The 2019 Techstars Sustainability Accelerator in Partnership with The Nature Conservancy has kicked off with ten tech companies arriving in Denver for the second year of the first-of-its-kind program. The accelerator provides mentorship, investment, and resources to help entrepreneurs rapidly scale-up technology that is solving…
A new zero-waste e-commerce platform called Loop started testing in New York City and Paris in May, so many residents in those cities no longer have to worry about stacking up empty detergent containers and shampoo bottles in the recycling bin. Learn More
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) today announced that the TNC-managed Cumberland Forest Project has acquired 253,000 acres of working forest land in the Central Appalachian coalfields of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. The project represents one of the largest and most innovative land conservation and ecological restoration…
Food Lion is offering its customers an easy and affordable way to join with the retailer to fight child hunger by offering specially-designed reusable bags. Customers can purchase a bag through August 6, or while supplies last, for $1 at any Food Lion store, and…
In 2015, the world came together around an ambitious vision for a safer, healthier, and more prosperous world by 2030 to create an agenda that articulated 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Now the agenda is four years in, and this September, world leaders will come…
Anna Brown, director of The Nature Conservancy’s Climate Adaptation Strategy, discusses ways to rethink how we plan and prepare for flooding, the most costly and common natural disaster in the United States. Brown states, “Too often the role that nature can play in reducing flood…
After years of widespread coral die-offs, teams of marine scientists in Florida are learning how we may be able to replant reefs. The dive team—led by Lustic, The Nature Conservancy’s marine conservation manager for South Florida, and composed entirely of women—are getting the corals settled…
Kwame Owusu-Boateng, Chief Executive Officer of Opportunity International Saving and Loans (OISL), won the Outstanding Non-Bank Financial Services CEO of the Year award at the 9th annual Ghana Entrepreneur and Corporate Executive Awards ceremony in Accra in May. The award ceremony is the flagship event of the…
The Nature Conservancy has been working with Peruvian dive fishers for four years, to help them manage their fishing grounds more effectively and ensure they get the best out of what they have. The pilot project is using TNC’s technical experience to help small fishing…
A new partnership between The Nature Conservancy and the Techstars global network saw Ten tech startups converge not only to secure funding for a new business idea, but to try—each in their own way—to save the world. The meeting is a first-of-its-kind mashup between the…
