Great interview by Sangeeta Waldron with one of our UK eco heroes, Eco Entrepreneur and Climate Campaigner, Dale Vince, OBE
There’s a saying that goes, ‘don’t meet your heroes as they may disappoint’, well I am pleased to say this wasn’t the case when I spoke to green entrepreneur, Dale Vince, OBE for this episode for Irish Tech News.
Dale is what one would call a conscious CEO, where his work focuses on three key areas – energy, transport, and food. In 1995 he launched Ecotricity, the world’s first green energy company, which today, powers around 200,000 homes and businesses across the UK with renewable energy from the wind and sun. Dale also owns Devil’s Kitchen, which makes vegan school dinners, and his latest business, Skydiamond creates lab grown diamonds from the wind, rain and sun.
If that wasn’t enough, Dale is Chairman and owner of Forest Green Rovers recognised by FIFA as the “world’s greenest football club” and became a United Nations Climate Champion in 2018. He launched his first book, Manifesto in 2020, and is Executive Producer of the Netflix Original documentary, Seaspiracy.
Devil’s Kitchen, football and more with Dale Vince, Eco Entrepreneur, Forest Green Rovers owner
The latest Zerocarbonista is here – we talk about the government energy strategy, big oil’s influence on the IPCC and much more. https://t.co/FvNs9vwTcm
— Dale Vince (@DaleVince) April 8, 2022
In this interview, we criss-cross a range of issues from the increase of energy prices in the UK, to how can we make oil companies more accountable, politics, COP26 that took place in Glasgow last year, to veganism, and of course the Netflix success Seaspiracy. We also have some light-hearted banter about ‘lentils and sandal’ and where he wears his underpants…intrigued, well you will have to tune in!
“Is there any amount of money the club would accept to have a gambling company on the front of the shirt?”
Listen to @DaleVince’s answer and the reaction at @FGRFC_Official fans forum ? pic.twitter.com/7qCtPndN8Y
— The Big Step (@the_bigstep) April 13, 2022
At the end I had to ask Dale, that burning question, of what’s next for him, and his answer might surprise you and give you that little bit of hope for a better tomorrow.
On 29 April, Dale is one of the speakers, at the GEI 14 conference in London, which is a partnership with not-for-profit sustainability specialists A Greener Festival and the International Live Music Conference, the world’s leading platform for the touring and festival sectors. Dale will be on a panel discussion, looking at the energy and transport sectors that will play a key role in the fight against the climate crisis, which will impact live music and events significantly in coming years.
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Thrilled the book is shortlisted for the UK Business Book Awards! When writing the book, I had just lost my mum, it was difficult writing through what I now realise was grief. I was lucky to interview so many brilliant people for the book, their wisdom makes the book pic.twitter.com/dhvw9Dj6Qz
— Sangeeta Waldron ? (@SangeetaWaldron) March 6, 2022
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