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InteGREAT

April 27, 2012 in InteGREAT, Projects descriptions

InteGREAT est une association à but non-lucratif jeune et dynamique qui a pour objectif de promouvoir la diversité et l’échange culturel. Ses actions sont menées par des jeunes, pour tout public dont la curiosité de « l’autre », la diversité et la recherche de nouvelles connaissances sont des valeurs essentielles. Les membres du Comité d’InteGREAT sont des jeunes expérimentés dans le domaine festivalier, les évènements médiatisés ainsi que dans l’organisation et la logistique de ceux-ci. Ce sont tous des bénévoles engagés qui souhaitent transmettre cette valeur auprès de tous à travers les activités de l’association. C’est un acte de citoyenneté permettant de développer les compétences de chacun tout en participant activement à la vie de notre ville et à plus large échelle notre société.

Nous voulons que ces activités soient accessibles à tous et en aucun cas que l’argent soit une barrière. Si quelques services fournis venaient à être payants nous voulons qu’ils soient libres afin que chacun donne ce qu’il veut et ce qu’il peut. Les bénéfices générés seront réinvestis dans des projets d’utilité publique, dans des œuvres caritatives et dans le fonctionnement d’InteGREAT afin de nous permettre d’organiser d’autres événements publics.

Et le festival ?

InteGREAT organise un festival multiculturel sur trois jours destiné à promouvoir la diversité et l’échange culturel. Il sera mené sous la couple de la tolérance et de l’apprentissage à travers diverses activités telles que des concerts folkloriques, des stands de nourritures traditionnelles, des conférences, des expositions d’art ainsi que divers ateliers.

Pour pouvoir mener à bien ce projet nous avons besoin de personnes motivées comme vous. Si vous souhaitez joindre l’aventure ou simplement vous informer plus ampement sur l’association et le projet, rejoignez nous à la première Assemblée Générale d’InteGREAT le LUNIDI 30 AVRIL 2012 à 19h SALLE MR030 à UNIMAIL.

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Rejob

January 14, 2012 in impact award, Projects descriptions, Rejob

We establish an information platform for responsible careers, targeted at graduates. By assessing the social and environmental impact of companies with respect to different categories, our system leads to more transparency and presents a base for responsible career decisions. In order to minimize effort and to profit from established data sources we gather data from existing data bases and process it to provide the relevant information for graduates and job-seekers. In addition to a direct web interface, we offer the processed data to external job platforms. Moreover, we offer well-rated companies the opportunity to publish detailed company profiles.

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Urban MediArt

December 16, 2011 in impact award, Projects descriptions, Urban MediArt

Urban MediArt is a project meant to make people more conscious about their surroundings and how they act in their daily life. This is an all-year project which uses Graffiti on walls in Geneva to send positive messages to people at the same time as turning graffiti  into a creative media-art tool. The goal is to reach many people in frequently used urban spaces to  make them aware of the world they are living in.

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Superhero Training

December 16, 2011 in impact award, Projects descriptions, Superhero Training

Being a Superhero* is a mindset and a choice. A Superhero* knows that he can change something and he chooses to act, to do so.At the Superhero Training, young people become empowerd to experience themselves as superheroes, able to change the world and encouraged to take the choice to do so. The Superhero theme gives a creative and playful frame for the “serious” personal development training. The Training consists of one week of camp and follow up-weekends. During the camp, enabled by the unusual environment and the intensive time, a strong feeling of being a Superhero will rise up. This feeling and mindset will be transferred into everyday life with help of the follow up weekends.

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Loco-motive

December 15, 2011 in impact award, Loco-motive, Projects descriptions

Loco-motive est une association de droit suisse qui s’efforce à améliorer la qualité de vie en Suisse en promouvant les initiatives locales à travers des activités, évènements et projets qui ont pour but de renforcer, en particulier, les valeurs du respect mutuel, de l’appréciation de l’autre et  de la collaboration intergénérationnelle et interculturelle. A travers divers projets, Loco-motive est une association qui recherche, développe, teste et raffine des approches et méthodes qui encouragent le dialogue et les initiatives locales intergénérationnelles et interculturelles, interrogeant ainsi les relations que forment notre société.

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The Local Offering

December 15, 2011 in Dine2Day, Projects descriptions

The Local Offering, formerly Dine2Day, aims to build real world friendships and promote the consumption of sustainable local food. The Local Offering achieves this by providing users with an online platform that allows them to organize dinner parties at restaurants and their homes, making sustainable consumption a fun, intuitive, and streamlined experience. Users can host dinners at their homes, organize meals at restaurants, or attend dinners hosted by other people in their area. Users can also post on a community newsfeeds in order to alert others about their favorite local food markets, vendors, shops, and upcoming deals, festivals and events.

