Cambodians have a flair for design, even when decorating humble bags of fish food. That was all this stylist needed to decide to transform these utilitarian sacks for a Western market. The result is beautifully exotic product with a social mission, allowing women to escape from prostitution.
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I created universal eyeglasses
Can you imagine wearing just one pair of eyeglasses for your entire your life, even when your vision changes? It’s now possible thanks to Jan’s adjustable glasses, a miraculous invention intended for the 800 million people living in poverty around the world.
I created Clean Up Day
For Rainer, picking up litter should be everyone’s business. Once a year, he organises a World Clean Up Day, which mobilises millions of people around the world to help pick up garbage. His movement has already made history.
The untouchables I help are no longer destined to clean human excrement
This giant of social entrepreneurship has liberated a million untouchables who once worked to clean antiquated toilets with their bare hands. Dr. Pathak has replaced these toilets with an ultra-environmentally friendly open source model that the West would do well to implement.
I photograph thousands of people in the nude
With his collective nude photos, this world-renowned photographer questions the relationship between our bodies and the spaces we inhabit on a daily basis. A beautiful way to liberate us from our hang-ups.
I converted my city to vegetarianism
This thirtysomething is a voracious vegetarian! With persistent effort, he managed to convince the majority of restaurants, hospitals and cafeterias in his city to offer a vegetarian menu once a week. A simple but effective way to reduce meat consumption and CO2 emissions.
I stand up for men in skirts
Why the West done away with the custom of men wearing skirts? Jerome would like to give men the same freedom women have, to wear trousers or a skirt without people pointing. This is the goal of his one-of-a-kind association.
We’re providing potable water to those in need
This French-Cambodian duo responded with amazing speed to the challenge of providing the very poor with cheap access to potable water. The icing on the cake: this sanitation project was developed by local micro-entrepreneurs.
I put a stop to stuttering in under three days
Once a serious stutterer himself, Christian was never able to find a solution to this terrible handicap until he developed his own revolutionary method that enabled stutterers to achieve normal speech in just three days of lessons. Impressive…
I cultivate my vineyards with horse power
What if the return of horses to wine production produced an excellent organic wine? That’s the conviction of this Angevin winemaker who is converting many farmers to old-fashioned horsepower who are tired of the false promises of industrial agriculture.