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Davaam creates technology-driven refill and dispensing stations to reduce plastic packaging waste and provide affordable and reliable access to essential products. They offer customized automated machines for dispensing cooking oil, personal care products like shampoo and liquid soaps, household cleaning products, laundry detergents, and sanitary napkins. 🙌 Their refill stations reduce packaging, branding, shelving, and distribution costs, save consumers money, prevent pollution at source, and contribute to a circular economy.🙌 Davaam Karachi, Pakistan https://lnkd.in/guf3iGan

Substation33 offers electronic waste and container recycling services that divert waste from landfills, contribute to a circular economy, and create employment pathways for marginalized and disadvantaged people in Logan. They provide a supportive and inclusive workplace where people of all backgrounds can learn new skills, build confidence, and transition to long-term employment opportunities. 👏 Substation33 collects, sorts, and deconstructs e-waste into basic components. Refurbished goods and recyclable materials are sold, and unrecyclable materials are repurposed. 😊 Their innovation and coworking space is used to commercialize upcycled products and host community workshops, hackathons, and start-up weekends. Substation33 provides low-cost refurbished computers to schools, charities, and the public, hosts food recovery drop-offs, and supplies free groceries to people in need. 🙌 They are a Social Traders Certified Social Enterprise and a member of the Queensland Social Enterprise Council. Substation33 operates under YFS, a not-for-profit organization, and reinvests all surplus towards their mission.❤️ Substation33 Kingston, Queensland, Australia https://lnkd.in/gKtnswPg

Braw Talent makes creative arts activities more accessible for children and young people, amplifies marginalized voices and stories, and helps build a more inclusive, diverse, and representative creative sector in Scotland and beyond. They work with community groups, schools, and other organizations to provide participant-led filmmaking, animation, and visual arts education programs. 🙌 Their bespoke creative workshops and educational resources enable young people aged 8 to 25 to express themselves and tell their stories, regardless of the barriers they may face. ❤️ Specialized equipment is available for those who need it including wheel chair tripods and voice activated devices for film and photography workshops. 😊 Braw Talent is a registered Community Interest Company (CIC) and a member of Social Enterprise UK and Social Enterprise Scotland. Braw Talent Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom https://lnkd.in/g6Nwuvuw

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Chilote Shoes offers slow-crafted house shoes and accessories that empower artisan women and communities in Patagonia. Their slippers, leg warmers, neck warmers, wrist warmers, and headbands are hand-knit using traditional techniques that have been passed down through generations. 🙌 Chilote Shoes uses locally sourced natural, renewable, and upcycled materials like raw sheep wool, salmon leather, and vegetable-tanned saddle leather to support the region’s farmers and producers. 😊 Their community-based production model enables artisan partners to set their own schedules and remain with their families while earning fair wages and reliable year-round income. A QR code inside each pair of slippers links to more details about the artisans who made them. ❤️ Chilote Shoes finances native tree planting through Fundación Reforestemos to help regenerate unique Patagonian ecosystems.🌍️ Puerto Varas, Chile https://lnkd.in/gJt4eMgX

The Good Market commons opens to the Directory of approved enterprises, but when you click Marketplace at the top, you can choose a marketplace, select a location, and explore listings from the social enterprises, responsible businesses, cooperatives, civic organizations, and networks that use this shared infrastructure. You can also coordinate payments through the community cart.❤️⁠ ⁠ The latest marketplace newsletter includes content, offers, and opportunities from:⁠ SEWF - Social Enterprise World Forum C.I.C. Catalyst 2030 Fair Trade Federation Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) The Multicultural Professional Network IFOAM - Organics International Party Kit Network CIC The Land Back Foundation Social Enterprise Alliance GEN - Global Ecovillage Network Trisha Bailey, Ph.D. B-Alternative Unakanda Greatest Good Intuitive Digital The Neurodiverse Safe Work Initiative NP Creative Group Radiant Ten Thousand Villages US TORAJAMELO Willow and Chalk Change Coffee Ecofrico Cotswold Fudge Company  The Corner Store Network The Good Doll Himalayan Hemp ® ⁠HHPLift See them all at https://lnkd.in/g8DpRB8G⁠ ⁠ Sign up for future newsletters at https://lnkd.in/gKSUJs4Y⁠ ⁠ Know an initiative that's good for people and good for the planet? Encourage them to apply.☺️ Applicants that finalize the form by October 31 will be included in the global newsletter and promotions for October.

Onarım Atölyesi | Regenerative Impact Space advocates for new business models and economic paradigms that facilitate systemic transformations. They specialize in impact-oriented project design, process design, program curation, consultancy services, corporate learning workshops, media content, and community building. 🙌 Onarım Atölyesi brings together diverse stakeholders and works through collaborative projects with the private sector, civil society, local government, social enterprises, and other community organizations. 👏 All projects support regenerative systems, prioritize disadvantaged groups, and follow a distributive revenue-sharing model. ❤️ Onarım Atölyesi organizes Doughnut Economics Türkiye and is a member of the Doughnut Economics Action Lab. 😊 Onarım Atölyesi | Regenerative Impact Space İstanbul, Türkiye https://lnkd.in/gCjrGq2Z

Magpie Goose creates new economic opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people by partnering with Aboriginal artists in regional and remote communities to design powerful statement clothing. The designs are hand-screen printed onto biodegradable natural fiber fabrics with water-based inks and made into clothing by local manufacturers. Magpie Goose reduces waste by designing their products to last, shipping in plastic-free packaging, and creating upcycled accessories from their fabric offcuts. 🌍️ They hire First Nations service providers, photographers, designers, and models and pay artwork licensing fees to Aboriginal artists, art centers, and community organizations. Each artist’s designs tell unique stories of people, place, and culture. Their clothing can serve as conversation starters and enable the broader community to learn about, connect with, and celebrate Aboriginal culture and Country.❤️ Magpie Goose is a Social Traders Certified Social Enterprise and a member of the Queensland Social Enterprise Council (QSEC).😊 Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia https://lnkd.in/gbd4kFcB

Studio ROOF creates affordable, environmentally responsible artwork that sparks the imagination. Their colorful wall art, mobiles, and sculptures are inspired by nature, made from recycled cardboard, printed with vegetable inks, and sold in flatpack sheets with simple assembly instructions. 🙌 Their Atelier Toit range is made from Forest Steward Council certified wood and handpainted with water-based paints. Studio ROOF sells online, through retail partners, and through their own store in the heart of Amsterdam. 😊 They partner with Trees for All to plant a tree every year for every design created. 🌳 Studio ROOF supports Karm Marg, a home for underprivileged children in Faridabad, India.❤️ Studio ROOF Amsterdam, Netherlands https://lnkd.in/gWXBjgCV

Kalinko produces timeless, long-lasting handcrafted housewares and creates sustainable livelihood opportunities for artisans across Burma. They offer furniture, lighting, home textiles, tableware, wall art, baskets, toys, and decorative accessories made from rattan, wood, brass, marble, lacquer, recycled glass, bamboo, papier mâché, and handwoven fabrics using techniques that have been passed down through generations. 🙌 Kalinko works directly with makers and provides sustainably sourced materials, training, business guidance, and other support as needed. They transport products from Myanmar by ocean freight and ship from the United Kingdom in fully biodegradable and recyclable packaging. 🌍️ Kalinko has worked with Deep Trace, a global risk consultancy, to develop a robust human rights due diligence methodology that is adapted to the Burmese context and grounded in international human rights directives. They reinvest all profits to support the sustainable growth of their artisans’ businesses.❤️ Kalinko London, England, United Kingdom https://lnkd.in/gDHTywsj