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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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empowering underresourced communities through waste innovation: a q&a with Dr. Caroline Baillie of the University of San Diego

Venture Well

Caroline Bailie of the University of San Diego teaches students to design waste innovation solutions for the social and ecological challenges of discarded trash in California’s Tijuana Estuary canyons.

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EO Members Share Entrepreneurial Trends for the New Year

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Continued focus on sustainability. Investors and consumers prefer businesses that prioritize ecological impact and sustainability. Be it a product or service, technology and digital tools add to enhanced reach, innovation and overall customer experience. Immersive customer experience.

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One social entrepreneur and activist’s mission to defend the environment and indigenous communities in Venezuela

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Currently, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are in the midst of restructuring and adapting to the restrictions on our work in the country; the intention is to use virtual platforms to carry out our purpose and we have been doing so through online conferences and collaborative remote work. I think that’s a clear example of my growth.

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Innovative businesses that support local communities

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Juliana has dedicated herself to supporting the environment and developing a vision to “generate an ecological and sustainable awareness through a new form of design.” With a focus on sustainability, Juliana’s vision may inspire others to take action to diminish the quantity of waste in communities around the world.

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Creating climate solutions with YLAI alumni: Nina Escamilla in Mexico 

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

However, one of our main challenges is food waste, mainly associated with the first link in the chain with primary producers, for whom the impact is ecological and economical. I am passionate about everything related to food, how our systems work and how humans relate to each other through food. Thank you, Nina! government.

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Accelerating Sustainable Food Business Solutions to Reshape Our Cities

Impact Hub

More than four billion people work, live, and sustain themselves in the metropolis. Technological leaps have enabled many (though by no means all) of us city-dwellers to sustain ourselves adequately, despite breaking our traditional connection with agricultural life. Photo: Global Climate Strike 2019, Lausanne. Networks for change.