US Defense Department Launches Bioeconomy Plan Against Fossil Fuels
The US bioeconomy is scaling up to compete head-to-head with petrochemicals, with an assist from the Department of Defense.
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Beyond The Runway: Decarbonizing The Fashion Industry
Like much of our disposable society, the fashion industry has succumbed to quickly-produced trends sold at low price points. Add to that excessive production and consumption within the industry, and fashion is responsible for serious wastes of natural resources. Approximately 80% of clothing waste worldwide is either dumped in landfills … [continued]
Future Farms: Agritech Innovations To Feed A Changing Planet
The future of agriculture will be directly impacted by two of humanity’s biggest menaces on the horizon: population growth and climate change. With more mouths to feed and less planet to feed them on, and increasingly alarming predictions of environmental shifts, innovators working in crop agriculture have to figure out how to grow more food, faster, with fewer resources, by developing new technologies to scale up the planet’s food production mechanisms sustainably.
Enter The Women Startup Challenge For A Chance To Win $50,000
Learn more about the Women Startup Challenge (co-hosted by Women Who Tech and Google) to support female entrepreneurs in the cleantech space.
Tuna From A Lab — Frankenfood, Or Disruptive Tech?
The idea of laboratory grown meats is not new. Advocates of the technology funded a $330,000 lab grown hamburger to showcase that it could be done. The basic idea of lab-grown food is that stem cells from the actual animal species in question are used to create a substitute that is every bit as genetically real as its living, breathing cousin.
How Can Cleantech Companies Fast-Track The Path To Success? Borrow From Biopharma’s Playbook.
After years of living in biopharma’s shadow, the cleantech sector is showing encouraging signs of life. New cleantech start-ups are popping up, and angel investors are again interested in investing in the promise of clean energy. According to the Propel(x) Survey of Angels, more than half reported that they are interested in the sector. That’s a far cry from the early 2000s, when cleantech was avoided by the investment community. Still, whether biopharma or cleantech, promising new ideas can take years to grow into viable offerings — not to mention large amounts of capital for conducting research, building infrastructure, and establishing distribution networks. That’s where cleantech could benefit by borrowing a few pages from the biopharma playbook.
Clean Tech: #1 in Worldwide Venture Capital Investments
Clean tech has passed biotech and IT as the top venture capital (VC) investment category in the world. This is after investments in leading clean tech markets increased by 10% in the third quarter of this year. Cleantech Group released findings on Wednesday showing that the cleantech sector “accumulated $1.59 … [continued]
Biotechnology Can Cut CO2 Emissions & Help Build Green Economy
A new report released by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says that biotechnology is one possible solution to our climate change and our economic problems. It could have a dramatic effect on CO2 emissions, and it could also be part of the new green economy. How much can it help? … [continued]
