Igniting social change
Powered by Tweets and social media, and built by high school kids, this electric car is not only changing young lives but is being used to transform education – raising awareness for experiential learning programmes like MindDrive.
Kenya is leading the way with a tech savvy solution that inspires primary school children to learn and changes the way we think about education.
In this inspiring TED Talks, Seth Godin argues the Internet has ended mass marketing and revived a human social unit from the distant past: tribes. Founded on shared ideas and values, tribes give ordinary people the power to lead and make big change. He urges us to do so, to go out and Tell a Story > Connect a Tribe >Lead a movement > Make a Change >
KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that is harnessing the power of the global community and mainstream media for the greater good.
The campaign aims to make Joseph Kony (one of the worlds worst war crimimals) famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and to set a precedent for international justice. IF THE WORLD KNOWS WHO JOSEPH KONY IS, IT WILL UNITE TO STOP HIM. IT STARTS HERE.
In 2004, Juan Mann began reaching out to random strangers, in Sydney’s Pitt Street Mall, to brighten up their lives. The effects were amazing and soon the Free Hugs Campaign became a global phenomenon, shining a light of hope in this age of social disconnect…
On October 15th people from all over the world will take to the streets and squares.
From America to Asia, from Africa to Europe, people are rising up to claim their rights and demand a true democracy. Now it is time for all of us to join in a global non violent protest.
A new angle on Occupy Wall Street reveals the strong micro community that has formed there.
Very cool Slow motion video by Eric Brown shows the first day of the occupation as a group of concerned New York citizens come together to bring their message of freedom to the heart of Wall Street.
#OCCUPYWALLSTREET is a people powered movement for democracy that began in America on September 17 with an encampment in the financial district of New York City. Inspired by the Egyptian Tahrir Square uprising and the Spanish acampadas, we vow to end the monied corruption of our democracy … join us! We’re now in DAY 21.
As Western Europe drowns under political and economical crisis, a spontaneous, peaceful movement is emerging from the squares of Spain. Everyday people are finding their voice and demanding political and economical changes. They call themselves the Indignants and they are on the move.
Watch First Light, one our favorite videos of 2011.
Imagine a cinema powered only by the energy of the sun that can entertain and educate communities anywhere, everywhere… The Sunshine Cinema is a mobile, solar-powered cinema that fuses storytelling & the power of contemporary …
The 2014 Cape Town Eco Film Festival will take place at the Labia Theatre on Orange Street in Cape Town, South Africa from Thursday the 27th of March to Monday the 31st of March. The …
The secret is out – discover why Capetonians are choosing to ditch their cars and go by bike – fueling a revolution that is changing the way we live, move and connect with fellow citizens.
Do you ever feel frustrated that there are still so few women graduates of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics? Is it really such a wonder when early in a girl’s life, she is inundated with pretty, pink toys – toys that usually don’t encourage her to enter those fields.
Enter GoldieBlox, a toy company out to show the world that girls deserve more choices than dolls and princesses, teaching girls that engineering and science can be fun too— growing their potential to build the future — literally.
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