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    Entrepreneurs

    Burgers, pasta and bread made from CO2

    Would you eat carbon dioxide? It might not sound very appetising at first, but after reading this article, you might want to give it a try! For all of you trying to find planet-friendly alternatives to meat or soy, we have got the solution for you.

    0R. Adam

    Wash your hands with captured CO2

    Due to the Corona pandemic, companies around the world are switching from making liquor and perfumes to making ethanol for hand sanitizer. New York based vodka producer Air Co. is doing the same – only their sanitizer is made out of captured CO2. How’s that even possible?

    0R. Adam

    The fabrics dreams are made of

    These new textiles are revolutionizing the fashion industry: waste-based, compostable, and some actually breathe.

    0R. Adam

    Edible, compostable, ecological: Natural packaging alternatives for your drink to go

    Plastic cups and PET bottles will soon be things of the past, as biodegradable and plastic-free packaging is being developed for beverages as well. We introduce some companies that package milk in a sugar crust, coffee in coffee-bean husks, water in sea algae and beer in cardboard.

    0N. Berghausen

    Good Hairday Pasta

    Are haircare products now being misshelved with the noodles? While they may look like they belong in a high-class salon, Moscow designer Nikita Konkin’s elegant packaging displays pasta.

    0N. Berghausen

    Apple leather handbags

    It looks like leather, and feels like leather - but it's actually made out of apples! A Swiss company is breaking new ground in the fashion industry with a unique, vegan handbag collection. Made of fruit waste.

    0N. Berghausen

    Sexual violence stinks

    A bracelet that emits a repellent smell in an emergency, protecting the wearer from attack.

    0Empowering people.Network

    FoldiMate - The perfectly organized closet with a laundry-folding robot

    This folding machine turns an untidy heap into a neatly folded stack

    0Tea Team

    How a computer game is inspiring girls to code

    A revolutionary computer game is teaching kids to code in a playful way. Originally designed to encourage girls to take up programming, with its cool graphics and entertaining story, Erase all Kittens is unisex and timeless.

    0L. Van Der Linde / Tea Team

    Time to celebrate!

    Tea after Twelve turns three! Time to recap: What Tea after Twelve has to do with Trump, why journalism can change the world and how you are doing your part.

    0Tea Team

    The magical shoes that transform from high heels into flats in just seconds

    Step right up, ladies, into shoe wonderland! A clever German start-up has come up with an answer to a problem that has plagued women since the invention of the high heel.

    2Tea Team

    Once Upon a Time

    Two beautifully designed books portray the lives of women throughout history.

    0Tea Team

    Hacking Lego – Toys for the Maker Generation

    Children and adults all over the world love creative toys like LEGO® bricks, but bricks from different brands usually don’t fit together. MakerBrane modules offer the solution: they allow you to link up anything and everything and build whatever you like.

    1A.Arida/S.de Maussion

    Cheaper and better healthcare for everyone

    A Kenyan start-up is promising patients cheaper and better access to healthcare through iSikCure – a free mobile phone app.

    1M.Lantum

    Breast cancer: Maintaining your beauty with 3D printing

    3D-printed breast prostheses from South Africa are helping women come to terms with a mastectomy.

    1N.Nkholise

    The Algorithm Lawyer

    This free robot solicitor represents people who cannot afford a ‘real’ one.

    0Tea Team

    VR time-travel improves learning

    Virtual reality has just made time travel at least a virtual reality.

    0B. Greve/Tea Team

    Clothing with a conscience

    Space Between is a New Zealand social enterprise challenging waste and exploitation in the clothing industry. Its first collection transforms unwanted postal uniforms into stunning new fashion pieces.

    0L. Boniface

    The Bike Project:
    improving quality of life for refugees

    Why the restoration of abandoned bikes can mean a taste of freedom for refugees in London.

    0J. Stein/Tea Team

    Delicious potato chips made in Afghanistan

    Afghan potato chips are successfully challenging multinational corporations’ dominance on the Afghan market.

    0M.Nisar / H.Heinze

    Modobag: Saddle up your luggage

    Modobag is the first motorized suitcase you can ride. Just hop on, step on the gas, and ride off to your destination in style!

    0Tea Team

    Haize: The smart compass for your bike

    Cruising the city by bike can spark an amazing feeling of freedom - as long as you don't have to hop on and off your bike to look up directions. But now there’s Haize, a new navigation system that keeps you cycling without limitations.

