Can you do your shopping and plant a tree at the same time? Tred is a UK-based green debit...
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Rebecca Morris grew up in Menorca and remembers the joy that she felt going on adventures in the wilds of...
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Solar Sister is bringing solar lighting to hard-to-reach communities in Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda. Women are disproportionately impacted by...
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Project CeCe is the search engine for sustainable fashion. The cat has long been out of the shopping bag —...
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“Equity is not secondary to survival, as some suggest; it is survival.” — Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilson,...
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Businesses too can be the change. In 2010, three engineers met and started what can only be described as...
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This story starts with a pair of shoes and ends with a hotel chain that empowers women at risk of...
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Agriledger is turning the supply chain upside down. Now, smallholder mango farmers in Haiti can sell their produce directly in...
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Duckweed grows incredibly fast, can produce eight times more protein per hectare than soy and may be a big help...
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As Neil Gaiman wrote, ‘a town isn’t a town without a bookstore.’ So, in the age of internet shopping, what’s...
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An ethical women's enterprise is creating vegan soaps that use plastic-free packaging made from a natural waste material that is...
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Ever travelled by poo power, perhaps even your own? These buses are powered by the fuel of the future. ...
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In Colombia, sustainable affordable homes are being built on solid grounds... coffee grounds. We love a project that solves...
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Nature is the new gold! Save your local forest and earn money with this new stock exchange for biodiversity. ...
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Tickr’s app allows users to invest as little as £5 in companies expanding access to education, clean water, renewable energy...
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A drone company saving lives in Ghana and Rwanda has become a lesson in using autonomous drones as a tool for social...
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In the least mechanised place on earth, tractors and farming machinery are expensive. This agritech app connects smallholder farmers to tractor owners...
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The Internet is broken. But we can fix it with an alternative collection of open, fair and safe alternatives. For...
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This is how you grow vegetables in the Sahara – by piping seawater from the Red Sea across the sands to produce...
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A franchise network of 'digital' toilets in Nairobi is helping to stem the spread of COVID-19 among vulnerable urban slum communities....
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A counter reads: '1,130,106,730' litres served and counting.' That’s over a billion litres of pure drinking water for the most...
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We're living in one of the most memorable moments in history. Blavity is the powerful multi-platform, multimedia Black-owned and Black-community serving...
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Helmets are an effective ‘vaccine’ against head injuries on the road. In Vietnam, these helmets are made by people with...
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More and more people are ditching the supermarket in their quest for seasonal local goods. La Ruche qui dit Oui...
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They might not be taking clothes to space, but the AWAYTOMARS crowdsourcing collective have found a new frontier in the...
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Boomera works with Brazil’s waste pickers and big brands to find new creative uses for plastic that normally ends up...
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Not to be confused with a building or wedding venue, Hackney Wick Town Hall is an event that opens up conversations....
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The current face of architecture is not an accurate reflection of what our cities look like. One woman in Detroit...
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Aware that Detroiters of African descent have never lacked creativity or entrepreneurial zeal, one Detroiter wants to provide the one...
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Fashion can be a blueprint for other industries – one that’s regenerative rather than extractive, supporting life on Earth. ...
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If you feel that formal education doesn't hold the answers to a sustainable future, take a few tips from Enrol Yourself...
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"When dreams die, they do not make much noise. When hopes are crushed, the signs are soundless." Sheroes Hangout is...
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This activewear helps clean the oceans, reduces waste and limits the number of pieces in our wardrobes – all while...
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Every second, a garbage truck full of textiles goes to landfill – despite fabric having a significant water, carbon and chemical...
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Long-lasting, locally made, affordable classic designs: this isn’t just a beautiful idea, but the reality of Community Clothing. The...
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While mobile phones bring huge benefits – such as accessibility to information, ability to set up mobile payments and help...
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Despite being born over a thousand years before the invention of the computer, Saint Isidore of Seville is considered the ‘Patron Saint...
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Repair has always been a noble profession, but our increasing obsession with newer, better, faster means we have stopped fixing...
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Scrolling through Instagram, a Too Good To Go ad pops up in which a girl and a boy sprint through...
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Mirazur, a Michelin three-star restaurant located in Menton on France’s Côte d’Azur, has long applied a holistic biodynamic agriculture philosophy...
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Britain’s most ethical restaurant doesn’t have a bin. Founded by ex-St John chef Dougie McMaster, the team at Silo brews its own booze,...
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When it comes to our fruit and vegetables, we’re used to supermarket perfection, but a misshapen carrot or heart-shaped potato...
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"We envision a world where cities recognise their interdependence with the world’s forests and use their political, economic, and cultural...
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Today the food systems must adapt quickly. Farmers, growers, food businesses, cafes and restaurants are being forced to simultaneously and...
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Do you know who made your clothes; who grew the cotton, spun the threads, dyed the fabric and sewed them...
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Like it or not – and the international pharmaceutical industry doesn’t – an Indian drug company is boldly reverse-engineering and...
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People will always love books. While digital media has disrupted other industries, there really is nothing like a physical book...
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Plastic bottle pavilions and urban-mined glasses, 'Polli-Brick' and 'Eco-Morph' and the waste that it slashes, upcycled film theatres and recycled...
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CuEmE (Entrepreneurial Culture in the School) is a programme in Barcelona that links schools and local authorities so students can...
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The idea of transforming organic dairy waste into biogas is not a novel one, but this is certainly the cheesiest....