The fundamental aim of The Local Offering is to leverage the power of digital communication technologies to build meaningful real-world friendships around a similar interest in sustainable food. By bringing like-minded people together to celebrate cooking and dining, The Local Offering aims to create a vibrant community of conscious, forward looking people. By fostering real-world interactions, The Local Offering transforms digital communication technologies from a possible source of isolation into an engaging platform that satisfies users physical, emotional and mental needs. Members’ physical needs are satisfied through the meal that is shared, their emotional needs are satisfied through the act of sharing, and their mental needs are satisfied by the opportunity to learn new skills, such as new recipes or languages. By engaging with the Local Offering community on a regular basis, people can improve their eating habits, make new friends, and learn new and exciting things in the process.

The Local Offering is currently under construction in preparation for a Summer/Fall 2012 launch. To receive email updates please contact Jesse at jesse.bisignano@gmail.com.

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Develocal

December 15, 2011 in Develocal, impact award, Projects descriptions

Auf jungen Akademikern und Universitäts-Absolventen in Entwicklungsländern ruhen häufig grosse Erwartungen. Ihnen traut man zu, die Herausforderungen, vor denen die jeweiligen Länder stehen, zu meistern und investiert entsprechend in ihre Bildung. Doch Ansprüche werden nicht nur von ihren Landsleuten an die jungen Potentiale herangetragen; die Globalität heutiger Probleme erfordert auch ein länderübergreifendes Verständnis darüber, auf welche Art und Weise Probleme gelöst werden sollen. Doch auch wenn der Wille und das Wissen darüber, wie lokale Bedürfnisse am besten beantwortet können werden, vorhanden sind, so fehlt es jungen Universitätsabsolventen umso mehr an Möglichkeiten, ihre Fähigkeiten im Feld unter Beweis zu stellen. Finanzielle Unterstützung, ein Netzwerk, in dem sie Wissen und Erfahrungen austauschen und Ratschläge nachfragen können, fehlt vollkommen. Dieses Bedürfnis gilt es zu beantworten und Develocal kümmert sich darum.

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MEYA – Movement for the Expression of Young Artists

December 15, 2011 in impact award, MEYA, Projects descriptions

Le but de MEYA est de promouvoir l'art, ainsi que soutenir les jeunes artistes. Nous voulons créer un véritable mouvement dans le milieu. Nous trouvons que l'art est un important outil de communication qui permet de mieux renforcer les liens au sein d’une communauté. A ce jour, nous n'avons pas trouvé une seule personne qui n'aime pas au moins une forme d'art (film, musique, danse, photographie, peinture...). Il y a tellement de différentes formes d'art que le public mérite de découvrir. Nous voulons aussi apporter un cadre aux jeunes artistes où ils pourraient s’exprimer et transmettre leur passion car nous voyons un véritable potentiel en eux. Souvent, ils n'ont pas la possibilité de montrer leurs talents faute de cadre approprié ou de moyens. Nous pensons que tous les artistes ont le droit de s'exprimer et dévoiler au public leur talent.

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weACT

December 15, 2011 in impact award, Projects descriptions, weACT

The purpose of weACT is to raise people’s awareness and mobilization around global environmental challenges and climate change by  encouraging the development of “green” skills and behaviors. weACT is a student association, founded in January 2011, at ETH in Zürich. We are living in a time where everybody is conscious of climate change and its consequences. We are also fully aware that it is influenced by our day-to-day activities and the consumption habits we have. But how many of us are taking real actions to contribute to the mitigation of climate change by choosing to live in a more sustainable way?  There are several things we cannot influ­ence directly. The economic and legislative framework need time to change. But there is one thing we can change today, if we are willing and committed. That is our daily habits. Little changes add up and make a large difference. For this reason weACT supports and motivates people in changing their everyday habits toward a more sustainable lifestyle. Alone, this can be a real challenge: We are therefore doing it together, creating a fun environment that allows you to feel connected.

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mondopoly

November 14, 2011 in Mondopoly, Projects descriptions

mondopoly is a game of transcultural face-to-face encounter. The project brings together playfully people with different backgrounds who would rarely ever meet in their daily life. By offering meetings and learning opportunities to childern, youth and adults, mondopoly works towards a more inclusive society where people can participate and be recognized as individuals with different resources. The concept being that every person is formed by different cultures and belongs to different groups and subgroups. It is related to all of us and therefore can’t be abused as a stigma for defined minorities. mondopoly focuses on diversity of all people.

Next event: mondopoly-activities-week from 26.03.12 to 30.03.12: day of play secondary school on the 26.03.12, day of play primary school on the 29.03.12 and vernissage on the 29.03.12

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