Meet 5 female founders in our Autumn 2025 Catalyst cohort tackling elderly care, energy poverty, creative education, community engagement & conservation 👇
From Edinburgh to Nigeria, they're building tech that drives real social impact.
#FemaleFounders #WomenInTech #TechForGood #StartupStories #Techscaler
Annabel Illingworth founded @vocalista - a "virtual town hall" platform.
It enables real-time gathering of local perspectives, as well as crowd-mapping of environmental data, feeding valuable insights to decision-makers.
👉 https://t.co/dP5777sfOm
#IWD2025@CodeBaseTech
Did you know - a record 62 million tonnes of e-waste was produced in 2022, up 82% from 2010. ♻️
And this is set to rise another 32% to 82 million tonnes in 2030. 📈
Head this way to learn more about our Precious Metals Recovery Plant. - https://t.co/aDDa2FAguu
Delighted to share my latest feature, on White Desert Antarctica. Such a magnificent combo, at the pinnacle of adventure & luxury travel experiences whilst setting best practice for responsible tourism, sustainability & innovation on the continent.
https://t.co/glCif69GRc
White Desert in Antarctica welcomes fewer than 300 guests per eternal-daylight season at two luxury camps made up of convivial bubble huts in Queen Maud Land, surrounded by majestic nunataks, or rocky outcrops https://t.co/RBC5yqS6QP
Flying high after 25 years: @traveloneworld - the world’s leading #airline alliance - celebrates its 25th anniversary today, with flight and cabin crews, as well as engineers, from around the world meeting at London’s @HeathrowAirport to mark the occasion.
OOO: Off on a great adventure … @EllermanHouse en route to White Desert, Antarctica. Taking a moment to absorb the Edwardian mansion’s views, splendid native planting & momentous private art collection spanning two centuries of political & cultural history. #RelaisChateaux
Not only did we find endless powder but frozen waterfalls, ptarmigan, a herd of chamois & mountain hare tracks too. A pleasure to cover @TheSkiClub in the same year as their 120th anniversary ❄️👏🏻
On newsstands now, my latest #ski adventure feature - the road trip of dreams in British Colombia - Banff, Lake Louise, an epic 3 days of glaciers & trees with @cmh_heli in Purcell, Kicking Horse & Revelstoke! Huge thanks to @PurePowder for organising. #heliski@countryandtown
The Scottish Government is consulting on new legislation that is similar to our Well-being of future generations Act in Wales, including the idea of a Future Generations Commissioner. https://t.co/gYqnZwHhgJ
@Lorna_Explorer Snowcard is excellent - has various levels of adventure / activity for mountains & sea plus easy to tailor for tech, luggage etc. @Team_BMC good too although last time I took that you needed to become a member - unsure nowadays.
@lottiecgross@IsharaKenya Cool and always a joy to have a go, isn’t it. Makes you realise how many hours the likes of Nick Brandt must take to set up the perfect shot!
Still basking in the joy of encountering a curious manatee while on assignment in #Florida for @EscapismMag@FoodismUK & @squaremile_com - most inspiring to see the east coast barrier island communities’ recovery post Hurricane Ian & low impact tourism & conservation initiatives.
“Moreover, the trade body estimates that if properly recycled, five billion mobile phones could recover $8bn worth of gold, palladium, silver, copper, rare earth elements, and other critical minerals, and enough cobalt for 10 million electric car batteries.”