Utilisation of juice pulp waste

Pulpy Crisps wrote: As young people studying in the field of biology and caring about the environment, we discovered a great opportunity to reduce the waste from juice production by implementing the thrown out pulp in a fruity desert. It will be a great healthy alternative to the existing unhealthy snacks. At the same time our idea will help with the development of the circular economy and the sustainability in our country. This is why we are motivated to further develop our idea and bring it to life!.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Bulgaria

Use no-longer-usable textiles

Back to life wrote: People tend to buy new clothes, wear it for some time until it becomes used. Then they either. Collect it in their closets or just throw away into the dump and buy new one. So this circle goes. Again and again. Our idea is to collect already used textile to create new unique products (clothes, accessories). This is one of the ways how we could reduce the amount of textile in landfills and show that even old fabric can be brought back to life again... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Lithuania

URBiome

URBiome wrote: Climate change adaptation is acknowledged as one of the main challenges faced by mankind. As cities are becoming the dominant human setting, many local authorities are trying to deal with this issue by developing thorough adaptation plans. However, most cities still lack implemented plans, and even when they exist, they tend to be an administrative tools scarcely used by the common citizen. Thus, this is the perfect opportunity to implement an integrated web-sig platform for home searching, that shows the most relevant urban climate change-related layers, such as pollutant exposure, sea level rise or the urban heat island effect, as translated from the plethora of satellite remote sensing data available... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Portugal

Urban production of fresh spirulina

CyanoB wrote: Urban people are seeking local and healthy food, and alternatives to meat proteins. We provide a superfood (spirulina) made in cities with a decarbonized process, no arable land and a minimal amount of water, that we distribute by bike... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

France

Urban planning tool

Team UP wrote: To achieve this we are introducing a platform which gathers all information between planners, homeowners, real estate companies, and buidling companies in order to facilitate team building and information exchange. In this platform real estate develpers/builders can publish tenders for different teams to participate in. This will enable the creation of effective teams with the players required by the project. Once a proposal is chosen the selected team has the opportunity to further develop the project and maximize the design efficiency in order to reduce time and costs and to ensure that all the actors on the project have all of the information they need to fullfill the requirements... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Austria

Urban Organic agriculture network

Agriculture 2.0 wrote: Agriculture 2. 0 is a product that from the technique of aquaponics (fish and plant organic ecosystem) bring on the market a water saving agriculture technology, with a great carbon footprint and a higher quality of horticulture production. No co2 emission from plowing the ground, 80%-90% less water saving, no chemicals a fertilizers or pesticides are required. We can make agriculture become a zero impact process, with an autonomous system that produces the energy needed to give daily life to the ecosystem. To change the market rules and habits, we decided to enter the market a biodiversity catalogue that becomes an ecommerce marketplace where end user has food sovereignty with a farming on demand service. Agriculture2... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Italy

Urban farming as a service platform

Woolly farms private limited wrote: Woolly is urban farming as a service company, focused in building cluster of digital rooftop farms connected with local stores/consumers and trained growers in a community - with an objective of scaling by building micro-entrepreneurs in urban farming with the help of c2c urban farming sharing platform with farm to fork tracking.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

India

urban farming

Farmers Choice wrote: This proposal is for farmers choice to provide innovative ways of food/ crop production within the urban areas. Rooftop farming, the system we have proposed is a completely unique and incredibly efficient nft system. The yields produced, as well as the savings on water and space, have earned this system global recognition. The project will provide employment for agricultural graduates as we’ve been working with agricultural students... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

South Africa

Urban Cooling Solutions

Urban Cooling Solutions wrote: Urban cooling solutions aims to help municipalities adapt to extreme heat events, whose frequency and intensity are increasing due to climate change. . Ucs offers comprehensive services on the topic of urban cooling. These include helping cities define their urban cooling strategy and priorities, assistance in designing cool public spaces and measuring the cooling performance of public space renovation projects. . Ucs' expertise is based on years of field experience acquired from scientific research on the topic of urban cooling... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

France

Urban composting platform

Ask a Worm wrote: Would you like to know the farmers who grow your food? would you like to help them restore the fertility of the soil and grow healthier products? askaworm can help you start composting at home, donate your waste to a farmer, and get the best farm products. If you are an organic farmer join the network to get tons of free compost, and a large market for your products... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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