Celebrating new HES chapter on Circular Economy Entrepreneurship (CEship)

David and I are delighted to share that our chapter features in the newly published Circular Entrepreneurship Ecosystems: Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Trends, edited by Professor João J. Ferreira, Professor Magnus Klofsten, and Professor David Urbano. This book offers a…

Ocean Bottle: Tackling Ocean Plastic and Empowering Coastal Communities

“Our ambition is to create a world where the value of a company is measured by the good that it does, as much as the profit it makes”. (Will and Nick, Co-founders of Ocean Bottle). Ocean Bottle is a business…

Sustainable Revival: Eco Nubia’s Cultural Renaissance

Our mission is to help local communities to discover their own natural and cultural heritage treasures…put them into action using sustainable tourism practices in order to gain financial and psychological benefits - Ahmed Yehia The small River Nile island of…

Aquacycl’s Vision: Pioneering the Transformation of Water Treatment

“Access to safe water is a human right which almost a third of the planet is being denied. But cleaning polluted waterways requires energy, and we must ensure that our efforts to heal the planet don’t inadvertently create new harm"…

Our bilingual celebratory ‘Welsh Harmonious Treasures’ booklet

To celebrate UWTSD's Sustainability Week 2023, David and I have gathered together the selection of 10 Welsh Harmonious Treasures we showcased during our ‘Food Pirates’ Adventures at Lampeter Food Fest 2023, a joyful collaboration with Associate Professor Luci Attala and Professor…

Blooming Sustainability: Electric Daisy Flower Farm

“As artisan growers we are custodians of the land we work on, and we protect it with our sustainable approach to everything” - Electric Daisy Flower Farm The global market for fresh cut flowers is estimated to be US$36.4 billion, with…

Tir Glas: A Sustainable Haven for Bees

“Welsh bees have evolved over millions of years to survive and prosper in our fickle climate. If nature has decreed Welsh bees suitable for our country, then why go against it?” - Peter Jenkins, Lampeter Beekeeper Increasingly universities are being…

Winds of change – Modvion

“The fact that something has not been done before, does not mean it can’t be done at all” - (Modvion) Modvion, founded in 2015, is the brainchild of two engineers, Joakim Orneblad and Otto Lundman, who graduated from Chalmers University’s…

London Christmas Tree Rental

“Having a greener Christmas isn’t about making big sacrifices. If we each take small steps, collectively we can make a big difference” - Catherine Loveless, London Christmas Tree Rental At a time when deforestation is estimated to contribute some 10%…

Earthshot Prize 2022 – HES predicts a winner

HES is encouraged as another of its carefully selected harmonious entrepreneurship case studies has been selected by the Earthshot Prize judges as amongst the best and most ingenious solutions to repair and regenerate the planet. This year, UK’s Notpla. founded…

Harmonious Entrepreneurship & its systems thinking roots

Fifteen years ago, I proposed the need for a new entrepreneurship education paradigm (Kirby, 2007). At the International Enterprise Educators Conference (IEEC2022) hosted by Swansea University last week, similar calls were made once more. First, in his keynote address, Professor…

Gandaki Urja fuels Nepal’s green economy

“These are difficult times and we wanted to chip in where we could” - Kushal Gurun. Kushal Gurung of Nepal is not just a Carbon Management Masters graduate of Edinburgh University, but a serial entrepreneur back home in Nepal. He…

Rosario Garden Project: urban regeneration seeds hope

“The best way to help a community is to give it the faith and knowledge to help itself” - New Scientist, 2nd August, 1962 Rosario, estimated population 1.7 million, is located 300kms (186 miles) North West of Buenos Aires, Argentina.…

Egyptian University ‘Chito-Shrimp’ feeds multiple sustainability projects

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for  a lifetime”. Formerly known a SIFE (Students into Free Enterprise) Enactus is the world’s largest experiential learning platform.…

Float8, sustainable and cost-effective solutions to land shortage

“Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially along with our technical ability to change the environment for good or ill” (Stephen Hawking, 1942-2018). One aspect of the sustainability challenge, all too frequently…

The world is green and beautiful, and we are its custodians

(Image credit: North Wales Police) In an attempt to limit the spread of Covid-19, it has become law in many countries for people to wear disposable face masks. 129 billion face masks are being used globally each month and in…