By Making It on 28 November, 2012
A Kenyan firm that uses recycled plastic to manufacture durable and environmentally friendly fencing posts.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Cartier Women’s Initiative Award, Cécile Ney, Charles Kalama, ecopost, fencing, Good Business, green industry, Industrial Development, injection moulding, Kenya, lorna rutto, Making It magazine, nairobi, plastic, plastic extrusion technology, recycled, red cedar trees, timber posts, UNIDO, United Nations Environment Programme, waste
By Making It on 20 April, 2012
Reese Fernandez-Ruiz is creating eco-ethical fashion from recycled scrap cloth and fabrics made by women living near one of the Philippines’ biggest rubbish dumps.
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Amina Aranaz-Alunan, career potential, designer handbags, eco-ethical fashion, empowerment of women, entrepreneurial capacities, entrepreneurship, fashion designers, handicrafts, Oliver Tolentino, Payatas, Philippines, Rags2Riches, Rajo Laurel, recycled, Recycling, Reese Fernandez-Ruiz, rubbish dump, Singapore, women entrepreneurs, women's economic empowerment, World Entrepreneurship Forum