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Founders from MIT With a Plan to Change How We Grow and Eat Food

Both Sides of the Table

It’s hard to grow enough food to meet these needs, not to mention in a sustainable way and in a world where water is increasingly in short supply. Tack on the challenges with land, bee population decline, heavy use of ecologically destructive fertilizers and pesticides and extreme food waste and this adds up to a real global challenge. .

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Marie Ekeland launches 2050, a new fund with radically ambitious, long-term goals

TechCrunch

2050 wants to focus on five fundamental areas — the future of food, better healthcare, improving education, shaping a sustainable lifestyle and fostering trust in the media and financial institutions. For instance, 2050 will contribute to Université Paris Dauphine’s class on the ecological challenges of the 21st century.

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Leveraging digital platform to amplify green participation by the public: An Ant Group case study presented at COP28

AsiaTechDaily

Register Participation from the general public is key to advancing green development for the future, said Sabrina Peng, Chief Sustainability Officer of Ant Group, at the China Pavilion of the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, UAE.

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Pancake aims to make customers flip for its virtual home design platform

TechCrunch

Customers can go on the website and book a session with a designer, providing them with measurements and photos of the room. Meza called the company “furniture-as-a-service,” with the main focus to reuse what already exists in a space to create healthy, sustainable spaces that someone can work in, live in and enjoy all at the same time.

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20 Years of Investing in Startups

Paul G. Silva

PV Grows A collaborative network dedicated to enhancing the ecological and economic sustainability and vitality of the Pioneer Valley food system. As the book world’s leading platform for exclusive access to sneak peeks, advance previews, and special giveaways, we live our mission every day and give readers a chance to See It First.

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