Written by: John Elkington and Charmian Love
Working to create change inside a company--or being a "systempreneur" working to change an entire system--can be just as valuable to society and the economy as charting your own course.
The Solar Pocket Factory is designed to revolutionize the microsolar industry, which makes tiny panels that may be the true future of solar.
The EcoBrolly isn’t like a normal umbrella: It requires a piece of trash to make it work. But it’s a lot easier to carry around, and there is usually a spare newspaper when you suddenly find yourself in the rain.
Philip Ross grows useful objects from fungus. He calls it "mycotecture." You might think it’s gross, but is it the sustainable building material of the future?
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What happens when a recycling plan is too successful? Sweden does such a good job recycling and turning its waste to energy that it has started importing trash from its neighbors.
Why send loud, traffic-clogging, air-polluting trucks rumbling through our city streets when we could instead employ a network of cargo bikes? That’s the plan that an alliance of activists, logistics firms, and city officials are trying to put in place across Europe.
Funded with a $3 million grant from the Gates Foundation, Portmont College blends online with in-person, and custom-built analytics with personalized coaching to help nontraditional students build both the skills and the character they need to compete.
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