“The crafting world is full of the idea that more is better. We want to change that, showing that higher quality is better, preloved is better, re used and repaired is better” (Jan, co owner of The Snail of Happiness)…
Read More The Snail of Happiness: Circular Crafting and Community Wellbeing in Rural Wales
“Our goal is to leave things better than we found them”. (Shann Nix-Jones, MBE) The mid Wales town of Llandysul, population circa 1300, is the home of the 2022 World Dairy Awards winner of the Best Probiotic Dairy, Chuckling Goat.…
Read More The Chuckling Goat Story: Healing, Holding and Hoping
“Something that started off as the two of us grads building sunglasses in our living room, has grown into a global brand built on local community, that’s funded by sustainable innovation” - Zoe Watkiss Ali and Zoe Watkiss graduated from Manchester…
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…
Read More Celebrating new HES chapter on Circular Economy Entrepreneurship (CEship)
“In a time when we have stopped growing and started simply surviving, our individual dimensions of wellness have become unbalanced and, as such, we need a unique, personalized approach to restoring that balance – that of the harmony of wellbeing”…
Read More Kwendalo: A Holistic Haven for Wellness, Education, and Sustainable Entrepreneurship
“One of the quotes we have used a lot as a business is that ‘you must be the change you want to see in the world'. Firstly, one of our core principles, when we started the business in 1993, was…
Read More Tŷ-Mawr Lime: Reviving Heritage, Crafting a Sustainable Future
“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…
Read More Ocean Bottle: Tackling Ocean Plastic and Empowering Coastal Communities
“We believe that planet, people and profit are all equal when it comes to how we run our business” - Coaltown Coffee The former mining town of Ammanford in South Wales, population circa 5500, is probably the last place in…
Read More Grounds for Success: Coaltown Coffee’s Journey from Garage to Global
From Enterprise Education to Action! Incredibly excited to begin to peel back the curtains on an organically unfolding rich tapestry of effort, networking, engagement and visionary ambition. The Harmonious Heroes Initiative represents months of dedicated work, building on layers of…
Read More Empowering Llanelli’s Future: The Harmonious Heroes Initiative Takes Flight
“In our everyday deliberations, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations” (The Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy). Seventh Generation is an American Company that sells eco-friendly cleaning, paper and personal care products. It was…
Read More Seventh Generation: Leading Sustainability and Innovation with Biobased Stain Fighters
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime" - Lao Tzu, 5th century Chinese philosopher In the Philippines village women are assembling and selling…
“One person can’t change the world but together we can all make our own tiny difference” (Rachel Watkyn). Rachel Watkyn OBE is a Business Studies graduate of De Montfort University in the UK, a serial entrepreneur, and one of the…
“I was working for a large pharmaceutical company, and it was all about profit margins and driving more and more for the shareholders” - Mandy Powell The Goodwash Company is the brainchild of two Welsh international sports people, Mandy Powell…
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…
Read More Sustainable Revival: Eco Nubia’s Cultural Renaissance
Sustainability is about the balance of looking after ourselves, our planet and each other – wherever possible, minimising harm and leaving the world and its people in a better position than I found them - Amber Jones Amber Jones is…
“I want to be able to look into my kids’ eyes and honestly say, ‘I did everything I could to hinder climate change” (Anders Ankarlid) Founded in 2019, Agood Company is a Swedish B-Corp that employs 28 people, only 14…
Read More Agood Company Turning Profits into Environmental Protection
#IWD24 ##InspireInclusion “Business can and does give back and it only takes one small gesture, like offering someone a job, to make such a massive difference” - Donna Griffiths, Business Development Manager, Bouygues UK International Women's Day is a chance…
Read More Refuge to Revolution: Thrive Group Wales Empowering Women with Enterprise
“Totally Welsh has always been about more than just dairy for us. The Brand embodies the Welsh community spirit." (John Horsman, General Manager Totally Welsh) Towards the end of the 19th century, milk began to be sold in bottles in…
Read More Sustainable Sips: Totally Welsh Changing Dairy Dynamics
As we delve into the second day of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2023 at Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society, the essence of our mission comes to the fore: instilling entrepreneurial thinking in young minds as a cornerstone for a sustainable and harmonious future.…
Three years ago, in Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020, Felicity and I founded The Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society, now a limited spinout company of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, the 2022 Triple E European Entrepreneurial University of the Year. We…
Read More Global Entrepreneurship Week: To Celebrate or Not to Celebrate, That is the Question
