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It’s time to reveal the top 12 projects in the Race to Feed the Planet sponsored by ADM and LiveKindly. This year, 68 Enactus teams from 16 countries entered 80 projects in the Race to Feed the Planet. The top 12 projects selected to advance in the Race to Feed the Planet are as follows. Country College/University Team […]

A curated roundup of news impacting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Plant-Based Innovation LiveKindly The Future of Food: Fungi and Robots Rule (12 January 2022) From fermentation to robots, the future of food—and how the world eats—is dramatically changing. Here are some of the most exciting innovations on the horizon.  Food Waste BBC The […]

A curated roundup of news impacting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Plant-Based Innovation PR Newswire PopSockets and Partnership for a Healthier America Join Forces to Increase Awareness of and Access to Plant-Rich Foods (1 December 2021) Donations from sales of PopSockets’ ‘PopGrip Plant’ collection will provide families a minimum of 150,000 servings of fresh, […]

Since the 1950s, the rate of plastic production has grown faster than that of any other material, with an estimated 8.3 billion tons of plastic waste produced since that time, according to the United Nations Environment Program. Today, 300 million tons of plastic waste is created every year, a significant portion of which is single-use, […]

According to a UNESCO report, one in 10 students who have periods in Sub-Saharan Africa misses school during their menstrual cycle. A major reason behind this is that people in rural communities often lack access to sanitary pads, largely due to their high cost. Earning less than $1.90 per day, 44 percent of the population […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world as we know it — and the lives of everyone in it. Despite the prevalence of the vaccine, the virus appears here to stay, with frontline medical workers bearing the brunt of this harbinger of the new normal. To ease the burden on medical facilities, the Enactus National […]

Although much of the world has universal healthcare, these programs are not without their challenges, which can range from shortages in healthcare supply, to tiers of healthcare that create disparities, to strict regulations that keep costs high for some. In Kazakhstan, although new reforms are sparking slow but steady growth in healthcare funding and reducing […]