Oriol Pascual

On an open-innovation fashion, Sony and IDEO joined forces to launch Open Planet Ideas: a design competition seeking sustainable applications for technology. After hundreds of ideas generated, the top three concepts have been announced:

1. A Network of Real-Time Wireless Micro Weather Stations for Microclimate Monitoring
2. Greenbook- the magazine
3. Identifying and Recording Wildlife

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Enviu is launching Enviu Participations B.V.; a platform for impact investments. By impact investment it is meant investing in a company which business has a high social and/or environmental impact and is still aiming on making good money.

Enviu Participations B.V. is the holding company of start-ups developed by Enviu Foundation. Currently, Enviu Participations B.V. has stakes in:

• Sustainable Dance Club B.V. (25,5%)
• Three Wheels United B.V. (50%)
• Yummm! Concepts B.V. (5%)

Enviu Participations B.V. intends to - additionally - acquire nine new start-ups with a high social and/or environmental impact in the period from 2011 to 2014 from Enviu Foundation. Interested to do some impact investment? Read how you can do it here.

Crowdsourcing - Niel Robertson @CCC11

Niel Robertson about Crowdsourcing at the Creative Company Conference 2011.