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Rotten Fruit Box

There is something rotten about Tony Fernandes’ startup venture in Portugal.  If you visit these farms and small orchards.  This corner of the world is qua...
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Giki so we don’t have to be Geeky

Jo Hand is concerned about climate change and thinks we should make sustainable shopping choices. But in practice, that tends to be difficult. Hand’s compa...
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Ripples of Sustainability

Jerry Winata thinks holistically and takes risks to increase sustainability for small islands in Indonesia, leading change for nations around the world.  W...
Tim O’Hara, founder of Rancho Mastatal, shows young students local plant species found on site. Via Rancho Mastatal

Going Back to the Countryside: The Story of Rancho Mastatal

Tim O’Hara is constantly in pursuit of a more hands on approach to environmental education. His methodology is rooted in a localized economy and local reso...
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Playing the Climate Change Game to Win

Imagine that you are walking down a road and you come to an intersection, a place where two roads merge to become one.  Let each of the roads represent a m...
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Firsthand Foods, Vlahoplus receive 2019 UNC Sustainability Awards

A women-owned food hub for local pasture-raised meat farmers and an advisor for an energy and utility industry management consulting firm are the recipients of the 2019 UNC Sustainability Awards, presented Sept. 5 at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill.
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Tale of Two Farms

Cultivating a Sustainable Movement Christina and Rebecca looked at each other. Misfortunate had ambushed their family farm just a month prior, and the youn...

Jamaican Sustainable Entrepreneur Ensures Paradise is Not Lost

Carol Lue teaching students at a local high school about CaribShare This is a story about giving.  Meet Carol Lue the founder of CaribShare Biogas in Jama...
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Sailing a Sustainable Enterprise

This is a story about Vision. Without vision or a point on the horizon, a sailboat can travel leagues without making progress toward a specific destination...
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A Cleaner World, One Bar of Soap at a Time

This is a story about connecting the dots. Samir Lakhani was building fish ponds in northern Cambodia, part of a project designed to help remote, rural vil...
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Sustainable Entrepreneur Puts Oumph! into Plant-Based Food

This is a story about audacity.   Our story’s protagonist is Anders “The Duck” Linden, a Swedish chef, environmentalists and rebel.   In 1995, Chef Linden ...
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An Entrepreneur’s Solution to the Caribbean’s PET Peeve

Anderson Wellington of the Caribbean is visionary, a entrepreneur, and committed to leaving a healthy planet to the next generation.   He is founder of th...

An Entrepreneur’s Journey to Create a Sustainable and Thriving Tanzania

This is a story about making a difference in one’s community and country. Patricia Patrice Majule is a 25-year-old native of Tanzania, and founder of Uniqu...
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A Sustainable Entrepreneur’s Hunger for Change

Nidhi Pant has long had a passion for creating change. After devastating floods in 2013 in her home region of India, she decided that her life goal would b...
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An Entrepreneur Connects Sustainability, Happiness and Architecture in Bhutan

Deependra Pourel believe that sustainability, happiness, and architecture are inextricably linked. Located in the Southern Himalayas, Bhutan is a rugged an...