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EO Members Share Entrepreneurial Trends for the New Year

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There is also a groundswell of small farm startups, especially in developing nations, where farmers such as 2022 GSEA Global Finalist Arnold Shoko can convert biowaste streams into feed and fertilizer. Continued focus on sustainability. Investors and consumers prefer businesses that prioritize ecological impact and sustainability.

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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

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menagerie of creative entrepreneurs occupies the seven-story building, now known as the Metropolitan Exchange, or MEx, including biotechnologists, ecologically minded architects, organic fashion designers and even miniature-cupcake makers. 55 Washington Street. Domino Sugar Factory.

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5 Tips for Making Time to Make a Difference

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In essence, he has affected a widespread and sustainable change in economy and culture throughout his corner of the world. In less than two years, he has reinvigorated the heritage footwear industry in Kolhapur and the agro-ecologically sensitive honey segment as well as redesigned a branded retail structure for both industries.

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

AsiaTechDaily

Airhive develops geochemical direct air capture (DAC) technology to expedite carbon removal efforts. Through a mineralization technique that involves carbonation, the startup achieves the permanent storage of carbon dioxide, thereby offering a sustainable solution to mitigate environmental impact.

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

TechCrunch

Zurich tends to take the lion’s share, as the city’s embrace of startups has jump-started development, although Geneva and Lausanne are also hotspots. This has meant smaller exits, and thus less development for the ecosystem. Also sustainability will hopefully be put back on the agenda.

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Embracing aluminum containers, Uni wants to completely remove plastic packaging from your home

TechCrunch

Most personal care brands barely get caught in the third of those ecological safety nets, but Uni is picking a fight with the industry to change all that. It’s a cursed misfortune that plastic is cheap and abundant — the financial cost of the material doesn’t reflect the ecological impact of that shampoo bottle.

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The Future of Conservation NGOs Innovation Challenge is on!

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To remain relevant and legitimate, in addition to effectively dealing with the present global ecological crisis, conservation NGOs need to radically shift. Concepts at all stages of development, from ideation through to prototyping or beginning to scale, will be considered.