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Subak, which incubates data-for-climate not-for-profits, announces six startups in 2022 cohort

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based incubator focused on nonprofit startups that are addressing climate-related challenges through open-source data initiatives has announced the six startups which will be put through its 2022 program. The incubator was founded by Baroness Bryony Worthington, who was the lead author of the U.K.’s

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SunCulture wants to turn Africa into the world’s next bread basket, one solar water pump at a time

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The world’s food supply must double by the year 2050 to meet the demands of a growing population, according to a report from the United Nations. “We have to double the amount of food we have to create by 2050, and if you look at where there are enough resources to grow food — all signs point to Africa.

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Accelerating Sustainable Food Business Solutions to Reshape Our Cities

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The UN predicts that by 2050, this proportion will rise to more than two thirds. In 2018, Impact Hub King’s Cross kicked off an incubation program for UK-based social entrepreneurs aiming to combat the key challenges in our urban food systems. This is where the seed for the Feeding the City incubator was planted.

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Plastic: The Problem And Its Impact

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In airbags, incubators, helmets, or simply by delivering clean drinking water plastics save lives daily. Plastic waste is expected to quadruple from 2010 to 2050 and global recycling capacity will only cover 1/3 of the waste. By 2050, it is predicted that there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans.

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Mistaking performance for competence

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It’s something he’s promised to update at the start of every year until 2050, “as I will then be 95 years old, and I suspect I’ll be a little too exhausted by then to carry on arguments about why I was right or wrong on particular points.” I recommend serial entrepreneurs get some version of that tattooed somewhere on their person.