A Positive Climate
by Nick Zeltzer & Alex McIntosh
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Cheaper, Faster & Smarter EV Charging: How Kwetta Raised US$10.5M to…
Cheaper, Faster & Smarter EV Charging: How Kwetta Raised US$10.5M to…
About this podcast
A Positive Climate is an uplifting podcast about the solutions to climate change. An entertaining look at the products, people and technologies making a real difference. Hosted by Australian climate technology experts and investors Nick Zeltzer and Alex McIntosh, two friends on a mission to keep our existential crises at bay.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 45 episodes
- Cheaper, Faster & Smarter EV Charging: How Kwetta Raised US$10.5M to Connect Millions of Vehicles to the Grid · 51 min · Season 5 Episode 4Nick chats with Mike Lazelle and Dr Rob Turner, co-founders of Kwetta, to discuss their groundbreaking approach to electrifying heavy vehicles. Kwetta has just raised ~$17…
- A Positive Climate's Startup PITCHFEST 2024 (feat. ten startups!) · 1 h 39 min · Season 5 Episode 3Nick and producer-turned-”shark” Mark hear pitches from ten up and coming Australian climate startups! Our third annual pitch episode with some incredible ~seed stage startups in…
- Does Australia Need Nuclear Energy? (feat. Simon Holmes à Court) · 1 h 13 min · Season 5 Episode 2Nick chats to Simon Holmes à Court about nuclear energy in Australia. “When are you covering nuclear?” is one of the most common questions we’ve received from APC listeners. So…
- Will Our Cars Power Our Homes? · 1 h 6 min · Season 5 Episode 1Nick chats to Tim Washington from JET Charge about using electric vehicles as batteries for our homes. Vehicle to grid technology could transform not one but *two* trillion…
- A Positive Climate #Wrapped 2023 · 59 min · Season 4 Episode 10That’s a wrap! It's our annual review episode, with Alex and Nick covering all the climate technology news from 2023. The hottest year on record brings a reminder that we need to…
- Startup Pitch Competition w/ TEN Australian Climate Tech Startups · 1 h 14 min · Season 4 Episode 9Nick and Alex hear pitches from ten up and coming Australian startups working on climate solutions! *Vote HERE* We’re back with our second pitchfest episode! And again teaming up…
- How The USA Is Changing The Game (feat. Sicona) · 33 min · Season 4 Episode 8This week Alex is away so Nick is let loose on the podcast! Nick chats to Christiaan Jordaan, CEO and founder of Sicona. Sound familiar? We interviewed Christiaan in back…
- Jolting Australia’s Electric Vehicle Industry (feat. Jolt Charge) · 44 min · Season 4 Episode 7We chat to Doug Mcnamee from Jolt Charge, an Australian electric vehicle charging business that has raised $100million from Blackrock (the world's largest money manager). EV…
- Made In Australia: SunDrive is Leading Our Next Solar Revolution · 45 min · Season 4 Episode 6We chat with Vince Allen from SunDrive, a Sydney-based startup on a mission to transform Australia into a solar manufacturing powerhouse. In 2021, SunDrive made headlines by…
- Lithium: Can We Extract It Sustainably? (feat. Novalith) · 38 min · Season 4 Episode 5Do we have enough lithium for all the batteries we’ll need for a low carbon future? What is the impact of lithium extraction on the planet? And can we do it in a more sustainable…
- Turning Seaweed Into Plastic (feat. Uluu) · 37 min · Season 4 Episode 4Nick and Alex chat with Julia Reisser of Uluu, a startup based in Western Australia creating biodegradable plastic made from seaweed. This is episode two of our PLASTIC DOUBLE…
- Infinite Plastic Recycling with Samsara Eco · 46 min · Season 4 Episode 3Is Samsara Eco Australia’s most exciting climate startup? With enzymes that literally eat plastic, it’s hard to disagree! Nick and Alex chat with Paul Riley of Samsara Eco, a…
- Dairy Without The Cow (feat. All G Foods) · 54 min · Season 4 Episode 2Stop The Burps! Nick and Alex have a chat about using less dairy. We then interview Jan Pacas of All G Foods - a Sydney-based company which has raised A$50 million to spearhead a…
- Making Aviation More Sustainable...With Shark Skin (feat. MicroTau) · 41 min · Season 4 Episode 1We speak to Henry Bilinsky from MicroTau. The Sydney-based startup’s shark skin technology applied to planes has the potential to improve the efficiency of aviation by up to 10%…
- Season 4 Trailer: The Australian Startup Season! · 2 min · Season 4We’re BACK with our best season yet! Launched on 27 June 2023, we'll release interviews fortnightly, speaking with Australia’s very best startups in the global climate…
- A Positive Climate #Wrapped: 2022 in Review with Alex and Nick · 53 min · Season 3 Episode 10Alex and Nick wrap up 2022 and the end of season three with a wide ranging chat including an update on the international race to decarbonise, trends in cleantech, a check-in on…
- A Positive Climate’s Startup PITCHFEST (feat. EnergyLab’s climate cohort) · 1 h 22 min · Season 3 Episode 9Nick and Alex hear pitches from TEN of Australia’s up and coming climate startups! This episode brings you something a bit different. We’ve partnered with our friends at…
- Building Sustainably: Making Carbon Neutral Homes and Buildings · 51 min · Season 3 Episode 8We chat to Liam Wallis, Founding Director of Hip v Hype a leading sustainable property developer based in Melbourne about the built environment and how we can make our homes and…
- Removing Carbon from the Atmosphere to Reverse Climate Change (feat. Nori) · 54 min · Season 3 Episode 7We chat to Paul Gambill from Nori about their carbon removal marketplace using blockchain technology. This is the second episode in our two-part series about whether crypto and…
- Crypto and Climate: Can Blockchain be a Force for Good? · 27 min · Season 3 Episode 6Nick and Alex chat about the impact of crypto and blockchain on climate. Is crypto accelerating climate change or can it be a force for good? Hot off the heels of “the Ethereum…
