Can you do your shopping and plant a tree at the same time? Tred is a UK-based green debit...
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Projects
Innovating within an institution that is over one hundred years old is no easy feat, but that’s what Innovation Partnerships...
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At the opposite end of poverty tourism you can find Unseen Tours, a social enterprise that supports vulnerably housed individuals...
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“It’s possible at a neighbourhood or city scale for us to completely overturn how change happens” Imandeep Kaur, CIVIC SQUARE....
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The Caribbean Sharks Education Program uses empathy and social media to turn poachers into conservationists. “I spend about 50%...
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Agriledger is turning the supply chain upside down. Now, smallholder mango farmers in Haiti can sell their produce directly in...
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Farah Liz Pallaro knows from experience that a career in fashion and wellbeing often don’t go hand-in-hand. That’s why she...
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As Neil Gaiman wrote, ‘a town isn’t a town without a bookstore.’ So, in the age of internet shopping, what’s...
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Imagine being able to grow and make almost anything. Well, you can. That’s what this ‘Fab’ global initiative is...
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Tickr’s app allows users to invest as little as £5 in companies expanding access to education, clean water, renewable energy...
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Resonate unlocks leadership potential of women and girls in East Africa with a training programme dedicated to building self-confidence and leadership....
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A franchise network of 'digital' toilets in Nairobi is helping to stem the spread of COVID-19 among vulnerable urban slum communities....
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Together we can fix our broken politics. Sortition Foundation want to create a real democracy of the people, by the people, and for the...
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Africa is building a big wall of trees through 11 countries, just under the southern edge of the Sahara, to...
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Do you segregate your wet and dry waste? Most people think it’s extra work, but if you can convert it...
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If you feel that formal education doesn't hold the answers to a sustainable future, take a few tips from Enrol Yourself...
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One third all all food is wasted; which is staggering. But there is a fun way to reduce this. The...
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"Whoever you are, wherever you are, you only have to know one thing. You can learn anything." That's the motto...
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Learn languages with native speakers in conversation sessions that offer hope to refugees who have lost everything. Looking to...
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Five years have passed since Berlin-based Vincent Zimmer and Markus Kressler launched Kiron Open Higher Education, the first online university...
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Educating girls is fundamental for a sustainable future for East Africa, but only 5 percent of girls graduate. Most spend...
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A picture paints a thousand words – but when it comes to fashion, there’s a lot more to say. Texture is...
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“Where can I get this ingredient? This one costs a fortune and I only need a pinch of it, this...
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Pathways for Promise, an initiative within the Asian University for Women, is providing free education to talented women from among Bangladeshi garment...
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Long-lasting, locally made, affordable classic designs: this isn’t just a beautiful idea, but the reality of Community Clothing. The...
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Is this the clothes shop of the future? Imagine walking into a space on your local high street, selecting a...
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The Littery is Latvia’s answer to reducing the man-made problem of litter waste with the most global of incentives: money....
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Scrolling through Instagram, a Too Good To Go ad pops up in which a girl and a boy sprint through...
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Most farmers in advanced economies take advantage of a wealth of agricultural information services to support farm management and increase...
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Do you rule out peppers because they're too twisted? Unconsciously, most of us discard some fruits and vegetables in the...
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With 51,330 species spread across Colombia, the world’s second-most biodiverse country creates an immense pantry for chef Leo Espinosa and...
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When Morocco went into lock-down during the Covid19 crisis, the first thing that Amal Center did was set up a...
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Currently only 30% of roles in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are held by women. In...
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"We envision a world where cities recognise their interdependence with the world’s forests and use their political, economic, and cultural...
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People will always love books. While digital media has disrupted other industries, there really is nothing like a physical book...
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Transformed poachers trained as 'blasters' are helping keep elephants from raiding farmers' crops in Zambia – using non-lethal chilli powder...
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Something important is happening in Cleveland: one of America’s poorest cities has a radical plan to remake itself. Anyone who...
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Described as “The Glastonbury of business“ (minus the wellington boots, silent disco and huge clean-up operation), Meaning is an edgy...
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Who would have thought at the start of 2017 that Bitcoin would increase 20-fold? Since it became the first decentralised digital currency released...
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Scott Nelson wants to fully embed a a resource-based economy inside existing market capitalism, just by issuing credit to people...
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What if you want to assess a proposed development's contribution to the social, economic and environmental pillars of sustainability? A new...
