102. What If Whale Poop Could Help Save the Planet?

In this episode, I sit down with the creators of Positive Polar, a love-passion-science project inviting you to directly participating in restoring our oceans. The mission? Biochemically mimic whales to restore marine ecosystems, sequester carbon, and turn tourism into a force for regeneration.

Jenn Bonilla, the President of Positive Pola, brings a PhD from Princeton, Stanford training, and deep expertise in commercializing biotech for environmental impact. Hugo Hinrichsen, its CEO and Founder, is an ex-navy officer and polar helicopter pilot whose ancestors were whalers — and restoring the oceans isn’t just work for him, it’s personal. Speaking with the two of them was so invigorating. Their love for whales and all ocean habitat, their willpower to spearhead new possibilities and match science with passion, and their eagerness to get this story out there so that we can start moving forward with climate optimism today, not tomorrow, was truly infectious. 

This, dear listener, is climate optimism in action. Let’s dive in.

Support Positive Polar: https://wefunder.com/positivepolar

Learn more: https://positivepolar.com/

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Hugo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugo-hinrichsen/

Jenn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferbonilla/

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Music produced by Jackson Whalan

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