There’s an excellent chance that you purchase most of your fruits and vegetables from the local grocery store, particularly in the winter months. Although your supermarket may be a couple of blocks or miles from your home, the brightly coloured fruits and vegetables most likely came from a farm hundreds or even thousands of miles away. The process of growing and transporting high-quality organic produce requires a high level of effort, and coordination and some luck. We’ll explore the entire process from planting to shipping so you can understand how groceries, fruits and vegetables stay fres ..read more

We’re proud to announce that we have received over 70 applications for this year’s GTC. As you read this, we’re selecting the 20 participants for 2016. Some of the participants have already secured themselves a spot in the sprint, simply because their business concepts are brilliant and have the potential to grow and make an impact globally. Meet “Too Good To Go” One of these brilliant participants is Too Good To Go. There is a fair chance you already know them, since they have more than 600.000 registered users worldwide. Too Good To Go reduces food waste by connecting a variety of food supp ..read more

Put simply, ocean acidification is the imbalance of chemical content in ocean water; whereby there is increased acidity, and upward temperature changes. Water with a pH,of 7 is pure. The closer it gets to 0, the more acidic the water is, and the closer it gets to 14, the more basic it is. The ocean has experienced a26% pH drop in the last century. Ocean acidification has negative effects on sea-life and the ecosystem. We have written,here, that ocean acidification disrupts the growth and productive health of some sea life, the most vulnerable being shellfish larvae, and developing fish. Anothe ..read more

In recent years, there has been an awakening in the general public when it comes to environmental responsibility, putting immense pressure on companies to deliver sustainable and eco-friendly products. A possible solution that stands out from its competition has been presented by Mycorena, a biotechnology company in Sweden, where the key method relies on the use of edible filamentous fungi as a high-protein substituent component for the feed industry. You might think that the concept of using edible microorganisms is hardly of any recent discovery, which is true, but the beauty in the process ..read more

For years we’ve listened to environmentalists and conservationists talk about the need to reduce plastic waste. This problem does not seem to be going away as quickly as it should. Not only do new plastic waste deposits still make it into the ecosystem, but because plastic is not biodegradable, it will take decades to rehabilitate the ocean. In recent years, concern has risen about the effect plastic waste could have on human health. This concern comes with research efforts into the presence and life cycle of plastic in the ecosystem. More specifically, microplastic. The article Importance of ..read more

The Blue Economy is sustainable use of ocean resources for: economic growth, improved livelihoods, job creation, and ocean ecosystem health. Achieving a sustainable Blue Economy requires amplified conversation, education and intentional efforts in ocean conservation. The world relies on the ocean for survival, and its human inhabitants all participate in at least one daily activity, which affects the ocean ecosystem. We are all stakeholders of the ocean, participating in activities which either support, or disrupt ocean conservation. In order to reverse climate change and secure sustainable ga ..read more

Frederik Van Deurs, Co-Founder of Green Innovation Group A/SDiary from the future 17/04/2050I woke up this morning, took my coffee in front of the sea and opened my diary. It’s been a long time since I have written something in here, but today I felt special as I had a dream, a flashback actually, of when the world was predicted to end. As we get used to evolution and technology, we tend to forget what it felt like to live in an uncertain and uncomfortable world.In only 30 years so many things have changed.I used to take my car to move around. Today, in 2050 they're already obsolete, as we don ..read more

“Whoops, sorry, didn’t see you!”, I said in all earnest. It was a phrase uttered way too often as I navigated the tango dance floor in the huge dance hall of La Viruta. Most often the phrase escaped my lips just as I was wrapping up a complex series of steps. More precisely the moment coincided with me looking at me and my partner’s feet as I tried to make sure that my yet crude attempts at elegant and flawless dancing didn’t involve crushing toes and ripping out nails from toes and floor-boards alike.It wasn’t a question of me not knowing the steps. Alongside my best friend, and future co-fou ..read more