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TIS Picks: 5 Top Social Innovation Videos

5 Top Social Innovation Videos

Social innovation challenges societal and environmental issues in support of social progress. It’s about finding solutions for social challenges, such as refugees & immigration, marginalization, health, corruption and environmental issues. These social changes can come from (a collaboration between) universities, governments, businesses and the non-profit world. But what’s the worst thing about social innovation? It’s often invisible and only a few other people in your locality have heard about it. That’s why we had to put social innovation in the spotlight! Show what innovators from all over the world are doing to make our world a little bit better.  So, what is happening in the field of social innovation? Let’s look at a selection of 5 great social innovation videos.
Added by: Simone de Bruin, The Netherlands

TIS Picks - Social Innovation

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WHY SHOULD YOU WATCH THIS?

“From an innovative fire detection system for slums, exchanging plastic for currency and micro-funding dinners in the city of Detroit.”
TIS Picks - Social Innovation
WHY SHOULD YOU WATCH THIS?
“From an innovative fire detection system for slums, exchanging plastic for currency and micro-funding dinners in the city of Detroit.”
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TIS Picks - Social Innovation

WHY SHOULD YOU WATCH THIS? “From an innovative fire detection system for slums, exchanging plastic for currency and micro-funding dinners in the city of Detroit.”
Added by: Simone de Bruin,
The Netherlands
Added by: Loe Schout, The Netherlands

The Tech Awards 2015 laureate: Lumkani

03:22
WHY SHOULD YOU WATCH THIS?

“a simple sensor detects fires in crowded communities and informal settlements”
The Tech Awards 2015 laureate: Lumkani
WHY SHOULD YOU WATCH THIS?
“a simple sensor detects fires in crowded communities and informal settlements”
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The Tech Awards 2015 laureate: Lumkani

WHY SHOULD YOU WATCH THIS? “a simple sensor detects fires in crowded communities and informal settlements”
Added by: Loe Schout,
The Netherlands

Neighborhood fire alarm

Simple, yet so effective. In many African slums, people live at close-quarters. In case of a house fire, chances are huge it spreads across nearby shacks. Social enterprise Lumkani, based in Capetown, has developed an innovative fire-detection device which sets off all nearby devices in a 60 meter radius, thus alerting the whole community.
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Meet Amy Kaherl//Founder, Detroit Soup

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WHY SHOULD YOU WATCH THIS?

“Detroit Soup is a program which funds creative projects: participants pay a 5$ donation for dinner and then vote for the pitched ideas.”
Meet Amy Kaherl//Founder, Detroit Soup
WHY SHOULD YOU WATCH THIS?
“Detroit Soup is a program which funds creative projects: participants pay a 5$ donation for dinner and then vote for the pitched ideas.”
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Meet Amy Kaherl//Founder, Detroit Soup

WHY SHOULD YOU WATCH THIS? “Detroit Soup is a program which funds creative projects: participants pay a 5$ donation for dinner and then vote for the pitched ideas.”
Added by: Elena L.,
Moldova,Republic of

Connecting over soup

Detroit Soup is a micro-granting dinner that funds creative projects for the city of Detroit. After dinner people can vote for and discuss the best pitched ideas, which then get awarded the entry fees of all the people who came in.
Added by: TIStv, The Netherlands

What is Wikipedia Zero?

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“Free sharing of knowledge. The operator "zero-rates" access to Wikipedia and the sister projects on the mobile web or apps.”
What is Wikipedia Zero?
WHY SHOULD YOU WATCH THIS?
“Free sharing of knowledge. The operator "zero-rates" access to Wikipedia and the sister projects on the mobile web or apps.”
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What is Wikipedia Zero?

WHY SHOULD YOU WATCH THIS? “Free sharing of knowledge. The operator "zero-rates" access to Wikipedia and the sister projects on the mobile web or apps.”
Added by: TIStv,
The Netherlands

Knowledge should be free

Wikipedia is a great free service (and collaborative project), but accessing the website on a mobile device will cost you data, thus money. Wikipedia is all about open access and started Wikipedia Zero, a campaign in which they ask providers to wave their costs when people navigate to Wikipedia.
Added by: Elena L., Moldova,Republic of

Health care on the road in Kenya

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“Riders for Health is an international NGO working towards improving the healthcare system in Africa, by providing access to transportation.”
Health care on the road in Kenya
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“Riders for Health is an international NGO working towards improving the healthcare system in Africa, by providing access to transportation.”
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Health care on the road in Kenya

WHY SHOULD YOU WATCH THIS? “Riders for Health is an international NGO working towards improving the healthcare system in Africa, by providing access to transportation.”
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Moldova,Republic of

Riders for Health

Improve Kenyan healthcare by teaching doctors and healthcare staff how to repair motor cycles.  Prevent downtime of the whole medical system to the last mile.
Added by: Erwin Blom, The Netherlands

The Plastic Bank's Social Plastic Movement

03:50
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“The Plastic Bank makes plastic waste a currency to help reduce global poverty, while stopping plastic from entering the ocean.”
The Plastic Bank's Social Plastic Movement
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“The Plastic Bank makes plastic waste a currency to help reduce global poverty, while stopping plastic from entering the ocean.”
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The Plastic Bank's Social Plastic Movement

WHY SHOULD YOU WATCH THIS? “The Plastic Bank makes plastic waste a currency to help reduce global poverty, while stopping plastic from entering the ocean.”
Added by: Erwin Blom,
The Netherlands

A bank for plastic

One initiative we specifically like is the Plastic Bank, which turns waste into currency. It enables the exchange of plastic for money, items or services to help people living in poverty build better futures, while at same time stopping the flow of plastic into the oceans.