Eco-fuel Africa uses low-cost and tailor made technologies to create a new breed of clean energy entrepreneurs in Uganda and exploit mobile phone based technologies like SMS and Mobile Money to ensure that their entrepreneurs turn our technologies into viable businesses. They plan to
Sanergy On December 7th, 2011, at the Katerva awards ceremony at the Lincoln Centre Institute in New York City, Sanergy was named Katerva Grand Prize winner. The Katerva Award Council , consisting of world renowned sustainability thought leaders, selected Sanergy from a competitive gr
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In a recent Fast Company interview with Sir Ken Robinson, Katerva Advisor and Spotter, at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Sir Ken describes that “Creativity is not some exotic, optional extra. It’s a strategic issue. So what people are faced with is
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Katerva Spotter Andrew C. Revkin reviews Tim Flannery’s “Here on Earth” for the New York Times Book Review and blogs in his NYT The Opinion Pages, Dot Earth.
Katerva Nominee “Mr.Y” has appeared numerous times in the media. Written by Captain Wayne Porter and Colonel Mark Mykleby, “Mr. Y – A National Strategic Narrative” advocates “Sustainment,” a new U.S. national strategy that focuses on sustainable prosperity and security. John Norris o
Combining closed-loop systems used by NASA in space with “Cradle to Cradle” design principles made famous by architect William McDonough, the NASA Sustainability Base at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California pushes the envelope in sustainable urban design.
Comedy Central’s Address the Mess campaign uses – surprise – comedy to provide users with real ways to actively participate in environmental issues. Through their AddressTheMess.com website as well as through various public service announcements (PSAs) and organizati
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Ann Cotton is the founder of Camfed International, an organization dedicated to eradicating poverty in Africa through the education and empowerment of young women. She is also a Katerva Expert Panelist judging nominees in the category of Gender Equality.
