AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 10, 2017

Land O’Lakes , the Minnesotan agricultural cooperative and food brand business, has created a dairy entrepreneurship program to support dairy product startups that are at a plateau and have a hard time reaching scale, according to Patrick Aaberg, marketing director innovation, and new business development at Land O’Lakes. Following a similar structure to other accelerator programs in the sector, the Dairy Accelerator will consist of a three-month boot camp in the Twin Cities area focusing on bra

Startups 52

Startups Innovation Patents Health 52

Climate-KIC

JULY 12, 2017

Why have banks worth €6.1 trillion pledged to calculate their climate risks? How does an invisibility cloak makes solar panels work more efficiently? And, could minuscule vertical farms be coming to your local grocery store? This, and more, in the week’s ten biggest climate innovation stories. 1. Berlin start-up Infarm aims to put tiny vertical […].

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Innovation 40

Earth Gratitude

JULY 11, 2017

The Earth Day Network is the world’s largest environmental organization, partnering with over 50,000 organizations in over 190 countries. For additional information about their environmental literacy resources, their No Child Left Inside and Green our Schools campaign, visit EarthDay.org. This month, I had the pleasure to interview Kathleen Rogers and Ken Berlin, the president and CEO of The Earth Day Network and The Climate Reality Project , respectively.

Home Energy Monitoring 40

Home Energy Monitoring Earth Day Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 40

AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 10, 2017

Land O’Lakes , the Minnesotan agricultural cooperative and food brand business, has created a dairy entrepreneurship program to support dairy product startups that are at a plateau and have a hard time reaching scale, according to Patrick Aaberg, marketing director innovation, and new business development at Land O’Lakes. Following a similar structure to other accelerator programs in the sector, the Dairy Accelerator will consist of a three-month boot camp in the Twin Cities area focusing on bra

Startups 52

Startups Innovation Patents Health 52

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

Energy

Climate-KIC

JULY 10, 2017

An urban “algae farm” producing low-carbon protein and bio-fuel is one of the highlights on show this week at the future energy-themed Astana Expo 2017 in Kazakhstan. London-based EcoLogicStudio’s BIO.tech HUT is a three-part pavilion at the biennial world fair event, exploring the boundaries of biologically based architecture. The prototype aims to “probe the future, […].

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Energy Energy Carbon 40