THE CLIMAPRENEUR SHOW

1. “This is my life, I can do much more | Bhavini Parikh | Bunko Junko” “And all of a sudden, I was getting so many awards, so many recognitions and all of that. So I'm so happy about that. But before receiving this award. The importance for me is awareness. I'm creating awareness in the world people are coming with another view of the upcycled things and women empowerment and all the things. So, they relate Bunko Junko with all these things, you know, and that is the recognition, this is not only the Bhavini’s recognition.  This is the recognition of upcycling, environmental sustainability, and women empowerment all the women who are working. It’s their recognition. I would like to say nowadays, an increasing amount of waste is generated, you know, so we need to be more sustainable. We need to recycle or upcycle as much as we can. And for the youngsters I would like to say okay, you can do so much you know at this age we are doing then then you are the techno savvy people you can do so much so let's do it and don't think of it just do it. Everything will happen on their own, you know, but decide to do it. “ Bhavini Parikh, Founder Bunko Junko

2. Maria Vasco, Founder Uvida, Boston's first zero waste shop Maria, “And I was like, that one thing that I am passionate about, I don’t see people doing this, but everyone is doing everything else. Maybe this is for me, that I am going to start and that is what pushed me. My biggest learning from my journey is like I can’t just stop. I can’t stop because my body and brain won’t let me.I feel good about what I am doing. I feel like I am leaving a positive impact on this world, I am inspiring generations, I am inspiring people older and younger and people older and younger are inspiring me. I was like if I am going to start this zero-waste store its literally to protect life on earth”MariaCamilo Vasco is the founder of Uvida. Uvida, Boston’s first zero-waste shop. Maria shares her incredible journey with Uvida. She is truly an amazing Climapreneur- Climate Entrepreneur Driving Action. From being an immigrant to choosing a political science major in college to running Uvida, she shares her experiences. It all lies in the journey.

3. You have to enjoy it, you have to live in the present as well, but also And a good cocoa farm, if it's well managed, doesn't have to have any additional inputs other than water. So that way our opportunity was and our thought was, if this can happen at the farm, why cannot be replicated in the chocolate, so that the customer can experience the same level of circular economy or the same level of sustainability and recyclability in the final product. And fortunately for us, it worked. You know, fortunately, we were able to put things in perspective and take it forward all the way to chocolate. So, because I think we took one step at a time we were able to go this far.  L NitinChordia | Co-founder Kocoatarait

4. The thing with startup, the thing with entrepreneurship is that It was not a very smooth switch. My parents are not very comfortable with me leaving a job. I was also myself very scared. Because this was the first time I was doing it. I had no experience in the past of starting a venture or being into business, so there was a lot of fear, But you know once you get into it. Shifting from a corporate job to a startup, there is a fear, but there is no looking back then. Once you are into the startup, once you are an entrepreneur, it's even tougher you go back to a job then. NitikaSonkhiya, Founder ONEarth