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🌍 Driving Innovation for a Sustainable Future: Explore ESEIA Members' Pioneering Projects! 🌱 Discover the cutting-edge projects led by #ESEIAMembers, focusing on key areas like #technology & #innovation, #decarbonization, and #energytransition. From biorefineries and biobased economy to urban planning and education, these initiatives are shaping the future of #sustainableenergy and system transformation. ⚡ 🔍 Explore how our members are tackling critical challenges and contributing to a more sustainable and resilient future. 📖 Learn more and discover the full range of projects: https://lnkd.in/dgZH6AaA #SustainableInnovation #ESEIAMembers #ESEIA #EnergyTransition #Decarbonization #BiobasedEconomy #UrbanPlanning #CleanEnergy #ResilientFuture

Can plastic be replaced with mushrooms and hemp? 🍄 🌿 The Ukrainian company S.Lab has created a replacement for polystyrene by combining just two plant components — mushroom mycelium and industrial hemp. Only these two elements turned into a material that replicates the functions of plastic packaging and breaks down in less than 45 days ♻ 🌏 The product appeared to be so relevant for the market that S.Lab has no shortage of customers. 🏆 Moreover, the company was named the Startup of the Year in Ukraine in 2023 and ranked in the top 10 at the WEB Summit among 3,000 applicants. — How did a trip to Asia motivate Julia Bialetska and Eugene Tomilin to launch S.Lab? — Why did the company refuse to take new orders? — How is S.Lab going to change the packaging market in Europe and Asia? 👉 Read more about S.Lab via the link - https://bit.ly/3UHCCd9  🥇 👏 The story of S.Lab is a part of the series "The Cream of the Crop of Ukrainian Cleantech". It features 10 cleantech champions who received Climate Innovation Vouchers at a critical stage of their development and made giant leaps in the following years. Read the new stories on the Greencubator web pages. But be careful! Nothing inspires you to start a new business more than the success stories of those who have succeeded! 💙 🍰 🧡 📌 About the programme: Climate Innovation Vouchers is one of the largest grant programmes in Ukraine for innovators in green and climate-friendly technologies. It is initiated by the EBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and funded by the European Union. Greencubator implements the programme in Ukraine. #greencubator #CIV #EBRD #EU #climate_innovation_vouchers #Ukraine #startups

🔔𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 🔔 Since 2005, this event has been organised every two years in a different country in partnership with Copa and Cogeca local members. The centre of this year’s Congress discussions will explore the main challenges impacting the #agricultural sector, such as, the enlargement of the Union and its financing and future agricultural support policies. 🏢 When: 23 - 25 October 📍 Where: Bucharest (Romania) 🔗👉 https://lnkd.in/eDS-RVRp Fondazione E. Amaldi, Planet srl, Treedom, Space4Good, AB Corporation, National Technical University of Athens, AINIA, F6S, Novobiom, TREEO 🌱 Cooling the planet, #Rancho, Circonnact - Regenerative Circularity, Grupo de Investigación BISITE, University of Salamanca (Universidad de Salamanca), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche #INNO4CFIs #Sustainability #CarbonFarming #Biodiversity #I3instrument #innovation #EUinnovation #SustainableFuture #ClimateAction #GreenInnovation #SoilRestoration

✨ We are pleased to share another BioRural update: Ioannis Thermos from our Coordinator Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH) presented Biorural's impressive results at the 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 📍 in Bologna on October 2nd! This event, organised by the projects RuralBioUp and Biomodel4Regions served as a platform to showcase innovative approaches that advance bioeconomy, exchange perspectives and create new collaboration opportunities.🎯 💡 We are proud to be part of such efforts that drive sustainability and promote the circular economy. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to share our findings and contribute to a greener future! 🌿 #bioeconomy #circulareconomy #biobasedsolutions #horizoneurope #researchimpacteu

Energizing biobased innovators, the Circular Biobased Europe Info Day was a success! The event confirmed the EU Council's ambition to bridge the industrial deal and green deal through world-class innovation in the bioeconomy. Let's turn niche to norm by turning "Business newcomers into new business arrivals". Join us in driving the future of sustainable innovation and help make the circular economy a reality. #CircularBiobasedEurope #EUCouncil #BioEconomy #industrialdeal #greendeal #innovation #sustainability #horizoneurope

Water 💧 #Naturebasedsolutions and innovations needed especially where it is scarce, to ensure water security. #watermanagement #waterpolicy at the local, regional, and global levels

Where we are going delivering nature, food, energy and data security and resilience.

🚀Groundbreaking Project Funded! On optimizing the circularity, resilience, and sustainability of the European battery value chain. 📢 Euro-Funding Europe has secured another funding for a groundbreaking project within HORIZON EUROPE in CLUSTER 5 (HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-01-03) Call 2024! 💶 This innovative project, 🔍 “CIRCUBAT - Circular Economy Innovations for Resilient, Competitive and Sustainable Battery Technologies”, aiming to enhance the European battery🔋sector's competitiveness and sustainability by integrating AI, data analytics, and sustainable practices to address key bottlenecks, promote circularity, and reduce environmental impact, while testing solutions across the entire battery lifecycle and developing innovative business models and tools. We're especially proud that EU Projects plays a key role as the strategic partner leading the Communication, Dissemination & Exploitation Work Package in this groundbreaking project. This achievement underscores Euro-Funding Europe' unwavering commitment to fostering research and innovation within the EU's Circular Economy and Bioeconomy sectors. Curious to know more how to get your project funded under Horizon Europe Find out more information here ➡ https://lnkd.in/dhvNtzSi   👏 Huge congratulations to the EU Projects Team! 🎉 Mónica García Durillo, PhD, MSc, Fernando Gómez Hermoso, Roberto Horcajada, David Garcia Arrate, Alina Harbovska, Matteo Pressacco, Óscar Salazar, PhD, EMBA, Marie Latour #HorizonEurope #Bioeconomy #Innovation #Sustainability #EuroFundingEurope

When we need to creat high temperatures and high pressure we come beyond sustainable process and indeed often we defeat the purpose . The total sustainability comes with going back to nature , often luxury breaks the sustainability process .

Polluters poured nearly 200 million pounds of toxic substances into U.S. waterways in 2020. But a half-century later, the job of cleaning up America’s waterways remains half-done. According to data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), industrial facilities released at least 193.6 million pounds of toxic substances into U.S. waterways in 2020, including chemicals known to cause cancer, reproductive problems and developmental issues in children. These high volumes stand in stark contrast to the Clean Water Act’s stated objective of eliminating direct discharges of pollution by 1985. Another example of aquatic pollution is with acid rain, which is the result of certain chemicals. In particular, acid rain is the result of nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide forming to make mild acidic compounds. Acid rain is responsible for leaching the soils toxic aluminum. Surfactant detergents are extremely toxic. These types of detergents are used to bolster the foaming, wetting, emulsifying, and dispersing properties of detergents. When there are high levels of phosphates in the water fish can die, suggesting that phosphates are highly toxic and lethal to fish. Phosphates act as fertilisers causing plants to grow rapidly depleting the water of oxygen. When we think of water pollution, we often visualise leaking oil tankers and toxic waste escaping into our rivers and oceans although pollution also stems from the personal use of everyday products.