David Katz
Happy Place
Fearne Cotton
4.7 • 15.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2021
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
We’re surrounded by 2 billion tonnes of plastic – 8 million of which flow into our oceans every year. Those are some pretty upsetting numbers, but by the end of this episode you’ll understand that you’re not helpless; you personally have a huge amount of power to reverse the problem.
David Katz is the compassionate founder behind a clever enterprise that turns plastic into wealth. Plastic Bank works with communities under the poverty line to simultaneously empower individuals, and reduce ocean plastic. David explains to Fearne exactly how you can make a real difference in reducing ocean plastic by voting with your wallet. For example, the sponsors of this series of Happy Place, professional natural hair care brand weDo/, have teamed up with Plastic Bank, so for every one weDo/ product you buy, an incredible eight items of plastic waste are removed from our environment and our oceans.
WeDo/ buyers have helped collect over three million plastic bottles since launch, and this Earth Day they’re inviting you to join WeDo/ and Plastic Bank to achieve their next partnership goal of removing 5 million items of plastic waste. So by simply switching to natural haircare brand WeDo/, together we can make a big positive impact for our planet!
For more information about Plastic Bank’s game changing work, head to plasticbank.com.
A big thanks to the sponsors of this series of Happy Place, WeDo/ Natural Haircare. Find out more, and get your hands on lots of exclusive offers, by visiting wedoact.com/happy
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Fern Cotton and this is Happy Place. |
| 0:05.0 | Sometimes we uncover the hidden worlds of people we think we know well. |
| 0:09.0 | And sometimes I like to introduce you to people you might not be so familiar with. |
| 0:14.0 | Today is one of those days I am so excited for you to listen to this episode. |
| 0:19.0 | We're meeting David Katz, one of the world's most compassionate and empowering entrepreneurs. |
| 0:26.0 | I love this saying that the perfect is the enemy of the good enough. |
| 0:30.0 | Because people were listening that want to participate as well, get into this fear that it might not be good enough. |
| 0:35.0 | Oh, it's not perfect yet. Like, oh, I can't try yet. I don't have everything answered yet. |
| 0:39.0 | I have an amazing idea, but I'm not sure maybe if I fail, people will think I'm bad. |
| 0:44.0 | That's the perversion that we need to fix. |
| 0:47.0 | It's the knowing that you're having unlimited power inside of you to make change. |
| 0:51.0 | How many amazing life changes, world changing ideas have died on the vine because someone was afraid. |
| 0:57.0 | David is the founder and CEO of the Plastic Bank. |
| 1:01.0 | You might recognise that name already. I've mentioned them because they partnered with the sponsor of this series We Do. |
| 1:07.0 | The Plastic Bank works to stop ocean plastic while simultaneously improving the lives of poor coastal communities. |
| 1:15.0 | I'll let David explain exactly how that works in just a moment. |
| 1:18.0 | This episode is sponsored by More Than Insurance. They partnered with Dogs for Good, a charity that brings people and dogs together to make life possible. |
| 1:29.0 | In just two years, More Than have sponsored a number of dogs for good puppies. |
| 1:33.0 | And together, they provided support to hundreds of families and individuals affected by disability, dementia, autism and other conditions. |
| 1:42.0 | Isn't that just so amazing? |
| 1:45.0 | I know firsthand that it is so, so important to have a support system around you. |
| 1:49.0 | And that's exactly what dogs for good are providing. |
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