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Dear Friends of GIG,
we hope you are keeping well!
Ten months into this global pandemic we busy adapting and collaborating in oder to rise to the challenge and support each other. In this newsletter edition, we are sharing some of the projects and solutions GIGers across the globe are working. Some of them, like the Nidhi Mittal's bioplastic or Casa Criatura's aerosol box address the worlds current main crisis Covid-19 and climate challenges, others like Lab Procomoum's Colaboradora project or CoAct are exploring new methods for work, research and collaboration.
This month we revisited our Core Values, including: "We believe in the power of the community to solve challenges. We believe in solving problems locally and sustainably by way of utilising and/or establishing local infrastructures. We also believe in collaborating and working together across borders to support the development, exchange and adaption of grassroots innovations to solve global problems."
We are proud of the many ways in our community members are implementing these ideas.
We are in this together.
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We are what we create together.
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First Careables Exhibition at #rpCampus, Berlin
Currently we and our Partners at Open Health HACKademy are showcasing a collection of our Careable designs at the re:publica Campus! This exhibition is the first in a series of exhibitions to be organized in hubs, labs and spaces all around the world.
Do you have a space and would like to host the next Careables exhibition? Find more info here.
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Biotex: DIY Bioplastics!
Plastic has played a very essential part in protecting our frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The problem is, all of this plastic is finding its way into piles of garbage and if we do not take urgent and proper actions now, it will negatively impact our health, wildlife, and the natural environment in the long term.
GIG member Nidhi Mittal, India, is working on Bioplastics, which are are one way to tackle the problem.
Read more in our Careables Story!
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 Casa Criatura developes an open-source aerosol box in response to Covid-19
Through the support of the Moss Challenge Covid-19 action, promoted by the Mozilla Foundation, Careables Casa Criatura developed an open-source aerosol box model to use at Intensive Care Units (ICU). The aerosol box is used in the process of intubation and extubation of patients, to avoid the contact of aerosol sprays of patients with doctors.
Read more about the project here!
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Celebrating the Creative Economy: Colaboradora - Empreender e Transformar
At the end of the 12-month mentoring and development program for creative social impact entrepreneurs selected through a public call, "Colaboradora - Empreender e Transformar" launches their downloadable manual! The project is developed by Instituto Procomum and LAB Procomum, Brazil.
Klick here to download the toolkit and read more here!
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The video by Colaboradora - Empreender e Transformar marks the end of the 12-month mentoring process for creative social impact entrepreneurs hosted by Instituto Procomum and LAB Procomum, Brazil.
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LAB Procomum: Memórias, Narrativas e Tecnologias negras da Baixada Santista: Action-research to highlight the role of the black population of Santos-SP
LAB Procomum's new project Memories, Narratives and Black Technologies from Baixada Santista seeks to highlight the historical and contemporary importance of the black population in the region in an action research and a series of training activities using open technologies, art and culture.
The project is just beginning, you can read more here and see the teaser video below!
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Watch the teaser video of LAB Procomum's project Memórias, Narrativas e Tecnologias negras da Baixada Santista!
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 CoAct Postcard
Our CoAct postcard is ready! Our partners will initially use it at
conferences and workshops to engage participants. Learn more about CoAct at www.coactproject.eu and follow us on social media to stay up to date on the project!
- FB @CoActeu
- Twitter @CoActeu
- Instagram @coact.eu
You can download the postcard here!
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Upcoming Events
Careables Exhibition @re:publica Campus, September 6 - October 5, Berlin, Germany.
Citizen Science SDG Conference 2020, October 14 - 15, Berlin, Germany / Online.
Hackaday Remoticon 2020, November 6 - 8, Online.
Calls for Applications and Proposals
Wikifactory: Digital Modelling for Brazil's Museu Nacional. Please send an e-mail to lostfinds@unfold.be.
Volkswagen Foundation: Academic Cooperative Research Projects in Germany and Sub-Saharan Africa. Rolling applications.
Find all upcoming dates at globalinnovationgathering.org/events
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