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From its humble beginnings, PV Squared has grown incredibly over the past 15 years, and is on track to grow even faster in the future. It has also done a lot for the environment, and its ability to flourish under a co-op business model makes its story a truly unique organization.
Chelsea Green Publishing is the first American publisher to focus their concentration on the politics and practice of sustainable living. Chelsea Green created a sustainable social enterprise that highlights environmental and social issues, and addresses them by informing and educating the public with an extraordinary backlist of non-fiction books. Chelsea Green is recognized as a leader in the industry and as the leading publisher of books in this space.
1. A promise of something for everyone
2. Venture 1: Charity
3. Venture 2: Operation Smile
4. Venture 3: Miss Amazing Pageants
DeBaise Lawn Care has found a way to be profitable while benefiting their business and the environment. Stephen DeBaise, founder and CEO of DeBaise Lawn Care, takes pride in maintaining hearts by maintaining lawns.
Adam Zhang is the founder of the Shanghai STEMCLOUD Center, which is the first STEM Education platform in China. Since its inception, the center has been committed to carefully building quality STEM education. The STEM education serviced by the center aims to develop students' ability to use science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to solve practical problems.
Impossible foods is an innovative company with the mission to provide the world with plant-based alternatives to animal products that taste as delicious as the real thing but have far less environmental impact.
The President of the Jiangtian Hotel, Jihua Cui, created a green food product environment in the hotel restaurant so the customers can stay healthy and don't need to leave the hotel to eat organic green meals. Recycling the kitchen's waste also saves the hotel money and serves the environment.
"UniMealPlan is an off-campus meal plan by students for students." It allows students to purchase something other than the on-campus meal plan, which is usually outrageously priced. Students can also choose options that are much healthier than the current campus accommodations.
Innovaqua Water Solutions with its star product NUBE (cloud) aims to create water from the collection of air moisture particles, foster a sustainable culture, teach children the caring of water, create a sustainable awareness and provide solution of a world problem: scarcity water.
Indonesia's (or the world's!) solution to the plastic epidemic. Are you aware that the products we use everyday such as plastic cutlery, paper cups, and plastic bags for a mere 30 minutes can have a negative impact on earth for centuries? Yes these extensively used products are only be able to decompose after hundreds of years later. Avani is established to address this single-use plastic problem using cassava, a tropical root found abundantly in Indonesia.
Fabdesign is in the business of textile science. Traditionally, textiles are produced through laborious techniques, such as cut and sew, that produce considerable waste and have many limitations. The founders, Connie and Bruce Huffa, help clients produce state of the art products that do not require fabric cutting, use minimal sewing, and produce little to no waste. By using flat knitting technology (knitting in sheets instead of a circle), Fabdesigns is able to knit to shape and knit 3-dimensionally. This technique has allowed the company to reduce waste, improve productivity, and spur innovation throughout the manufacturing industry.
Nifty Aides creates products that are sold to assist the hearing and vision impaired. Nifty Aides understands how important it is for customers and clients to have access to products that make their everyday tasks and activities easier and independent living more feasible. Nifty also provides furniture and accessories to help the immobile, and a variety of medical supplies to help with most health care needs.
Chicza is the first organic, totally natural and biodegradable chewing gum produced in a sustainable way from the chicozapote trees in the Mayan rainforest by a consortium of indigenous chicleros (gum extractors) that directly benefit from the fair trade of the gum.
American Prison Data Systems (APDS) is changing education in our corrections system. By developing a technology platform that grants access to educational material, APDS is helping to reduce recidivism, decrease violence, and improve staff safety while also reducing costs for the public.
Sky Factory uses unique digital technology to build virtual windows and skylights that will help people be reminded of their connection with the outside world. Sky Factory installations create healing enclosed interiors by bringing the vastness of the sky inside.
Poverty alleviation; Health and Well-being; Building resilient communities.
Community Foods Initiative North East (CFINE) was established in 1997, with the aim to alleviate food poverty, by collecting supermarket food waste and redistributing it, via foodbanks, to those in poverty. The organisation promotes healthy eating by redistributing large quantities of healthy fruit and vegetables otherwise destined for landfill.
The organisation was formed when a group of seven small food cooperatives decided to work together, and formed the Food Cooperatives Network North East. The company consists of 30 members of, over 130 volunteers and work placements; including adults with learning difficulties in supported training. CFINEs initial aim was to reduce hunger by supporting individual food coops and helping them to work together.
Since its inception, CFINE has been committed to alleviating poverty and improving health and wellbeing by distributing fresh food, particularly fruit and vegetables. However, CFINE has expanded and now provides a wide range of support to disadvantaged and vulnerable people throughout the North East of Scotland.
The organisation currently supports over 60 community food outlets, works with 200 partners and has a wholly owned commercial enterprise which delivers fruit and vegetables to local businesses and other customers, the profit from from which are then redirected back into supporting the foodbanks.
The organisation also addresses environmental issues, poverty, hunger, and inequality. The organisation's chief executive Dave Simmers believes strongly that issues such as poverty should not exist in North East Aberdeenshire in 2017.
CFINE estimates that it will distribute over 70,000 food parcels in 2017, including 500 tonnes of fresh produce, and in diverting this food, otherwise destined for landfill, CFINE also reduces the environmental impact of food waste, which Mr Simmers describes as 'staggering.'
Challenging inequalities; Training and Development; Furniture and textile re-cycling and up-cycling.
“Cothrom” is the Gaelic word for “opportunity”. The organisation believes that everyone has the potential to grow and develop in skills and confidence and that everyone, regardless of personal circumstances, should have the opportunity to do so.
Cothrom Ltd. is a Community Learning and Development organisation, based on the Hebridean island of South Uist. They serve a population of approx. 6,000 in a remote 100 mile island chain from Berneray to Barra. Cothrom is community owned and managed, with 541 local members. Set up in 1992 to support women returning to work, Cothrom has grown into an established Scottish Qualifications Authority accredited training provider, with a diverse portfolio of adult learning and training opportunities. There were 182 learners across all of Cothrom’s training programmes over the past year.
The learning centre opened in September 2007 and since then Cothrom has been established as the main learning provider in the Uists. The majority of Cothrom’s training is delivered in Uist but the organisation is now developing services throughout the Western Isles and are currently working with an organisation in Harris on the delivery of the Social Services and Healthcare SVQ to 6 learners and the Childcare SVQ to Foster Carers. They are also working with the Foyer Project in Stornoway to deliver the Tenancy and Citizenship award in partnership and with Storas Uibhist to bring weaving training to the Uists.
Cothrom ReStore is the furniture and textile recycling enterprise that provides training and work experience for those who are furthest from the employment market with additional needs and difficulties such as addiction, and learning and physical disabilities. At present they are constructing a new training and recycling premises for ReStore, beside Cothrom’s main learning centre. It will house workshops for furniture repair, manufacture of small household, gift and garden items and textile / craft work. This development will allow Cothrom to double the number of learners from 22 to 44 that can attend the project and to move towards sustainability through a much larger retail space and additional items for sale.