(Interview video at the end of the article)
Yes, it's true that it's been a while since our last interview came out, however, it was a necessary break that we had to take, for personal and professional reasons. But “The Circular Changemakers” are back and we still have a lot of inspiring interviews to share with you.
And we couldn't return in a better way. On my first visit to the cosmopolitan city of Rotterdam, in october 2020, I had the opportunity to meet and share a lovely afternoon, with Petra and Andreas from TransitionHero.
The TransitionHERO
And the name lives up to the projects that the TransitionHero team has already developed and supported.
Like the Heroes that live in our imagination, the innovations developed by the team of this company could easily be "superpowers". But these innovations and projects are very real and have tremendous potential when it comes to transitioning our cities to a circular model.
TransitionHero was founded in 2019, is a Startup with a young spirit, specialized in Engineering and Green Technology. Through its solutions, the company supports the design and scale of projects, in a smarter and faster way, which are focused on areas such as Energy (renewable, efficiency, and storage), Biobased Chemicals, and Waste Streams.
To learn more about the company, see the TransitionHERO website.
Interview with Petra Beris and Andrea Kangari
Petra Boris is an Engineer and together with Stef Clevers founded TransitionHero. Petra is specialized in sustainability and innovation project management and has a Postgraduate Degree from the University of Cambridge in Sustainability Leadership.
Before starting TransitionHero, Petra worked in the oil field as a project manager and as an innovation and new business manager. She was also a Board Member and Chairman of the Council of Engineers without Borders-NL.
Andreas Kangari is a Green Technology Process Engineer at TransitionHero. Born in Cyprus, before coming to the Netherlands he spent time in the UK, where he graduated in engineering and started his career.
He was also in Cameroon and Mexico, where he participated as a volunteer engineer in projects in the area of Circular Economy.
In this interview, we talk about TransitionHero and its projects and ambitions and explore Petra and Andreas' vision on various issues related to a circular transition, namely the challenges that a country like the Netherlands faces, in order to become a 100 % circular country by 2050.
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Author: Mariana Pinto e Costa (Co-founder BeeCircular)