On this episode of Raise Green we examine the potential growth of impact investing during times of social unrest and intensifying climate issues through a conversation with the esteemed author, impact investor, and big-picture thinker Joel Solomon.

Joel Solomon is the founding partner of Renewal Funds, Canada's largest mission venture capital firm at over $240 Million in assets under management. Investing primarily in organic food and environmental technology, he brings a wealth of experience to the field with over 14 years as a principal for an innovative, activist family office with Carol Newman prior to founding Renewal Funds. He is a co-author of "The Clean Money Revolution", co-producer of "The Integrated Capital Institute", a TEDxVancouver speaker, a founding member of The Social Venture Network, Business for Social Responsibility, The Tides Canada Foundation, and a 25-year board chair of Hollyhock, as well as a University of British Columbia Governer.

Raise Green is a 7 episode podcast exploring the climate crisis 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.