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Mobile Movement

Mobile Movement is a Canadian philanthropy project which aims to empower global community groups and charities, bridging the gap between rich and poor with the aid of the humble mobile handset.

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Ponoko

By enabling creators to connect directly with the closest local fabricators, Ponoko promotes the localisation and democratisation of the manufacturing process and taps into a revived interest for DIY design.

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Park Slope Food Coop

Park Slope Food Coop is a food cooperative based in Brooklyn, New York, which requires its members to work in exchange for the opportunity to buy healthy groceries and eco-friendly goods at discounted prices.

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IfWeRanTheWorld

IfWeRanTheWorld is a simple web platform for digital activism and a new corporate-social-responsibility model. The idea is to bring individuals and brands together to work towards clearly stated, shared objectives.

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Granja Viana

Fabrizio Valente, chairman of Kiki Lab and founder member of Ebeltoft, analyses Wal-Mart's Brazilian eco-store - focusing on design choices that guarantee energy efficiency, economy, and speedy returns on investment outlay.

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[me] & goji

[me] & goji are a small artisan company creating custom blends of breakfast cereal. The broad appeal of this seemingly niche product is testament to the consumer desire for personalised goods with expert personality.

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Kunitachi Farm

Kunitachi Farm is a restaurant chain which leverages farmers’ personalities as a unique selling point, responding to the consumer desire for transparency of provenance and ecologically-farmed foods.

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Doutores da Construcao (Construction Doctors)

Although it’s been running since 2006, Construction Doctors is a clever and ethical way of educating and empowering Brazilian labourers – and boosts profits for local retailers in the process.

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Pass The Baton

Located in a high end Tokyo shopping complex, Pass The Baton is an innovative retail concept which relies on the appeal of personal histories - celebrity and otherwise - to sell quality second hand goods.

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Caja Navarra

In attempting to rebrand and appease consumers, mainstream banks should be wary of superficial gestures that will make little difference in the long term. Caja Navarra is one bank redefining the industry at a truly grassroots level.

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The Walmart Sustainability Index

Walmart goods will soon carry a label to tell consumers just how eco friendly they are. Brian Merchant looks at the impact of the Sustainability Index, dubbed by  some analysts as the most significant retail event in recent history.

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Subscribing to style: the dawn of the product service system

There are huge opportunities for promoting products with the product service system, which is on the brink of going mainstream. The idea is to sell the service instead of the product and connect people with the exact goods they want.