Autodesk – Designing the Future
In this series you’ll hear about the creative innovations that entrepreneurs, start-ups & cleantech companies are designing and building to shape a more sustainable future.
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News / Manufacturing
Tapping the sun for safer healthcare
A new device that can sterilise surgical instruments using just sunlight and water could help to prevent infections and save lives in rural areas and disaster-struck zones.
News / Waste
There's something fishy about this skateboard
EB Studio
From fishy to funky - here's how Chilean company Bureo recycles unwanted fishing nets into skateboards and sunglasses.
News / Food & Agriculture
Mealworms: The new climate-friendly superfood
EB Studio
Nutritious, resource-efficient, and widely available: Insects may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but could they help feed the planet’s growing population? Hong Kong-based startup Livin Farms offers home cooks a clean, easy way to get a jump-start on embracing the food of the future.
News / Manufacturing
A light of hope for China's rural children
EB Studio
Some 3 million people in China live without electricity, making daily activities such as studying difficult. Social entrepreneur Quan Quan Zhang has developed a low-cost solar lamp to help children in China's remote areas gain an education.
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14 January 2016
27 November 2015
Energy
Getting smart about energy
27 October 2015
29 September 2015
5 August 2015
Transport
The scooter that lets you float to work
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News / Energy
As Asian heatwaves require burning more fossil fuels, fears of a slower transition grow
Gas and coal demand is up in South and Southeast Asia, as governments look to get people enough … -
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News / Waste Management
Plastic pollution is surging, so what are governments doing?
UN plastics treaty negotiations resume in Paris to protect the environment from worsening impacts of waste worldwide. -
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News / Food & Agriculture
How Indonesia's smallholders are reducing pesticides in coffee
EB Studio Coffee growers in Indonesia face many challenges in meeting the maximum residue limits for pesticides in coffee. Adopting … -
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News / Policy & Finance
Indonesia, Malaysia cry 'discrimination' in lobbying against EU palm oil restrictions
Indonesia and Malaysia will send top officials to Brussels to voice concerns over a new regulation that bans … -
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News / CSR
SDG adoption is high, but more real action needed to achieve goals: UNDP’s Fabienne Michaux
Signalling alignment with the United Nation's global goals 'is not a bad thing', but businesses need to put … -
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News / Waste Management
Explainer: Why fast fashion brands destroy unsold clothes
One truckload of perfectly wearable textiles is dumped in landfills or incinerated every second. Why? And what is …
