News, venture profiles and big ideas from the Climate Ventures community
Inspired by the construction of a beehive, Dunya Habitats’ Tiny Farms snaps together for easy assembly, maximizes use of space and can be scaled as needed. We spoke with Founder Sugeevan Shanmuganathan about how Dunya came to be, and their hopes for the future.
Biopolynet’s patented BioNanoCoil can help companies increase their water recirculation efficiency and decrease the volume of undesired toxic sludges or “tailings” by-produced in their operations.
Are you an early-stage cleantech entrepreneur or know someone who is? Recruitment for our Earth Tech 2021 cohort is now open. Earth Tech is open to early-stage startups and nonprofit social enterprises working on climate and water solutions.
On October 28, Attend our Earth Tech Demo Night and meet the cleantech entrepreneurs helping to build the Next Economy. Watch startups from our Earth Tech accelerator pitch live, and vote to determine which three ventures will walk away with over $10,000!
The Centre for Social Innovation’s Climate Ventures Conversations are a chance to hear from climate innovators and leaders. This week, we spoke with Cat Abreu, longtime climate justice campaigner and Executive Director of Climate Action Network Canada – Réseau action climat Canada (CAN-Rac). Listen to our conversation here or below. About the Speaker Catherine […]
Earth Tech venture Clean Nature knows that it wouldn’t be safe to stop the practice of salting all together. So they have found a way to prevent excessive salt use. Their tools? Local real-time meteorological, environmental, and road conditions.
CANN Forecast is preventing water-related crises with their InteliSwim and InteliPipes technology.
The Centre for Social Innovation’s Climate Ventures Mornings are a chance to hear from climate innovators and leaders. In June, we spoke with Laura Witt, General Partner at the Drawdown Fund, which was inspired by the solutions outlined in Paul Hawken’s New York Times Best Seller, “Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming.” […]
Flash Forest’s drones fire seed pods into the ground at a rate of one per second, enabling them to plant at ten times the normal rate and at 20% of the cost.
Project Neutral’s calculator asks simple lifestyle questions, like what kind of transportation you use or how much meat you eat, and gives users an accurate measurement of their carbon footprint in just a few minutes.
Water Rangers empowers people without science training to sample the lakes and rivers near them, upload their data into an app, and learn to become stewards of their waterways.
Jofri Issac believes in a world in which every person understands that their choices have an impact on the planet. To make such a world a reality, he is developing a project to help communities learn about the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and apply that knowledge in their daily lives. His strategy: making the knowledge simple and accessible.