Category: The Business of Environment & Plastic Waste

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Plastic Guyana

Turning the Tide

Why Guyana’s Plastic Crisis Is a Foreign Investor’s Greenfield Opportunity By the time Guyana’s oil economy reaches full stride, the country faces a paradox: becoming one of South America’s fastest-growing economies while simultaneously drowning in its own waste. For the shrewd foreign investor, that contradiction is not a problem — it is a business model.…
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Plastic Recycling Alana

🌿 Alana’s Fight for a Plastic-Free Guyana

eyesonguyana In the bustling streets of Georgetown, Guyana, where plastic bags and bottles often litter the sidewalks, one woman dared to imagine a different future. Alana Bunbury-Walton dreamed of a country where sustainability wasn’t just a buzzword, but a way of life. Her vision took shape in JARS Zero Waste Store, Guyana’s first zero-waste shop.…
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The Smallest Country with the Boldest Tech Bet

How Guyana Is Spending Its Oil Windfall on Innovation A nation of fewer than a million people is quietly positioning itself as South America’s AI capital. Here’s how it’s doing it — and what its neighbor next door could learn. eyesonguyana In 2019, Guyana struck oil. Not a little oil — an extraordinary gusher of…
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José Antonio Kast

Bridging Continents: How Chile’s New President Could Supercharge ENRICH in LAC

A conservative revolution in Santiago meets one of the most ambitious Europe–Latin America innovation bridges ever built. eyesonguyana When José Antonio Kast strode to the podium in Santiago on the night of December 14, 2025, waving a Chilean flag before a jubilant crowd, few observers were thinking about science policy. His campaign had been dominated…
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Universidad Tecnológica del Uruguay

Bridging Continents

How ENRICH in LAC and Uruguay Are Rewriting the Rules of Global Innovation Where Europe meets Latin America, a quiet revolution in science, technology, and sustainability is underway — and Uruguay is at its centre. eyesonguyana A Network Built for the Future In a world where breakthrough discoveries rarely happen in isolation, the European Network…
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Brazil–Germany Tech Challenge

From Berlin to Belém

The Brazil–Germany Tech Challenge and the Innovation Partnership Redefining a Continent German startups. Brazilian corporate giants. A pitch event, a handshake, and a working relationship that outlasts both — this is what transatlantic innovation looks like when it gets serious. eyesonguyana There is a long tradition of Germany and Brazil finding each other. German settlers…
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ENRICH in LAC

Five Nations, One Mission

How ENRICH in LAC Is Rewiring Innovation Between Two Continents From the rainforests of Brazil to the solar deserts of Chile, a European-backed network is quietly transforming what it means to innovate across the Atlantic. eyesonguyana There is a moment in every great partnership when paperwork becomes purpose — when a signed agreement stops being…
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Flying Car by Dakila Pesquisas

Soaring into the Future: Brazil’s First Flying Car by Dakila Pesquisas

eyesonguyana In a bold leap from science fiction to reality, Brazilian research group Dakila Pesquisas has unveiled its first flying car prototype—Genesis X1, a sleek electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle that could redefine how Brazilians move through their cities and beyond. A Dream 24 Years in the Making The Genesis X1 was officially…
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Vickram Bharrat

Guyana Global Charms the World

Looking for Investors eyesonguyana June 8th 2025 — The humid air of Georgetown clung to everything, a familiar embrace of salt and blooming frangipani. But beneath the city’s colonial charm and the rising hum of an emergent oil economy, a different kind of pressure was building. Not from the deep offshore wells, but from the…
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Brazil’s Finance Chief:

Brazil’s Finance Chief:

Climate Change a tremendous Economic Opportunity eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 22 May 2025– For years, climate advocates have argued that slowing emissions requires governments to embed climate throughout government policy—including and especially economic policy. In few places has such an approach taken greater hold than Brazil.  Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad on a tour around the U.S. to promote his country as a home for data…
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