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Italian architect Cesare Griffa has developed a system that can quickly grow and harvest micro-algae to help fight climate change and create products used for energy, food, cosmetics, or pharmaceuticals.
Griffa has designed an algae-filled structure called the WaterLilly system, which covers the façade of a building. It's another innovation in urban farming where, according to Griffa, "could become clever photosynthetic surfaces that respond to the current state of climate warming."
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The First Billion-Dollar Social Enterprise in America
Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital has purchased 50 percent of TOMS, the One For One shoe, eyewear, and fashion social enterprise that has been providing products to kids in need from every customer’s purchase.
