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Goodtrepreneur is the podcast about good people with good ideas for a better world. In it we explore the world of 'good ideas' and why some succeed, and some do not. Guests include the creators of brands, nonprofits, communities and more whose core purpose is to help solve an environmental or social problem.
Goodtrepreneur is a must-listen for anyone thinking of starting a purpose-led organisation or simply wanting to enjoy some good news in the world of world-changing ideas.
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It’s been said that perfect is the enemy of progress. Yet it is in the seeking of perfection that progress is made. So how do you overcome this paradox? It’s an important question because, when we’re talking about things like plastic in the ocean or children in poverty, perfect has to be the goal, right? But perfect is also often unachievable. And too often that gets used as an excuse for inaction. ‘Sure solar panels are good but I heard they don’t get recycled.’ ‘Yeah you chose an eco-...
What if 1% of everything you bought helped buy you a better world? That's the good idea behind 1% for the Planet. With thousands of members who have collectively donated over US$846 million to help our home planet, it's one of sustainability's great success stories. So why has it been so successful when other attempts to get companies to fund things that help people and planet have failed? In this episode, CEO Kate Williams breaks down some of the many reasons, including: 💡 It's a simple i...
Last August I set out to talk to founders of companies and other ideas on a mission to do good for our home planet. I've since spoken to more than a dozen of these legends and learned a lot. The idea is to assemble their collective wisdom into some sort of simple playbook that makes it easy for more people to have a go—and succeed. This season wrap starts with an updated missive on why these 'good ideas' are so important for speeding up sustainability in the business world, then outline...
What if you could help your home planet 🌳 by simply sitting on your bum, enjoying a beer🍺? That's the good idea behind Hawke's Brewing. Started as a crazy conversation between two mates asking each other who they'd most like to enjoy a beer with, Hawke's Brewing is not just a great beer, it's a great way to fund nature too - and one that came from Bob Hawke himself. When asked if he would lend his likeness to a brand new brand of beer he said yes on two conditions: ☝️ First, he would earn ...
Here's a sad stat: according to Suncorp 2019 Australian Youth Confidence Report around half of teenage girls stop playing sports by age 15 and confidence is one of the main reasons why. It's not just teens either. New mums often find sports clothes don't fit like they used to, and even twenty somethings who don't fit the 'model' body simply come to believe some sports just aren't them - skiing and snowboarding included. Maria Baker has a good idea to do something about it. ...
Payment gateways might not sound sexy, but when you consider that we Australians make 23 million financial transactions everyday, that's a crazy big opportunity to find a way to help our home planet in a huge way. 💰👉🌏 Maddi and Glenn have a good idea. By building a system that's as good as or better than the one businesses use today, then giving 50% of profits to nature projects, they have found a big solution to the big problem of deforestation and the destruction of our natural worl...
Growing your own food is awesome 🥦🍓🫑. It's good for you, good for community and good for the planet 🌏. So why isn't everyone doing it? Turns out many of us think don't have the space, don't know how, or don't want that awful feeling of 'I tried, it died'. Paul West, Darryl Nichols and Andrew Valder have a good idea. They make it easy to begin by sending heirloom seeds to your door that, when you flip the pack, have a QR code on the back that you can scan to have the who's who of...
If you're a male under 50, the thing most likely to kill you is you. It's a sobering statistic, and one that has a lot to do with feeling trapped, alone and like there’s no-one to talk to. When Ben Akers lost his closest childhood friend, Steve, to suicide it started a journey that co-created Talk Club, a simple idea to get men talking more - and harming themselves less. Talk Club is now all over the world helping Ben deliver on his goal of saving the next Steve. In this ...
What if we could eliminate the 1.8 billion disposable coffee cups Australians send to landfill every year? That's exactly what Saxon Wright is working towards with Borrow by Huskee, a revolutionary reusable cup system that's making sustainability not just possible, but convenient. The journey begins with Wright's origins as founder of Pablo & Rusty's coffee company, where sourcing trips to coffee farms revealed mountains of discarded coffee husk waste. This sparked the creation of the or...
Chances are you’ve owned a pair of leather shoes, but have you ever stopped to consider their—excuse the pun—footprint? As we all know, leather comes from cows and cows contribute to climate change through their burps and farts and the deforestation that often occurs to give them land to live on. If that’s not enough, the tanning process causes damage too, using chemicals with nasty names like chromium and aldehyde which, in many parts of the world end up in the soil and rivers, which...
How much stuff have you got in your life? Go on, count it in your mind… Every book, pot and pan, every sock and pair of jeans. The couch, the stuff behind the couch. And so much more. According to the LA Times, the average US home contains around 300,000 items. Most of us don’t need most of it, but we still buy more, using up our home planet’s resources in the process. For 10 years the Garage Sale Trail has been swapping consumerism for community and making it more fun ...
It has been said that all change starts with mindset. And that to solve the environmental challenges of this world, we first need to people to believe that the environment does matter, a better world is possible, and all those excuses for why renewable energy or protection of our wild places can't happen are just that excuses. Natalie Kyriacou is making it her life's work to just that. Her latest creation is 'Nature's Last Dance', a book that adventures into the wonders of our planet and mak...
Plastic is a global problem. Since 1950 it’s estimated that together we humans have produced over 9 billion tonnes of the stuff - and half of that in the last 13 years alone. Every piece ever made still exists and much of it makes its way into our oceans, breaking down into microplastics that end up in our food chain and, eventually, us. Lucy Jackson and Ricky Gilbey have made it their mission to help solve the problem by creating ocean toys out of ocean plastics. In this episode you'll...
A two minute introduction that introduces you to the idea of a Goodtrepreneur and what to expect from this podcast. Goodtrepreneur is the podcast about good people with good ideas for a better world. Please 👀 follow, 👂listen, 🌟 rate and share 📢 to help spread the word and deliver on our mission to inspire and enable more people to create more world changing ideas - and succeed - more often. Learn more at goodtrepreneur.co
You may have read the news stories: in 2025 renewables ⚡️🌞 overtook coal as the world's #1 energy source, for the first time ever. This is clearly good news, but how good? 🤨 And why is it happening and what does it mean for the future of climate and life on our home planet? 🌏 If anyone knows, it's probably Bill McKibben. As co-founder of 350.org, founder of Third Act, creator of Sun Day and author of over a dozen books on climate and the environment including his latest, Here Comes the S...
What would you do if the kids came home and accused you, well all adults, of trashing our home planet? Nik took it as a call to arms, putting together a pitch to wife Joss and, in doing so, started the ball rolling one what has to be one of the most impressive family business stories ever. From a globally coveted display in the window of Selfridges to a feature in Forbes to becoming Australia's most awarded eyewear, Good Citizens is a true tale of how inspiration and perspiration can m...
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