‘Karbon Biru’ was the winning idea by Yulia Ratnasari (founder), Pedro Patique, Irlanda Mora and Nasira Ahs. It is a mangrove and wetlands carbon sequestration project that goes beyond conventional ‘pay to plant a tree’ model. They want to innovate on how to close the loop and induce regenerative economy via functional diversity. The project will first be carried out in Indonesia and future expansion to Brazil, Mexico and Pakistan.

Evi-Mara van Beekhuizen, Camilla Visconti and Roos van Buren thought of ‘Ephora Solutions’: a project that focuses on the creation of a never-before seen fabric product made from recycled materials. This fabric will use jute bags, sourced primarily from coffee bean imports. The aim is to create an innovative and sustainable fabric product using the principles of the circular economy to guide procurement, production, and marketing of the product. This innovation tries to decrease the use of virgin natural textiles such as cotton, wool and silk which are detrimental to the environment.

Together with the rangers of Pilanesberg National Park in South Africa, Buster Franken and Sako Arts are building an autonomous drone with thermal cameras that can search for poachers in the wildlife reserves. They need to build an autonomous drone because there is a severe lack of manpower, causing poaching to continue. The goal is to build a cheap drone that by being AI enabled can be used in any wildlife conservation park on the continent to prevent poaching.