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A barking mad workshop! #2

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02:21

Muru Arunachalam

I’m the first man to wear sanitary pads

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02:30

pierre duponchel

I use your jeans to insulate your house

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François Maurisse

I rediscover the beauty of small meadow flowers through my camera lens.

02:54

Trailer Shamengo - English version

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01:25

Drone presentation - 3D Villa Shamengo

Testimony

01:47

Hommage à Charles-Edouard Oksenhendler, fondateur de la Ferme de la Glutamine

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02:08

Clip Villa Shamengo COP 21

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05:22

Clip Villa Shamengo à Bordeaux

I install air-conditioning systems above your head

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01:46

ESD & Ecole de Condé - Projet Peinture végétale pour Villa Shamengo

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01:25

ESD & Ecole de Condé - Projet Bistrot pour Villa Shamengo

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02:35

ESD & Ecole de Condé - Projet Make&Go pour Villa Shamengo

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02:25

Anke Domaske

I manufacture fabric out of milk leftovers

The Pioneers

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Travel around the world of the best green, social and digital innovations through the stories of these exceptional entrepreneurs, the Shamengo Pioneers.

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02:21

Muru Arunachalam

I’m the first man to wear sanitary pads

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02:30

pierre duponchel

I use your jeans to insulate your house

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François Maurisse

I rediscover the beauty of small meadow flowers through my camera lens.

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02:27

alexandre dubernard

I install air-conditioning systems above your head

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02:25

Anke Domaske

I manufacture fabric out of milk leftovers

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02:26

Francesca Miazzo Jessica Spadacini

I carry fruit and vegetables in the last mile

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02:30

Vandana Shiva

I breathe new life into ancestral seeds

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02:28

Laurent Goudet

I build houses out of hemp concrete

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02:30

Rita Panicker

I created the children's bank

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02:11

Cédric Carles

I use nature to play turntables

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02:19

George Madhavan

I turn water from your toilet into drinking water

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02:09

Luc Jonveaux

I export Bangladeshi Street Art

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02:28

Martine Postma

I created the Repair Café

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02:17

Anders Wilhelmson

I created the world's simplest toilets

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02:18

aurelia wolff

I invented a machine to dye fabric with vegetable scraps

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02:19

Jacques Bremond

My technology reduces maritime shipping emissions

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02:34

Patricia Dutreux

These wood bricks don't need nails, screws, or glue

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02:28

Andrew Bastawrous

I detect cataracts with a mobile phone

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02:31

Rémi Succoja

My electric bike runs on hydrogen

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02:31

Javier Fernandez

I invented a shrimp-based bioplastic

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Aurelia Wolf

I created an open-source machine to make natural dyes.

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02:12

Dhruv Lakra

My couriers are deaf and mute

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02:28

David Edwards

I make edible food packaging

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02:19

wong Mun Summ

I doubled green space by building a hotel

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02:24

Salomon Raydan

I created the bank of the poor

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02:22

Masaru Emoto

I reveal the secret life of water

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02:21

SANJAY SACHDEV & HARSH MALHOTRA

We save lovers from death

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02:29

Sten de Wit

I created the world's first solar cycle path

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02:16

Arnoud Raskin & Ann Van Hellemont

we set up schools in the most unlikely places

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02:19

Lente Roode

I help cheetahs reproduce

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02:25

Hervé Thomas & Pierrick Clément

We're marketing an invasive mollusk as a new seafood option

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02:26

Paul Benoit

I heat your apartment with computing power

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02:24

Pierfrancesco Maran

I collect your food waste to make compost

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02:16

Jason Chen

I created a deodorising fabric with coffee grounds

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02:27

Cédric Auriol

Trade your steak for bugs!

