With 100+ Ventures in 5 countries, we are rounding up the news every 2 weeks to share what’s happening. Engage, share + follow using the hashtag #RadicalGenerosity to amplify.
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Australia
- Meta has partnered with Code Like a Girl and T&DA to launch the Meta Immersive Learning Academy in Australia, bringing the training to a cohort of more than 200 women and gender-diverse people.
- Code Like a Girl’s partnership with Meta was also covered by SmartCompany.
- Sharon Winsor of Indigiearth recently launched a collaboration with Boost Juice that will see 3 native smoothies in every Boost Juice store for the next 6 weeks. “27 years in business, hard work, staying true to myself and my journey, doing things right culturally. My business is more than business, it’s my healing and forever will be.”
- Jessica Christiansen-Franks of Neighbourlytics appeared in an episode of The Raise podcast to discuss how to build your investor network.
Canada
- CANN Forecast was featured in a piece by Microsoft about adopting a data-based approach to help organizations anticipate the needs of industry and lead towards a better and more sustainable future. (French)
- Think Dirty was featured in a list of top apps to help you live more sustainably.
- Snuneymuxw First Nation artist Joel Good, who has collaborated with Ay Lelum – The Good House of Design, received the Excellence in Culture award at this year’s Culture and Heritage Awards in the City of Nanaimo.
- Aisle’s Super Pad, which can hold 14 tampons worth of menstrual blood, was featured in a list by Livestrong on “7 Best Reusable Pads for a More Comfortable and Eco-Friendly Period”.
- Rainstick was featured in a list by Fast Company as one of “4 genius products to help you adapt to climate change”. The article discusses Rainstick’s technology, which captures the water, cleans it, and reuses it up to six times while you’re showering.
- Skipper Otto published a recipe for spaghetti with mussels in tomato and vodka sauce, “a fun way to enjoy pasta and mussels, that comes together quickly.”
- The Tare Shop founder Kate Pepler shared a blog post on ways she plans on reducing waste (and saving money) postpartum.
- Magnusmode and Autism Ontario have partnered with Toronto Pearson Airport to introduce new tools for autism and other diverse needs to enable a smooth and enjoyable travel experience.
- The Tare Shop has released their 2022 Impact Report! Says founder Kate Pepler: “Running a business (especially the last few years) is so hard, but reflecting back on the impact that we’ve been able to create, thanks to YOU makes it all worth it.”
- Nada was featured in a CBC article about new research showing how using interventions such as visual cues or motivational messages in grocery stores can reduce the use of plastic produce bags.
New Zealand
- Kiri Nathan was one of five Aoteaora designers engaged to produce a 46-garment collection for Kiwibank, as part of a collection that considers all body types, accessibility, gender-neutrality, as well as cultural and religious preferences.
- Hello Period released a blog post on how to talk to pre-teens and teens about periods, and discussed ways to remove the stigmas that still exist around periods.
United Kingdom
- Joy Foster of Tech Pixies recently interviewed Dr Vanita Rattan on her Sparkle and Thrive podcast. Dr V went from 0 to nearly 1 million followers on TikTok in just two years with a carefully mapped out strategy and a few drop-the-mic truth bombs.
- Clothes Doctor’s Protective Laundry Bag was included in a list of plastic-free laundry detergents to protect our planet.
- A collaboration in Jersey between Plastic Free Jersey and Jersey Water, has launched the Refill app in Jersey. Refill is an award-winning campaign from City to Sea to help people live with less plastic.
- City to Sea is teaming up with the reusable brand Circular&Co. to reduce waste and tackle the millions of single-use coffee cups that are used, and discarded, every year.
- BelleVie has been selected as a winner at the national Home Care Awards 2023 in four categories. Most Outstanding Individual Home Care Provider, Best Palliative / end-of life care expertise, Innovative technology expertise, and Best for Team Support Expertise (staff wellbeing).
United States
- Solstice was included in a list of renewable startup companies making a difference right now for their work to make the alternate energy field thrive.
- Sophia Yen of Pandia Health shares information on the safety and feasibility of birth control pills to become over-the-counter.
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