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.World Wide Web: www.apositiveclimate.comSay hi: hello@apositiveclimate.comInstagram: @apositiveclimatepodcastTwitter: @pstvclimateLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/a-positive-climate/
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Nick Zeltzer & Alex McIntosh hosts A Positive Climate, a technology show with 45 episodes published.
Cheaper, Faster & Smarter EV Charging: How Kwetta Raised US$10.5M to Connect Millions of Vehicles to the Grid
Jan 27, 202550mEp. 4S5
Nick 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 ~$18 million AUD in Series A funding from the likes o
A Positive Climate's Startup PITCHFEST 2024 (feat. ten startups!)
Dec 11, 20241h 39mEp. 3S5
Nick 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 the latest cohort from EnergyLab - Austra
Does Australia Need Nuclear Energy? (feat. Simon Holmes à Court)
Nov 27, 20241h 13mEp. 2S5
Nick 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 we finally went there. And it was great to
Nick 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 dollar industries in energy and transport. All
That’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 be doubling down on the right solutions,
Startup Pitch Competition w/ TEN Australian Climate Tech Startups
Oct 16, 20231h 14mEp. 9S4
Nick 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 with EnergyLab’s accelerator program, but
This 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 November 2021 in one of our all-time listener fav
Jolting Australia’s Electric Vehicle Industry (feat. Jolt Charge)
Sep 18, 202344mEp. 7S4
We 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 uptake in Australia is on a charge! When we re
Made In Australia: SunDrive is Leading Our Next Solar Revolution
Sep 4, 202344mEp. 6S4
We 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 developing the world's most efficient commerci
Lithium: Can We Extract It Sustainably? (feat. Novalith)
Aug 21, 202338mEp. 5S4
Do 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 way? Nick and Alex chat with Steven Vassi
Nick 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 HEADER, this time tackling the plastic probl
Is 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 Canberra based company that has raised ~$60 m
Stop 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 global revolution to create real dairy, w
Making Aviation More Sustainable...With Shark Skin (feat. MicroTau)
Jun 26, 202340mEp. 1S4
We 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%, meanwhile saving airlines up to $61 billi
We’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 transition. They’ve got game changing sustainable te
A Positive Climate #Wrapped: 2022 in Review with Alex and Nick
Oct 31, 202253mEp. 10S3
Alex 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 our BIG predictions and our plans to bring
A Positive Climate’s Startup PITCHFEST (feat. EnergyLab’s climate cohort)
Oct 17, 20221h 22mEp. 9S3
Nick 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 EnergyLab (Australia’s leading climate solutions a
Building Sustainably: Making Carbon Neutral Homes and Buildings
Oct 3, 202251mEp. 8S3
We 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 buildings carbon neutral. In our chat with
Removing Carbon from the Atmosphere to Reverse Climate Change (feat. Nori)
Sep 26, 202253mEp. 7S3
We 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 blockchain can be a positive force for addr
Crypto and Climate: Can Blockchain be a Force for Good?
Sep 19, 202227mEp. 6S3
Nick 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 Merge” we cover the following in this ep: W
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