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02:30

Illac Diaz

I bring light slums with our old plastic bottles

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02:30

Jesús Manuel Aldrete

I make 100% biodegradable chewing gum

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02:29

Henry Liang

I make paper from stone

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02:22

Peggy Pascal

I pioneered farming in a bag

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02:26

Marcelo Villegas

I’ve created a bamboo laminate that’s cheaper than plywood

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02:17

Georgie Delaney

I recharge my phone while getting fit

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02:22

Eric Scotto

I construct photovoltaic greenhouses to combine green energy with organic farming

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02:28

Shane Chen

My invention revolutionises personal mobility

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02:35

Martha Delgado

I trade your trash for organic food

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02:26

Catia Bastioli

I harvest thistles to make bioplastic

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01:52

Tal Ben Shahar

I teach you how to be happy

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02:03

David Wadström

I purify water with solar energy

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02:07

Agustín Wolff

I offer a roof to millions of people

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02:29

Mansukh Prajapati

My refrigerator works without electricity

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02:27

Kanta Hani

I created the zero waste festival

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02:10

Ernesto Gramsh

My invention could save your skin

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02:13

Shaktimat Om Mokshananda

Relax on my carpet of nails

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02:04

Miguel Neiva

I help the colour blind see colours

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02:08

Barthélémy Dominici

I'm tackling ocean garbage

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02:13

Andrea Coleman

Our drivers tackle some of Africa's toughest roads to save lives.

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01:54

Olivier Desmoulin

Come on over, my neighbour’s making dinner

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02:25

Miguel Luengo

Wipe out malaria with my video game

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02:11

Dara O'Rourke

My app helps you make responsible consumer choices

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02:11

Mohammad Al-Ubaydli

I created the first medical Facebook

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02:13

Nek Chand

I created the world’s largest work of art made from recycled objects

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I free the mental ill who have been kept in chains

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02:00

Josh Nesbit

I save lives with mobile phones

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02:10

Ogo Maduewesi

I’m fighting Michael Jackson’s disease

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02:27

Javier De Nicolo

I created the Children’s Republic to keep kids off the streets.

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02:25

Katherine Freund

I launched the first ride-sharing company for seniors

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02:06

Stephan Wrage

I invented a sail to power cargo ships

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02:17

Masaki Takao

I make bioethanol from your old clothes

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I created a universal language for the deaf community

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02:06

Guillaume Bapst

I created a network of solidarity supermarkets

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02:19

Sam Agutu

I help people save for health care

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02:02

Hisham Kharma

I'm fighting the blood mafia with my free donation network

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02:53

Bunker Roy

I created the Barefoot College

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02:12

Veronica Khosa

I support AIDS victims until their last breath

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02:23

Sameer Sawarkar

I offer an inexpensive complete check-up via telephone.

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02:24

Yukihiro Kimura

I’ve pioneered diaper recycling

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02:27

Cédric Péchard

I grow mushrooms from your coffee grounds

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02:29

Philippe Ouaki di Giorno

My solid water makes deserts bloom

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02:08

Jordi Marti

I invented a blood test without needles

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02:29

Thomas Granier

I'm building sustainable earthen roofs

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02:24

Takao Furuno

I use ducks instead of pesticides in my rice fields

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01:58

Tammy Dunakin

I rent out my goats to mow your lawn

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02:18

Yumi Somei

I discovered a rich oil field in Tokyo!

