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15 May 2012 - As the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge is a global contest, we are looking for creative entrepreneurs with sustainable solutions everywhere. As we are hoping for more publicity and entrants in China, we thought it was a good idea to go over to Beijing to personally promote our competition. On 3 May The Climate Group and the Beijing Energy Network organised a cocktail and networking event in Beijing to do just that.
15 May 2012 - Brilliant sustainable ideas can come true. Last year, Nick Christy from Brisbane, Australia, won the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge. He received EUR 500,000 to realise his emissions-reducing invention, the Water Recycling Shower. Here, Nick talks about why and how he did it.
9 May 2012 - The Charity Lotteries (Dutch Postcode Lottery, Friends Lottery and BankGiro Lottery) have won the Telegraaf Top 100 Green Companies 2012. Financial director Ruud Esser accepted the award.
1 May 2012 - The sixth edition of the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge is now open for brilliant ideas! The competition calls on creative, innovative thinkers from around the world to submit business plans for sustainable products and services. Entries should directly reduce CO2 emissions, score highly on design, user-friendliness and quality, and ready to be in the market in two years. Read all about the 2012 Postcode Lottery Green Challenge here.
27 April 2012 - The competition calls on creative, innovative thinkers from around the world to submit business plans for sustainable products and services. Entries should directly reduce CO2 emissions, score highly on design, user-friendliness and quality, and ready to be in the market in two years. We asked Chairman of the preliminary jury Femke Rotteveel what her expectations are this year.
16 April 2012 - Aart van Veller is a big fan of the new unstoppable business model of the sharing economy. When you think about it, it almost sounds too good to be true. Read his inspiring blog about this sharing economy that will hopefully continue growing as fast as it is now.
28 March 2012 - The Postcode Lottery Green Challenge is going on tour! The next few months we will visit a number of 'buzz events' around the world to try and get more publicity for our competition, and reach even more sustainable entrepreneurs this year. On March 23rd, we visited the first All Energy Day.
20 March 2012 - Re:char is excited to announce the launch of their newest product for US and European Markets: Black Revolution. It is a soilless growth media for plants containing biochar. It's the world's first carbon-negative replacement for potting soil, and they need your help to launch it.
16 March 2012 - This month, we asked the 5 Questions to a Sustainable Entrepreneur to Frank Schouten, COO of EcoTuk. EcoTuk develops sustainable solutions for the global mobility sector in South East Asia.
14 March 2012 - Andreas Zachariah, CEO of Carbon Diem, and also one of the 2011 Postcode Lottery Green Challenge finalists, has just returned from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. They've also launched Carbon Diem commercially. Reason enough for us to touch base. Find out all the exciting things that have been happening to Andreas.
Watch our compilation clip of the 2011 Postcode Lottery Green Challenge. See how the finalists pitch their idea, are applauded by Brad Pitt, and that Nick Christy is awarded the EUR 500,000 prize. Bill Clinton also wishes the finalists good luck on screen and William McDonough is a very inspiring keynote speaker. Enjoy!
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Dream up a greenhouse-gas-reducing product or service and send us your idea before 31 July. The entrant with the best idea will win €500,000, expert coaching and help to bring his or her idea to market! Read all about it »
