While we are sitting with our lights and screens on until the wee hours, school children in countries such as Ghana are using open-flame kerosene lamps to study. Four hours of their lights emits fumes equal to smoking two packs of cigarettes.
impactmania announced a partnership with Newton Paiva University in Brazil, October 2017. Here is the first video story about a startup that matters created in partnership with Newton Paiva. Similar to impactmania’s video story about a social enterprise, Jaipur Rugs, in [...]
Thomas van Thiel is realizing a plastic-free island in Croatia and dreams of a global expedition with other ships. Learn about the most important action you can take to minimize plastics flowing into the oceans.
Reduce, reuse, and recycle in action. The founder of Reap Benefit, Kuldeep Dantewadia, went out on a personal daily trash collecting exercise over the course of 8 months. At the age of 21 he founded Reap Benefit, a social enterprise centered on improving the environment, and mobilized other young people to be part of the solution.
Innovator Daan Roosegaarde on Being Future Proof BY PAKSY PLACKIS-CHENG Daan Roosegaarde, the global impact maker, designer, and innovator, has made a name for himself with a number of projects, including the Smog Free Tower that is currently touring China. Daan spoke [...]
Philip Van Traa, founder of GrownDownTown, has been transforming the rooftops of a number of commercial buildings in Amsterdam. He collaborated with Master Chef Chris Naylor, of the Michelin-starred restaurant Vermeer in Amsterdam, to develop Rooffood, a year-round, higher-yielding roof garden for the restaurant.
Did you kill another plant? How are you going to live off-the-grid if you can't grow that vegetable patch? Rory Aronson created FarmBot that will seed, water, and care for your vegetables. All you need to do is harvest and eat.