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02:14

Angie Chatrakul

I turn tilapia leather into designer shoes

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02:05

Amit Goffer

I help paraplegics to walk again

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02:23

Aline Mathilde Pelsers

We started Homeless Man of the Year

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02:18

Francisco Da Silva

I make soap from used cooking oil

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02:10

Trevor Field

Our students pump fresh water on the playground

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02:15

Simon Vélez

I use bamboo like others use iron

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02:13

Guilhem Cheron, Marc-David Choukroun

Our ‘hives’ give you access to farm-fresh products for less

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02:04

Sandra Aguebor

I keep women off the streets by training them to be mechanics

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02:12

Esteban Chornet

I fill up my tank with what you throw away

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02:12

Thierry Jacquet

I use plants to clean toxic soil

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02:05

Ursula Sladek

I created the first green energy network

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02:08

Heath Nash

I transform milk bottles into designer lighting

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02:20

Corentin de Chatelperron

I cross oceans in a boat made of jute

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02:26

Tony Meloto

I’ve helped a million Filipinos out of extreme poverty

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02:27

Gonzalez Catalina

I teach people to read with dominos

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02:10

Olivier Desurmont

I wash cars without water

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02:09

Bethelem Tilahun

My soleRebel shoes get extra miles out of old tires

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02:20

Plernpis Thongklad

Our bank lends buffaloes

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02:05

Guilherme Bampi

I created a new recycled and recyclable material

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01:58

Amit Chugh

I bring sunlight to those forgotten by development

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02:12

Carlos Espinosa

My nets capture water from the clouds

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02:14

Natalie Killassy

I designed an anti-rockfall textile

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02:16

Pierfranco Midali & Giacomo Bonzani

We're bringing light where the sun doesn't shine

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02:17

Tom Szaky

I can recycle anything you throw away

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02:05

Stiven Kerestegian

I transform salmon skin into eco-leather

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02:04

Brent Schulkin

I created a new kind of citizen action

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02:05

Mary Gordon

I teach empathy with babies

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01:50

Wolfram Palitzsch

I recycle rare earth metals

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02:08

Laurent Gachet et Touraya Bouabid

I opened an arts school for vulnerable children

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02:19

Alejandro Echeverri

I’m reducing crime with urban planning

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02:06

Tortel Poltrona

I give people back their smiles

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02:11

Veronika Scott

I created a blanket coat for the homeless

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02:06

Peter Vadasz

I use the forest judiciously

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01:59

Olivier Cussenot

I use dogs to sniff out prostate cancer

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02:15

Jamie Yang

I bring electricity off the grid

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01:56

Robin Willner

I put your computer to work for a good cause

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02:05

Alfredo Olivera

My radio show is run by crazy people

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02:07

Felipe Vergara

I started a fair student loan scheme

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02:09

Eben Bayer

I grow the packaging of the future

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02:00

Carlos Fernandez

I created a foldable electric car

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02:11

Jeremy Gilley

I’m fighting for peace

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02:03

Washington Cucurto

My cardboard books are original and affordable

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02:08

Beverly Blum

I'm cooking with solar!

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02:04

Bright Simons

I track fake medication

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02:00

Francine Shapiro

Use your eyes to heal your trauma

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02:09

Daniel Hoffer

I’m coming to stay with you

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02:09

Martine Le Lu

I use oyster shells to make paint.

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02:01

Clément Shala

My cooker lets nothing go to waste

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02:08

Jim Denevan

My works exist in harmony with the natural world

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02:08

Oscar Dios

I converted a Boeing 747 into a hotel

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02:14

Britta Riley

I grow vertical gardens

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02:17

Neil Harbisson

My third eye translates colours into sounds

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01:58

Phil Morgan

My restaurant runs on hydroelectric energy

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02:05

Jean Kabuta

Learn to praise yourself

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02:17

Daniel Charbonnier

We transformed a bunker into a hotel

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02:00

Suzanne Lee

I grow my own clothes

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02:04

Richard Reynolds

I’m a guerrilla gardener

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02:16

Awen Delaval

I created a fabric from the lotus flower

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02:06

Alan Heeger

I invented flexible solar panels

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02:07

Benoit Paget

I pay you back for recycling

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02:07

Serge Lareault

I manage the world’s first newspaper for the homeless

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02:10

Marina Braun

I transform unsold newspapers into eco-bags.

