Europe’s new world of innovation
Innovators magazine » Circular Economy
by Susan Robertson
2M ago
A special edition of Innovators Magazine was released in the European Parliament in Brussels this week. It explores the past, present and future of Europe’s 21st century innovation story, and how every decade of it has been shaped by the ingenuity and drive of the Knowledge4Innovation Forum (K4I Forum) in the European Parliament. Join European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen; former Innovation Commissioner, Mariya Gabriel, and other leading figures of Europe’s 21st century innovation story to celebrate the impact of the K4I Forum: the many milestones, initiatives, and firsts that a ..read more
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Fashion for Good museum is going out in style
Innovators magazine » Circular Economy
by Susan Robertson
2M ago
Fashion for Good (FFG) is synonymous with the world of regenerative fashion. This month we reported the impact being made by the Amsterdam-based platform’s investor network, which since 2017 has ploughed €1.9 billion into reshaping the future of the industry. Now, as it plans for the next stage in its evolution, FFG is bringing the curtain down on its museum with the exhibition: What Goes Around Comes Around. Which celebrates the trailblazing work of artists, innovators and designers transforming the look and reputation of the fashion industry. Exhibition curator Sophie Jager-van Duren s ..read more
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Regenerative fashion is now on a good footing
Innovators magazine » Circular Economy
by Susan Robertson
2M ago
Fashion for Good (FFG) is the global trendsetter when it comes to creating the right environment for a regenerative fashion industry to grow and prosper. The Amsterdam-headquartered platform, alongside its investor network, has directed €1.9 billion in funding to change makers reshaping the future of the industry since 2017 – and it now plans to go even further. In 2023 FFG carried out interviews with brands, investors, innovators, NGOs, universities and more to learn how it can maximise its impact in the near future. The interviews told them innovation is the key catalyst for transformation ..read more
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New device turns toxic water into green fuel
Innovators magazine » Circular Economy
by Iain Robertson
4M ago
Highly polluted waters and seawater can be transformed into renewable sources of purified drinking water and green hydrogen fuels thanks to an innovative new device developed at Cambridge University. The floating solar-powered technology is the type of solution desperately needed by the 1.8 billion people worldwide still lacking safe drinking water at home and offers an alternative to the dirty fuels, like kerosene, many are forced to cook with; that are responsible, according to the World Health Organization, for three million deaths annually. The device, inspired by the process of photosynt ..read more
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Delhi students match style with love of the planet
Innovators magazine » Circular Economy
by Susan Robertson
9M ago
In the last of our three-part series on social entrepreneurs, Enactus Aryabhatta – led by students at Aryabhatta College, Delhi University, the team invites us inside the stylish homes combatting climate change with a little help from Project Ibtida. What is Project Ibtida? The students of Enactus Aryabhatta have taken a bold initiative with Project Ibtida. Ibtida has revolutionised the consumer market with its unique solutions that combat climate change. Our goal is to transform unexplored sources of pollution into innovative products. We’ve partnered with GreenJams, the creators o ..read more
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Enter Youth Art Challenge: From Waste to Art
Innovators magazine » Circular Economy
by Susan Robertson
9M ago
Open to all artists worldwide 35 and younger the ‘RCE Youth Art Challenge: From Waste to Art’ is looking for works inspired by community action advancing SDG 12 — responsible consumption and production. The competition is being organised by UNESCO and the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS). “We’re looking for your creative works of art which demonstrate how you or your local community is working to achieve sustainable consumption and production.” the competition website explains. The application deadline is 15 August 2023. More details ..read more
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8 million reasons to love this student-run social enterprise
Innovators magazine » Circular Economy
by Susan Robertson
9M ago
Students at Aryabhatta College, Delhi University are behind innovative social entrepreneurship organisation, Enactus Aryabhatta, which runs projects focused on building a community that is socially, economically and environmentally sustainable. I caught up with the Enactus Aryabhatta team to learn more about three of these projects. And first up they told me about Project Palaash and how it is tackling pollution caused by the fast-fashion industry. This innovative project has the potential to make a substantial impact within and beyond India. Who are Enactus Aryabhatta? Enactus Aryabhatta c ..read more
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What clothes would the planet want us to wear?
Innovators magazine » Circular Economy
by Marc Buckley
1y ago
Journalist and author, Lucianne Tonti is the the fashion editor of The Saturday Paper and a regular contributor to The Guardian where she writes the weekly series Closet Clinic. Lucianne has also written her first book: Sundressed: Natural Fabrics and the Future of Clothes – which she spoke with me about on Inside Ideas this week. The fashion industry, one of the world’s worst emitters, causes around 10% of all global greenhouse gas emissions, something Lucianne in her book shows can – and is – changing. “Now we have arrived at a place described as ‘ultra-fast fashion’.,” she tells me. “We ar ..read more
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Fashion in good hands with these new innovators
Innovators magazine » Circular Economy
by Susan Robertson
1y ago
Yesterday’s guest on the Inside Ideas podcast with Marc Buckley was journalist and author, Lucianne Tonti. The fashion editor of The Saturday Paper, she is also a regular contributor to The Guardian where she writes the weekly series Closet Clinic. The regenerative fashion consultant was speaking to Marc about her new book: Sundressed: Natural Fabrics and the Future of Clothes. And the form this future of clothes takes is being woven by the types of innovators supported by the Fashion for Good initiative, which is at the forefront of accelerating solutions for a sustainable fashion indus ..read more
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How to make clothes a better fit for the planet
Innovators magazine » Circular Economy
by Marc Buckley
1y ago
My guest today on Inside Ideas is the journalist and author, Lucianne Tonti. The fashion editor of The Saturday Paper, she is also a regular contributor to The Guardian where she writes the weekly series Closet Clinic; her writing also appears in Australian Vogue. Lucianne’s first book Sundressed: Natural Fabrics and the Future of Clothes, already released in Australia will be published by Island Press in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom this year. Ahead of its launch in these countries Lucianne speaks to me about her book, as well as her hopes and fears about the world of fas ..read more
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