Plastic waste is harming marine life — and human life — around the globe, as are other harmful practices contributing to climate change. Through businesses and nonprofits, these women ecopreneurs…
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She’s Helping Buildings Across The Globe Go ‘Green’
…combat climate change. Polychroniadou’s story, as told to The Story Exchange 1,000+ Stories Project: What was your reason for starting your business? I never anticipated starting a business, to be…
Her Eco-Friendly Online Store Walks the Climate-Conscious Walk
…Brilliant Business Ideas. There are few more pressing matters facing us now – and impacting our planet’s future – than climate change. J. H. Appleseed, an online retail store founded…
The 2016 Candidates, on the Issues
…supporting small businesses and creating jobs to immigration reform and paid family leave. Send your suggestions for issues to add to the chart to info@thestoryexchange.org. Editors note: The Story Exchange…
Stella McCartney Puts Sustainability First at Her Paris Week Fashion Show
…the designer’s show notes cited the Greta Thunbergs of the world who are crying out for change as the climate crisis intensifies. [Related: How Greta Thunberg Is Inspiring an Entire…
Announcing the Winners of Our Women in Science Incentive Prize
…work. “We know climate change disproportionately impacts women around the world — especially women from poor and marginalized communities,” said Sue Williams, co-founder of The Story Exchange. “We also know…
This Landscape Architect Is Committed to Saving Coastal Communities
…place where the governor has said that you cannot use the words climate change in any official documents or any official speech. So that’s about as hostile a climate to…
Hey Google: Look to Women for Your New ‘Social Impact’ Accelerator
Priscilla Debar of climate change-conscious startup Faubourg, with models wearing her online boutique’s eco-conscious fashions. (Credit: Maggie Marguerite Studio, Faubourg) The (Google) search for sustainable startup founders is on. Soon,…
Apply for $25,000 Award for Women in Science Working on Water Crisis
…have been treated in the past, but it’s encouraging to see how women are making great strides in the increasingly urgent field of climate change.” The Story Exchange, an independent…
3 Tough Moments That Changed Me as an Entrepreneur
Not all change is bad – though it can sometimes feel that way. (Credit: MismibaTinasheMadando, Wikimedia Commons) Some people experience a turning point in their lives that changes who they…
She Is Working To Fix Broken Philanthropic Systems
…broken philanthropic ecosystem, which is still far from achieving its full potential. As we enter a new era where global pandemics, climate change, the global water crisis, systemic racism, and…
Calling All Climate-Conscious Female Entrepreneurs!
(Image: NASA, StockSnap) (GIF: Christina Kelly) Editor’s Note: Our deadline for submissions is now past. We’ll be rolling out our top picks, starting next month. Amid relentless news of climate…
EP. 27: Saving Our Coastal Communities
…a lot of time here.” In a time when climate change is a controversial political issue, people need to understand that “catastrophic disturbances are a fact of life,” she says….
Cleaning Up Storm Water — and Shaking Up the Water Industry
…frequent and less predictable due to climate change,” she says, and those sudden surges of water put an incredible burden on aging infrastructure. A solution, she says, is her patent-pending…
Willing to Eat Crickets? This Business Hopes You’ll Turn a Dare Into a Healthful Habit
…producers. Related Edible Insects, Kelp Still a Tough Sell, Even as Climate Change Affects Food Supply “Initially, we were really focusing on the sustainability. And we were really pushing the…