060: Love and The Clean Money Revolution with Joel Solomon
A Sustainable Mind - environment & sustainability podcast
Marjorie Alexander
4.6 ā¢ 588 Ratings
šļø 19 January 2019
ā±ļø 47 minutes
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Summary
JoelĀ SolomonĀ is Co-Author of The Clean Money Revolution: Reinventing Power, Purpose, and Capitalism. As a Founding Partner of Renewal Funds, a $98 million mission venture capital firm, he has invested in over 100 early growth-stage companies in North America, delivering above market returns while catalyzing positive social and environmental change.Ā JoelĀ is a founding member of Social Venture Network, Businesses for Social Responsibility, Chair of Hollyhock, Co-Producer of RSF's "Integrated Capital Institute", and serves on the University of British Columbia Board of Governors.
In this episode we cover:
- How Joel's experiences with cancer, working with Jimmy Carter and becoming the caretaker of an orca research lab led him to have a deep appreciation for nature
- What venture capital is and why is it important to our economy
- How Renewal Funds and other companies are giving back to the environment in a big way
- The connection between love and money
Joel SolomonĀ Online:
- JoelSoloman.com
- Social Media:Ā FacebookĀ | Twitter | LinkedIn
- Joel is the co-author of the new book The Clean Money Revolution: Reinventing Power, Purpose, and Capitalism
Suggestions from Joel:
"Political engagement," spend more time reading "sources of politicalĀ thinking, interviews, and analysis that meet enough of our values and to stay informed and to care,"
"Read more books from people and voices who have been left out of the equation"
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| 0:00.0 | This is A Sustainable Mind, episode 60. We have a wonderful conversation coming up about clean money and |
| 0:07.4 | investments, but also compassion in business, which I'm really excited to share with you. But before we |
| 0:12.7 | get into that, I wanted to take a moment to thank our donors. Thank you to December's largest |
| 0:17.8 | ongoing donor, Elizabeth B from Oak Park, Illinois. |
| 0:22.6 | Once again, thank you so much, Elizabeth. |
| 0:25.8 | And our largest single-time donor for December, |
| 0:28.6 | Mockerund D, from Ann Arbor, Michigan. |
| 0:32.4 | And Mockerand shares a letter that says, |
| 0:35.6 | Hi, Marjorie, thank you for producing a great podcast that is accumulating a vault of great resources, |
| 0:38.7 | web resources, books mentioned by all the guests, and the audio conversations, of course. |
| 0:44.1 | I have some gaping holes in my own personal lifestyle, and listening to the podcast makes me aware of them |
| 0:49.5 | and nudges me toward the changes I need to make. |
| 0:52.6 | Looking forward to seeing all the topics and guests you come up with in the future. |
| 0:56.4 | Good luck and greatly appreciated. |
| 0:59.1 | Well, Makarand, thank you so much for your words of encouragement, as well as your support, |
| 1:03.8 | and I'm glad that I could be a part of your journey towards a more sustainable lifestyle. |
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