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02:04

pierre calleja

I capture CO2 with micro-algae

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02:07

Radar Nishuli

I protect gorillas from coltan miners

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02:12

Anita Ahuja

I recycle plastic bags in New Delhi

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01:46

Tommy Theberge

I created metro maps for the visually impaired

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01:58

Jean François Archambault

I offer gourmet dining to the poor

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02:10

Mariouche Gagné

I give a new life to used fur coats

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02:16

Denis Mukwege

I restore women who have been destroyed by rape

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01:57

Baruch Rinkevich

Coral reefs have a future because of my invention

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02:01

Claudia Hollm

I created a soup kitchen for animals

Helen Evans & Heiko Hansen

We shine a green light on factory emissions

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02:09

Soledad Pinero Misa

The toys I recommend for children aren’t made by other children

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02:05

Pilgrim Beart

I lower your electricity bill

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02:10

Bart Weetjens

I train rats to detect landmines

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02:14

Nina Raeber

I transform sacks of fish food into chic shopping bags.

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02:08

Jan In't Veld

I created universal eyeglasses

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02:15

Rainer Nolvak

I created Clean Up Day

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02:13

Bindeshwar Pathak

The untouchables I help are no longer destined to clean human excrement

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02:05

Spencer Tunick

I photograph thousands of people in the nude

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01:58

Tobias Leenaert

I converted my city to vegetarianism

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01:55

Jérôme Salomé

I stand up for men in skirts

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02:13

François Jaquenoud & Lo Chay

We're providing potable water to those in need

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02:08

Christian Boisard

I put a stop to stuttering in under three days

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02:11

Olivier Cousin

I cultivate my vineyards with horse power

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02:00

Isabelle Quehe

I created the Ethical Fashion Show

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02:05

Mel Young

I created the Homeless World Cup

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02:16

Gilles Cenazandotti & Thierry Ledé & Charlie Sansonetti

Trash from the sea is treasure for our art

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02:05

Jan Peter Bergkvist

I co-created the world’s first chain of eco-hotels

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01:57

Andreas Heinecke

I turn out the lights to show you another world

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01:57

Ruskig

I tag your CV to help you find work

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02:01

Harrison Dillon

I create fuel from algae

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01:55

Madan Kataria

I make you laugh out loud

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02:10

Valérie Pache

I transform parasails into party dresses

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02:15

Christian Moullec

I fly with migrating birds

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02:03

Michel Smit

I turn your dance moves into kilowatts

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02:11

Atanase Périfan

I created Neighbour Day

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02:13

joe mangrum

I invite you to meditate on the streets of New York

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02:15

Major Ahluwalia

I created a hospital for paralysed people like me

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02:04

Philippe Brousseau

The statues I sculpt weigh only a few grams

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02:03

Gazi Babaiarova

I fight against bride kidnapping

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02:05

Marie-Elisabeth Faymonville

I use hypnosis for surgical operations

The Pioneers Caring for the mind and body

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Discover the latest medical innovations, future ways of healthy diet, how to change our mindset or promote our well-being thanks to Shamengo pioneers.

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02:30

Vandana Shiva

I breathe new life into ancestral seeds

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02:28

Andrew Bastawrous

I detect cataracts with a mobile phone

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Aurelia Wolf

I created an open-source machine to make natural dyes.

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02:28

David Edwards

I make edible food packaging

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02:22

Masaru Emoto

I reveal the secret life of water

Portrait

02:25

Hervé Thomas & Pierrick Clément

We're marketing an invasive mollusk as a new seafood option

Portrait

02:27

Cédric Auriol

Trade your steak for bugs!

Portrait

02:30

Jesús Manuel Aldrete

I make 100% biodegradable chewing gum

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02:22

Peggy Pascal

I pioneered farming in a bag

Portrait

02:17

Georgie Delaney

I recharge my phone while getting fit

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01:52

Tal Ben Shahar

I teach you how to be happy

Portrait

02:10

Ernesto Gramsh

My invention could save your skin

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02:13

Shaktimat Om Mokshananda

Relax on my carpet of nails

Portrait

02:04

Miguel Neiva

I help the colour blind see colours

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02:13

Andrea Coleman

Our drivers tackle some of Africa's toughest roads to save lives.

