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Edinburgh universities support low-carbon startups

Edinburgh universities support low-carbon startups

In Edinburgh, the town’s 3 main universities are collaborating to help support SMEs with a low-carbon focus. 200 products and services have emerged in the last 5 years. See original…
30 years guarantee on a t-shirt. How’s that for sustainability?

30 years guarantee on a t-shirt. How’s that for sustainability?

Following on from Patagonia’s lead, a number of startups are now creating clothing designed not to be thrown away every season. One brand even has a 30 year guarantee! Fantastic…
Startup aims to cultivate legit business skills in drug dealers

Startup aims to cultivate legit business skills in drug dealers

This startup aims to cultivate legit business skills in drug dealers. The founder, Bashaun Brown, is an ex-con who turned his shady business skills to good and is trying to…
Using crowdfunding to ethically bribe companies to make social changes

Using crowdfunding to ethically bribe companies to make social changes

Interesting take on crowdfunding. If there’s a company you’d like to see make an ethical change, you promise to spend cash there if they do it. If enough people pledging…
How A Mexican Startup is Turning Mango Scraps Into Nutritional Gold

How A Mexican Startup is Turning Mango Scraps Into Nutritional Gold

EatLimmo is making a success of recycling Mango waste to a nutritious powder that it sells to bakeries and others. An act of food alchemy, taking waste, turning it into…

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