Case Study LanzaTech Bacteria Fueling sustainable transportation Partners Involved: Bacteria, LanzaTech Type of Partnership: Win-Neutral for Public and Planet Partnership Models: Isolator, Purifier This circular economy model of carbon recycling uses bacteria to mitigate climate change and pollution by converting gases from industry, agriculture and society into useful products. Bacteria [...]
Case Study Soil Security Ensuring human food and climate security Partners Involved: Soils, French government, CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research), IRD (French Research Institute for Development), INRA (French National Institute for Agricultural Research), CIRAD (French Agricultural Research and International Cooperation organization) Type of Partnership: Win-Neutral for Public and [...]
Case Study Breathe Easy Air purifying plants Partners Involved: Plants, Breath Easy Type of Partnership: Win-Neutral for Public and Planet Partnership Models: Purifier, Isolator For the public, preserving healthy soils is ensuring vital ecosystem services such as food security, water purification and carbon capture. For the planet, it ensures healthy [...]
Case Study ICARUS Early warning goats Partners Involved: Animals (goats, elephants, felines, birds, …) and scientists Type of Partnership: Win-Neutral for Public and Planet Partnership Models: Data Partner Using animals as “intelligent sensors” to predict natural disasters could save thousands of human lives and enable bringing more people to safety. [...]
Case Study HeroRats Working towards health and peace Partners Involved: APOPO, African giant pouched rats Type of Partnership: Win-Neutral for Public and Planet Partnership Models: Sensor, Therapist The rats are extremely well cared for. However, this partnership does not provide a regenerative benefit to the wider African giant pouched rat [...]
Case Study Microalgae Biofaçade Powering buildings Partners Involved: Microalgae, Designers Type of Partnership: Win-Neutral for Public and Planet Partnership Models: Life Force, Isolator For the public, incorporating microalgae into building walls provides a renewable energy source, regulates building temperature, and stores carbon. Architects and designers are looking to embed plant-based [...]
Case Study Eel Energy Harvesting power from oceans and rivers Partners Involved: Ocean, rivers (currents), EEL Energy, IFREMER (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea), and Hutchinson (Total Group subsidiary) Type of Partnership: Win-Neutral for Public and Planet Partnership Models: Life Force Such a device provides the Public with [...]
Case Study Garbage Fighting Vultures Tackling illegal waste dump Partners Involved: Vultures, Peru Ministry of Environment, Gallinazo Avisa Type of Partnership: Win-Neutral for Public and Planet Partnership Models: Data Partner, Waste Manager, Educator The campaign benefits public health and sanitation and prevents pollution. However, it is not directly enriching the [...]
Case Study IoT Pigeon Air Patrol Fighting air pollution Partners Involved: Pigeon Air Patrol, CISCO, DigitasLBi, Pigeons, Plume Labs Type of Partnership: Win-Neutral for Public and Planet Partnership Models: Data Partner For the Public, the pigeons provide previously inaccessible data on man-made pollution levels. Therefore, monitoring air quality and taking [...]
Case Study Bio-Logging Seabirds Improving weather forecasting accuracy Partners Involved: Seabirds, Scientists (University of Tokyo) Type of Partnership: Win-Neutral for Public and Planet Partnership Models: Data Partner Data collected by seabirds helps improve weather forecasts. In the context of climate change, it allows researchers to better understand their capacity to [...]