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01:54

Olivier Desmoulin

Come on over, my neighbour’s making dinner

Portrait

02:25

Miguel Luengo

Wipe out malaria with my video game

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02:11

Dara O'Rourke

My app helps you make responsible consumer choices

Portrait

02:11

Mohammad Al-Ubaydli

I created the first medical Facebook

Portrait

I free the mental ill who have been kept in chains

Portrait

02:00

Josh Nesbit

I save lives with mobile phones

Portrait

02:25

Katherine Freund

I launched the first ride-sharing company for seniors

Portrait

I created a universal language for the deaf community

Portrait

02:19

Sam Agutu

I help people save for health care

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02:02

Hisham Kharma

I'm fighting the blood mafia with my free donation network

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02:12

Veronica Khosa

I support AIDS victims until their last breath

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02:23

Sameer Sawarkar

I offer an inexpensive complete check-up via telephone.

Portrait

02:27

Cédric Péchard

I grow mushrooms from your coffee grounds

Portrait

02:08

Jordi Marti

I invented a blood test without needles

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02:24

Takao Furuno

I use ducks instead of pesticides in my rice fields

Portrait

02:05

Amit Goffer

I help paraplegics to walk again

Portrait

02:13

Guilhem Cheron, Marc-David Choukroun

Our ‘hives’ give you access to farm-fresh products for less

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02:16

Pierfranco Midali & Giacomo Bonzani

We're bringing light where the sun doesn't shine

Portrait

02:05

Mary Gordon

I teach empathy with babies

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01:59

Olivier Cussenot

I use dogs to sniff out prostate cancer

Portrait

02:04

Bright Simons

I track fake medication

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02:00

Francine Shapiro

Use your eyes to heal your trauma

Portrait

02:09

Daniel Hoffer

I’m coming to stay with you

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02:05

Jean Kabuta

Learn to praise yourself

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01:58

Tobias Leenaert

I converted my city to vegetarianism

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01:55

Jérôme Salomé

I stand up for men in skirts

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02:08

Christian Boisard

I put a stop to stuttering in under three days

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01:55

Madan Kataria

I make you laugh out loud

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02:11

Atanase Périfan

I created Neighbour Day

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02:05

Marie-Elisabeth Faymonville

I use hypnosis for surgical operations

The Pioneers Creating with ethics

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Put the human being back at the heart of the economy. Respect everyone’s work… Ethics guide these pioneers in their choices of production and consumption in order to restore meaning to human activity and happiness at work!

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02:30

pierre duponchel

I use your jeans to insulate your house

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François Maurisse

I rediscover the beauty of small meadow flowers through my camera lens.

Portrait

02:25

Anke Domaske

I manufacture fabric out of milk leftovers

Portrait

02:11

Cédric Carles

I use nature to play turntables

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02:09

Luc Jonveaux

I export Bangladeshi Street Art

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02:28

Martine Postma

I created the Repair Café

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02:18

aurelia wolff

I invented a machine to dye fabric with vegetable scraps

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Aurelia Wolf

I created an open-source machine to make natural dyes.

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02:19

wong Mun Summ

I doubled green space by building a hotel

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02:24

Salomon Raydan

I created the bank of the poor

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02:19

Lente Roode

I help cheetahs reproduce

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02:16

Jason Chen

I created a deodorising fabric with coffee grounds

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02:27

Kanta Hani

I created the zero waste festival

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02:08

Barthélémy Dominici

I'm tackling ocean garbage

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02:13

Nek Chand

I created the world’s largest work of art made from recycled objects

Portrait

02:14

Angie Chatrakul

I turn tilapia leather into designer shoes

Portrait

02:08

Heath Nash

I transform milk bottles into designer lighting

Portrait

02:09

Bethelem Tilahun

My soleRebel shoes get extra miles out of old tires

Portrait

02:05

Stiven Kerestegian

I transform salmon skin into eco-leather

Portrait

02:11

Veronika Scott

I created a blanket coat for the homeless

Portrait

02:03

Washington Cucurto

My cardboard books are original and affordable

Portrait

02:08

Jim Denevan

My works exist in harmony with the natural world

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02:00

Suzanne Lee

I grow my own clothes

Portrait

02:04

Richard Reynolds

I’m a guerrilla gardener

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02:16

Awen Delaval

I created a fabric from the lotus flower

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02:10

Marina Braun

I transform unsold newspapers into eco-bags.

