Author: Andrea Rebensburg (Andrea Rebensburg)

Pascal Girardot encourages people with the Citizens Forests association and supports them in starting so-called "Tiny Forests" on their own doorstep.

Filming as a means of raising awareness: For WITNESS, Adebayo Okeowo, a human rights advocate, is committed to empowering people to use video effectively to document and stop human rights violations.

Fifteen years ago, agricultural economist Dominikus Collenberg emigrated with his wife to Zimbabwe – with the aim of building something together that would have a positive social and ecological impact. The success story began with weeds.

We present three extraordinary initiatives that thrive on the intelligent interaction between people and technology. All three pursue the same goal: saving lives.

Minor details such as faulty labels or changes of the assortment often lead to the disposal of brand-new goods. But there are a growing number of initiatives who rescue the consumer goods and pass them on to social organizations.

Every year, enormous quantities of brand-new goods are thrown away for no good reason. Juliane Kronen's organization innatura passes on these products to charitable organizations as in-kind donations.