The Raise Green Podcast features Antony Bugg-Levine, the CEO of the Nonprofit Finance Fund, one of the nation’s leading Community Development Finance Institutions, and Donnel Baird, the Founder & CEO of BlocPower, a Brooklyn-based energy technology startup rapidly greening American cities. This week, they spoke with Franz to discuss green infrastructure, community resilience, and financing social change.
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Welcome to the "Raise Green" Podcast
The “Raise Green” podcast explores the climate crises through the minds of local leaders and global experts. Short, accessible conversations explore new ways of working together via personal stories about creating a healthy, just, and sustainable future.
As economic disparity, environmental degradation, and social injustices continue emerging as defining issues of the 21st century, we need solutions that scale faster than the pace of the problems. These conversations ask how. Welcome to "Raise Green” with Franz Hochstrasser and Matt Moroney.
Episode 19
Financing Social Change through Green Infrastructure
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Episode 20
Solar-powered Community Resilience feat. Lynn Heller of the Climate Access Fund
23 Mar 2022Episode 19
Financing Social Change through Green Infrastructure feat. Donnel Baird, CEO & Founder of BlocPower, & Anthony Bugg-Levine, CEO of the Nonprofit Finance Fund
15 Feb 2022Episode 18
Forging Environmental Justice Through Crowdfunding feat. Elizabeth Carter, Esq., Regulation Crowdfunding Lawyer
2 Feb 2022Episode 17
The Expanding Role of Solar feat. Wyldon Fishman
12 Jan 2022Episode 16
Interconnection, Justice, and Restoration feat. Rob Greenfield , Social and Environmental Activist
4 Jan 2022Episode 15
Paving the Future of Finance featuring Bryan Garcia and Bert Hunter of the Connecticut Green Bank
Dec 2021Episode 14
Clean Energy, COP26, and Cutting Through Corporate Crap featuring David Roberts
Dec 2021Episode 13
At the Intersection of Art, Advocacy, and Environmental Racism featuring Lyla June
Nov 2021Episode 12
Transforming Commercial Solar with Inclusive Finance featuring Shingi Samudzi of Lumen Energy
Oct 2021Episode 11
Lending for Energy Efficiency Improvements featuring Peter Krajsa and Matthew Brown of the National Energy Improvement Fund
Oct 2021Episode 10
Deployable Solar, Microgrids, and Energy Resilience featuring Chaz Peling of SolSolutions
Oct 2021Episode 9
Base Load Renewables, Sustainable Design, and Circular Economy featuring Rick Sellers
Jul 2021Episode 8
Ending Water Poverty in the Developing World featuring Elizabeth Clandos of Ola Filter
Jun 2021Episode 7
Philanthropy, Capital Markets, and Environmental Justice featuring Margot Brandenburg
Apr 2021Episode 6
Art as a Medium for Expression and Impact featuring DJ CAVEM
Apr 2021Episode 5
The Future of Finance featuring John Clippinger
Nov 2020Episode 4
The Rise of Impact Investing featuring Joel Solomon
Oct 2020Episode 3 (Part 2)
Climate Agreements and Negotiations featuring Sue Binaz
Sep 2020Episode 2 (Part 1)
Climate Agreements and Negotiations featuring Sue Binaz
Sep 2020Episode 1
Systems Transformation, Circular Economy, and Sustainable Design featuring Eva Gladek
Aug 2020