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02:12

Anita Ahuja

I recycle plastic bags in New Delhi

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02:10

Mariouche Gagné

I give a new life to used fur coats

Helen Evans & Heiko Hansen

We shine a green light on factory emissions

Portrait

02:09

Soledad Pinero Misa

The toys I recommend for children aren’t made by other children

Portrait

02:14

Nina Raeber

I transform sacks of fish food into chic shopping bags.

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02:05

Spencer Tunick

I photograph thousands of people in the nude

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02:00

Isabelle Quehe

I created the Ethical Fashion Show

Portrait

02:16

Gilles Cenazandotti & Thierry Ledé & Charlie Sansonetti

Trash from the sea is treasure for our art

Portrait

02:05

Jan Peter Bergkvist

I co-created the world’s first chain of eco-hotels

Portrait

01:57

Ruskig

I tag your CV to help you find work

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02:10

Valérie Pache

I transform parasails into party dresses

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02:13

joe mangrum

I invite you to meditate on the streets of New York

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02:04

Philippe Brousseau

The statues I sculpt weigh only a few grams

The Pioneers Protecting the planet

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Fighting global warming, giving our waste a second life, increasing sustainable mobility or preserving biodiversity, is all possible! Shamengo pioneers show you how…

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02:21

Muru Arunachalam

I’m the first man to wear sanitary pads

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02:30

pierre duponchel

I use your jeans to insulate your house

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02:27

alexandre dubernard

I install air-conditioning systems above your head

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02:25

Anke Domaske

I manufacture fabric out of milk leftovers

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02:26

Francesca Miazzo Jessica Spadacini

I carry fruit and vegetables in the last mile

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02:30

Vandana Shiva

I breathe new life into ancestral seeds

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02:28

Laurent Goudet

I build houses out of hemp concrete

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02:11

Cédric Carles

I use nature to play turntables

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02:19

George Madhavan

I turn water from your toilet into drinking water

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02:28

Martine Postma

I created the Repair Café

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02:17

Anders Wilhelmson

I created the world's simplest toilets

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02:18

aurelia wolff

I invented a machine to dye fabric with vegetable scraps

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02:19

Jacques Bremond

My technology reduces maritime shipping emissions

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02:34

Patricia Dutreux

These wood bricks don't need nails, screws, or glue

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02:31

Rémi Succoja

My electric bike runs on hydrogen

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02:31

Javier Fernandez

I invented a shrimp-based bioplastic

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Aurelia Wolf

I created an open-source machine to make natural dyes.

Portrait

02:19

wong Mun Summ

I doubled green space by building a hotel

Portrait

02:29

Sten de Wit

I created the world's first solar cycle path

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02:19

Lente Roode

I help cheetahs reproduce

Portrait

02:26

Paul Benoit

I heat your apartment with computing power

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02:24

Pierfrancesco Maran

I collect your food waste to make compost

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02:27

Cédric Auriol

Trade your steak for bugs!

