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Catalysing Climate Action – Our strategy for 2019-2022

Catalysing Climate Action – Our strategy for 2019-2022

3 September 2019

We are delighted to present ClimateKIC Australia’s new strategic plan “Catalysing Climate Action”.  

This strategy for growth will guide our organisation through to 2022, and renew our mission to inspire and enable climate action by

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Charity doesn’t scale. Business scales.

Charity doesn’t scale. Business scales.

26 July 2019

This article first appeared on the ClimateLaunchpad global site. To read the original, click here.
An interview with Hans Westerhof, ClimateLaunchpad Trainer and Project Lead.

Hans Westerhof has been part of ClimateLaunchpad ever since the early days back in …

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$200,000 fund for our 2018 participant The Compost Depot

$200,000 fund for our 2018 participant The Compost Depot

3 July 2019

This story was originally published by ClimateLaunchpad. Read the original here.

Australian start-up, The Compost Depot, is on a mission to reduce the amount of organic waste going to landfill. They set up a community worm farm/compost depot …

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Fashion is cyclical. And getting circular.

Fashion is cyclical. And getting circular.

30 May 2019

We don’t usually think about what goes into making our clothes, or what happens to them after we donate them or throw them away. But the environmental impact of our fashion choices is enormous. One garbage truck of textiles is

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Time for a new idea to solve climate change?

Time for a new idea to solve climate change?

2 April 2019

Applications now open for world’s biggest green business ideas competition.

Melbourne, April 2, 2019 – With the major parties continuing to battle it out to remain relevant on the issue of climate change, it’s hard not to notice that the …

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ClimateLaunchpad Pitch Finals

ClimateLaunchpad Pitch Finals

7 August 2018

In September 2018, Climate-KIC Australia and our partners will host the Australian City Pitch Finals of the global clean-tech and green business ideas competition and Boot Camp program, ClimateLaunchpad.…

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Climate-KIC Australia Launchpad winner Capricorn Power on their way to creating low-cost electricity and manufacturing jobs for Regional Victoria

Climate-KIC Australia Launchpad winner Capricorn Power on their way to creating low-cost electricity and manufacturing jobs for Regional Victoria

19 March 2018

Climate-KIC Australia brought the Climate Launchpad competition to Australia for the first time in 2017 and saw start-up Capricorn Power win the Victorian Finals with their business idea to commercialise an efficient heat engine to create a green waste disposal, …

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Climathon Highlights: Australian innovators save the planet in 24 hours

Climathon Highlights: Australian innovators save the planet in 24 hours

6 December 2017

What would you do if you had 24 hours to save the world? Perhaps you’d design an app that helps people prepare for extreme heat waves, or maybe you’d create a battery service to power off-grid homes in Cambodia. At …

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Global Climathon comes to six Australian cities

Global Climathon comes to six Australian cities

5 October 2017

Climathon, a global 24-hour hackathon for finding city-specific climate change solutions, will expand this year to six Australian cities, Climate KIC Australia is proud to announce.

The hackathon will take place in Melbourne, Sydney, Bassendean (in Perth), Adelaide and Canberra  …

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ClimateLaunchpad winners to represent Australia

ClimateLaunchpad winners to represent Australia

26 September 2017

Climate-KIC Australia has identified the country’s most innovative green technology ideas with the completion of the Australian arm of the ClimateLaunchpad. The competition, which sought out clean technology ideas across the country, concluded this week with state finals in Sydney, …

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