Douglas Gayeton is my guest today on Inside Ideas. In 2009 Douglas founded the Lexicon of Sustainability alongside his partner Laura Howard Gayeton. The Lexicon’s work accelerates the adoption of practices that build more resilient food systems and help combat climate change. An information architect, filmmaker, photographer and writer, Douglas has created award-winning work at …
Majbritt Kristensen is my guest today on Inside Ideas. The co-founder of ACT, which started out in 2018 when a group of friends came together and united on a goal to implement positive change in Malta, Majbritt has been heavily influenced by both her Mediterranean and Scandinavian upbringing. Majbritt’s background has been the trigger for …
Felix Dodds is my guest today on Inside Ideas. A leading thinker in the area of global governance for 30 years, he is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of North Carolina, where he is the Principal Investigator for the Belmont Forum funded project: Governance of Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience for Sustainable Development. He is secretary to the government Friends of …
Today Vinted, Europe’s largest online C2C marketplace dedicated to second-hand fashion, has announced the acquisition of United Wardrobe, the largest second-hand fashion platform in the Netherlands. The transaction will enable the combined group to accelerate its rapid expansion to new markets and extend its international footprint. With a combined member base of 34 million buyers… …
Today Grover, the German tech subscription company, is launching its service in the Netherlands, bringing flexible tech subscriptions to Dutch gadget lovers and those looking for an on-demand alternative to purchasing and financing consumer tech. Dutch customers can rent more than 1,300 products from Grover’s portfolio, at Grover’s customary rental periods of 1, 3, 6… …
Finnish startup Swappie, an online marketplace for buying and selling refurbished smartphones, today announces closing a €35.8 million Series B funding round. Participants in the round included TESI, alongside existing investors Lifeline Ventures, Reaktor Ventures, and Inventure, bringing the total amount raised by Swappie to €42.5 million. The funding will be used to accelerate Swappie’s international… …
Since 2017, the weSAVEeat app has been working to prevent food waste in Barcelona and Madrid by partnering with hundreds of establishments. Too Good To Go has now acquired the app, along with its partnerships in Spain. The weSAVEeat is no longer available, and its users can continue saving food through the Too Good To Go app…. …
In 2018, around 380 million tonnes of plastic were produced globally. Only a small percentage of this is recycled, with most of flooding our oceans, poisoning marine life and seabirds, or going into landfills. Researchers estimate that there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish by weight by 2050, and meanwhile, villages in… …