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  • Meet the TikTok stars using viral videos to save the planet

    Rosie Frost

    January 28, 2021 |

    Euronews |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The growing account known as “EcoTok” on the social media app TikTok is working to expose more people to data about the climate crisis and tackle scientific misinformation. With more than 80,000 followers and 1.2 million likes, the account features short videos with scientists, students, and activists highlighting ways that young people can be more sustainable. Their ability to engage people in environmental and scientific issues has led to partnerships with TED Countdown and the UN Environment Programme.

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  • Can global innovation competitions help unearth the next sustainability solution?

    Fanni Daniella Szakal

    January 28, 2021 |

    Ensia |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    Initiatives set up by NGOs and private-public partnerships aim to make innovation possible around the world and support sustainability entrepreneurs in countries that often don’t have access to those opportunities. The European Institute of Innovation and Technology set up the ClimateLaunchpad competition to provide entrepreneurship coaching and training to clean-tech finalists and the Uplink global platform from the World Economic Forum brings innovators and investors together to support sustainability ideas.

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  • Is a pandemic a good time to start a business? For some, the answer's yes.

    Stan Finger

    January 08, 2021 |

    The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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    Response Location: United States, Wichita, Kansas

    A handful of entrepreneurial individuals in Kansas have found success in starting businesses during the pandemic by leveraging customer needs and pandemic relief funding. Although this business plan isn't "foolproof," in Kansas and nationwide, the number of entrepreneurs who filed applications increased significantly compared to previous periods.

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  • The rise of the land salmon

    Sarah Cox

    December 19, 2020 |

    The Narwhal |

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    Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

    In Florida, a land-based salmon farming operation has optimized the ideal conditions for fish to be raised sustainably on land. “There is no winter here, there are no diseases, there are no sea lice. We optimize everything the fish needs," explains the company's chief sales and marketing officer. Although the practice is still "in its infancy" and struggles to return a profit, it has caught on elsewhere and land-based salmon are now sold in a variety of grocery stores.

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  • 'A mindset for survival': how to help small businesses survive Covid-19

    Anna Patton

    December 17, 2020 |

    Pioneers Post |

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    Response Location: Nicaragua

    Small businesses in the global South were able to survive the past year of COVID-19 and the domino effect it had on the business community with the help of enterprise support organizations. In addition to financial help, organizations like TechnoServe provided help with operations, business planning, reworking disrupted supply chains, pivoting to new business plans and markets, as well as HR management. The organizations drew from lessons learned in previous times of economic uncertainty to help entrepreneurs become resilient.

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  • How A 24-Year-Old CEO Makes Sustainable Tees from Milk

    Frank Sesno Dan Reed Eugenia Harvey

    December 15, 2020 |

    Planet Forward |

    Broadcast TV Talk Show |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    After witnessing milk going to waste on his uncle dairy’s farm in China, Robert Lou came up with the idea to turn the leftover milk into clothing. It takes five glasses of milk to produce one t-shirt and he’s sold over 3,000 of them since launching his company Mi Terro. He hopes to use 15 percent of the world’s food waste in 20 years to lower greenhouse gas emissions and supply income to farmers. He’s also piloting a new flexible packaging material out of grain products.

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  • Reusing, recycling, rethinking

    Jessica Wolfrom

    December 10, 2020 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Alexandria, Virginia

    Mason & Greens is a zero-waste store that reduces environmental impact by selling package-free items, from shampoo bars to organic produce. Dry goods and the wines, oils, and kombucha on tap are bought with reusable containers and priced by the ounce, which reduces plastic waste and allows customers to buy only what they need. In addition to minimizing products' carbon footprints, the store has been profitable since it opened and the owners say that, while prices are initially higher for consumers, reusable products may be less expensive in the long run because they don’t have to be replaced as frequently.

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  • Online directory aims to help Black businesses thrive in nation's whitest state

    Jordan Bailey

    November 22, 2020 |

    The Maine Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    An online directory is helping consumers find small, black-owned businesses in Maine. Black Owned Maine has highlighted businesses, providing examples of success for Black youth and has also provided grants for businesses seeking financial assistance.

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  • Crowdfunded solar puts Red Lake Nation on a path to energy sovereignty

    Frank Jossi

    November 13, 2020 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota

    The Red Lake Nation in Minnesota is building a 240-kilowatt solar array on top of a workforce training center, which will generate about half of the building’s electricity. This project was financed through crowdfunding, where they raised $250,000 from religiously inclined microlenders. The goal: to allow the tribe to have energy sovereignty, create higher-paying jobs, and maintain a healthy environment.

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  • In a boon for the climate, philanthropists are making it rain for cleantech innovators

    Adrienne Day

    October 30, 2020 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States

    Prime Coalition is financing clean tech startups and climate-focused technologies that often don’t get a lot of funding. These technologies can be expensive to build and don’t generate profits immediately. So far, the public charity has secured $89 million that it has given into 18 energy ventures. “What’s important here is that the climate crisis is such a large-scale problem that we need lots of different types of solutions,” says Sarah Kearney, founder of Prime Coalition, “and so we need to match up right-fit capital to each kind of solution.”

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