Opening an app, sharing your location, and booking a zero-emissions plane ride with just one click. German aviation company Lilium has been raising funds to turn this vision into reality.
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Meet the new social media platform for worldwide landscape projects
Empowering people to make better, more sustainable and more transparent forest projects. It’s a goal that Germany-based company OpenForests pursues through explorer.land, an online platform that is changing the ways in which investors, donors and landscape developers communicate. Their recently launched Story Mapping app is making it even easier for companies and individuals to see the positive impact of their donations.
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Carbon footprint labelling: the new standard for the food industry?
The realization that food production accounts for 20 to 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions is increasing consumers’ awareness about their diet’s environmental impact. A growing number of companies addressing these considerations with transparent footprint labelling may slowly be setting the standard for the industry.
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London-based fashion startup overfunded within first day of crowdfunding campaign
In less than a day after launching its crowdfunding campaign, fashion brand BEEN London reached its investment target of 175,000 pounds. The London-based startup uses discarded leather to manufacture high-quality accessories.
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Stadtfarm is offering investors a stake in the future of food
Fresh fish and vegetables, grown locally and with little environmental impact. Stadtfarm envisions a future in which this is the rule, rather than the exception.
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More and more universities are turning searches into trees
An increasing number of universities is switching to Ecosia as its default search engine. With more and more users, the German-based company is poised to reach a hundred million trees planted by early summer this year.
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Hyper Poland is raising new capital in a series B investment round
Hyper Poland, which is developing magnetic rail technology to revolutionize the way we travel, is now seeking additional capital in a series B funding round on crowdfunding platform Seedrs, which would value the company at nearly 14 million euros. Founded in 2017, Hyper Poland develops energy-efficient and fast technology to…
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An enormous kite is lowering costs and emissions on cargo ships
Airseas’ Seawing is providing the shipping industry with a much-needed solution for its high costs and environmental impact.
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France is going to address plastic microfibers from washing machines
From 2025 onwards, new washing machines sold in France will require a filter for capturing plastic microfibers in order to combat plastic pollution.
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The Ocean Cleanup’s Interceptor is on its way to the Dominican Republic
After revealing their new solution to river plastic pollution last autumn, The Ocean Cleanup has continued the process of ridding the world’s waters of trash. The brand-new Interceptor has already made its way to Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. This week the organization sent its fourth Interceptor to the Rio Ozama…
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