Good Garbage with Ved Krishna

Troy Swope, co-founder and CEO of Footprint, meets with Host Ved Krishna to discuss how eco-groups can innovate and scale sustainable packaging solutions. Troy answers the question, how can brands manage to be both pro-planet and pro-profit?

Hello, hello! Ved's discussion today is with his friend, his teacher, and one of the world's most influential biomimicry educators, Dr. Dayna Baumeister. Dr. Baumeister's work alongside her Biomimicry Institute co-founder, Janine Benyus, has helped reshape the systems of fortune 500 companies and mold the minds of future biomimetic practitioners through a pioneering master's program with Arizona State University. To hear her speak is to know her fierce commitment to both the philosophy behind

Join Ved in his conversation with, "The Man Who Just Can't Stop Inventing," Professor Oded Shoseyov. Oded's love for nature was first cultivated in the vineyards where he helped his father care for and harvest grapes. Oded's passion for agriculture transformed into a love for the innovations nature can inspire through nanobiomaterial structures. Over 3 decades later, he has grown a fertile body of work that includes 200+ published articles, 60+ patents, and 14 companies. He's even co-founded a

As a child, Reyna Bryan saw overflowing trash cans on the street and wondered why we were wasting so much material on such short-lived packaging. Today she has completed a groundbreaking, 9-month, inter-industry collaboration to bring the best minds in the materials value-chain together. Over the last year, they dug deep and unearthed ideas that will lead to a more sustainable future through smart Consumer Packaged Goods design, engineering, production, distribution, consumption, AND disposal. Check

Since co-founding Ecovative Designs alongside his college classmate, Gavin McIntyre has been working to expand the incredible capacity of mycelium to grow a product that can displace the tons of waste in petroleum-based protective foams. In the 15 years since they began this project, Ecovative has continued to explore the many innovative applications of this biodegradable material. Their journey has included a constant process of learning how to scale manufacturing on both a local and global scale

William McDonough has been working for decades to prove that we can seek out, design, and produce materials that benefit our souls, our environment, and even our bottom lines. He shares the experiences that have shaped his journey, as well as his vision for the next stage of material innovations.