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A major plastic polluter is giving its garbage a second life by using it to construct much-needed infrastructure. Philippine company San Miguel...
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Dutch investigative journalist Teun van de Keuken was shocked when he discovered that much of the world’s chocolate production has...
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“Food is a central part of the Filipino life. For the people of an agricultural country such as the Philippines...
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“It’s like watching YouTube: you start on one thing and then an hour later you’re watching something completely different.” Distinguished...
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Something important is happening in Cleveland: one of America’s poorest cities has a radical plan to remake itself. Anyone who...
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Since the 1970s, development initiative Sekem has been revitalising the hot, arid sands of a once untouched part of the Egyptian desert, transforming...
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“The forest is like a mother. She gives us everything we need to live comfortably." Timbaktu Collective is empowering villagers...
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"We know that 'ethical' can mean very different things to different people. But for us, it's broadly about pursuing sustainability...
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It was during a brainstorming session with the Chelsea fire brigade that British inventor and engineer Yusuf Muhammad learned that...
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Toast Ale is the UK’s first beer produced with bread. The award-winning craft beer uses surplus fresh bread from bakeries and sandwich...
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“We are trying to demonstrate that it is possible to build projects that combine sustainable economic activity with social inclusion...
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In a sea of pharmacies, stationery sellers and coffee shops, one social enterprise in a swarming Lewisham shopping centre, London,...
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“The peasant way of life is one of the most precious things we have on this planet to shine a...
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“Small Food Bakery is a journey to try and build a localised, non commodity food system, perhaps masquerading as a...
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Excited by biofertilisers? Want to know about biodynamic vines, Catalonian chickens and compost tea – or get down and dirty...
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"This is not just be a destination for people who want to shop in a socially impactful way – although...
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A revolutionary supermarket is proving that Brighton really does rock, by making it easier to be a good consumer. Rather...
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Ground control to major impact! dashboard.earth wants you to feel good while helping the planet – and be rewarded while...
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Described as “The Glastonbury of business“ (minus the wellington boots, silent disco and huge clean-up operation), Meaning is an edgy...
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Creating opportunities for women is exactly what Raven + Lily is all about. A flagbearer for gender equality and female...
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Ask anyone working in construction and they’ll tell you: the industry has been stuck using the same techniques for the...
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Glitter gets everywhere, and I mean EVERYWHERE. A weekend at a festival can lead to weeks of picking the sparkly...
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Global sportswear giant Nike has unveiled a hijab designed for female Muslim athletes... and the press went wild. After sparking a flurry of...
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Modern life feels like it can race out of control and it's hard to create positive change alone – but...
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In 2010, Sir Andre Geim and Kostya Novosolev won the Nobel Prize in Physics for successfully isolating graphene – a...
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"Imagine if you could take billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year, safely, effectively, economically and...
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“The ice caps are melting, Leonard. In the future, swimming won’t be optional!” So says the inept genius Sheldon...
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Open Motors (formerly OSVehicle) is an example of a distributed 21st century design. Their purpose is to democratise mobility – by enabling...
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Innovative outdoor brand Houdini Sportswear is creating sportswear so pure that you can eat it. Based in Sweden, with a passion...
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Keeping up with the latest fashion can be an expensive business. Constantly buying and throwing away clothes is also really...
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Who would have thought at the start of 2017 that Bitcoin would increase 20-fold? Since it became the first decentralised digital currency released...
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Scott Nelson wants to fully embed a a resource-based economy inside existing market capitalism, just by issuing credit to people...
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What if you want to assess a proposed development's contribution to the social, economic and environmental pillars of sustainability? A new...
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So, how do you get power to the people who need it most, to those who can’t afford it? ...
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Eco-warrior and outspoken founder of the world’s first green energy company, Ecotricity, Dale Vince is on a mission to green up...
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When you buy local you are ensuring that your favourite shops, artisans and farmers can continue to do what they...
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Submitted by you: Coming out of Zug, Switzerland (dubbed 'Crypto Valley'), ShapeShift’s goal is ‘to be the fastest, most private...
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Submitted by you: The Estonians have a long history of trying new things in digital, and blockchain is no exception....
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Submitted by you: Ownership is a core area that most people ignore or don't think about when it comes to...
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Submitted by you: Based in Israel, Amos Meiri and the 30+ strong team at Colu are helping people to support...
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Although farming still seems like an un-cool career option to many young people, Mmabatho Morudi wants to change the face of agriculture: "It’s...
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Life used to pause with the setting sun in the bleak Azraq refugee camp in Jordan's remote and harsh desert. But...
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Submitted by you: Did you know that bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants in the world? After harvesting...
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Rivers move. Fires occur. Cities grow. Forests shrink. Icecaps melt. Ecosystems change. That's why Robbie Schingler founded Planet, with the mission...
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Within a hidden mad professor's lab in Berlin-Kreuzberg, one team is on a mission to feed a rapidly expanding population,...
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Food has always had a special place in human history. From the multi-religious traditions of “breaking bread” with friends and...
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A vegan mayo CEO wants to change the world by making the right thing easy and sexy: "The thing that, if...
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... and by nature. Good Energy is one of the most ethical and sustainable energy companies in the world. Providing 100%...
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Seattle-based mobile app Stuffstr may help multinational retailers transfer to the circular economy. Clothing giants such as H&M and The North...
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Filming movies wastes huge amounts of energy. That's why the Academy Award-nominated Hive Lighting wants to help Hollywood turn the lights of...
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