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Calgary Chamber Joins Beakerhead for a Better World

September 15, 2015 No Comments

Scott Crockett, Director of Marketing & Communications of the Calgary Chamber expresses his excitement for the ground-breaking and innovative event: “Business has incredible power to change the world for good. In fact, business has been one of the greatest forces in human history for raising people out of poverty and solving our greatest challenges as humans. With the rise of social entrepreneurship, it’s clear that doing good in the world can be a great business strategy. I can’t wait to hear from these 5 innovators about how they are doing good and doing well at the same time!”

Borre Akkersdijk, Renaissance Man meets The Matrix: A Beakerhead for a Better World Spotlight

September 11, 2015 No Comments

“The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it.” –Mark Weiser

5 MBA Students “Aspire” to do Good: A Beakerhead for a Better World Spotlight

September 8, 2015 No Comments

Two years ago, Aspire Food Group was just an idea for a pitch contest generated from five MBA students. That vision won the prestigious Hult Prize in 2013 and has transformed into a company at the forefront of the crickets-for-food movement.

Nanoleaf, How a Radically Bright Idea Came to Life: A Beakerhead for a Better World Spotlight

September 2, 2015 No Comments

Nanoleaf’s journey began when three tree-hugging engineers, Gimmy Chu, Tom Rodinger and Christian Yan, met on the University of Toronto solar car team. Initially joining as a way to gain more experience within their field, they each quickly discovered their passion for green technology while on the team. Little did they know that tinkering with energy efficient cars would eventually become their catalyst and fuel for change.

Eden Full, From Student to Game-Changing CEO: A Beakerhead for a Better World Spotlight

August 31, 2015 No Comments

Fellow Calgarian native Eden Full has known since she was 3 years old that she wanted to be a scientist. Now, at just 23 years old, Full has established herself as an accomplished inventor and social entrepreneur, securing her spot on the Forbes’ 30 Under 30: Energy list three years in a row.

How Doing Good in the World is Great Business

August 26, 2015 No Comments

On September 17, from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Calgary’s Glenbow Museum Theatre (130 9 Ave SE) will see a remarkable panel discussion that will bring together an eclectic and inspirational collection of entrepreneurial organizations that are showing how directly taking on the world’s biggest challenges is good business

Beakerhead Creative Society and Trico Charitable Foundation connect ingenuity & the social good

June 3, 2015 No Comments

A cul-de‐sac in Calgary will become an outdoor gallery for a large-scale structure made from mushrooms this September as part of the annual smash-up of art, science and engineering called Beakerhead. The blocks, made from mushroom spores and agricultural waste, are the brainchild of an entrepreneur who wanted to build packaging
materials out of compostable materials rather than foam or plastic.

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How Doing Good in the World is Great Business

Beakerhead Creative Society and Trico Charitable Foundation connect ingenuity & the social good

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