{"id":32871,"date":"2023-06-01T15:01:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T19:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlham.edu\/?p=32871&preview=true&preview_id=32871"},"modified":"2023-06-30T11:07:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T15:07:05","slug":"earlham-college-students-selected-to-compete-in-hult-prizes-summits-in-brazil-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlham.edu\/news-events\/earlham-college-students-selected-to-compete-in-hult-prizes-summits-in-brazil-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"Earlham College students selected to compete in Hult Prize\u2019s summits in Brazil, Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Three teams of students from Earlham College have been selected to compete at the Hult Prize\u2019s regional summits in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, and Taipei, Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Hult Prize<\/a> is the world\u2019s largest social entrepreneurship competition and awards a $1 million grand prize for ideas solving pressing social issues, such as food security, water access, energy and education. This year\u2019s competition<\/a> challenges students to redesign fashion by launching ventures in the clothing and fashion industry to make it more sustainable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFashion has the power to create a difference and we\u2019re harnessing that power to make a difference in the fast fashion industry through sustainability,\u201d said Diprekshya Maharjan, the chief marketing officer for Ecothreads, a venture proposed by Earlham students that would manufacture recycled t-shirts using plastics commonly found in water bottles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ecothreads was selected to participate in the Hult Prize\u2019s summit in Taipei, Taiwan, from June 16-18. They were this year\u2019s winners of Earlham\u2019s quarterfinal competition on campus, which is sponsored by the College\u2019s Center for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity (CEIC)<\/a> and the campus chapter of Net Impact. In addition to Maharjan, EcoThreads also includes students Zohaib Asif, Loukik Nanda and Eric Ford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n