Executive Summary: If you buy a cashmere sweater over the internet, then Paypal, which secures your cash electronic transfer will earn as much money on the sale as the sheep herder who had to endure the winter months under the moon at minus 35°C in order to produce...
Cas 111 : Cluster : How the Regeneration of Biodiversity renders a Tea Plantation Competitive
The transformation of an organic tea estate in Assam (India) into an economic stronghold setting new standards for Park Management strengthening the communitywritten by Gunter Pauliauthor of "The Blue Economy"Kaziranga was accorded preliminary notification as Reserved...
Cas 110 : Clustering Mangroves, Shrimps and Seaweed
Executive Summary: Mangroves represent a unique ecosystem at the crossroads of four distinct form of life: aerobic, anaerobic due to the tides causing changing water levels, exposure to air or submersion in water, and saline and fresh water, due to the arrival of...
Cas 109 :Clustering Beer, Energy and Food
Executive Summary: Beer brewing is a worldwide trade, yet the amount of waste produced through the industry is staggering. Only 8% of starch is used and the other 92% of the spent grain, which offers fibers and proteins, is mostly left unused. To produce one litre of...
Clustering Local Economic Development, Housing and Social Capital
Executive Summary: Most of us know the age-old saying, “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer” and the truth is that this will never change as long as the current business models, especially around affordable housing and the provision of basic needs. Money is...
Cas 107 : Clustering Agriculture, Forestry, Biorefineries and Stranded Assets
Executive Summary: Societies today are highly dependent on petroleum and it is a great challenge to shift towards more renewable and sustainable ingredients. Biorefineries are at the core of making this shift possible by using biomass, which does not compete with food...
Cas 106 : Clustering Coffee, Food and Equality
Executive Summary: The demand for sources of nutrition to feed the world’s population is ever increasing and in order to meet demand. Industries believed they had to make use of genetic modifications or intensify cultivation securing more output per hectare. The...
Cas 105 : Clustering Biofuels, Heavy Industry and Forests
Executive Summary: There are many methods to create biofuels and renewable energy sources for growing and struggling economies, but few are viable solutions offer low carbon emissions with the least amount of negative impact on the environment. Years of research...
Cas 103 : Clustering Building Design, Glass and Landfills
Executive Summary: There are many viable approaches to green building design, from utilizing nature's principles like the termite and zebra airconditioning, to using bamboo, which will be covered in another case. One such approach converts end-of-life bottles into...
Clustering Maggots, Fish and the Treatment of Diabetic lesions
Executive Summary: Maggot Farming is a viable business venture on multiple levels. Maggots can process offal and then be used as feed for livestock. They have higher levels of protein than the usual soy based feed. This could greatly reduce the carbon and water...