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Kids Organic, Apparel For A Healthy World
Revi Schlessinger, co-founder of Kid's Organic apparel company is not your average entrepreneur mother--she is a mover-shaker woman. Revi's work has taken her into the world of high tech giants to consumer products to the US government. As a consultant with...
Imagining Sustainability in 2030: Smart Farms to Super Batteries
Sure, 2014 saw its share of forward-thinking business investments and new, collaborative models in sustainability fields ranging from advanced agriculture to renewable energy. The year ahead, too, is already shaping up to be momentous for technologies, new business...
Empowering Evolution
Progress and peril have been reluctant partners for most of our civilized existence. The unprecedented material progress that we have now become accustomed to, has also passed on the real systemic costs to our people, places and planet. We still have no idea how to...
Smarter cities and systemic change: 2015 sustainability predictions
From Google's billion-dollar acquisition of smart energy pioneer Nest to the proliferation of sensors in "smart cities" around the world, 2014 was a big year for innovation in sustainability. All that adds up to massive opportunities at the intersection of business,...
Solar, drones, food: The top sustainability breakthroughs of 2014
‘Tis the season for year-end reflection. After all, what better way to celebrate the progress we’ve made and to begin envisioning what’s yet to come? The convergence of technologies — and of people from different sectors — is enabling and accelerating systemic...
Second round of VERGE Accelerate pitches keeps energy high
It’s no surprise that this VERGE Accelerate startup pitch competition was one of the most highly rated keynote sessions at our VERGE SF 2014 event in October. Who doesn’t love gaining insight into the innovation surging from the entrepreneurial community and the great...