“The cards aren’t going to dent the million of tons of plastic entering our rivers and oceans every year but if it helps spread a little love and gets a few people to be a bit more conscious about their…
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…
Read More Our bilingual celebratory ‘Welsh Harmonious Treasures’ booklet
"At Bee1, we believe that the most sustainable solutions arise at the intersection of education, innovation, and social responsibility." - Bee1 Mark Douglas, former Director of NatWest Bank across Wales and the Chairman/Founder of NatWest Cymru, transitioned from shaping a…
Read More Bee1’s Trailblazing Path Fostering Climate Awareness in School
“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…
Read More Blooming Sustainability: Electric Daisy Flower Farm
“We need to be more responsible about the environment, the economy, the people. Because now more than ever it is more than a necessity it is an emergency” - Dr.Carmen Hijosa In India, Fleather, a leather substitute, is being made…
“We are a business built on the advocacy of individual users. We are at our best when we arrive at decisions that consider all of the perspectives and look forward with optimism and authenticity” - KeepCup Born in Glasgow but…
Read More KeepCup: Brewing Change One Reusable Cup at a Time
In the picturesque Welsh countryside, farmer Andrew Evans is involved in a pioneering trial with implications for the global environment. At his farm in Welshpool, Powys, he is introducing daffodil compounds into his cattle's diet to reduce methane emissions. The…
Read More The Power of Petals: The Daffodils’ Role in Combating Global Warming
“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…
“Producing high quality food, looking after the environment, managing air and water quality, enhancing biodiversity and wildlife and taking care of our most valuable asset -SOIL – is what we as farmers should be doing. We are on this planet…
Read More Nature Friendly Farming, Esgairllaethdy Farm, Myddfai
“Johnny’s contribution to the Cairndow area transformed it from a place with few jobs, a dwindling population and little ambition to a thriving, forward thinking community” (Virginia Sumsion, Johnny Noble’s niece). Loch Fyne is a Scottish sea loch or lake…
Read More Loch Fyne Oysters: Empowering Communities, Restoring Oyster Waters
“The truth is that few companies are making the changes required to their business practices to make the urgent impact we need…” - Tim Etherington-Judge Stephanie Jordan and Tim Etherington-Judge launched Avallen Spirits, a private producer of Calvados (a cider brandy…
Read More Avallen Spirits: The Planet-Positive Spirit Brand with moral purpose
Jean image Source: http://www.albionman.com/ “Companies with a soul are so much more interesting than companies motivated purely by profit" (David Hieatt) In 1995 at the age of 36, David Hieatt co-founded Howies, a niche active clothing business that wanted to produce…
We are a small company with a turnover of £3 million, but we are making an impact way beyond our size. The manufacturing industry is beginning to wake up and take notice of the climate and ecological emergency around us,…
Read More Crystal Doors Fostering Sustainability and Community Growth
“We strive to work within and in harmony with the ecosystem rather than attempting to radically alter and control it” (Jemma Vickers and Paul Rolt) Hebron vineyard, located on the Pembrokeshire/Carmarthenshire border in the foothills of the Preseli mountains in West Wales,…
Our EntreCompEdu Pioneer pupils of Dafen Primary School, Wales supported by UWTSD continue to shine bright as they spotlight their growing entrepreneurial competence whilst remaining focused on their sustainability commitment. Taking the opportunity to celebrate their third Global Entrepreneurship Week…
Read More Dafen School showcases fun and focused entrepreneurship education for GEW2022
“In such seclusion, so far from the pressures under which most people live, I had the feeling that something new, some fresh and saner way of living might be demonstrated” (Gerard Morgan-Grenville 1931-2009). Located in a 100-year-old disused slate quarry…
It is wonderful to celebrate with UWTSD, home to the HES Society, on its 40th anniversary of Entrepreneurship Education. A triple celebration of GEW2022, UWTSD's 200th year, and the university's long and productive journey with entrepreneurship education, also marked by…
“If everybody in the world consumed resources at the rate we do in the UK, we would need 3.5 planets to sustain us” This was the realisation that prompted three friends, Emma Shaw, Rebecca Trevalyan, and Sophia Wyatt to start…
“Once I do one thing, I just can’t wait to get on to the next challenge” - Sir Adrian White Once a pig farm, the family-owned, award-winning Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking is not only one of England’s largest single…
“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.…
Read More Rosario Garden Project: urban regeneration seeds hope
According to the World Health organisation, 1.3 million people die each year from car crashes caused by human error, while some 4.5 million people are estimated to die from the effects of air pollution and the particulate matter produced, particularly…
Read More Riding the Wayve for sustainable, accessible, and safer mobility
