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Rudayna Abdo redirected her career to establish an educational system for vulnerable and refugee children in Lebanon who cannot attend school—a challenge that has become increasingly difficult today.

GOOD stands for Purpose over Profit. We now make a bold move: in future, our web search will be 100% ad-free and independent of big tech. This significantly improves the search experience, strengthens digital sovereignty and improves the carbon footprint.

Jennifer Timrott is a unique environmental activist. She mobilizes consumers to fight against unnecessary plastic or disposable packaging - smartly via an app.

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.

Cardiac arrest can happen to anyone and the chances of survival are slim. Emergency physician Michael Müller has successfully launched a smartphone-based system that involves qualified first-aiders.

Many of the more than 50 projects that we support with the revenues of our web search GOOD - the search engine for a better world, support the second UN Sustainable Development Goal "No Hunger" with their ideas. Here we give an overview of the innovative solutions that help to achieve this global goal and how you can make your contribution.

Many of the more than 50 projects that we support with the revenues of our web search GOOD - the search engine for a better world, support the second UN Sustainable Development Goal "No Hunger" with their ideas. Here we give an overview of the innovative solutions that help to achieve this global goal and how you can make your contribution.

Ayesha Vera-Yu is CEO of ARK Solves, an organisation that invests in rural communities in developing countries to secure their food. The founder was originally a banker when she decided to become a social entrepreneur.

Hooray - together with you we have achieved incredible goals so far. We can hardly believe it ourselves: With your search, we have already supported 50 projects and thus 50 groundbreaking solutions for a better world. All this would not have been possible without your help and that of all GOOD users. THANK YOU for every single search request! This is a good opportunity to take a look at what we have accomplished together and to give a short update on some GOOD projects of the past years.

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.

Invasive species often harm the native flora and fauna. In the case of the beautiful water hyacinth, we are talking about a major catastrophe. Some initiatives are developing innovative ideas to contain its massive spread.

Thomas Betzold has founded a start-up in Sri Lanka that produces biochar from the invasive water hyacinth. In this way, a harmful plant is transformed into a soil conditioner that compensates for CO2.

Sport unites across borders and promotes inclusion. Many inspiring initiatives are breaking down barriers with their work and creating a diverse sports landscape. Find out in the article how sport can contribute to more equality.

David Lebuser founded Sit'N'Skate to give wheelchair users a sense of freedom and self-realisation. The project offers wheelchair sports, training and an authentic skate lifestyle to break stereotypes and promote inclusion.

We highlight some startups and initiatives that are successfully helping people in underserved regions implement simple solutions to everyday challenges on their own. What all models have in common is helping people to help themselves and transferring knowledge.

Marlene Lerch is the co-founder of the DIY platform dooiy. For people in underserved communities, these step-by-step instructions for solving simple challenges can be the first step toward a better life.

Collecting plastic waste on beaches, riverbanks or in communities faces a major problem: Most plastics are not recyclable. However, a number of start-ups are developing innovative concepts to turn the waste into valuable construction materials.

Julika Diering is co-founder of the project Fish'N'Bricks. They collect plastic waste from land and sea in Indonesia and eventually process it further into plastic bricks. The aim is to give the apparently useless plastic waste a new value.

Salem El-Mogaddedi is the co-founder of Conflictfood. Since his inspiring journey through Afghanistan, he and the Conflictfood team have been successfully supporting people in conflict regions through direct trade with local producers.

Lisa Ertle is co-founder of the association Zeugen der Flucht, which carries out anti-racist educational work. The focus is on direct exchange between refugees and young people in schools in order to successfully break down prejudices.

Armed conflicts are on the rise in various parts across the globe. In this article, we highlight six ground-breaking civil society-led initiatives, which help to protect civilians in conflict areas and to build peace even where it seems impossible.

Corals have been suffering from climate change for years. In particular, the rise in water temperature can lead to coral mortality, and instead of thriving reefs, all that remains are dreary seabeds. Therefore, more and more people worldwide are committed to restoring already damaged reefs.

The marine ecosystem with its biodiversity is endangered worldwide. This also affects coral reefs, which are indispensable for animals and humans. From an idea in a circle of friends, Coral Gardeners has now become a global movement to save coral reefs worldwide.

Karsten Hirsch is a social entrepreneur and founder of Plastic Fischer. His goal is to stop the global plastic pollution of the oceans. Not there, though, because much of the world's plastic waste ends up in the sea via rivers. If their success also has to do with the fact that they are happy when others copy their open-source technology? Find out in the interview where he got the idea for the floating barriers and whether he separates waste himself.

There are forward-looking ideas for countries suffering from persistent water shortages. Various initiatives are addressing the problem of water scarcity in very different ways and are successfully seeking innovative solutions. Cosmotaics, for example, is developing solar parks for desert areas that simultaneously produce water via condensation.

Igor Luketina is founder of our supported project Cosmotaics. He is dedicated to the problem of water scarcity in regions suffering from extreme water shortages. His solution: A revolutionary conversion of solar systems into water farms. In the interview, you find more about him.

Sustainability and socially critical factors are becoming increasingly important in the textile industry. There are numerous fashion labels and brands that are specifically committed to education and empowerment, especially of women.

Together, Chaiim and EYD are helping traumatized women and girls reintegrate into society through a self-sustaining social business model.