Author Archives: Justin Olsson

That's All Folks! Eco-Challenge Submissions Close

It is an exciting time for the Eco Challenge Series, the partnership between Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and open innovation company InnoCentive.  With our first two challenges closed, we are on the verge of awarding our first prizes for eco-innovation. EDF put up two prizes to solve pressing environmental challenges in agriculture and we’re working [...]

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We have a problem. Can you solve it?

Nitrogen pollution is a significant issue facing the environment: Across the U.S. and many parts of the world, large scale farming operations are applying excessive amounts of fertilizers and the unprecedented excess of nitrogen resulting from these farming practices contributes to coastal dead zones, impaired drinking water supplies, degraded fisheries and recreational areas, and risks [...]

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Can Open Innovation Make Products Better for the Environment? Accelerating Sustainable Innovation

Justin Olsson is a Harvard Law School graduate, working as a Legal Fellow for Environmental Defense Fund on developing and testing methods to accelerate sustainable innovation. Many companies today are searching for creative ways to take their goals for business and the environment to the next level. Innovation has been a vital part of making [...]

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