In 2013 Oxford languages graduate Aron Gelbard and Ben Stanway, a University of Bath Business Administration graduate, opened Bloom & Wild, an innovative online flower delivery business that sources flowers from the growers. By 2021, with sales of around £200…
"If all the cattle in the world joined together to start their own country, they would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases” - Bill Gates Globally methane is responsible for 30 per cent of global warming, and the world’s…
“The bee is more honoured than other animals not because she labours but because she labours for others” - Saint John Chrysostom, 347-407 Apart from being a source of food, medicine and wax, bees are a source of life on…
Santa Klaus, Santa’s Grotto, Finnish Lapland. Christmas 2021 Dear Santa, Doubtless, you are busy preparing for Christmas, but we thought we ought to write to you, all the same, mainly to wish you a peaceful and joyous Christmas. This time…
Kay Luan Tay, the recent Vice Chancellor of the International University Malaya-Wales and author of three book on Social and Business Sustainability has wide but unique experience in managing and delivering value across both commercial and non-commercial enterprise. A strong…
Read More GEW2021 interview: the mind behind the investing in others for sustainable futures
a week of activity to celebrate GEW2021 A lot has happened in the 12 months since we launched the Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society in GEW 2020. Not only have we published the conceptual article on which the Society is based but…
Beer is one of the oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic drinks in the world. Its origin dates back some 5000 years, possibly more, and by 2018 188.79 million kilolitres were being consumed, the equivalent of approximately 298.2 billion bottles. However,…
Read More “He was a wise man who invented beer” (Plato, 427-347 BC).
Seaweed is an extremely versatile and important product. Amongst others it is a food, a fertiliser, a medicine, a fuel, a cosmetic and, significantly, a vital element in the ocean ecosystem, producing oxygen, absorbing nutrients and providing a habitat for…
Read More Notpla: God created seaweed…The seaweed made the world”
Despite its image of pure, unpolluted mountain air, the air quality in Nepal is one of the worst in the world, particularly in the country’s capital city, Kathmandu. Here the incidence of smog is five times greater than it was…
In between relaxing by the sea, cosying up to the new President of the USA, having a beach barbecue, and meeting the Queen, the leaders of the 7 strongest economies in the world (the G7) clearly did some serious thinking…
Water pollution: Brian Yurasits, 2019 How did a meal in Glasgow lead to the UK’s first green debit card made from recycled ocean plastic? Well, it is quite simple, over a meal with a friend, one of the co-founders of…
In the USA it is estimated that trucks/lorries (Heavy Goods Vehicles/HGVs) account for 5% of the number of vehicles on the road but 25% of the greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, while in Europe the Environment Agency estimates that HGVs…
Read More An Innovative UK solution to the Global Pollution Problem Caused by Urban Trucking
(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…
Read More The world is green and beautiful, and we are its custodians
Whilst interest in entrepreneurship education has increased over the decades, fuelled by committed advocates such as the European Commission, its implementation remains sporadic, even across countries that have developed relatively comprehensive entrepreneurship programmes. Although it is widely recognised that entrepreneurship…
Read More Entrepreneurship Education in Schools: The Celtic Fringe leads the way
In the global knowledge economy, universities have become the catalyst for economic and social development and many have added to their two traditional missions of research and teaching a third mission that involves the transfer and commercialisation of the intellectual…
Read More Innovation for Impact: How Gongali Model Company is Changing Lives in Tanzania
Reception desk, UWTSD. Photo: T. Oseng-Rees. Being brought up in 1980s Norway, “environmental awareness, frugality, creativity, independence and empathy for everything and everyone” is fundamental to Dr Tyra Oseng-Rees, an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Wales Trinity St.…
Currently, some 2.5 billion people globally do not have access to basic sanitation, and some 1 billion defecate outdoors, exposing themselves, their families and their neighbours to faecal bacteria. As a result, half of the hospital beds in developing countries…
In 2016, three entrepreneurs from Copenhagen, Leeds and Paris co-founded “Too Good To Go” (http://toogoodtogo.org) a social impact company intended to address the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 12 Sustainable. Consumption and Production, also supporting 13 Climate Action. Globally 1.3 billion…
The world population is growing at around 83 million people a year or 1.1 per cent. Apart from needing space to accommodate such a population increase, there is another major problem facing the planet. The topsoil responsible for supplying 95%…
Read More Solving one global problem but creating others: the need for Harmonious Entrepreneurship
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