Cows of Steel

Cows of Steel wrote: How many of us drink cow milk ? most of us do. Cow milk consumption is expected to increase by 1. 5% per person each year in the five coming years. The problem is that cow milk production has huge environmental impacts. Cow milk production is responsible for 3% of all greenhouse gases emissions in the world! given that these emissions are mostly due to cows, we had the idea of producing milk without cows. . Milk is composed of sugars, nutrients and dairy proteins. Sugars and nutrients can be easily sourced, the challenge lies in producing the dairy proteins. For that, we will use state-of-the-art biotechnology that generates the exact same proteins that are present in cow milk, giving our synthetic milk the exact same taste... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Denmark

CRAMAL

CRAMAL wrote: Cramal is a combination of saas as well as supply chain as a service which intends to decrease food wastage, promote diversification and increase farmers’ income. With cramal we intend to bring farmers, retailers & food processors on a single platform, which will set up a direct linkage between farmers (producers) and buyers. With the elimination of multiple intermediaries, it will bring down post-harvest food loses from present 45% to 5% amounting to 13billion usd. Further, it will increase farmer’s share in consumer expenditure from present 25% to 65%. With the help of big data & machine learning, cramal will be capable of providing demand and supply forecast to farmers and retailers... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

India

From Brownfield to Greenfield

CrazyApe wrote: We want to turn the dead and sandy soil of former brownfields into a living and fertile area with our solution. By covering the soil with mats of fiber around our prototype area, we will lay the foundation for a new, fertile soil. On the top of it, we will spread a fertile soil mixture cointaining terra preta. Having set up the two layers of mats and the fertile soil, we plant a crop which can be harvested up to three times per year. With the yield (the fiber part of the plant) we will create more mats, which we use to cover the soil of the brownfield again. In that way, we will create a natural co2-sink, which 1. ) takes up co2 from the environment and 2. ) fertilizes the ground and 3. ) creates jobs... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Austria

Creative Recycling Solutions

Creative Recycling Solutions wrote: Creative recycling solutions is a social enterprise that is focused on upcycling used tires in the production of indoor and outdoor home and office furniture... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Suriname

Grain storage monitoring

Crover wrote: Cereal grains are the basis of staple food, yet post-harvest losses during long-term storage are exceptionally high, above 20%, making storage the single phase from harvest to final product with the highest losses. This is responsible for about 6% of total greenhouse gas emissions from food waste. Crover is the first robotic device able to ‘swim’ through grains stored in bulk and autonomously monitor their conditions, helping grain operators like farmers and grain merchants maintain the quality of their stock... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

United Kingdom

Culture in motion

Culture in motion wrote: The vaporetto provides a solution to reduce and diversify the visitors flow. The vaporettoproposes a cultural visit where the visitor educates himself through different activities (in our case in venice). Several immersive rooms inside the boat offers to the visitor interactive games. The vaporetto is self-powered by solar and kinetic energy. This energy can be used by other boats working in the venetian territory. Our overall goal is offering to visitors the opportunity to discover new places around venice, minimizing the visitors flow and allowing other boats to use our energy to charge themselves... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Italy

CupLe

CupLe wrote: We are cuple, read as couple. There is a reason for it. We create a new, smart, circular eco-system where single use packaging becomes obsolete. We make a smart machine and a smart bottle (yes, they work in pair). We create a smart bottle that can be a cup and a bottle (cuple again!). . And we want to couple business and responsibility of both consumers and producers. We aim to create our bottle mainly of retrieved and recycled plastics and/or metal, we are designing a low-energy consuming, recyclable and modular smart vending machine, and a back-end that will support you to seamlessly take any drink with your bottle. Imagine that your bottle is your wallet, and our machine is your fountain... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Serbia

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

Cycle

Cycle wrote: In the world of mixed information and busy lifestyles, correct waste disposal may seem intimidating and time-consuming. In spite of common belief, not all plastics are recyclable and when they are, they need to be free of any leftover produce that might contaminate the whole batch. Our team worked on a mobile app that would facilitate it as well as encourage zero-waste alternatives. Our platform focuses primarily on recycling, reusing and reducing. Our solution consists of scanning a bar code to get information on the correct way of disposing of a packaging/object... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Germany

CycleFest

CycleFest wrote: Cyclefest will be a bi-annual event that aims to kick-start a movement that changes the current car culture of reykjavik city. Cyclefest aims to partner with reykjavik city, existing cycle clubs, institutions, and other businesses to invest in the success of the culture change by providing an event where the people of reykjavik can come to learn about bicycle maintenance, bike safety, winter biking, construction plans to improve bike paths, and much more, all while expanding exposure of the importance of biking and boosting sales for small businesses that support bicycling in reykjavik. The momentum has already started with the car-free day that happened last month and we need to act now to keep it going... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Iceland