The Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Podcast

#245 - What Is a Sustainable Product? (And How Can You Identify One?)

May 18, 2023

Assessing the sustainability of any individual product or company is a core facet of the work we do here at Grow Ensemble.

But if there’s no agreed-upon definition of “sustainability,” it’s unclear what anyone means when they say their product is sustainable.

So, for the sake of setting important definitions,...

#244 - Doing Real Estate Development Differently, with Anyeley Hallová of Adre

Apr 18, 2023

The role of a real estate developer is not only to improve a piece of land or build to increase its monetary value. They are also responsible for designing an environment and community that can promote sustainability, social justice, and equity.

Anyeley Hallová is a real estate developer and the Founder of Adre, a...

#243 - What's Possible with Hydropower, with Gia Schneider of Natel Energy

Jan 31, 2023

Hydropower was the first and is now the oldest large-scale source of renewable energy that we’ve deployed worldwide. Hydropower offers a unique set of advantages in the context of an entirely decarbonized energy grid. It can offer storage capacity and be more consistent when sources like wind and solar are not...

#242 - How to be a Conscious Consumer

Jan 10, 2023

There are two seemingly contradicting realities of “conscious consumerism”:

No matter how “consciously” we buy, we aren’t going to shop our way into a more sustainable and equitable world.
The ways we do/don’t spend our money are incredibly impactful.

Maybe this is confusing at first glance, but it becomes...

#241 - Magic Exists

Nov 17, 2022

Magic is all around us, whether we are looking for it or not.

Unlike the supernatural forces often featured in books and movies, this form of magic operates on the miracles of nature; the wonderful things Mother Nature creates, such as life, and her power to maintain the co-existence of all.

In today’s episode,...