We’ve scoured the state far and wide, and uncovered some of the smartest, most innovative ideas to tackle climate change in the country. Now it’s time to take their ideas and mould them in to viable green businesses.
First thing’s first. The pre-Boot Camp mini-course.
We’ve scoured the state far and wide, and uncovered some of the smartest, most innovative ideas to tackle climate change in the country. Now it’s time to take their ideas and mould them in to viable green businesses.
| Boot camp | 24-26 May 2021 Everledger: Level 6, 262 Adelaide Street, Brisbane 4000 |
| Webinar 1: Competitive advantages and work to be done | 10 June 2021, 09:00-10:30 AEST |
| Webinar 2: Assumptions, experience design, customer discovery | 17 June 2021, 17:30-18:30 AEST |
| Webinar 3: Your perfect pitch | 24 June 2021, 17:30-18:30 AEST |
| Pitch Panel | 7 July 2021, 17:00-18:30 AEST |
| National Pitch Final | 27 August 2021, 17:00-18:30AEST |
| Regional Pitch Final (South-East Asia and Oceania) | late August – early September 2021 |
| Global Grant Final online) | October 2021 |
Behive is an innovative engagement network to encourage environmentally responsible behaviour. Using a web platform and drop off places (business partners in the hive), residents can win vouchers and exchange them for rewards from the City Council and local retailers. This idea aims to promote recycling and environmental responsibility among residents directly rewarding correct environmental actions. Recycling also plays an important part in achieving the climate change objectives, by reducing the amount of waste going to landfill, and subsequent greenhouse gas emissions.
To facilitate the transformation of the grid to wind and solar, Complete Solar Automation Solutions (CSAS) aims to develop a controller which will utilize existing (and proven) large scale battery energy storage and inverter technology (Delta, ABB, Sungrow etc. PCS units) to directly address the issues above as well as provide a range of behind the meter applications such as increasing self-consumption from excess Solar PV, reducing maximum demand and backup power to critical loads which provide further investment opportunities.
Every Drop Counts helps communities to engage with their local fresh water resources and make the changes required to ensure that they are conserved for generations to come. Through active domestic water monitoring, education, community engagement and advocacy, this program gives all Australians the opportunity to join a growing movement that takes charge of their water and builds climate resilience in their communities.”
Fasade helps customers reduce their growing CO2 emissions through better cloud data management practices. There is a great deal of unnecessary or redundant data that an enterprise stores (around 80% of the total amount), and Fasade is an online tool that aggregates, audits and then helps to reduce this data, allowing organisations to reduce GHG emissions in the process.
Whirl digital platform empowers its customers to build confidence in new technologies (starting with electric cars and their chargers), supporting you in as you learn what you need to know to get ready to buy. Clean energy technologies are most impactful when they form an eco-system. However, they are sold separately and the process for home-own to acquire them piece by piece is complex, stressful and poorly designed. Creating a digital end-to-end model for consumers alleviates the “piecing it together” in a way that works for the customer.
Rent Vintage Wisdom is an online vintage clothing rental service for one off special occasions and a subscription box for everyday vintage clothing. Clothing is sourced from the original owners or their families and the stories of the people who first wore it are shared with renters. The service is supported by a physical workroom for intergenerational skills exchange to increase knowledge around mending and textiles care to prolong the life of garments. Garments are directed away from landfill and the rag trade, keeping them as part of the circular economy as a shared resource and reducing the consumption of single wear fashion.
As Principal of Innovation Programs, Sina comes with a strong background in NGO management, international project development, communications and an education from Harvard University. Sina is best equipped to point the next climate change innovators in the right direction.
Jes is responsible for Climate-KIC Australia’s communications and outreach. With a background working in international organisations, Jessica finds the stories within complicated processes or technical concepts, to connect with audiences and celebrate the successes of climate change changers.
Startup trainer with background in a broad range of industries and environments. Current focus: startup acceleration in carbon removal and raw materials (metals & minerals) industries through entrepreneurship education, coaching and financing. Focus on execution. Experience in directing projects and programs (US 100 million +).