    1Tea Team

    How to use crowdlending to finance your start-up without giving up control

    As a (social) enterprise, there are a handful of basic financing options for funding your expansion, and none of them are perfect. One of the most recent trends is crowdlending, which could be very promising for start ups without getting an investor involved.

    0G. Tarne

    The Seawater Greenhouse: Eco-friendly farming in the desert

    Did you know that large-scale greenhouse agriculture often takes water out of the ground faster than it can be replenished? Not the Seawater Greenhouse: This simple technology allows farmers to irrigate huge crop fields without harming the environment at all but rather helping to restore it.

    2C. Paton

    Drumi – the pedal-powered washer

    This tiny washing machine runs without electricity and takes up almost no space.

    0Tea Team

    Making the world a better place –
    and making money off it.

    The start-up community has fundamentally changed in recent years, and innovators interested in earning money while doing good are right on trend. Read about why social entrepreneurs should not be discouraged by old prejudices.

    1O. Boral

    One of the world’s first self-sustaining water treatment plants

    What can you do with just a toothbrush and a bit of lemon juice? Clean one of the first completely self-sustaining water processing plants in the world!

    0P.Otter, T.Jaskolski

    Bringing people together who want to support each other

    Can a digital platform free us from the shame of having to ask for support from our neighbors? In Israel, the Taskme start-up unites people who want to help each other with daily chores and earn a bit of money on the side.

    0M.Azguri

    “We decided to not talk to our customers about it”

    What do an international luxury chocolate brand and a small seafood restaurant for local workers have in common? They share the will to transform lives through their individual businesses.

    0H.Lozano Gonzáles

    On the Fast Track

    From health and taxi apps to traceable shea nuts and mobile electricity: Innovative start-ups are simplifying everyday life in Africa.

    0C.Laibach

    Bringing neighborly help to the big city

    If you live in a large city, you probably know very little about your neighbors. Yet the daily stresses of big-city life, often far away from parents and family, mean we all need a little help now and again. A new initiative is building villages in the city, bringing together people who would never otherwise have met.

    0M. Vollmann

    Gifts for your loved ones abroad

    Send a birthday cake to your sister back home or buy airtime for your best buddy: African start-ups design innovative services for the diaspora & expat communities.

    0Tea Team

    Secure your wealth in gold, move it around in Bitcoin

    If people are messing about with your money, simply exit the system: The Bitcoin-gold exchange set up by the Vaultoro startup could be a good way out.

    0J.Scigala

    Magic Screen: For the best Olympic & European Championship experience

    This mobile projection screen let you enjoy the games in Paris & Rio everywhere.

    0Tea Team

    Exchanging e-waste for energy-efficient lighting

    A small Indian start-up is addressing proper e-waste disposal by making its clients a great offer: in exchange for their used dead electronic gadgets, people receive energy efficient LED lights for free.

    0V.Sanjay Urs

    Making money by doing good

    Incubator, accelerator, innovation lab: What are the best ways to support entrepreneurial creativity?

    0A.Horn

    Business-Advice from Pirates and Gangsters

    Do you know what a drug dealer could teach you about distribution network development? Or what you could learn about sustainable profit margins from Somalian pirates? Surprisingly a lot.

    0div.

    China’s first sustainable golf resorts

    That maintaining golf courses causes harm to ecosystems the world over is nothing new. What is new to the sport is a sustainable golf resort company in China which is pioneering sustainable tourism in the country.

    0J.Dodgshun

    BlindShell: A smartphone app for the visually impaired

    How does vision loss – partial or complete – affect a person's ability to communicate using a mobile device? The Blindshell app offers a range of options designed to simplify smartphone use for the visually impaired.

    0Tea Team

    Bringing clean air to the cities

    Air pollution is a major problem in big cities. This new approach combines biofiltration with IoT to improve air quality. CityTree is a product, that is not just useful, but also extremely attractive.

    0P. Sänger

    Hosting refugees at home

    A Dutch volunteer organisation is placing refugees in private homes where they enjoy the warmth of family life instead of the impersonal anonymity of life in a huge centre.

    1M.Grcic

    Apply for the European Social Innovation Competition 2016!

    The European Commission awards three €50,000 prizes for the best ideas to support refugees and migrants in Europe.

    4Tea Team

    UPLUX: “IKEA is not the only style that can have wide appeal”

    Saving energy through upcycling: Producing these Bauhaus inspired industrial desk lamps saves millions of joules of energy.

    0T.Gungl

    Palestine: Experimenting with tradition

    Recycling construction waste and reviving traditional building techniques: Shams Ard studio showcases what local and sustainable architecture can mean in Palestine.

