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- 2. DreamBox Hong Kong, China 1 of 12
- 4. DreamBox encourages people to design and build their own products and provides and a shop where they can be sold.
- 7. It is also possible to recycle used items — old toys, for instance — for sale in DreamBox’s shop.
- 9. Rede de Centrais de Serviços Central of Services Network Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2 of 12
- 11. This network of self-employed workers offers professional services in construction, sewing, catering, maintenance, and general household work.
- 13. A central operator channels service orders to associates who negotiate the jobs with clients and serve as liaisons with the workers.
- 15. BiciCentro Bologna, Italy 3 of 12
- 17. BiciCentro collects broken bicycles from the train station parking lot, fixes and sells them to students.
- 20. Pollus & Jowanel Arts & Crafts Association Votuporanga , Brazil 4 of 12
- 22. This association teaches craft techniques to children and elderly residents of the town of Votuporanga.
- 24. They re-use discarded industrial materials donated by the local furniture companies Pollus and Jowanel.
- 27. Talking Beads Women Collective Pretoria, South Africa 5 of 12
- 29. Talking Beads is a collective of poor women whose goal is to empower themselves and their communities by running Their own business selling artisanal craftworks.
- 32. The House of Youth Tehran, Iran 6 of 12
- 34. The House of Youth provides support to art students and housewives to develop and sell their own products to gain financial independence.
- 36. Työ & Toiminta Employment and Environmental Activism Helsinki, Finland 7 of 12
- 37. The main goal of Työ & Toiminta is to provide work for unemployed, immigrant, and disabled people.
- 40. The organization, which runs a second-hand store, also aims to promote sustainability by increasing the life cycle of consumer goods and finding new ways of recycling.
- 42. La Boutique Pédagogique Training Shop Paris, France 8 of 12
- 44. La Boutique Pédagogique offers professional sales courses and opportunities for students to put theory into practice at its on- site shop.
- 46. The organization’s aim is To enable young people and adults who are unemployed or have limited education to find fulfillment through their work.
- 48. The shop only sells fair trade products.
- 50. Vila das Canoas Community Based Tourism Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 9 of 12
- 52. Vila das Canoas residents offer tourists lodging in their houses, in order to show visitors another image of the shantytown while generating income inside the community.
- 55. This practice also facilitates the exchange of cultural knowledge, particularly via foreign languages.
- 57. Hababusch Hostel Weimar, Germany 10 of 12
- 59. Hababusch Hostel is a non-profit facility created by students who wanted to restore and live in an old building in Weimar.
- 60. Students aim to facilitate cultural exchanges by offering cheap accommodations to other students and travelers.
- 65. Creative Education Eindhoven, The Netherlands 11 of 12
- 67. The aim of this initiative is to bring schools and artists together for educational purposes.
- 69. An organization, BISK, mediates between schools and artists, who are invited to workshops to develop students’ creative and artistic skills.
- 71. Guided by artists, students create artworks from garbage, discovering the potential of everyday materials and finding and creating new meanings out of discarded objects.
- 75. Horta Comunitária Community Vegetable Garden Boa Esperança, Brazil 12 of 12
- 77. This community garden initiative offers work to the unemployed and helps integrate residents into the neighborhood.
- 79. This project was created as a strategy to fight hunger and to increase civic participation in suburban districts.