Luminaries - Talking To The Brightest Minds In Tech

What You'll Hear In This Episode Inspiration behind her environmentally sustainable company, BaYou with Love How her jewelry line of rings, earrings and cufflinks are all comprised of upcycled gold from old computer motherboards What drives her passion for sustainability and conservation How technology can mitigate some of the challenges of owning a small business Precious Metals Can Be Uncovered In the Most Unlikely of Places — Like Your Computer's Motherboard Technology is helping us to realize a more sustainable future but not always in the most traditional of ways...like recycling your disposable computer parts to make jewelry. With an estimated $60 million in gold and silver discarded by Americans through unwanted tech every year, actress-turned-entrepreneur Nikki Reed saw an opportunity to use technology to promote sustainability. BaYou with Love, a joint venture between Nikki and Freedom of Animals founder Morgan Bogle, uses gold recovered from old computer motherboards and upcycles it to create “The