Tagged: empower communities

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Helping Refugees Become Entrepreneurs

Asylum application process can take years to complete which can inevitably be very frustrating for refugees. Enter, Startup Refugees, a network that want to harness the intellectual capital of refugees, combined with the Finnish entrepreneurship...

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Crowdsourcing a Global Internet of Things Network

The internet was made possible by people who connected their networks and allowed traffic to pass through their servers for free. The Things Network is doing the same for the Internet of Things by creating abundant...

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Utilizing Waste to Build Roofing System

In the past, we have highlighted companies like Ecovative – that uses mushroom to replace plastic foam, and Eco-BLAC, which uses industrial waste to make bricks. Now, we would like to introduce Re-Materials, an innovative start-up...

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Recycling Plastics to Reduce Poverty

People in developing countries don’t have access to proper waste management. As a result, plastic is often thrown onto the streets which eventually makes it’s way into ocean. It is estimated that about 8 million tons of...