It’s in our hands to make a difference; but to do this, collaboration and conversation by government and business with the tech italy cell phone database industry is essential to help surface the tools to deliver climate impact at scale.
Fast forward to COP27, and beyond talking about solutions and tools
what do I hope next year’s reportage uncovers?
I’m hopeful that HOW we get there takes centre stage, or at least makes up the bulk of those 2 billion results.
A Tasmanian startup pioneering the commercial production of a seaweed that has the potential to dramatically cuts methane emissions from livestock has won the Ocean Impact Pitchfest 2021.
Sea Forest impressed the judges from among more than 200 applications from 45 countries.
The runner up is Saathi, an Indian startup
improving the lives and livelihoods of women and farmers with healthy, biodegradable and accessible sanitary pads created from banana tree waste – greatly reducing pollution and promoting a circular economy. The second runner up is Great Wrap, a Sydney startup creating compostable cling wrap from food waste with the goal of making the in-demand product ocean friendly by being completely marine biodegradable.
The Winner of the HP Generation Impact
Incubator is Emile Theau, a nanotechnology engineer and co-founder of Sine Surf, which has developed patented technology to create sustainable surfboards using wood, resulting in a twelth of the plastic waste of conventional surfboards.
The first Runner Up of Generation Impact was Sian Murray, a digital marketing specialist and co-founder of Pleasant State, which is on a mission to reduce plastic waste and promote the reuse economy with refillable, accessible and ocean friendly cleaning product solutions.
The second Runner Up of Generation Impact was Curtis Sciacca, co-founder of Nurtured.Co, which aims to restore and rejuvenate coral reefs worldwide by using new age technologies that enhance artificial reef growth.