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The blockchain’s emerging role in sustainability
How Blockchain could help with sustainability. Provenance is a powerful concept that has applications far beyond the flow of money. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Booking.com launches accelerator to support startups in sustainable tourism
Nice to see Booking.com launching a startup accelerator for companies that promote sustainable tourism. A mere dent in the industry, no doubt, but a start. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Edinburgh universities support low-carbon startups
In Edinburgh, the town’s 3 main universities are collaborating to help support SMEs with a low-carbon focus. 200 products and services have emerged in the last 5 years. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE
The Internet of Things is narrowing the gap between data and positive contribution
The excitement about the Internet of Things is rarely more worthwhile than when it delivers real human contribution, as in these case studies in agriculture and medicine. Supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Student startup connects local farmers with city dwellers
This startup goes to farmers who have excess produce, and links them to local (likely well-heeled) suburbanites who want to eat local food. Great match, satisfies a need, stops waste, and reduces the environmental hazards of moving food. Good luck to them. A model that surely could be replicated in a lot of places. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Knox high school student and his dad start business to support veterans’ charities
Being mission-led doesn’t need to be complex. This fashion retailer, set up by a high school student simply donates a percentage of its sales to veterans’ charities. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Take your trash to the bank
This Indonesian bank creates bank accounts and pays cash into it for people who bring in recyclable garbage. The waste is recycled on and sold to manufacturers for reuse. Backed by the municipality (which has a problem with waste, so they have a vested interest), it’s a model that could be far more widely used. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Sustainability IS these Indian startups’ business
These Indian businesses aren’t simply aiming to be sustainable. They have made sustainability their business model. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Predicting the next epidemic with big data
Big Data and Machine Learning predict the next major epidemic months in advance. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Using competitive advantages of blindness to create opportunity
Wonderful business model from Germany. Discovering Hands creates employment opportunities for blind women using their well developed sensory skills to look for breast cancer. Higher detection rates, and turning the effects of visual impairment into a strength. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE