Green Earth Creations: Recycling Waste in Namibia and Supporting Country’s Economic Development
Green Earth Creations (GEC) CC, is a Namibian based recycling SME that was founded in 2016 with the goal to renew Namibia's recycling manufacture. The founders of Green EarthCreations are Liina Mutilifa (Engineer), Johanna Ithindi (Environmentalist), Palyomwene Mutilifa (Engineer), Tanson Elias
Solar Flight: Building Innovative Solar Powered Aircraft
It is a very exciting time for aviation: companies and innovators are working to deliver the next generation of aircraft which need to be built with a strong focus on sustainability as the global emissions of aviation are very relevant
The 2019 Green Awards: Innovation For a Sustainable Future
The 2019 Green Awards were held, this year, at the Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, as part of the Greentech Festival, a three day event to promote world-class sustainable innovation with a focus on green tech. Launched by former F1 World Champion
DreamGirls Academy: An opportunity for women’s empowerment in South Africa
DreamGirls Academy is a South African organization founded by Ezlyn Barends. Ezlyn understood since a very young age the importance of education to empower individuals and she has created this organization with the goal to help South African women. Could women
A Social Network Against Climate Change? Meet We Don’t Have Time
Could a social network help to save our planet? This is what Ingmar Rentzhog CEO and Founder of We Don't Have Time and his team believe, having created a social network with the purpose to fight climate change. Social networks
The NYC Curb-To-Market Challenge: an opportunity for a better circular economy
The deadline to submit your proposal for the NYC Curb-To-Market Challenge is coming up very fast: the last day will be June 1st at 11:59pm ET via www.curbtomarket.com . The NYC Curb-To-Market Challenge aims to create market opportunities for recyclable waste that
Pot Luck: The Altered State of Colorado Movie Preview – Should Cannabis Become Legal?
Impakter had the opportunity to have a pre-release viewing of the film Pot Luck: The Altered State of Colorado, by the British filmmaker Jane Wells. Jane, who is well known for her documentaries and films, has spent several years in
Learn Better With Rekindle Learning
Rekindle Learning is an innovative company founded by Rapelang Rabana in South Africa. She is a successful entrepreneur, and also been named a "Global Shaper" by the World Economic Forum. Rapelang Rabana believes it needs to be taken a radically different
Creating Eco-Friendly Businesses: Interview with Anousha Junggee
Anousha Junggee is a leader in creating Eco-friendly businesses in Africa: she is the co-founder and director at 1950 Design & Print and founder of Eco Hustle Co Ltd , a company that has two Eco-friendly brands: Sakili (up-cycled bags
Drones Planting Trees: An interview with BioCarbon Engineering
Deforestation, whether it is consequence of a catastrophe or directly done by humans, is one the greatest problems for our planet and it can, of course, affect our future. BioCarbon Engineering aims to be the solution against deforestation and to
Char.gy: an Electric Vehicles Charger in Every Lamppost
One of the main issues for people thinking about buying an electric vehicle is whether they have access or not to a spot to re-charge it. In cities like Paris or Rome, where the average citizen lives in a building
Envelio: Helping to Integrate Renewable Energy Sources into the Grid
Envelio is an innovative software for energy grids. It has been developed to help better integrate renewable energy sources, and new request for energy supply into the energy grid. It is a very interesting project, started in Germany, but that could