Circular Economy

Insecta Shoes

Vegan footwear start-up Insecta Shoes is all the buzz

In Brazil, Insecta Shoes is at the forefront of the ethical fashion movement, an industry known for its disastrous effects on environment.

Plastic bottles upcycled for urban farming purposes

An urban agriculture project is sprouting out of used plastic bottles

In Yaoundé, a youth-based initiative is turning old plastic bottles into containers to grow vegetables in the city in order to promote urban farming.

The industrial park: an unexpected asset to the circular economy

Industrial parks are now brimming with interest

Due their resource-pooling capacity, industrial clusters have become significant in domestic economy.

Delicious fresh juice – with a hint of organic waste

Juice with a mission

Two companies are turning discarded fruits and vegetables into pressed cold juice in a fully circular way to tackle food waste.

Algramo

Algramo: Revolutionizing Shopping, gram by gram

Chilean entrepreneurs combine outdoor-market traditions with 21st century technology.

MotionECO

Oil to Fuel: A Win-Win for China

Biofuel produced from waste sources such as used cooking oil reduces GHG emissions & helps to improve food safety conditions in China.

Calvisius Caviar

Italian caviar producer offers model of integrated economy.

Calvisius has implemented a process to heat the tanks where the sturgeons are raised with the waste heat of a nearby steel plant.

Redd+

Reducing deforestation through the promotion of sustainable forest management practices

In Cameroon, Yoko municipality is launching a project for the protection of its forest, estimated at 135,000 hectares in size.

African Climate Reality Project

Raising public awareness on the issue of climate change

The African Climate Reality Project is scrambling to educate leaders and the general populace about what they can do.

Pioneering Industrial Symbiosis for Green Growth in Colombia

In Colombia, industrial symbiosis projects are being implemented in order to promote an innovation and market-development model that is also sustainable and efficient.

Sustainable Tourism

Too Much of a Good Thing?

A dramatic surge in the number of foreign visitors has prompted Spanish destinations to find new ways to encourage year-round tourism and promote lesser-known destinations.

China switching to sustainable models

It takes a village

China is betting on industrial symbiosis among residents of business parks to create a cleaner future