Month: September 2018

Braun announces the winners of the 20th BraunPrize design competition, celebrating Design for What Matters

Stuart Mitchell

50 years on from its inception, the 20th BraunPrize 2018 took place last week [12th September 2018] and saw 10 finalists present their design concepts to a live Jury, including legendary industrial designer and former Braun Design Director, Dieter Rams, at Braun’s Innovation Centre in Kronberg. The award ceremony, a culmination of the yearlong entry and judging process, gave prizes worth a total of $75,000 to exceptional talents, and marks five decades of Braun celebrating and promoting creativity and good design. This year’s competition challenged creative minds to develop designs…

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The Walmart Foundation Announces New Round of Grants Available for Canadian Organizations Focused on Reducing Food Waste

Stuart Mitchell

The Walmart Foundation today announced that it is making $1.5 million USD ($1.89 million CAD) available to fund proposals from eligible non-profit organizations working to reduce food waste in Canada. The Walmart Foundation is seeking proposals from qualified organizations that have experience in formulating, proposing, and implementing food waste reduction efforts. Requests between $300,000 and $1,000,000 (USD) will be considered. This announcement is part of the Walmart Foundation’s commitment to award $15M USD ($19M CAD) to organizations that help reduce food waste and strengthen food banks in Canada. Previous grants…

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Studio Republic scoop prestigious, international Green Apple Award for Environmental Best Practice.

Stuart Mitchell

Studio Republic, ethical digital creative agency, have won the Environmental Best Practice Award in recognition of their “Ethical Design through Sustainable Consumption” project. The Green Apple Environment Awards recognise, reward, and promote environmental best practice around the world. The Green Apple Environment Awards were launched in 1994 by The Green Organisation and have become well established as one of the most popular environmental campaigns in the world. Studio Republic deliver innovative digital design and development solutions to charities, not-for-profit organisations, and ethical businesses. In terms of sustainability, their long term…

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Sumatran Orangutan Society launch poignant film showing much-loved Jungle Book characters homeless and displaced across some of the world’s biggest urban cities.

Stuart Mitchell

Wildlife charity Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) has launched ‘Concrete Jungle’, a poignant short film, to raise awareness of the devastating impacts of forest destruction in Sumatra’s Leuser Ecosystem and promote their Rainforest Home Appeal. The film, created by Don’t Panic and produced by Eddy, shows much-loved iconic jungle characters struggling to survive on grey city streets, having lost their natural rainforest habitats. SOS hopes the film will encourage donations to their Rainforest Home Appeal, with which they aim to buy an 890 acre plot of land called Cinta Raja and…

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UK businesses, charities and celebrities come together to help tackle everyday anger with Take:90 launch

Stuart Mitchell

Charity Police Now has brought together businesses and charities including Calm, London First, The Prince’s Trust, the National Literacy Trust, British Transport Police, Westfield, Facebook, Next, Vice, UNILAD, Mulberry Schools Trust and CBI to launch Take:90. The campaign aims to help reduce acts of aggression and impulsive violence caused by anger in everyday situations, for example during evenings out, in the workplace, on the commute or online. As the largest initiative of its kind reaching organisations and individuals across the UK, the campaign encourages people to think again about seemingly…

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