If the name Nutshell Coolers sounds familiar to you, you might have seen their innovative coconut husk-insulated coolers being covered by Forbes, Fast Company or CNN. Or maybe you saw it on Kickstarter where they reached their funding goal in just 7 hours. Or maybe, like me, it stopped you mid scroll when you saw their gorgeous product on Instagram.

So who is Nutshell Coolers and how did they become one of the chicest, most environmentally and socially conscious coolers out there?

On this episode of The Resilience Report, we sit down with Tamara Mekler, co-founder and COO of Nutshell Coolers. Tamara studied at Stanford University, where she received a B.S. in Behavioral Biology and an M.S. in Sustainable Development. Previously, Tamara worked in community-based conservation and environmental education in the United States and in her home countries, Spain and Mexico.

Tamara and her team are such an inspiration, and it is incredible to learn details about the coconut husks that go into building their coolers, the income generated in local communities from purchasing those husks, and the CO2 emissions and the plastic foam that is avoided with each cooler.

In a nutshell, this is one episode I know our Resilience Reporters are going to love!