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STARTUPS WHO ARE CHANGING THE FUTURE TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY!

May 10th, 2018|

Exciting and anxious is how we could describe these last few months of recruiting and evaluation for The Nature-Accelerator. Following all this work and commitment came the hardest part, the selection. Overall, more than 250 [...]

THE NATURE-ACCELERATOR FIRST RESULTS

April 6th, 2018|

The Nature-Accelerator has closed its call for applications with almost 250+ potential recruits offering sustainable solutions in the agriculture (150+), forestry (20+), ecotourism (60+) and natural resource (70+) sectors! All applications have been going through [...]

Etifor’s mobility: from the Leading Lumber State to the Federal District USA!

November 14th, 2017|

Last October, Etifor travelled to the US for the sixth, and last, mobility exchange for the ECOSTAR project. Alessandro Leonardi, CEO of Etifor and Project Coordinator of ECOSTAR explains: “the mobility to the United States [...]

WE ARE SCOUTING!

September 20th, 2017|

We are scouting for a new member for the ECOSTAR Nature-Accelerator team at Etifor. Looking for: an Italian or EU-based mentor; business management/innovation/marketing background; previous experience working with startups is essential, better if in the [...]

When eastern Europe meets western Europe

August 31st, 2017|

From the 6th to the 9th of June 2017, the fifth ECOSTAR mobility exchange took place between Forest Design and the Technical University of Madrid (UPM). Bogdan Candrea, from Forest Design, reports on his exchange: [...]

Bringing entrepreneurship experience to Padova University

August 22nd, 2017|

From  the 08 till the 12 of May 2017, the fourth ECOSTAR mobility exchange took place between RICARDO and the University of Padova. Kieran Conlan, CEO of Cascade (a practice of Ricardo Energy and Environment), [...]