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Sustainability toy: Lego is re-releasing one of its most rare and beloved designs
Lego created this toy windmill for fellow Danish corporation, Vestas, in a limited edition. It became very popular and people now pay unto $1,000 for the windmill in online auctions. The popularity of the sustainability toy has made Lego decide to relaunch the windmill. From Black Friday onwards it Read More...
Pot luck: the paint recyclers who put leftover gallons to good use
Rare is the DIY dilettante with the foresight to know they are never going to use the rest of that paint they stashed in the shed after doing up the living room. Who hasn’t kidded themselves that they really are going to touch up all those grubby spots with the leftovers in years to Read More...
New benchmark will rank companies on their sustainable development goals
In the world of social enterprise and impact investing, perhaps the most universally accepted guide is the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Introduced in 2015, the 17 inter-connected goals now form an organizing principle for many entrepreneurs, as well as Read More...
A trip to Africa inspired these friends to create a global platform for artisans
In 2012, best pals Lauren Conrad (The Hills, fashion designer & author) and Hannah Skvarla took a trip to Africa that changed their lives. The local women they met with expressed their need for a reliable source of income to support their Read More...
Fair Trade - A people based solution to poverty and exploitation
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Chocolate once reigned supreme in Central America: The Mayans considered it the food of the gods, and they used cocoa beans as a form of currency. But the birthplace of chocolate has benefitted little from the chocolate boom — despite that this is where most of Read More...
Fair-trade deals provide safety net for Ivorian cocoa producers
In Ivory Coast, cocoa once guaranteed farmers a sweet life. Then the world's number one producer was whacked, as oversupply and falling demand from health-conscious consumers hit Read More...
Walmart is deploying the blockchain to stop bacterial outbreaks for its produce
To protect against the possibility of bacterial outbreaks for its leafy greens, Walmart is making use of a blockchain system to track the shipments of their produce. That way, Walmart can trace the vegetables’ path from the farm to the store in order to find the source of any potential outbreak Read More...
Is this finally the beginning of the end for the password?
Passwords are under attack in a war on multiple fronts. Just today, Microsoft announced the rollout of password-free login using its Microsoft Authenticator app while the digital security company Yubikey announced a new version of its USB security keys that forgo the need for passwords Read More...
Microsoft is offering up its AI technology to humanitarian groups
Microsoft has launched a third humanitarian program under the company’s AI for Good Initiative. Over the next five years, the program will put $40 million towards initiatives focused on four priorities—disaster response, needs of children, refugees, and displaced people and human rights. The Read More...
Norway's newest ships give a glimpse into the future of sustainable seafaring
Western Norway’s rustic port village of Flåm, a remote goat-farming hamlet and summer escape set deep among the region’s icy fjords and towering, snow-capped peaks seems an unlikely launch site for the future of sustainable nautical Read More...