Mexico City, Mexico. February 19, 2020 — The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today unveiled Sistema.bio was one of the highest-scoring proposals, designated as the Top 100, in its 100&Change competition for a single $100 million grant to help solve one of the world’s most critical social challenges. Sistema.bio reaches farmers by establishing agricultural training HUBs that demonstrate
There’s no need to wait: the revolution is here. All over the world big companies and small farmers are changing completely the way their produce is made. And, as all revolutions, this one is starting at the bottom. At the soil. The term “Regenerative Agriculture” was first coined in the 1980s at the Rodale Institute in Pensylvania, and it has
Waste management is one of the biggest issues in the modern world. This applies equally to big cities and small towns, to all factories and all farms. In today’s attempts to minimize the footprint of mass-scale production, more and more governments are betting for clean technology in their programs. Such is the case for the Canadian Government, which in 2017
By Xunaxi Cruz The Sistema.bio team is celebrating today as our Documentary “CACA” won the ninth edition of ECOFILM Festival. In collaboration with Camaroni Producciones and under the direction of Celsa Calderoni, its founder and director, the documentary was awarded first place among 10,000 short films that participated in 5 categories. This year, the International Festival of Environmental Short Films
September 25, 2019 – Alex Eaton, Co-founder and CEO of the largest global biogas social enterprise for small-holder farmers, received two international awards during the UN General Assembly in New York, as a recognition of his work to advance the Sustainable Development Goals. Sistema.bio manufactures and distributes high-quality, affordable biodigesters that enable farmers around the world to convert waste into
Alexander Eaton, CEO of Sistema.bio participated in the SDG Finance Geneva Summit (SGS Geneva). On October 9th, Eaton had the opportunity to pitch our business and impact model to potential partners, investors, large corporates and international organizations. From a list of 119 applicants, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Orange and SAP Innovative Business
By Graham Day, Sistema.bio CFO Welcome to 2050. The internal combustion vehicle now only exists in museums. Siri is a robot that knows what you want to eat before you do. Bitcoin is the only currency and you can check your balance with your contact lenses. It turns out, however, that people still need to eat. Farmers are now more
National Biodigester Conference Esther Altorfer and Cedrick Todwell, Kenya Country Director and Commercial Director respectively, participated on August 21 and 22 in the 2019 National Biodigester Conference and Exhibition hosted by the Kenya Biogas Program at Pride Inn Hotel, Westlands. Esther and Cedrick were part of two panels building the case around biogas and financing platforms. This was an outstanding
Nestlé Pilot Project in Mexico The Mexican team and Nestlé partnered this summer to implement a pilot program that will impact small and medium-sized livestock farmers. In this first stage, we aim to install 100 biodigesters in the Jalisco region, after which we plan to expand into other regions where Nestlé Mexico has operations. The beneficiaries are part of Nestlé’s
We won the Ashden Awards 2019! We won the Ashden Clean Cooking Award as part of the first-ever London Climate Action Week. Six years ago we applied to the Ashden Awards, but at that time, Sistema.bio was not a global company. Based in Mexico, our founders Camilo Pagés and Alex Eaton used to build the biodigesters in a garage! This
