“One way to combat air pollution is
Airbubbl, which purifies the air inside
your car.” £249.99, Airbubbl.com
TECH
WA S T E N O TÉ
Tessa Clarke, co-founder and CEO of
food-sharing app Olio, serves up her
favourite innovations. Edited by Dena
Giannini. Photograph by Sophie Green
“The future of transport is incredibly
exciting – I can’t wait for driverless cars
and the ‘hyperloop’, which will transport
passengers in pods at speeds of 760 mph,
revolutionising how we travel.”
FAVOURITE APPS
BE MY EYES “A free app
that connects blind people
with sighted volunteers for
visual assistance through
a video call.”
GIKI “This helps to make your
shopping sustainable – all you have
to do is scan a barcode and see which
badges have been awarded.”
GOODGYM “Looking for reasons to get
fit? GoodGym will hook you up with
people who need help with tasks. So you
can run to meet a group to help with
community projects, or to visit an older,
isolated person who’d like a chat and
a cup of tea, then run back.”
OLIO “Surplus food can be shared,
not thrown away.”
THRIFT “It will collect your best
second-hand clothes, photograph
and upload them to its online store,
and donate the proceeds to your
favourite charity.”
“I love Mimica Touch,
a gelatin-based packaging
solution that shows if food
is spoiled or not – so you
don’t need to rely on
inaccurate sell-by date labels.
The premise is simple: if the
label feels smooth, your
food is fresh; if it’s bumpy,
you shouldn’t eat it.”
Mimicalab.com
ECOSIA
“Most of us
use an internet
search engine
every day.
A simple way to
do some good is
to use Ecosia.org,
a search engine
that uses profits
to plant trees –
60 million so far,
and counting.”
FAVOURITE PODCASTS
“My top tech and business picks
include: This Week In Startups, by Jason
Calacanis; Pivot, with Kara Swisher and
Scott Galloway; How I Built This with Guy
Raz; and The Twenty Minute VC.”
“A third of all
food produced
globally gets thrown
away each year.
A smart gadget in
the battle against
waste is the
NutriBullet
- perfect for using
leftover fruits to
make smoothies.”
NutriBullet
Balance,
£149.99,
Nutribullet.com
Tessa wears
jacket, £1,315,
Magda Butrym.
Poloneck, from £160,
JoosTricot. Jeans,
£230, J Brand.
Hair: Paula McCash.
Make-up: Lyz
Marsden. Styling:
Dena Giannini
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