Taking Nursing to the Streets: An Interview With Infirmiers de rue
Working toward eradicating homelessness in Belgium, the non-profit Infirmiers de rue [Street Nurses] strives to achieve this goal by bridging the gaps between homeless people, health services and the environment. Convinced that “each person can be made aware of the importance
Adapting Cities to Climate Change: An Interview With Green Urban Data
Founded in Valencia just under two years ago, Green Urban Data is a startup whose software integrates big data and satellite technology to provide municipalities, consultancy companies and citizens with the “tools to fight the effects of climate change,” essentially
Listening to Our Buildings: An Interview With BEAD
"Your building speaks; we listen and provide relevant solutions," says the team behind BEAD, an artificial intelligence technology company working in the area of building optimization. According to a report by the World Green Building Council, "[b]uildings and construction together account
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: An Interview With GOOD KRAMA
The krama is one of those traditional pieces of cloth, the tradition in this case being Cambodian, which to its culture represents more than just an ordinary clothing item. Worn by locals of virtually all ages and backgrounds, and applicable to
Renewable Energy as a Basis for the Global Economy: An Interview With Poduhvat
Poduhvat has a goal of replacing fossil fuels as a basis for the global economy with renewable energy. Their inventions, designed and developed with the intention of helping bring this goal to realization, include wind turbines applicable to urban environments
One’s Waste, Another’s Treasure: An Interview With Episome Biotech
Initially founded as a research and development laboratory, biotechnology company Episome Biotech is endowing our world with new industrial enzyme technologies that have the potential to reform conventional and unsustainable solutions to problems across a range of industries. Some of these
Pipistrel & Honeywell: A Memorandum of Understanding for the Future of Urban Mobility
Earlier last year we wrote about Pipistrel, an award-winning small aircraft designer and manufacturer striving to change the game of the sustainable aviation industry with electric-powered aircraft. Through an interview with Ivo Boscarol, the company founder and a six-time winner
Enough Bloody Shirts: The 1 in 5 Million March
Prone to Protest Belgrade is no stranger to the sensation of tens and hundreds of thousands of feet walking and running and protesting over its asphalt grounds. In fact, 2019 marks the 130th anniversary of the city’s first documented protest in
The Greener, The Better: Copenhagen’s Green Wave of Sustainable Startups
In Copenhagen, economic growth, sustainability and high quality of life are inextricable fruitfully and in ways that can scarcely be seen in other cities. These areas, their synergistic compatibility and the practically effortless yet effectual emphasis placed on them —
The Ocean Cleanup: Cleansing Our Oceans From Our Plastic Sins
Six years ago, Boyan Slat, at the time an 18-year-old aerospace engineering student, appeared at TEDxDelft to present his idea of what we could do to tackle one of the most demanding issues of global sustainability: plastic pollution. Merely a year