Imagine for a moment that every leftover loaf of bread, every slightly bruised piece of fruit, every unsold meal at a café… could find a new purpose. Instead of ending up in the trash, as usually happens, those foods could make their way into the hands of someone who truly needs them—someone who values them, …
Mexican innovation an app that rescues food and fights waste Read More »
From September 9 to 11, 2025, Bogotá will become the heart of environmental transformation as it hosts the International Summit on Sustainability and Environmental Innovation—a landmark gathering for Latin America and the world in sustainable innovation. The event is organized by the Regional Autonomous Corporation (CAR Cundinamarca) together with strategic allies such as PRISA MEDIA, …
Last weekend, we finally took a step we’d been dreaming about for months: Trenza Verde’s first official event in Hampton Bays, New York. From Friday, August 15 through Sunday, August 17, 2025, we gathered in a community space to give perfectly good items a second life—keeping many of them, still with plenty of use left, …
Trenza Verde – This is how we lived our first Yard Sale in Hampton Bays, NY Read More »
In Latin America, universities are becoming living laboratories for sustainable solutions. From these creative hubs, researchers and students are exploring natural fibers and resources to transform them into innovative materials that can help reduce our dependence on plastic—one of the biggest environmental headaches of our time. Today, we want to shine a light on an …
Sustainable Biomaterials: Colombia’s Innovative Alternative to Plastic Read More »
Latin America Faces a Major Challenge—But There’s a Powerful Movement Rising Every year, Latin America produces millions of tons of waste. Yet, the people who are truly on the frontlines of this crisis—the grassroots recyclers—are often overlooked. These everyday heroes play a key role in managing what we throw away, but most of the time, …
FAIR TON – the dignification of recycling in Latin America Read More »
It’s becoming crystal clear that the old “take, make, toss” routine just isn’t cutting it anymore when it comes to caring for our planet. Enter the Circular Economy—a game-changing mindset that squeezes every last drop of value from what we already have, keeps waste to an absolute minimum, and—bonus!—throws Mother Nature a much-needed lifeline. Here’s …
Profitable recycling: Sinba’s lessons for Latin American companies Read More »
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Urban Eco-Friendly Gardens: The Future of City Farming For most city dwellers, visiting a farm requires a trip out to the countryside. However, in more and more of the world’s capital cities, farms are just an elevator ride away, located just a few floors up. In cities like Singapore, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Montreal, and …
Eco-Friendly Urban Rooftop Gardens: Sustainable Solutions for City Living Read More »
Urban Spaces and the Rise of Home Gardening: How to Grow Potatoes in Vertical Towers As more people move into urban areas, space becomes a precious commodity—one that’s becoming increasingly hard to come by. With shrinking backyards and limited land, there’s a growing trend to return to the simple and healthy habit of growing food …
How to Grow Potatoes in a Straw Tower: A Simple and Sustainable Gardening Guide Read More »
Food Shortages, Poverty, and a Climate Crisis: One Green Roof at a Time Hunger, food scarcity, and poverty are growing at an alarming rate in nearly every country around the world—and much of it is being fueled by climate change and global warming. But what’s really going on? Well, for starters, once-fertile lands are becoming …
How to Build an Edible Roof: A Sustainable Guide to Green Roofing and Urban Farming Read More »