The Sustainable Jungle Podcast
Society & Culture
Ben Young is a caffeine enthusiast and passionate environmental advocate. He is also the founder of Frank Green, a company specializing in solving the single use plastic problem through beautiful, practical reusable products. They are most well-known for their stylish, curvy coffee cups and water bottles. Since their inception in 2013, Frank Green has grown into one of Australia’s most loved reusable cups and bottles brands and is rapidly expanding around the world.
We caught up with Ben at the Frank Green headquarters in Port Melbourne, Australia and we couldn’t help but be inspired by his enthusiasm and energy, he was literally shaking with excitement as he spoke about the company’s vision, their iterative approach, how they’ve built sustainability into their value chain, advice for purpose-driven start ups and Frank Green’s big plans for the future.
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*** SOCIALIZE WITH US ***
13 · JENNY GOLDING & GEORGE BUMANN · CHOOSING TO LIVE DELIBERATELY
12 · CARA SMYTH · DRIVING THE SUSTAINABILITY MOVEMENT IN FASHION
11 · HARISH HANDE · LESSONS FROM 20+ YEARS OF SOCIAL BUSINESS
10 · LOUIS MASAI · CHANGING HEARTS AND MINDS WITH CONSCIOUS ART
09 · TODD LEMONS · USING BLOCKCHAIN TO SAVE FORESTS
08 · AARON ‘BERTIE’ GEKOSKI · THE DARK SIDE OF WILDLIFE TOURISM AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
07 · ANA BERLINER · REWILDING & ATTRIBUTING VALUE TO ABANDONED LAND IN PORTUGAL
06 · HAYDEN WOOD · DRIVING THE CHANGE TO RENEWABLE ENERGY IN THE UK @BULBENERGY
05 · JIM NORROD · THE TURNAROUND SPECIALIST FOCUSED ON THE INTERSECTION OF BUSINESS AND SUSTAINABILITY
04 · UMBERTO ESPOSITO & DANIELA GENTILE · REBUILDING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN HUMANS & NATURE IN ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK, ITALY
03 · FLORENCE GSCHWEND · DISRUPTIVE SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY STARTUP, CHRYSALIX TECHNOLOGIES
02 · TIM FLACH · BRIDGING THE DIVIDE BETWEEN ANIMALS AND HUMANS THROUGH IMAGERY
01 · INTRODUCING THE SUSTAINABLE JUNGLE PODCAST
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