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Captured carbon shipping fuel and heat-reflecting paint: The best green innovations of April 2021
Every month, numerous eye-catching and potentially transformational innovations are being developed to help businesses and nations turn their green ambitions into actions. Here, we round up six of the best from April 2021.
These innovations could help make sectors including shipping and energy more sustainable, and improve water access for those in need
As March comes to a close, we wave farewell to a month that saw the edie team covering Earth Day 2021 and the Biden Administration s first high-level international climate event, which saw new goals being set by nations including Japan, Canada and the UK.
Scottish women entrepreneurs win national award for innovation
Three of Scotland s leading female entrepreneurs have received UK Government backing to scale up their innovations.
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8 March 2021
Three women innovators from Scotland have been backed by the UK Government, as part of a group of 40 of the UK’s most visionary female entrepreneurs, to drive forward their novel innovations and business ideas to help the UK build back better from the COVID-19 pandemic and meet its climate change ambitions.
Announced today (Monday 8 March 2021) by UK Government Science Minister Amanda Solloway to mark International Women’s Day, the Women in Innovation Award winners will receive a cash injection of £50,000 each to scale up and bring to market their disruptive business ideas, many of which have been born out in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Carbon-negative construction materials, quicker offshore projects: 40 female innovators receive government grants 08 Mar 2021
Professional Engineering
Joan D’Arcy’s Plastic@Bay aims to convert ocean plastic waste into construction materials at sites around the coast Wind turbines could be installed quicker, construction emissions cut, and metal casting costs reduced thanks to innovative projects from 40 female entrepreneurs.
The women behind the ‘pioneering ideas’ will each receive a £50,000 government grant to develop their plans, many of which are in engineering sectors and tackle issues including climate change and recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
The grants were announced today (8 March) by science minister Amanda Solloway, marking International Women’s Day and the start of British Science Week. Each of the Innovate UK Women in Innovation Awards recipients will also receive mentoring to scale up ideas and bring them to market.
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Even Santa is masked this year as Christmas approaches.
It may not look the same in Cornwall and area as we wrap presents and bake cookies, facing Christmas without grandma, grandpa, and our cherished extended families. I asked friends, family and contacts what is giving them hope this year.
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“We donated to the angel tree, Sparky’s Toy Drive and the Optimist Club Toy Drive. We donated to the United Way, Salvation Army, and food to Agape. There are so many ways to spread Christmas cheer… this year we donated more. We are trying to bring some happiness to others right now,” said Michelle Paquin.