Wege Prize organizer chatted with WGVU's Shelly Irwin about this year's move to a national level:
Listen here: http://www.wgvu.org/wgvunews/index.cfm?id=tmsarc&sty=30041
MLive shouts out the call for participants for Wege Prize 2015: http://www.mlive.com/east-grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/11/college_students_sought_for_we.html
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation will stage the first Disruptive Innovation Festival (DIF) from 20 October – 14 November 2014, bringing together thought-leaders, entrepreneurs, businesses, makers, learners and doers to catalyse system-level change for a future economy. Over four weeks using a mix of online and face to face events participants have an abundance of opportunities to explore the economy through a different lens.
Check it out at http://www.thinkdif.co/me.
Women's Lifestyle Magazine gets to the heart of the "big idea" of Wege prize in this great article: http://womenslifestyle.com/the-impressionist-a-city-of-dreamers-and-doers/
A great look at an awesome member of the Wege Prize team: competition organizer Gayle DeBryun - http://www.rapidgrowthmedia.com/uix/people/gayledebruyn.aspx
More news on Wege Prize 2014 winners FusionGRow from Rapid Growth Media: http://www.rapidgrowthmedia.com/innovationnews/0417hydrowege.aspx
Great coverage on Wege Prize 2014 winners FusionGRow from mLive: http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/03/15000_up_for_grabs_wege_prize.html
A look at the winning team from Wege Prize 2014 by the Grand Rapids Business Journal: http://www.grbj.com/articles/79175-fusiongrow-earns-15k-at-wege-prize
Print and radio coverage from WGVU: http://www.wgvu.org/wgvunews/index.cfm?id=arc&sty=25302
From the Grand Rapids Business Journal: http://www.grbj.com/articles/78946-multi-college-student-collaboration-will-attack-wicked-problems
Coverage on the launch of Wege Prize 2013 from Rapid Growth Media: http://www.rapidgrowthmedia.com/innovationnews/1031wege.aspx
Design and the circular economy: toasters that won't be binned
After looking at how a chair manufacturer redesigned its products with their future life in mind, one company decided to apply the same thinking to the toaster
Leading the way in circular economy
Scotland’s zero waste plans received a big boost after becoming the first nation to join the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Economy 100 programme (CE100).
This global network of 100 companies, innovators and administrations has set itself a three-year timeframe to accelerate the transition to a circular economy, helping businesses rethink the way they manage resources, whilst stimulating economic growth.