THE PIONEERS
Protecting the planet
Martine Postma
Amsterdam
I created the Repair Café
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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.
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Paul Servin et Thomas CobbYou will make huge savings on water and detergent with our washing machine
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Paul MoreyMy radiator is inspired by the sun
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Your servers are cooled by my oil
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Muru ArunachalamI’m the first man to wear sanitary pads
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pierre duponchelI use your jeans to insulate your house
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alexandre dubernardI install air-conditioning systems above your head
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Anke DomaskeI manufacture fabric out of milk leftovers
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Francesca Miazzo Jessica SpadaciniI carry fruit and vegetables in the last mile
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Vandana ShivaI breathe new life into ancestral seeds
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Laurent GoudetI build houses out of hemp concrete
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Cédric CarlesI use nature to play turntables
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George MadhavanI turn water from your toilet into drinking water
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Martine PostmaI created the Repair Café
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Anders WilhelmsonI created the world's simplest toilets
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aurelia wolffI invented a machine to dye fabric with vegetable scraps
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Jacques BremondMy technology reduces maritime shipping emissions
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Patricia DutreuxThese wood bricks don't need nails, screws, or glue
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Rémi SuccojaMy electric bike runs on hydrogen
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Javier FernandezI invented a shrimp-based bioplastic
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Aurelia WolfI created an open-source machine to make natural dyes.
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wong Mun SummI doubled green space by building a hotel
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Sten de WitI created the world's first solar cycle path
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Lente RoodeI help cheetahs reproduce
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Paul BenoitI heat your apartment with computing power
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Pierfrancesco MaranI collect your food waste to make compost
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Cédric AuriolTrade your steak for bugs!
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Jesús Manuel AldreteI make 100% biodegradable chewing gum
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Henry LiangI make paper from stone
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Peggy PascalI pioneered farming in a bag
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Marcelo VillegasI’ve created a bamboo laminate that’s cheaper than plywood
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Eric ScottoI construct photovoltaic greenhouses to combine green energy with organic farming
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Shane ChenMy invention revolutionises personal mobility
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Martha DelgadoI trade your trash for organic food
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Catia BastioliI harvest thistles to make bioplastic
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Mansukh PrajapatiMy refrigerator works without electricity
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Kanta HaniI created the zero waste festival
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Barthélémy DominiciI'm tackling ocean garbage
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Nek ChandI created the world’s largest work of art made from recycled objects
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Stephan WrageI invented a sail to power cargo ships
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Masaki TakaoI make bioethanol from your old clothes
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Bunker RoyI created the Barefoot College
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Yukihiro KimuraI’ve pioneered diaper recycling
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Cédric PéchardI grow mushrooms from your coffee grounds
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Philippe Ouaki di GiornoMy solid water makes deserts bloom
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Thomas GranierI'm building sustainable earthen roofs
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Takao FurunoI use ducks instead of pesticides in my rice fields
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Tammy DunakinI rent out my goats to mow your lawn
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Yumi SomeiI discovered a rich oil field in Tokyo!
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Francisco Da SilvaI make soap from used cooking oil
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Simon VélezI use bamboo like others use iron
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Esteban ChornetI fill up my tank with what you throw away
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Thierry JacquetI use plants to clean toxic soil
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Ursula SladekI created the first green energy network
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Corentin de ChatelperronI cross oceans in a boat made of jute
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Olivier DesurmontI wash cars without water
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Guilherme BampiI created a new recycled and recyclable material
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Carlos EspinosaMy nets capture water from the clouds
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Tom SzakyI can recycle anything you throw away
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Brent SchulkinI created a new kind of citizen action
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Wolfram PalitzschI recycle rare earth metals
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Peter VadaszI use the forest judiciously
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Eben BayerI grow the packaging of the future
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Carlos FernandezI created a foldable electric car
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Martine Le LuI use oyster shells to make paint.
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Clément ShalaMy cooker lets nothing go to waste
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Oscar DiosI converted a Boeing 747 into a hotel
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Britta RileyI grow vertical gardens
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Phil MorganMy restaurant runs on hydroelectric energy
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Daniel CharbonnierWe transformed a bunker into a hotel
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Alan HeegerI invented flexible solar panels
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Benoit PagetI pay you back for recycling
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pierre callejaI capture CO2 with micro-algae
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Baruch RinkevichCoral reefs have a future because of my invention
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Pilgrim BeartI lower your electricity bill
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Rainer NolvakI created Clean Up Day
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Tobias LeenaertI converted my city to vegetarianism
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Olivier CousinI cultivate my vineyards with horse power
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Jan Peter BergkvistI co-created the world’s first chain of eco-hotels
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Harrison DillonI create fuel from algae
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Michel SmitI turn your dance moves into kilowatts