The Unilever Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs Awards, developed in partnership with the Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership, were looking for innovative yet practical, tangible solutions created by young people that help make sustainable living commonplace.
Young entrepreneurs (aged 30 or under) were invited to submit groundbreaking initiatives that tackle the challenge of sustainable living.
A total of €200,000 in financial support and tailored mentoring were awarded to the seven most impressive entries.
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Timeline
Winner is Announced
- LaunchSeptember 2, 2013
- Entry DeadlineNovember 1, 2013
- Finalists are AnnouncedNovember 26, 2013
- Winner is AnnouncedJanuary 30, 2014
Competition entries
| Title | Contributor | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Azadi : Redefining Freedom for Women | Dhirendra Prata... | Lucknow , India |
| Empowering Out of School Girls through Passion Fruit | Rebecca Kaduru | Fort Portal, Uganda |
| Wecyclers: incentive based recycling in low-income communities | Bilikiss Adebiy... | Nigeria |
| The Plastic Bank | Shaun Frankson | Peru |
| Waste Not Wood: Liberia | Anisha Gupta | Gbarnga, Liberia |
| New fashion life for plastic bags | ADF global | Berkane, Morocco |
| MyRain | Steele Lorenz | Madurai, India |
| Eccolizer | MD SHAHIDUL ISLAM | Rajshahi, Bangladesh |
| Chureca Chic; Recycling to Empower Women | Andrea Paltzer | Managua, Nicaragua |
| Sanergy: Building Sustainable Sanitation in Urban Slums | Taylor Ray | Kenya |
| Good Glass | Angela Inglish | Kampala, Uganda |
Entries
Blog
Social entrepreneur Mene B. Orits helps Nigerian farmers feed their families, and the rest of the country, while also offering young people and women a means out of poverty.
Keeping waste out of landfills? Making health care accessible to all? This 24-year-old Indonesian entrepreneur is doing just that.
Municipal solid waste (MSW) is ranked as the highest priority waste stream in Indonesia, based on a country needs assessment analysis by the United Nations Environment Programme. Organic waste isn't far behind.
The story of how one social entrepreneur in Guatemala, Curt Bowen, is starting a revolution—for farmers, by farmers.
Guatemala, 1970. General Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio became the face of the Institutional Democratic Party, essentially a club of military dictators whose brutal rule, between 1970 and 1986, changed the country forever. Guatemala's development plan, supported by the US, aimed to “aid campesinos as well as small and medium farmers” for a diverse national production.