Shake The World

Colin McElwee is the Co-founder of Worldreader and focuses on strategy and business development, putting to good use his for-profit and non-profit experience across the globe.Worldreader allows books to be accessed everywhere around the globe, regardless of the reader’s economic circumstances. Using low-cost technology, a personal digital library and a worldwide network of corporate and non-profit partners, it helps millions of people reach their potential.In this episode, Colin will tell about Worldreader, education, our changing world, and how to deal with that.Listen, get inspired, and join the world-changers.

Gonzalo Muñoz is reinventing the recycling industry in Chile by showing that we can recycle many other materials than the traditional ones, and by sharing the financial rewards of recycling. He is slowly replacing the current waste management system, which simply hides garbage and encourages waste through financial incentives. Gonzalo strives to create a future with no garbage; in which recycling is part of the daily life and actions of all institutions and people, and everyone, especially the environment, profit.This year the Chilean presidency nominated him as High-Level Climate Champion for COP25, the role from which he is mobilizing climate action in non-state actors all around the world.In this episode, he will tell about Triciclos, their recycling model and about climate changes and how to cope with it. Listen, get inspired, and join the world-changers.

Meagan Fallone was Born in New Zealand, but she attributes her most valuable education to having come from living amongst the simple rural community of Tilonia in Rajasthan India, where Barefoot College is based. She has tripled the size of the Barefoot College footprint beyond its foundation in Rajasthan and developed a sustainability movement led by rural women across the Global South, Guiding field operations in 96 countries, she and her team have set an example of positive impact through ground breaking partnerships with Governments, Corporations and a network of Civil Society and Multilateral organizations. In this episode, she will tell more about Barefoot College, the value of education, how women help to change small villages, and why men can't do that. Listen, get inspired and join the world-changers.

Galen Welsch co-founded Jibu in 2012 and under his leadership Jibu has quickly become a top-rated B-Corp social franchise bringing affordable drinking water access to thousands, and creating hundreds of jobs, mostly for youth, across East Africa. Galen’s achievements at Jibu have been recognized by BBC World, the Guardian, Fast Company, the Franchise Times, and by Forbes 30 under 30.In this episode he will tell about Jibu, social franchising model and for-profit social enterprises.

Noam Angrist is the co-founder of Young 1ove, a Botswana based not-profit organization, providing evidence-based sex education to young people. He also continues working in the world bank as a consultant. He is on the "Forbes 30 under 30" list and also had some other prestigious awards. In this podcast, he will tell how he came up to Young Love, how to build trust with youth and change the world based on data that is already there.Listen, get inspired and join the world-changers.

In this episode you will hear Dr. Mitch Besser, he is a founder of mothers2mothers. Their mission is to impact the health of mothers by putting them at the heart of improving reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health. Their Mentor Mother Model empowers mothers living with HIV, through education and employment, as role models to help other women and their families access essential services and medical care.Mitch will share not only his story but also a lot of pieces of advice regarding starting social projects. Listen, get inspired, and join the world-changers.

Troy Wiseman tells about his vision, the importance of mentors, and how you can make the world a better place.

In today’s episode, you will hear an inspiring story of Howard Weinstein. He believes that Anybody can be a change-maker in the society. He is the Co-founder of Solar Ear with 10 other people who are deaf. They invented solar-powered hearing aids by people who are deaf for people with a hearing loss in developing countries. Raised over 3 million dollars and were named in 2011 at a ceremony at United Nations as Global Social Entrepreneur of the Year.They became the largest non-profit hearing aid company with distributors in 43 countries.

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