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Written by Theresa Fend
Digitally Speaking, the Wearable tech project for the safety of Women by Nidhi Mittal and Avik Dhupar was selected as one of the top 14 creative projects in the Distributed Design market platform award in association with Index awards! They got a chance to present their project and talk about GIG at ‘We make the … Continue reading “Digitally Speaking”
Written by Theresa Fend
“The commons is what gives meaning to our existence” Kum’tum Akroá-Gamella, from the Akroá-Gamella people, state of Maranhão, northeast of Brazil. We believe that the commons, in its multiple perspectives, is an essential kaleidoscope concept for facing this historic moment of hopelessness, in Brazil and in the world. The Optics of the Commons series brings … Continue reading “The Optics of the Commons”
Written by Theresa Fend
The LABxS promoted on the Global Climate Strike week a laboratory of ideas and technologies to address climate change in the Baixada Santista region in the bay area of São Paulo. Thirty participants were selected through an open call, who will work collectively to develop three prototypes aimed at building more sustainable cities. The action … Continue reading “Climate Laboratory in Baixada Santista”
Written by Victoria Wenzelmann
30 teams of young minds will take on problem statements in an attempt to prototype solutions for recognition and visibility aside from just doing good. Exemplary teams will showcase proposed solutions at the Tech For Good showcase and festival on 2nd of November in sunny Singapore. The festival will showcase team prototypes along with volunteer … Continue reading “Upcoming: Tech for Good Hackathon in Singapore”
Written by Geraldine de Bastion
GIG founder Geraldine de Bastion and Annemarie Botzki, Co-Founder/CEO at Rocsun, write about innovations, open technologies and ideas like a climate solutions network as part of their reflections for the “Extinction Rebellion” movement that is currently engaged in their International Rebellion in more than 60 cities across the globe. Emission: net zero. That means a … Continue reading “Ideas in Motion”
Written by Victoria Wenzelmann
Several GIG members supported Mozilla‘s Reimagine Open project by hosting Focus Groups in their hubs. Reposted from Mozilla: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/update-reimagining-open/ In March 2019, Mozilla started its project Reimagine Open to revisit the ways Mozilla practices open to imagine better futures for our digital lives. In the following months, over 20,000 people from around 160 countries answered Mozilla’s survey and … Continue reading “An Update on ‘Reimagine Open’”
Written by Theresa Fend
In the past weeks we have been bombarded with reports about melting arctic ice or forests burning in Brazil – climate change is felt around the world. This week, September 20-27, the global climate strike organized by Fridays for Future and multiple other organizations like WWF, Amnesty, Change.org, Greenpeace, Avaaz and Extinction Rebellion is taking … Continue reading “Contemplating the Climate Crisis in a Global Network”
Written by Theresa Fend
After the convention of hubs organized last year by i4Policy, during which innovation community leaders from across Africa co-created the Africa Innovation Policy Manifesto, the first meeting of the Africa Innovation Policy Task Force took place at Impact Hub Kigali in Rwanda. i4Policy is a pan-African movement gathering over 140 Innovation Hubs from 43 African … Continue reading “i4Policy Task Force Meeting”
Written by Theresa Fend
Together with Open Source Ecology Germany e.V., and with the support of the Guerrilla Foundation and GIGgers in Berlin we from r0g Agency held our first open:fora ‘street meet’ … a rather spontaneous artistic and cultural action intended to complement the week of re:publica. At a time where we felt that cultural activism and open … Continue reading “Meeting your neighborhood friends, activists and makers – open:fora at r0g Agency”
Written by Victoria Wenzelmann
This year’s C&T took place in Vienna from June 3rd till June 7th, and many GIG members participated in various roles.
