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In the Luxembourg countryside, a small company is taking action to regenerate over one million square meters of old orchards surrounding the landscape. A vision for safeguarding nature and using business as a force for good.

Isatou Ceesay and the Women Turning Waste to Wealth Text by Lily Dyu Photography by Luke Duggleby, Videography by Max Riché Video editing by Lester Olayer Isatou stood at the edge of the village and looked at the ugly heap of rubbish piled high on the red earth. Amongst the discarded tins, food and bike

Illac Diaz: Light by the liter Text by Pierre-Yves Sanchis Photography by Max Riché and Luke Duggleby Videography by Max Riché  Illac Diaz and his NGO Liter of Light has already helped over 382,000 Filipinos, and 690,000 people throughout the world to get out of energy poverty. At 44 years old, Illac Diaz is no ordinary

Chewang Norphel, the Iceman of Ladakh Text by Lily Dyu Videography and photography by Peter Caton “Mr Norphel!” Chewang heard someone call his name. It was a smiling woman climbing up from the stream. On her back she was hauling a plastic barrel of water that she’d just filled. He recognised her from his previous

Bren Smith: Making kelp our new hope Text by Laurence Butet-Roch Videography and photography by Max Riché A former industrial fisherman on a quest for ecological redemption, Bren Smith has put together a new model of ocean farming that can both restore our oceans and feed the planet. “People aren’t only looking to eat food, they

Schaduf: Watering Cairo’s rooftops to life Text by Ieva Maniusyte Photography by David Degner and Amanda Mustard Videography by David Degner Sherif Hosny, Tarek Hosny and Abdulraheem Ali bring urban gardens and rooftop agriculture to Cairo in an effort to make all the city greener. Not many people living in urban areas are used to

Joe Justice: Ultra-efficient open-source cars built in your garage Text by Laurence Butet-Roch Videography and photography by Max Riché This business process consultant applies the methods he preaches to multinationals to build road-legal ultra efficient vehicles achieving 100 miles per gallon, in open-source. The man who designed and built one of the most ecological, open-source

Perrine and Charles Herve-Gruyer: Permaculture to feed us and heal the planet Text by Max Riché Videography and photography by Max Riché This French couple have created a reference in vegetable and fruit productivity on their farm in Normandy, France, according to the principles of Permaculture, without any fossil fuels and in total respect of

Benoit Lavigueur: Builder of eco house dreams Text by Sunnie J. Groeneveld Videography and photography by Max Riché How a carpenter from Canada brought his energy consumption at par with that of an African family, in the Québec winter. “As far as I can remember, climate has always played a very important role in my