Adrian Solgaard | Canadian-Norwegian Entrepreneur

I’m terrible at waiting.I’m Dreaming of a better future – what are we going to be able to do after this? But more importantly, when!? During this strange and uncomfortable time, I’m trying to ‘steer into the skid’ of the pause. I’m in the fortunate position of being healthy, having a nice-enough apartment, a wonderful girlfriend that I’m isolated with. The medical workers are the […]

The statistics are shocking. 80% of the 17 billion pounds of annual ocean plastic comes from just 10 rivers. Half of that from just one river – The Yangtze river which goes through 7 countries and exits China near Shanghai into the Pacific Ocean. Near the exit point of the river, there is a span that’s only 2.5 miles wide. Let’s start there, scoop out […]

Today is a very special day. We’re releasing something we’ve been dreaming about for years.. I’ve said it a lot of times: we love travel and we love the planet. By our definition, that’s a global citizen. Someone who truly loves the planet – both for its wonder and beauty and making sure it’s preserved for future generations. For two and a half years, we’ve been working […]

We had a great lil’ pop up at Hudson Yards – allowing our Kickstarter backers to come by the store Batch, meet some of the crew and get their hands on the new products!    

“Hey Emma, I’m going to London tomorrow for 3 days, try to get my on Sky.” I said it quite seriously, knowing it was impossible to Emma Garner, our PR manager. She nervously giggled, unsure if I was joking or not. I jumped on a plane a few hours later. By the time I landed she said “Can you do Friday morning?” Impressed – I […]

I got the email pop-up mid-meeting with a very important customer. I broke out in a smile that I couldn’t hold back and had to ask for 30 seconds to open and read it: “Dear Adrian, Congratulations – your….” Was all I could see in the pop up that came up in the upper right hand corner of my screen on the projector as I […]

We’re getting ready to launch the world’s first bag made inside and out of recycled ocean plastics. Launching next week: Learn more at www.Solgaard.co

I actually made a vlog series around this as part of the Hustle campaign, a backpack+shoulder bag collection that raised $440k on Kickstarter.   Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8LB-uxr0Hre2HDXDtk9qy7Px_07dD4Nu  

Mallorca is an amazing island. I take any chance I get to share it with others. This time – follow us around Mallorca on our day out shooting photos for Lifepack. You can learn more about Lifepack at www.Solgaard.co