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Jesús Manuel Aldrete

I make 100% biodegradable chewing gum

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02:29

Henry Liang

I make paper from stone

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02:22

Peggy Pascal

I pioneered farming in a bag

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02:26

Marcelo Villegas

I’ve created a bamboo laminate that’s cheaper than plywood

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02:22

Eric Scotto

I construct photovoltaic greenhouses to combine green energy with organic farming

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02:28

Shane Chen

My invention revolutionises personal mobility

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02:35

Martha Delgado

I trade your trash for organic food

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02:26

Catia Bastioli

I harvest thistles to make bioplastic

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02:29

Mansukh Prajapati

My refrigerator works without electricity

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02:27

Kanta Hani

I created the zero waste festival

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02:08

Barthélémy Dominici

I'm tackling ocean garbage

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02:13

Nek Chand

I created the world’s largest work of art made from recycled objects

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02:06

Stephan Wrage

I invented a sail to power cargo ships

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02:17

Masaki Takao

I make bioethanol from your old clothes

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02:53

Bunker Roy

I created the Barefoot College

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02:24

Yukihiro Kimura

I’ve pioneered diaper recycling

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02:27

Cédric Péchard

I grow mushrooms from your coffee grounds

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02:29

Philippe Ouaki di Giorno

My solid water makes deserts bloom

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02:29

Thomas Granier

I'm building sustainable earthen roofs

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02:24

Takao Furuno

I use ducks instead of pesticides in my rice fields

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01:58

Tammy Dunakin

I rent out my goats to mow your lawn

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02:18

Yumi Somei

I discovered a rich oil field in Tokyo!

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02:18

Francisco Da Silva

I make soap from used cooking oil

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02:15

Simon Vélez

I use bamboo like others use iron

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02:12

Esteban Chornet

I fill up my tank with what you throw away

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02:12

Thierry Jacquet

I use plants to clean toxic soil

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02:05

Ursula Sladek

I created the first green energy network

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02:20

Corentin de Chatelperron

I cross oceans in a boat made of jute

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02:10

Olivier Desurmont

I wash cars without water

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02:05

Guilherme Bampi

I created a new recycled and recyclable material

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02:12

Carlos Espinosa

My nets capture water from the clouds

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02:17

Tom Szaky

I can recycle anything you throw away

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02:04

Brent Schulkin

I created a new kind of citizen action

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01:50

Wolfram Palitzsch

I recycle rare earth metals

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02:06

Peter Vadasz

I use the forest judiciously

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02:09

Eben Bayer

I grow the packaging of the future

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02:00

Carlos Fernandez

I created a foldable electric car

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02:09

Martine Le Lu

I use oyster shells to make paint.

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02:01

Clément Shala

My cooker lets nothing go to waste

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02:08

Oscar Dios

I converted a Boeing 747 into a hotel

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02:14

Britta Riley

I grow vertical gardens

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01:58

Phil Morgan

My restaurant runs on hydroelectric energy

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02:17

Daniel Charbonnier

We transformed a bunker into a hotel

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02:06

Alan Heeger

I invented flexible solar panels

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02:07

Benoit Paget

I pay you back for recycling

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02:04

pierre calleja

I capture CO2 with micro-algae

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01:57

Baruch Rinkevich

Coral reefs have a future because of my invention

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02:05

Pilgrim Beart

I lower your electricity bill

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02:15

Rainer Nolvak

I created Clean Up Day

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01:58

Tobias Leenaert

I converted my city to vegetarianism

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02:11

Olivier Cousin

I cultivate my vineyards with horse power

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02:05

Jan Peter Bergkvist

I co-created the world’s first chain of eco-hotels

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02:01

Harrison Dillon

I create fuel from algae

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02:03

Michel Smit

I turn your dance moves into kilowatts

The Pioneers Caring for others

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Throughout the world, Shamengo pioneers care for their neighbours, stand up for great causes or assist threatened populations… in a striking efficient and original way. Watch.