    0A. Mansour

    Find the place that really deserves your money

    A new platform helps you find the closest fair & healthy food wherever you are in Australia.

    1P. Hellier

    The first nomadic design slum museum opens its doors

    In February, the first nomadic design museum in the Dharavi slum in Mumbai has open its doors to honour local craftsmanship.

    0A. Pinatih / J. Mañes Rubio

    Big Data:
    Improving the public transport system

    Many praise big data as the panacea for more efficiency, security, transparency and improving communities in large cities. To date this universal remedy has been rather abstract. The applications developed by Berlin start-up Ally demonstrate the concrete advantages of big data for citizens.

    0M.Nohroudi / A.Kohn

    Vegan boxing equipment: Destroy your enemy – not the planet

    Vehement, a Berlin start-up, makes vegan, fair-trade boxing equipment – and is fighting its corner quite successfully in both Europe and the USA.

    1J.Lenarz

    Shoes that burst into flower

    Designer shoes that double as seed banks: Too many old, worn-out shoes end up in our landfills. OAT Shoes has created a biodegradable sneaker that sprouts into lovely flowers when planted.

    0Lena Unbehauen/Good Impact

    Life in Plastic

    How building houses out of used plastic could solve the world’s plastic waste problem.

    0J.Stodgel

    Handmade, recycled & funky sneakers made of tires

    The Ghanaian start-up Gutta Soles designs the funkiest sneakers you’ve ever seen – made of old car tires and perfect for everyday.

    1L. Bentil / Tea Team

    Turning waste into green energy

    A Kenyan engineer has developed a smart biogas dome to turn waste into clean and affordable energy for Nairobi’s slum areas.

    1P.Kimanga Muiruri

    Wohnwagon: Stylish and self-sufficient living in a caravan

    The idea of a well-kept detached house in the suburbs including the obligatory nosy neighbors and high utility bills doesn’t sound attractive to you? You’d rather live a self-sufficient life surrounded by nature? The "Wohnwagon" represent a viable alternative.

    0T. Steininger

    The world’s first 3D printer made from e-waste

    3D printers number among the most sophisticated technological machines today. But would you have guessed that you can actually build one yourself using nothing but e-waste? No? Then take a look at “W.Afate”, the first open-source upcycling e-printer from Togo.

    0J.Tchirktema

    Solar Home Systems: A money-making machine

    How thousands of Tanzanians and Rwandans are earning money from sustainable solar power.

    7T.Duveau

    Grofie: Elegant green option for your office decor

    This green & stylish innovation from Budapest brings a dash of nature into your everyday life.

    1T.Koltai

    How to upcycle fishing nets into skateboards

    The US start-up Bureo fights ocean pollution and supports Chilean fishing communities by upcycling discarded fishing nets into skateboards.

    0N. Averett

    Egg Power: a tiny portable house

    Like Mary Poppins’s handbag, the Ecocapsule is a surprisingly roomy low-energy house.

    1Tea Team

    Kingii – the wristband that saves you from drowning

    Water sport enthusiasts take note: The age of bulky, annoying life jackets is over. A California development team has created a wristband that immediately pulls you back to the surface if you get in trouble in the water.

    0Tea Team

    Do you believe everything you read?

    The infotainment app Newspeak invites players to critically assess media language by asking them to identify which story is real.

    0div.

    When hospitalised children become superheroes

    What if a child’s hospital stay could be turned into one long superhero adventure? If not only the illness, but also the powers of evil could be vanquished in the end? A new tablet game for young patients will soon make this possible.

    0C.Chenebault

    SMS for Health

    An SMS service is fighting diabetes and cancer in Rwanda, and might also help prevent disease in the US and Europe.

    1A.Mutangana

    The African Superheroes

    African legends come alive in award-winning mobile games and comics.

    1E.Tawia

    Gaming for political change

    How mobile phone games, comic strips, crowdsourcing, and virtual candidates shook up Indonesia’s presidential election.

    0M.Kusumawardhani

    Suba: A Photo-Sharing Innovation Takes Off

    From Ghana to Europe and the US in only a few months: A new mobile app from Ghana is changing the way we share event photos.

    1N.Klutse & E.Hackman

    Gaza Sky Geeks: Defying the odds under occupation

    How can international business be conducted under a political blockade? How can technological innovations be developed with no access to stable electricity? The entrepreneurs of Gaza’s first tech hub are making the seemingly impossible come true.

