Bilha Maina could not have ignored the chance to invest Sh500,000 of her savings on a Jatropha plantation in Matuu where her family owns 40 acres of land.
Ms Maina is the CEO of Adopt a Village an enterprise that grows Jatropha trees and trades them to farmers, and industries that are seeking alternative energy sources.
Lately, […]
The manufacturer of the iconic London black cab has signed a deal to design and build a battery-powered taxi with no carbon emissions.
Manganese Bronze says the car will have a top speed of 50 miles per hour and a range of 100km on each battery charge, costing about 4p per mile to run.
It will work […]
UW-Madison students participated in a 100-hour competition over the weekend designed to spur students’ entrepreneur skills.
The Wiscontrepreneur Challenge, which started April 17, requires participants to create something socially valuable from recycled surplus material for $10 in 100 hours.
“100-hour challenge is an opportunity for students at UW-Madison to test their entrepreneur skills to be creative, to […]
An entrepreneur from Columbia City has established a new company to fulfill the desire of U.S. consumers to save time, money and energy while going green. Kevin P. McGloughlin, who is a client of the Northeast Indiana Small Business Development Center (NEISBDC), recently opened GreenLighting4U, LLC to provide a unique service to area homeowners.
Professional installers […]
Ok so this is not exactly a business based post but I wanted to give this some promotion from me as I think it is an awesome thing that anyone can get involved with. I was in church today and one guy got up and talked for only 5 minutes about his dream to make […]
UKpreneur asks one green entrepreneur if the market for eco friendly products is getting saturated? You can almost get anything now that has a green or eco-friendly quality over the standard product, many of these green products are expensive, so whats the market doing?
EthicalSuperstore.co.uk co-founder Andy Redfern has created a one-stop shop for organic, Fairtrade, […]
I love a good green story, especially one that saves the environment and makes money at the same time …
ecoEnvelopes from the states have been working with the postal service to get their re-usable envelopes accredited for use in the US mail system. Look at the stats:
Some 81 billion return envelopes are sent through the […]
If Michael Whelan’s dream comes true, the Atlantic ocean will soon help keep the lights on in Ireland. And if it does, it will complete a circuit for Whelan: 30 years ago he was a commercial diver working on North Sea oil and gas installations. Returning to Ireland in the 1980s, he started a marine […]
Chances are that Louis Michaud is one of very few people who spend their days trying to make tornadoes. A year ago, the retired petrochemical engineer put together what looked a bit like a high-tech kiddie swimming pool. Only rather than splashes, this pool tends to generate twisters about as high as the garage.
Michaud is […]
Sometimes a hobby can take on a life of its own. If you are lucky, that hobby turns into a viable business opportunity.
What started as a creative outlet for junk mail frustration has now become a line of magnets, beads, wallets and handbags all made from unwanted catalogs, credit card offers and other mailbox invaders. […]