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Muru Arunachalam

I’m the first man to wear sanitary pads

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02:30

Rita Panicker

I created the children's bank

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02:19

George Madhavan

I turn water from your toilet into drinking water

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02:09

Luc Jonveaux

I export Bangladeshi Street Art

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02:28

Martine Postma

I created the Repair Café

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02:17

Anders Wilhelmson

I created the world's simplest toilets

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02:12

Dhruv Lakra

My couriers are deaf and mute

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02:24

Salomon Raydan

I created the bank of the poor

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SANJAY SACHDEV & HARSH MALHOTRA

We save lovers from death

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02:16

Arnoud Raskin & Ann Van Hellemont

we set up schools in the most unlikely places

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02:19

Lente Roode

I help cheetahs reproduce

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02:30

Illac Diaz

I bring light slums with our old plastic bottles

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02:22

Peggy Pascal

I pioneered farming in a bag

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02:03

David Wadström

I purify water with solar energy

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02:07

Agustín Wolff

I offer a roof to millions of people

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02:27

Kanta Hani

I created the zero waste festival

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02:04

Miguel Neiva

I help the colour blind see colours

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02:00

Josh Nesbit

I save lives with mobile phones

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02:10

Ogo Maduewesi

I’m fighting Michael Jackson’s disease

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02:27

Javier De Nicolo

I created the Children’s Republic to keep kids off the streets.

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02:06

Guillaume Bapst

I created a network of solidarity supermarkets

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02:53

Bunker Roy

I created the Barefoot College

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02:12

Veronica Khosa

I support AIDS victims until their last breath

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02:23

Sameer Sawarkar

I offer an inexpensive complete check-up via telephone.

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02:23

Aline Mathilde Pelsers

We started Homeless Man of the Year

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02:10

Trevor Field

Our students pump fresh water on the playground

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02:04

Sandra Aguebor

I keep women off the streets by training them to be mechanics

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02:26

Tony Meloto

I’ve helped a million Filipinos out of extreme poverty

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02:27

Gonzalez Catalina

I teach people to read with dominos

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02:20

Plernpis Thongklad

Our bank lends buffaloes

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01:58

Amit Chugh

I bring sunlight to those forgotten by development

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02:14

Natalie Killassy

I designed an anti-rockfall textile

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02:08

Laurent Gachet et Touraya Bouabid

I opened an arts school for vulnerable children

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02:19

Alejandro Echeverri

I’m reducing crime with urban planning

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02:06

Tortel Poltrona

I give people back their smiles

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02:15

Jamie Yang

I bring electricity off the grid

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01:56

Robin Willner

I put your computer to work for a good cause

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02:05

Alfredo Olivera

My radio show is run by crazy people

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02:07

Felipe Vergara

I started a fair student loan scheme

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02:11

Jeremy Gilley

I’m fighting for peace

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02:08

Beverly Blum

I'm cooking with solar!

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02:17

Neil Harbisson

My third eye translates colours into sounds

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02:07

Serge Lareault

I manage the world’s first newspaper for the homeless

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02:07

Radar Nishuli

I protect gorillas from coltan miners

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01:46

Tommy Theberge

I created metro maps for the visually impaired

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01:58

Jean François Archambault

I offer gourmet dining to the poor

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02:16

Denis Mukwege

I restore women who have been destroyed by rape

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02:01

Claudia Hollm

I created a soup kitchen for animals

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02:10

Bart Weetjens

I train rats to detect landmines

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02:08

Jan In't Veld

I created universal eyeglasses

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02:13

Bindeshwar Pathak

The untouchables I help are no longer destined to clean human excrement

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02:13

François Jaquenoud & Lo Chay

We're providing potable water to those in need

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02:05

Mel Young

I created the Homeless World Cup

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01:57

Andreas Heinecke

I turn out the lights to show you another world

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02:15

Christian Moullec

I fly with migrating birds

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02:15

Major Ahluwalia

I created a hospital for paralysed people like me

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Gazi Babaiarova

I fight against bride kidnapping

Shamengo Events

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Let your curiosity or nostalgia draw you into Shamengo’s story, and let yourself get carried away by the journey of this wonderful seed which has now grown into the tree of opportunities and events that we organize.

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Drone presentation - 3D Villa Shamengo

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Clip Villa Shamengo COP 21

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Clip Villa Shamengo à Bordeaux

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La Nuit du Clean Tag