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Energy that belongs: why Beauty is not a luxury in the energy transition
There is a question that has stayed with me ever since I spoke with Fabrizio Chiara , the founder of SUNSPEKER , in the latest
18 April 2025
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There is a question that has stayed with me ever since I spoke with Fabrizio Chiara , the founder of SUNSPEKER , in the latest
In this episode, Marine Cornelis welcomes Fabrizio Chiara, founder and CEO of Sunspeker — an Italian startup proving that energy does not have to stand out to make a difference.
At Energ’Ethic, we have often asked what it takes to make the energy tr…
There are moments when a podcast episode brings together years of questions, past projects, and even personal memories. This one, with researcher and activist Mirte
Can urban renewal be fair?
In this episode of Energ’Ethic, host Marine Cornelis meets Mirte Jepma, a PhD researcher, feminist activist, and documentary maker whose work explores how cities can be made more liveable—without pushing out the people who…
We often refer to the energy transition in terms of the now-familiar “4Ds”: decarbonisation, decentralisation, digitalisation, and democratisation. But while the first three benefit from well-developed frameworks, financial pipelines, and political urgency, the fourth, democratisation, still feels like a promise more than a process. It’s something everyone agrees with in principle, but few take seriously in practice. And yet, that fourth “D” is precisely what determines whether the transition will be experienced as an opportunity, or just another top-down transformation that bypasses the people it’s meant to serve.
If I asked you whether you trust me, you’d probably say yes. But would you trust me to perform open-heart surgery? Of course not! Trust
In this episode, Marine Cornelis sits down with Rune Kirt, industrial designer, futurist, and co-founder of Kirt & Thomsen (https://www.kirt-thomsen.com/company). His mission? To make the invisible visible. Rune helps clean tech innovators, policy…
Are you planning your exotic summer vacation yet? Or anxiously thinking about the moment when you’ll have to move your bed to the kitchen floor
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Next Energy Consumer founder and executive director. Consultant & policy-shaker.