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Submitted by you: Coming out of Zug, Switzerland (dubbed 'Crypto Valley'), ShapeShift’s goal is ‘to be the fastest, most private...
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Submitted by you: Based in Israel, Amos Meiri and the 30+ strong team at Colu are helping people to support...
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Part of a growing movement thinking differently about how to support people living in conflict areas, Refugee Open Ware (ROW3D) works...
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Japan is facing a demographic disaster. As of 2014, 26 per cent of the population is over 65-years-old. Simultaneously the...
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What does the future of business look like? How will developments from big data, artificial intelligence and the internet of things to driverless vehicles, 3D printing and synthetic biology...
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The world is on an unsustainable path, but powerful ideas and innovations that could help solve social, economic and environmental...
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Using the Internet and Raspberry Pis, rather than prayer and scripture, with software replacing rules and doctrine, the unMonastery collective borrows from...
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Today mankind does incredible things. Thirty years of digital revolution have brought previously unimaginable advances in the way we live...
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In Bangladesh, the textile and garment manufacturing sector is fuelled by young workers, many of whom are extremely poor women...
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Barcelona's former factory neighborhood Poblenou, meaning 'new town', is witnessing a new type of industry in the neighbourhood’s streets. A...
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There is nothing more effective than healthy competition to spur innovators onwards and, in the case of Drones for Good,...
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Trialled in numerous countries since the second world war and supported by many, there has never been a study which...
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Submitted by you: Rising global connectivity shows that mobile internet is rapidly becoming a primary source of information and knowledge...
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Approximately three-quarters of Americans are in debt, in most cases due to the high cost of healthcare and education. Nearly...
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The phrase 'dog-eat-dog world' was coined in the 19th century with the birth of modern capitalism. As the power looms...
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As part of a family that owned a moving company in New Jersey for more than ninety years, Adam Lowy...
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Barcelona-based studio Noumena have used their collective backgrounds in design, research and education to develop a data-collecting drone that maps the...
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Buying good-quality local meat can be very expensive and not always accessible for cash-strapped carnivores, locavores (people who like to...
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Self-driving robots look set to shake up the delivery business, worth a massive US$4 billion globally. And it's Skype who came up...
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When a busy commercial block collapsed due to structural failure in the 2013 Rana Plaza building collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh,...
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In New Delhi, Open Source Drug Discovery takes the shamefully inefficient and expensive hit rate quoted by the big pharmaceutical...
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The more our lives have been transposed to the internet, the larger our personal data trails have become. Bank details,...
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Nigeria’s healthcare system is notoriously expensive, and an unexpected emergency can bankrupt a family. Partnering up with Hygeia, EFInA (an...
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Latin America’s poorest slums and housing estates often lie at the margins of urban economies and social welfare systems as...
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Revolutionary technology rarely looks the part. The steel chimneys and chemical storage silos of Kalundborg on the Danish island of Zealand could be...
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The self-published DIY ‘zine’ has always been the domain of those in search of alternatives. Its DIY nature eschews the...
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A new industry first in freight shipping is gaining popularity. With rising anticipation of a global emissions tax, land and air-based...
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Africa is growing at a rate never seen before, and everyone wants a piece of the action, but not everyone...
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Many up and coming African developers create innovative software, but they do not know how to commercialise their products. At...
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In 2006, a local pharmacist in Cairo noticed two things – that low-income families couldn’t afford medicine, and that there...
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With a population of almost 120 million, Mexico is the most populous Spanish speaking country in the world. Greater Mexico...
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By 2030, Africa will have the world's largest working population, but few Africans currently have the technical and product development...
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Today’s highly competitive job market in the UK can make knowing which career path to follow difficult, so gap years...
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Tea is the world’s most popular beverage. It impacts on the lives of millions, providing employment and export earnings worldwide....
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Technovation Challenge is an annual global technology entrepreneurship competition (currently held in 64 countries) for girls aged 10-18, helping them...
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The Philippines is blessed with fertile land and a climate well suited to crop production but the Asian island nation...
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The food industry is one of the most wasteful in the world. Already struggling to feed its population, in India...
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It is estimated that more than two billion people are homeless or live in slums. Urban3D is a São Paulo-based...
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We may look back on 30 July 2015 as the start of something important – the day Ethereum went live....
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A new model for democratising software education is forcing top French universities to rethink accessible training. Conceived by a multi-billionaire...
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