Impact Updates 10/2024
Impact Hub Zürich
Home of Makers: Entrepreneurs x Creatives x Techies. We enable and ignite your impact!
Dear Community,?
While the festive season may still feel far off, now is the perfect time to plan ahead and ensure your Christmas celebration is truly unforgettable. At Kraftwerk, we’re excited to offer an exclusive opportunity to secure the perfect venue for your event. Whether you’re envisioning a cozy gathering with your team or a grand holiday party for up to 200 guests, we have the ideal space to make your celebration extraordinary.
Explore our three packages, each offering a choice of five delicious fondues, including a vegan option.?By reserving your date in advance, you’ll guarantee the best options and avoid the last-minute rush. This leaves you free to relax and truly enjoy the festive atmosphere, focusing on what matters most – spending quality time together.
Book your spot here?(available November & December, Monday - Friday).
We can’t wait to welcome you and celebrate the holiday season with you!
Your Kraftwerk Team
??Climathon??
Last chance to register for the Climathon Zurich 2024!?Join us for our biggest climate event of the year—a dynamic 32-hour hackathon where innovation meets impact!?We are bringing together a diverse community of students, professionals, scientists, policy-makers, and creative thinkers—all united by a shared passion for climate action. Over the course of 32 hours, you’ll immerse yourself in collaborative problem-solving, tackling real climate challenges with impactful solutions.?Register?here?until 30.09.2024.?
??RiseUp Summit??
We are excited to celebrate and connect with all of you on?October 4th,?when we meet again for our?RiseUp Summit.?You can expect a day?full of fireside chats, panels, workshops, networking and celebration. You will be able to tap into topics like “Investment for Entrepreneurs”, “Profit and Purpose: Striking the Balance for Sustainable Success”, “Pitch Perfect: How to secure Investment”, and many more. Tickets include access to the event and all workshops, as well as drinks and food throughout the whole day and the Apéro. Check out the?website?and?LinkedIn?for latest updates - and if you are part of the?Female Founders Community Membership, you get a 15% discount code!
??Business Lunch??
A new culinary experience at Kraftwerk:?From October 1st to November 29, food expert Esther Kern and renowned chef Marcel ?sterreich will be curating our Business Lunch at Kraftwerk. This collaboration introduces new, planet-friendly products while supporting Swiss food producers and regional manufacturers.?Impact Hub Zurich members enjoy a 15% discount on our menu!
Esther is a leading advocate for plant-based trends, known for her book "Leaf to Root", and her innovative projects like Leaf to Root? and Veg-Alp?. As a food entrepreneur, she brings fresh ideas to both B2B and B2C audiences. This collaboration enhances our food offerings at Impact Hub Zurich, fostering sustainable practices and innovative culinary experiences across all locations and events.
Our Business Lunch is available Monday to Friday, 11:30 – 14:00, from October 1 to November 30, 2024. Reserve your table early!
?Kickstart?
The Kickstart program’s bi-weekly digests are here - if you missed the first issue, you can read it here. For the next few weeks, you can stay up to date with the latest highlights, successes, announcements, and much more from this innovative initiative. Don’t miss the chance to follow along with their journey!
Kickstart recently welcomed 41 startups, scaleups, and intrapreneurship teams from 9 countries, working in areas such as Finance & Insurance, Food & Retail, Health & Wellbeing, New Work & Learning, Smart Cities, and the new Climate Positive Mission - Circular Economy Initiative. Their goal? To create sustainable and innovative collaborations with partners across industries. Sign up for the digest and get a front-row seat to all the action!
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?? EVENTS???
We look forward to welcoming you at one of our events across our three locations in Zürich. Discover our diverse range of events here.
?? OPPORTUNITIES???
?? Workshops from our partner network on systems thinking
Our partner collaboratio helvetica is offering a 3-week online workshop on Systems Thinking Frameworks and Practices (October 16–30, 2024), introducing key systems thinking concepts and historical examples of systemic interventions. They are also hosting a 6-week workshop on Inner/Outer System Mapping for Effective Action and Systemic Impact (November 5–17, 2024), guiding participants through personal and contextual mapping to identify impactful entry points for systemic change.
?? Built to last? Product longevity and repairability in Switzerland and beyond
It’s now widely recognised that humanity’s throwaway and consumerist culture is profoundly unsustainable, and that a shift towards durable and repairable products is a necessity. Of course, with many challenges and systemic inertia to overcome, how can we achieve such a transformation??This is precisely the question that will be tackled at this joint event between One Planet Lab (part of the national "Long live our products" coalition), GreenBuzz and Tsüri.ch as part of the Tsüri circularity month. The event will draw on perspectives from other countries to see how Switzerland can learn best repairability practices from elsewhere. More information and registration here.?
?? Circular & Climate Community Winter Apero
Changemaker communities come together! Join us to chill, chat and connect at our winter apero on December 11.?Meet like-minded peers over a relaxed get together. The One Planet Lab and Impact Hub Zürich Communities warmly welcome you to join the festivities. We are planning it in a very low key informal setting. The ultimate goal will be to connect, toast to our successes, share experiences, learnings and collectively advance on our ?favorite“ topic: Climate and Circularity Action.?Here are some impressions from the summer apero.?Register here for the winter edition.
??Investment opportunity in Swiss solar projects
Simple, concrete and also with small amounts Solarify connects people who work together for a sustainable future. The start-up rents roofs across Switzerland and realizes crowd-financed solar projects on them. With just a few clicks on the solarify.ch platform, you can secure your own solar panels and profit directly from the electricity sales – a simple and convenient way to produce green electricity in Switzerland and generate a return on your investment. Make a difference for the Swiss energy transition now.
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