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SOCIAL INNOVATION INTERVIEWS

Disruptive design: catalyst of social change

Interview with Cristina Yoshida and Diego del Moral, co-founders of Collective of Disruptive Design.At the intersection of systems thinking and design thinking, Collective of Disruptive Design (Colectivo de Diseño Disruptivo in Spanish) seeks out collaborative...

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Linking Belonging and Social Innovation

Vanessa Mason is the founder of The Future of Belonging Project, which examines how we can redesign tools and remodel approaches to fulfill the basic human need for belonging. She is also research director at the Institute for the Future. Her future research explores...

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FUTURE PROOFING STUDENTS

School of Future is creating a scalable enterprise that is powered by technology to help change this dynamic to "future proof" students. Future proof as they define it as: You truly feel ready to take on the evolving world. You know exactly who you are, you know the...

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How to make a living while changing the world

PCDN Global is a platform that provides skills, career, and community building opportunities to aspiring changemakers around the world. Their work spans from curating the latest information on jobs and opportunities for students and professionals who are in the social...

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How to reduce microplastics pollution: PlanetCare

Did you know that washing your clothes is causing microplastics pollution? Tiny plastic particles are polluting our oceans, where they can stay for centuries, harming sea life and making their way into the human food chain. These microplastics -- fragments of plastic...

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Rainwater harvesting for social change

Enrique Lomnitz is the CEO and founder of Isla Urbana, a social enterprise based in Mexico City, who together with a multidisciplinary team has created and installed rainwater harvesting systems to provide low-income and water scarce populations in urban and rural...

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Giving access to essential health care, education, and economic opportunities by building 250 footbridges over impassable rivers and served over 1 Million communities around the world, insightful interview with Avery Bang the President & CEO of Bridges to Prosperity.

    Almost 1 billion people around the world don't have safe access to critical resources like health care, education, or employment due to an impassable river. With a single innovation, Bridges to Prosperity can impact households across multiple...

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MIT Solve: Open Challenges for Social Impact Innovation

MIT Solve: A Marketplace for Social Impact InnovationSolve is an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a mission to drive innovation to solve world challenges—it is a marketplace for social impact innovation. Through open innovation...

Social Innovation Academy event in Slovenia attracted inspiring speakers

Social Innovation Academy event in Ljubljana attracted inspiring speakers. Participants presented their social innovations along with other exciting news!

SOCIA a driving force for (future) social entrepreneurs and innovators in Extremadura

(Future) social entrepreneurs and innovators creating new ventures in a session organized by EOLAS and INTROMAC for Social Innovation Academy.

Do you have an idea that could make a positive social impact? Don’t miss out the Social Innovation Tournament 2020!

This time we shed light on the call for proposals by EIB’s Social Innovation Tournament with all the key dates and rules for applicants.

Social Innovation Awards 2023 revealed in Davos!

Social Innovation Awards 2023The Schwab Foundation Social Innovation Awards 2023 have just been revealed. Read further to discover more about these awards and this year's winners.'The world is at a critical juncture as economies and livelihoods are battered by...

4 social innovators share with SOCIA their thoughts about the social innovation learning needs in the VET system

Innovation is considered as a key source of competitiveness, sustainable economic growth and social cohesion by the European Commission and, particularly, social innovation is seen as a useful tool to respond to contemporary challenges. Thus, the role of education has...

Social Innovation Match

Social Innovation Match'The Social Innovation Match aims to promote the transfer and/or scaling-up of social innovation across Europe.You can find there inspirational examples and organisations with whom you might want to work in the future.Which areas are covered in...

European Innovation Lab open for registrations

Today we share with you an exciting opportunity concerning the European Innovation Lab – A European workshop and competition for the (further) development of digital formal participation approaches in the European Union. "Digital Public Participation is a vital...

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