Volcanic Rock as a Carbon Sink, with Anastasia Pavlovic of Eion

Another ClimateTech Podcast

Anastasia Pavlovic is the co-founder of Eion, a carbon removal company that accelerates Earth's natural rock weathering process to lock away CO₂—permanently. Eion works with farmers to deploy enhanced rock weathering (ERW) in agricultural fields, creating a carbon sink disguised as soil amendment, with benefits to landowners and climate alike. Anastasia joined the podcast from Detroit to talk about carbon, kids, and the importance of remembering to eat.

In this episode we talked about:

🪨 How volcanic rock dust turns farms into carbon capture sites (and why the best rocks might be in Norway)
🌽 How Eion aligns climate goals with farm economics
🚢 The surprising math that makes ocean shipping rock across the Atlantic more carbon-efficient than it sounds
💰 Why climate tech founders need to think like infrastructure financiers and not just software bros
📉 How Anastasia regulates the highs and lows of startup life—with a side of mac & cheese

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챕터

1. Enhanced Rock Weathering Explained (00:00:00)

2. Working with Farmers and Carbon Buyers (00:06:00)

3. Rock Weathering Supply Chain Economics (00:10:49)

4. Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change (00:18:09)

5. Corporate Climate Commitments and Politics (00:22:31)

6. Project Financing for Climate Tech (00:30:38)

7. Founder Resilience and Celebrating Milestones (00:36:44)