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Species Unite

Josh Whiton: Make Soil

Species Unite

elizabeth novogratz

Philosophy, Society & Culture

5.0911 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

"And I'm just having this urban, agrarian, techie renaissance thing with my hipster neighbors and it's just so rich. And I think to myself, 'wow, we've have to share this experience. How do we spread this?' – Josh Whiton

 

Josh Whiton is an eco tech entrepreneur and a social innovator who is helping to repair the Earth.

 

When Josh was 23, he founded the transit tech company, TransLoc., for which he was named a champion of change by the White House and Trans Loc was later acquired by Ford.

 

His latest innovation is called Make Soil. Make Soil matches people who compost with people who want to learn how to compost, kind of like a Tinder for composters. It's already being used in 53 countries and growing really fast.

 

Please listen and share and then, go make some soil.

 

Makesoil.org

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0:00.0

Species,

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species, unite,

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species unite.

0:15.0

And I'm just having this like, you know, urban agrarian techie renaissance thing with my hipster neighbors and it's just so rich and I think to myself

0:26.2

wow we've got to do you have to share this experience how do we spread this? this.

0:42.0

This is Species Unite. We have a favor to ask if you like today's episode and you have a spare minute

0:47.8

Could you please rate and review species Unite on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to Podcasts. It really helps people to find

0:56.8

the show. This conversation is with Josh Witton.

1:05.0

Josh is an eco-tech entrepreneur and a social innovator,

1:11.0

and he's helping to repair the earth.

1:14.5

When he was 23, Josh founded a tech startup

1:17.0

that got people out of their cars

1:18.6

and onto public transit.

1:20.4

He was named a champion of change by then President Obama,

1:24.0

and his company was later acquired by the Ford Motor Company.

1:28.0

His latest innovation is called Make Soil.

1:31.0

Make Soil matches people who compost with people who want to learn how to compost.

1:37.0

It's kind of like tender for composting, and it's gone global.

1:40.0

It's already in 53 countries, and it's spreading really fast. Hi Josh. Hi Beth nice to be here, it's so good to have you here.

2:03.2

Yeah, glad we made it happen.

2:04.8

So where did you start like before all this?

2:07.3

Before make soil, what were you doing?

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