Through an annual award, the World Challenge has, for the past six years, identified projects or small businesses from around the world that have shown enterprise and innovation at a grass roots level.

The fourth edition of the SEED Newsletter is filled with exciting news:
•    2010 SEED Awards: Call for proposals open
•    SEED’s special focus on Africa in 2010

and much more here

The GEF (Global Environmental Facility) Small Grants programme (SGP), implemented by UNDP, has recently granted  the women’s group ‘Solar Women of Totogalpa ‘, a partner in the 2008 SEED winning initiative ’Lighting up Hope and Communities’,  funding for the construction of their solar restaurant. Read more...

Since they received the 2007 SEED award, “Nueva Vida” (New Life), based in the Ecuadorian Andes, has been able to make progress through new partnerships.

The partnership, led by a women’s organisation , makes jam from several of the re-introduced native tubers which in part is used in chocolates. Read more...

Blue Ventures, one of the first SEED winners in 2005 for creating Madagascar’s first community-run marine protected area, continues to progress and has received universal endorsement Read more...

Helen Marquard, SEED’s Executive Director has joined the 12^th session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) in Bamako, Mali (20-25 June). During a UNEP-hosted event on the green economy at AMCEN, she launched the 2010 Awards for entrepreneurship in sustainable development.

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The initiative ‘Innovative fish and algae aqua-farming’ in the Cook Islands was one of the 2009 SEED Winners. The initiative co-farms fish with shellfish and micro-algae in inland ponds, drawing on the tropical climate, natural nutrient cycles and new harvesting technologies. Read more...