In the first part of our mini series Quenching the Future's Thirst, we are sitting down with Job van Schelven, Partner at PureTerra Ventures to learn about some of the challenges facing the planet’s water supply. We touch on such topics as how legacy infrastructure is causing significant water waste, how entrepreneurs pick a focus, and whether the conflicts of the future will be centered on water. Even though roughly 70% of the earth’s surface is water, issues facing water systems are often overlooked. Will humanity start paying attention before it is too late?

We are grateful to the European Regional Development Fund, SEB bank and RIMI for their support.

 In a special mini series about the ESI Sustainability Challenge, we are sitting down with Elizabete Rebezova from Renoinvestment to talk about why he and his team decided to join the ESI challenge and solve the problem they attempted to solve. We discuss such things as how to build a team of complete strangers, how to motivate house boards, and the benefits of joining a hackathon. Student Hackathons are a great way to learn about how the future is thinking about the current problems. Let’s learn about the future they envision.  

We are grateful to the European Regional Development Fund, SEB bank and RIMI for their support.

In a special mini series about the ESI Sustainability Challenge, we are sitting down with Ricards Agapovs from Last Chance Cuisine to talk about why he and his team decided to join the ESI challenge and solve the problem they attempted to solve. We discuss such topics as how to join a hackathon when you don't know anyone, how to create new ideas, and how to prevent food waste. Student Hackathons are a great way to learn about how the future is thinking about the current problems. Let’s learn about the future they envision.  

We are grateful to the European Regional Development Fund, SEB bank and RIMI for their support.

 In a special mini series about the ESI Sustainability Challenge, we are sitting down with Matiss Katanenko from Green Dream to talk about why he and his team decided to join the ESI challenge and solve the problem they attempted to solve. We touch on such subjects what value hackathons bring to the individual participants, what prevents apartment owners from adapting sustainable upgrades, and how to make the transition from being a musician to wanting to start a company. Student Hackathons are a great way to learn about how the future is thinking about the current problems. Let’s learn about the future they envision.  

We are grateful to the European Regional Development Fund, SEB bank and RIMI for their support.

In a special mini series about the ESI Sustainability Challenge, we are sitting down with Karlis Karolis, Baltic Head of Innovations at SEB bank to learn about why the company decided to be a partner for the challenge and how they chose a problem for the participants to try and solve. We touch on such subjects as how new innovation ecosystems grow, how to balance current business needs and future innovation, and what sustainability means to a bank. Innovation challenges are a great way to foster idea generation to solve the problems that face many corporations. We’ll see if this is used more and more frequently in the future. 

We are grateful to the European Regional Development Fund, SEB bank and RIMI for their support.

In the final part of our mini series Ensuring Sustainability, we are sitting down with Renata Sagatauskė Corporate Responsible Strategy & Development Manager from Rimi Baltic to learn about the supermarket chain’s journey to championing sustainability. We discuss such topics as how to get people interested in science, how to communicate sustainability, and how the supermarket ecosystem becomes more sustainable. To be able to meet the global challenges the world faces we need more corporations stepping up and taking the lead. By changing the options available to consumers, they can become sustainable with their dollars. Will this collaboration be enough to make a difference? 

We are grateful to the European Regional Development Fund, Printify, SEB bank and RIMI for their support.

In the first part of our mini series Ensuring Sustainability, we are sitting down with Stine Junge, Global Head of the SDG Accelerator at the UNDP to learn about what it actually takes to have your startup be sustainable. We touch on such topics as how the different sustainability goals were created and how they are measured, the current status of progress on the SDGs, and why the UNDP decided to get more involved with innovation. It can often be difficult to understand all the consequences of a company's actions. It is necessary to effectively measure the right metrics. How do companies create the best processes to do this? 

We are grateful to the European Regional Development Fund, Printify, SEB bank and RIMI for their support.

In the final part of our mini series Are robots going to take our farms too? We are sitting down with Lion David CEO at Frontier RNG, to learn his story and reflect on the first 3 parts of this series. We discuss such topics as how to grow things in the dessert, what innovation is like in a kibbutz, and how to build innovation expertise. As climate change threatens that amount of land that can be used for agriculture we will need ways to change arid landscapes. Looking at places that are already arid we might be able to find inspirations for this issue. Maybe robots will be a solution?

We are grateful to the European Regional Development Fund, Printify, SEB bank and RIMI for their support.

In the third part of our mini series Are robots going to take our farms too?, we bring back Martin and Aleksejs  so we can have a dialogue between two different stakeholders in the Agtech. We touch on such subjects as the future of vertical and urban farming, potential of API's in agriculture, and how generation changes affect the space. Hopefully, through conversations like these we can help people and we can find ways to create farms that can meet the food needs of society.

We are grateful to the European Regional Development Fund, Printify, SEB bank and RIMI for their support.

In the second part of our mini series Are robots going to take our farms too?, we are sitting down with Aleksejs Mališevs from AgroRobot to learn about how they started the company and how they are helping farmers be efficient in their fields. We touch on such topics as how to go from economics to robotics, how to make robots do delicate things, and how to expand across different crops. As humanity continues to grow we are putting a greater strain on the food supply forcing farmers to look for innovative solutions to keep up with demand. How will all this innovation change the farms of the future?

We are grateful to the European Regional Development Fund, Printify, SEB bank and RIMI for their support.