(Featured photo from the ecobrick.org website) Ramesh Goyal has an extensive background in environmental advocacy and water conservation. His latest project promotes how we can make “eco-bricks” and eliminate plastic waste from entering the waterways. Ramesh, particularly heralded in his homeland of India, has begun this project as a movement to impact those areas of the world where the conservation …
Pareena Has a FoodLoop Ecosystem Model That Turns Concrete Cities into Waste-Reducing Farms
Pareena Prayukvong lives and works in Thailand where soil is rare and big buildings dominate the landscape. When you are dedicated to reducing waste and toxins in the air, you have to get creative, and she has. Pareena is a trainer and co-creator at The Network, an NGO focused on sustainable development in Thailand. She and the team work …
Mario Regis of the Abundance Program Promotes New Mindset for Community Problem Solving
It’s no secret that we believe significant impact is where the goal should be in achieving solutions to big problems with lots of political and social “moving parts.” But getting to a doable solution is nearly impossible for so many communities around the world and innovators who believe they have the golden ticket to impact. Enter, the Abundance Program – …
Sustainable Community Project: A Zero Waste Motive
By Joshua Amponsem Our concern over waste, our wish to encourage recycling, and our worries about pollution conceptualized the theme “A Zero Waste Motive” Africa is facing a growing waste management crisis. While the volumes of waste generated are relatively small, compared to developed regions, the mismanagement of waste in Africa is already affecting human and environmental health. Waste is, …
Game Changer: John Shegerian (United States)
John Shegerian is a serial social entrepreneur who focuses on solving global problems through game-changing innovation to build successful, socially responsible impact companies. As co-founder and Executive Chairman of ERI, he has played a significant role in paving the way for the electronic recycling and ITAD industries as a whole. Building ERI from the ground up, Shegerian has helped lead …