Earthlings 2.0 Podcast

#176: Turning a Can of Fuel Into a Fusion Star with Pacific Fusion

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Will Regan, Founder and Chief Scientist of Pacific Fusion, about how the company is developing pulser-driven inertial fus

#175: Investing in the Energy Behind the AI Boom with NosTerra Venture Capital

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Theo Ludwick, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at NosTerra Venture Capital, about the infrastructure behind AI's rapid gro

#174: Rethinking What It Takes to Electrify Fleets with NCSU

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with John Bonitz, Clean Transportation Project Manager at the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center and one of the org

#173: Active Diesel Particulate Filters: Unlocking Cleaner Growth for Data Centers With Rypos

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Thomas Babineau, Senior Emissions and Technology Advisor at Rypos, about one of the least discussed environmental challen

#172: Why Stopping Climate Change Means Fixing Democracy First With the Sunrise Movement

On this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Sunrise Movement Executive Director Aru Shiney-Ajay about the future of youth climate organizing and why action depends o

#171: Turning Ports Into Power Stations for Clean Shipping with Climate Edge

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Hendrik Tiesinga, founder and CEO of Climate Edge. Maritime shipping is one of the world's biggest decarbonization challe

#170: Turning Grid Transformers into Intelligent Infrastructure with Ionate Energy

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Matthew Williams, Founder and CEO of Ionate Energy, about why electric grid modernization is becoming just as important a

#169: How NASA is Growing Food in Space with Gioia Massa

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Gioia Massa, Senior Project Scientist for Space Crop Production at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, about how NASA is prepari

#168: Cracking the Code on Building Energy Costs With Edgecom Energy

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Behdad Bahrami, CEO of Edgecom Energy, about how artificial intelligence is changing the way industrial facilities manage

#167: How Quantum Hydrogen Can Clean Up Industrial Heat Production With Clean Planet Inc.

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Masami Hayashi, Global Strategy Director at Clean Planet Inc., about the company's work developing solid-state fusion tec

#166: How Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Removes Carbon from our Oceans with Planetary Technologies

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Michael Kelland, CEO and Co-Founder of Planetary Technologies, about whether the ocean could play a much larger role in h

#165: Bonus Episode: Looking Back on 15 Years of Women in Cleantech and Sustainability with Lisa Ann Pinkerton

In this special bonus episode of Earthlings 2.0, we feature WCS Talks Unplugged, the podcast from Women in Cleantech & Sustainability (WCS). Host Sara Fuentes sits down w

#164: How the Grid Could Survive the AI Boom with Solid State Transformers With DG Matrix

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Michael Wood III, Director of Commercial Development at DG Matrix, about one of the biggest challenges behind the AI boom

#163: Can Renewable Energy Replace Combustion? This Company Thinks It Can With FeX Energy

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Hayden Smith, CEO of FeX Energy, about the growing challenge of decarbonizing industrial heat and why long-duration energ

#162: Whales, Wolves, and Wild Comebacks: The Power of Rewilding with Alister Scott

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Alister Scott, Executive Director of the Global Rewilding Alliance, about the growing global rewilding movement and how e

#161: Dry, Pulverize, Sanitize: Turning Industrial Waste Into New Resources with ADAR Technologies

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Dan Kelly, CEO of ADAR Technologies, about how the company is rethinking industrial waste management through acoustic deh

#160: Throwing Shade at the Heat Crisis with Passive Cooling With ThermoShade

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Emily Dinino, Founder and CEO of ThermoShade, about how extreme heat is reshaping cities, infrastructure, and daily life,

#159: Combining Robotics and Mass Timber For Modular Urban Buildings with Intelligent City

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Oliver David (OD) Krieg, president of Intelligent City, about how prefabrication, automation, and mass timber are reshapi

#158: Community as Infrastructure: Rethinking How We Live Together with Alan Willett

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Alan Willett, one of the original residents of Ecovillage at Ithaca, about what it means to intentionally design for comm

#157: Rethinking Home Climate Control with Quilt

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Paul Lambert, CEO and co-founder of Quilt, about rethinking one of the most overlooked systems in the home: heating and c