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Jason Salfi is co-founder and president of Comet Skateboards. Comet uses soy-based resin, water-based paints, and sustainably harvested maple in their decks.
In rural Mali, teachers also face classrooms without electricity and books weathered by the punishing desert climate. Enter the Kinkajou Projector, a fusion of high and low technology that makes teaching night literacy classes as easy as ABC.
In rural Africa, women spend 26% of their time getting water. That’s time that could be spent going to school, working outside the home, or teaching their children. The Hippo Water eases the burden by allowing women to transport water with less effort.
Chances are you go to the gym because it makes you feel good. But nothing kills that post-workout buzz like contemplating the environmental impact of traditional gyms—Manuel de Arriba Ares has an alternative: recycled equipment.
To keep our cities in harmony, we’ll have to figure out a better system for urban waste collection. The people at BigBelly Solar already have one solution.
Our planet is a fragile ecosystem. To keep it in balance, we must figure out how to improve our urban transportation. B-Cycle in Denver, Colorado offers a unique and sustainable solution for how we can move through our cities.
Our planet is a fragile ecosystem. To keep it in balance, we’ll have to figure out how to harness nature to generate clean, affordable energy. Catapult Design in San Francisco has one answer. Their turbines are cheap and practical.
Miranda Magagnini is co-CEO of IceStone, a Cradle-to-Cradle certified manufacturer of high-quality countertops made from recycled glass and concrete.
What good are vaccines if they never reach the people who need them? For millions of Africans living in rural villages isolation can lead to disease and death. Riders for Health, a uses high-speed off-road motorcycles to bring medical help to people.
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Creative products can change the world. Find out how these inventors created inexpensive projectors for use in night classrooms, easy-to-move water wheelbarrows, and mini wind turbine electricity generators – all to improve life in remote parts of Africa. Do you know of creative products changing our world for the better? Let us know below.
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