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I manufacture fabric out of milk leftovers

This young German lady is both a fashion designer and microbiologist with a passion for ecology. That’s why, she managed to manufacture a 100% natural ecological fiber out of milk ! Yes indeed, it’s possible using industrial methods. A new vision of fashion. 

I carry fruit and vegetables in the last mile

This last mile delivery. A real headache for carriers. Indeed, it is the most difficult to manage and also the most polluting and expensive. Francesca, a young Italian urban planner took up the challenge in Amsterdam to make the fruit and vegetable delivery service environment friendly and competitive. Informative !

I breathe new life into ancestral seeds

Vandana Shiva is a world star of the anti-globalization movement in the field of agriculture. As in a David and Goliath struggle, she ruthlessly fights against the agrochemical business giants. But, on top of being a gifted speaker, Vandana has been striving for years to collect Indian seeds in order to store them in a seed bank. A priceless heritage that would have been lost without her.

I build houses out of hemp concrete

Did you know that 75% of the beaches on the planet are currently disappearing in order to build cities out of concrete ? Did you also know that the sand used for construction can be replaced by vegetal fibers such as hemp ? If you’ve just found out, we invite you to watch the portrait video of Laurent Goudet who has been developing for 30 years an eco-friendly material with exceptional thermal performance. It rocks of course !

I created the children’s bank

Because Rita could just no longer bear to be helpless in the face of the suffering of street kids, beaten by older ones to collect some hard-earned coins, this former Indian social worker decided to launch the bank of the children. A unique bank in the world managed by and for children. Instructive.

I turn water from your toilet into drinking water

The rapidly increasing population of Singapore is forcing the city-state to come to terms with a growing need for clean water.In the 1970s, George Madhavan and his team of engineers developed a novel wastewater treatment process that works even for sewage! The huge water treatment plant in Singapore is now held up as a model worldwide, and many recent initiatives taken inspiration from it.

I export Bangladeshi Street Art

In Bangladesh, painters decorate the backs of rickshaws, giving an incomparable charm to city streets. Unfortunately, printed advertisements are gradually replacing traditional street art. In Dacca, the capital, Luc Jonveaux came up with a solution in the form of an original and socially responsible gift idea.

I created the Repair Café

Older generations have a hard time understanding our throwaway consumer culture. Industry seems to have no scruples about the planned obsolescence of the things we buy, which keeps us locked in unreasonable levels of consumption. Disgusted by the status quo, Martine Postman created Repair Cafés, where people can bring their broken goods to be repaired by expert geeks–from irons to coffee machines, wireless phones to children’s toys.