Carlos Terol, changemaker, responsible entrepreneur

About this episode

Carlos Terol shares his journey as a changemaker and responsible entrepreneur, discussing his work with Good Ripple and his commitment to social impact.

Carlos Terol is a founder at Good Ripple, a community of change-makers who want to make a difference in the world. He describes his fascinating journey to find meaning and purpose in his work life over the last 10 years, and how he is enabling others to make positive, ethical social impact through their own jobs. To wind the clock back to his early career, Carlos's love of maths, problem solving and science led him into a civil engineering degree, but he became downhearted after applying for hundreds of jobs and getting nowhere. Then a friend suggested a leap of faith to set up a business in Western Sahara. Despite its proximity to where he'd grown up in Gran Canaria, Western Sahara, gave Carlos a whole new different perspective. Seeing how other people were living, he reassessed his own life, resolving to try to be a better person and live more sustainably. Now, when he's not meeting change-makers through Good Ripple, Carlos runs educational workshops through Climate Fresk, and he's also a co-founder of The Ecstatic Collective. As an ambassador for Responsible Entrepreneurship at the Tomorrow University of applied Sciences, he seems like a human dynamo, but there are few things…

People in this episode

Host: Sandra F

Guest: Carlos Terol

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• social impact
• career development
• sustainability
• education

Keywords

• changemaker
• responsible entrepreneurship
• Good Ripple
• sustainability
• career journey

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Good Ripple, Climate Fresk, The Ecstatic Collective, Tomorrow University of applied Sciences

Books & works: El arte de no amargarse la vida

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