    0M.Abultewi & S.Hassan

    The Maya runners:
    Video games from Guatemala

    A heroic Mayan runner and a Quetzal bird that flies between pyramids: Experience Guatemala’s Mayan culture through entertaining videogames.

    0E.Cabria

    How Augmented Reality helps to avoid phantom limb pain

    Using open-source software, freeware games and a webcam, a new treatment developed in Sweden successfully tackles phantom limb pain.

    0div.

    Do You Speak Doctor?

    3D animation and easy to understand informational software are designed to make communication between doctor and patient easier.

    0J. Allesch

    Sockzi:
    Add Colour to your Business Day

    More colour for men’s calves! A Canadian start-up wants to bring a splash of colour to liven up the boring business uniform.

    0L.Ng

    soulbottles: Forget Plastic!

    Did you know that your plastic bottles for your drink to go are not only damaging the environment but also your health? Two guys from Berlin developed a complete toxin-free and very stylish solution to solve this problem.

    0P.Kupfer

    Mapping harassment in Egypt

    Can social media keep women from being harassed? This was the aim of the Egyptian start-up HarassMap when founded 4 years ago. We talked to women in Egypt: Did it actually help them?

    0M.Selim

    re:publica 2014

    A conference review three months after the conference? Well, yes - but a different kind of review.

    0Tea Team

    Open source security for mobile devices

    Anyone looking for encryption tools to increase privacy should take a good look at this two products from the Open Whisper Systems.

    0Tea Team

    The crypto mobile is now on the market

    It has been a long wait, but now the first apparently tap-proof android smartphone has hit the market.

    0Tea Team

    Hövding: The airbag helmet with style

    Bicycle helmets are a pure aesthetic disaster and the death knell to any hairstyle. Two young designers from Sweden have now demonstrated that bicycle helmets needn’t be ugly at all.

    0Tea Team
    (c) WeSell socks

    Funky Socks delivered monthly right to your door

    Funky Socks delivered monthly right to your door- that's what WeSell Socks is all about. And these socks have a social mission, too!

    2Tea Team

    Try Sleio, a search engine for the greater good

    Sleio is a search engine that donates 100% of its profits to causes you love. In other words, the money for every search you make, every link you click and/or product you buy through Sleio helps change the world.

    0Tea Team

    Visualizing Palestine: Putting daily life in the picture

    The reality of daily life for Palestinians is complex. But the initiative Visualizing Palestine took on the challenge of spreading the word, making “creative visuals to describe a factual rights-based narrative of Palestine/Israel”.

    0T. Rahme

    Welcome to Lagos - one of the greatest cities on earth

    It has often been said that if you can make it in Lagos, you can survive anywhere. Explore Nigeria's buzzing capital and find out: would you make it in Lagos?

    0C.Agwuegbo

    Colombia: When gang members turn to art

    Violent youth gangs are spreading fast in Colombian cities' poor neighborhoods. But thanks to a young initiative from Bogotá, fighters can now gain fame as artists.

    0L. Párraga

    Ukraine: How everyone can make a change

    You think you can’t change the world all by yourself? Then the “Wonderful” initiative in Ukraine is proving you wrong! The actions taken by these young people are changing the urban landscape of Kiev.

    0M.Nasiedkina

    Helping Malagasy coders go global

    Drongo Language Solutions: Helping Malagasy coders go global

    0Tea Team

    Pilot Projects: Six creative design ideas for NYC

    A playground producing renewable energy, and a rescue initiative for broken bicycles: Take inspiration from these intriguing ideas!

    0S.Francisco

    Lost in Waste:
    Lagos’ new recycling methods

    Lagos produces ten-thousand tons of waste every day. The start-up "Wecyclers" provides a fleet of cyclists that act as mobile recycling collectors in the poorer areas of the town.

    0O.Udo-Udoma

    How a French start-up is declaring war on garbage production

    Wiithaa helps businesses and communities reduce their waste production and thus the costs of waste disposal with one ultimate goal: making waste disappear.

    0Buttin/Saffré

    Mars da Favela: Crystals not Pistols

    Australian rapper Mars Castro turns bullet casings from Brazil's favelas into jewellery. Bling instead of bang, Mars da Favela instead of Mc Marsepan.

    0div.

    Digital creativity for social good – the European Youth Award

    Are you young and do you feel like you could change the world? The European Youth Award (EYA) is looking for websites and apps that harness the power of new technology to solve real-life problems.

    0Tea Team

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