov 1, 2021 • 59:18

#3 Lara Obst - Radschlagen & Klimatransformation

#3 Lara Obst - Radschlagen & Klimatransformation

Lara ist in der Start-Up-Szene erfrischend anders - Nix WHU, EBS oder sonstige Business School, nix immer schon mit einem Gründungstraum aufgewachsen. Lara hat Kulturwissenschaften studiert und während des Studiums ihre unternehmerischen Neigungen entwickelt. Über die Stationen Berlin, erste eigene Gründung und ein Sabbatical in Indien ist sie schließlich zum Schluss gekommen: Die Klimatransformation muss schneller vorangetrieben werden. Das Ergebnis ist The Climate Choice. Einer B2B Datenplattf

Oct 21, 2021 • 53:20

#2 Karsten vom Bruch - Der Wert des eigenen Spiegelbildes

#2 Karsten vom Bruch - Der Wert des eigenen Spiegelbildes

Heutiges Thema betrifft weder Bäume noch Technologie direkt, sondern welche Kultur wir in Unternehmen fördern müssen, um klimafreundliche Innovation und vor allem Um- und Aufbruchsdenken zu ermöglichen. Dazu habe ich mit Karsten vom Bruch gesprochen. Karsten war 20 Jahre lang Ingenieur bei Bosch und hatte dort zuletzt als Entwicklungsingenieur für Dieselantriebe und Betriebsrat fungiert. Ihn selber trieb es zu Bosch, da er nach seinem Studium bereits Technologie und vor allem Antriebe zur Verrin

Oct 15, 2021 • 47:52

#1 Volker Quaschning - Klimawandel nicht aussitzen

#1 Volker Quaschning - Klimawandel nicht aussitzen

In dieser ersten Folge des Tech and Trees Podcast spreche ich mit Professor Dr. Volker Quaschning. Volker ist Professor für regenerative Energiesysteme and der HTW in Berlin, Mitgründer der Scientists for Future und hat diverse Auszeichnungen rund um sein Online-Lehrangebot zum Thema Klimawandel und erneuerbare Energien erhalten. Nebenbei wird er nicht nur von den öffentlichen Medien öfter als Experte herangezogen, sondern hat auch 20.000 Follower auf LinkedIn angesammelt. Damit verleiht er dem

Oct 7, 2021 • 51:56

Intro - Tech and Trees

Intro - Tech and Trees

Willkommen zu Tech and Trees, einem Podcast der meinem Versuch folgt durch die Welt der Nachhaltigkeit zu navigieren.Mein Name ist Pascal Mies und ich wurde geboren als der Klimawandel schon in vollem Gange war. Leider ist in den letzten 23 Jahren wenig passiert, um die globale Erwärmung aufzuhalten.Ende 2020 hab ich mich dann wie so viele entschieden, mich dem Klimawandel zu widmen. Meine drei Hauptlearnings bisher sind: Mal eben den Klimawandel zu stoppen, ist nicht drin. - Nach einer Universa

Oct 7, 2021 • 3:26

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