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Subscription carbon offsetting platform Ecologi hits $8M total raised, includes General Catalyst

TechCrunch

startup Ecologi , which uses the funds to plant 1 million trees every 10 days in places like Africa and Latin America, as well as doing things like protecting peatlands in Indonesia. In April, Ecologi closed a seed investment round of $5.75 That’s partly the thinking behind U.K. million (£4.05 million) at a pre-money valuation of £16.5

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Hong Kong’s Brinc Launches Climate Tech Program to Support Early-Stage Startups in Carbon Dioxide Removal Solutions

AsiaTechDaily

Their DAC system, characterized by a modular design and a fluidized nano-structured sorbent, boasts exceptional capture speed, energy efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Airhive develops geochemical direct air capture (DAC) technology to expedite carbon removal efforts.

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5 Tips for Making Time to Make a Difference

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Yet, since late 2016, he has also worn the hat of chairman of the Maharashtra State Khadi and Village Industries Board (MSKIB) , a position that lets him serve as an agent and driver of social and economic change for rural communities throughout his home state in India. What’s his secret to keeping it all moving forward?

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The Future of Conservation NGOs Innovation Challenge is on!

Impact Hub

To remain relevant and legitimate, in addition to effectively dealing with the present global ecological crisis, conservation NGOs need to radically shift. Structural and systemic issues are at play within the sector, which are impacting conservation effectiveness. Applications for the challenge are open until May 22, 2022.

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Should we be growing trees in the desert to combat climate change?

TechCrunch

“There is a current debate about whether drylands are suitable for reforestation for the purpose of global climate mitigation purposes,” said Niall Hanan, professor of dryland ecology in the Plant and Environmental Sciences Department at New Mexico State University. The area has intense solar energy and available underground saline water.

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Rebuilding the California Dream 

Andreessen Horowitz

We’re proposing to build a dynamic walkable community on a portion of the property, and then surrounded with open space and renewable energy, both wind and solar. And because we didn’t do that, even the communities in the Bay Area were beginning to completely break in terms of social fabric.

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20 Years of Investing in Startups

Paul G. Silva

Eflex Intelligent digital energy for homes and small business 2020 Lumme Lumme Health is a digital behavioral health company with a radically superior approach to facilitating success with weight management and problematic eating patterns. is a leading provider of prepaid card programs for community banks and credit unions.

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