How new initiatives positively change the world
Malaria is one of the most common infectious diseases in the world, affecting around 200 million people. Currently, only prophylactic measures offer sufficient protection, which not everyone can afford. With an innovative body lotion, a university startup from Mannheim wants to put an end to this problem.
Gexsi is a search engine like Google set-up as a non-profit company. The three founders provide insights what inspired them to challenge Google, and what makes Gexsi unique.
With Gexsi, the search engine for a better world, you can play an active part in protecting the climate. We are looking for innovative projects that take both social and environmental problems such as climate change.
Do you already have travel plans for after the lockdown? Here are seven organizations that will add real social value to your trip.
Sport, education and female empowerment in challenging places like Kabul in Afghanistan. With Skateistan, Oliver Percovich has built an inspiring nonprofit which uses sports as a force for good.
Better data protection, a redesigned user interface, more features – we've been working hard on our mobile apps and browser extensions over the past months. Here you find the highlights at a glance.
The share of plastic which is being recycled is steadily growing. For the pioneers of a regenerative economy, this does not go far enough. The solution: Making products from plastic waste, which has been retrieved from illegal dumpsites or the oceans.
Nearly a billion people are in need of eye care but cannot afford it. These initiatives help people with poor eyesight. They all have a huge leverage effect – possibly also thanks to you.
You want to make a positive impact but look for ideas other than traditional donations? Here we feature various platforms which allow you to achieve a great positive impact by blending philanthropy and investing.
Organic or Fairtrade coffees have been known for quite a while. But what are the latest concepts which are being developed in the social start-up scene? Here you will find 6 coffee brands whose coffees not only taste good and are produced ecologically, but which positively change the livelihoods of the people in the producing countries.
Many of the 30 projects we currently support with the proceeds of our web search Gexsi – the search engine for a better world – contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goal "Zero Hunger". See how you too can make your contribution.
Here are 5 good reasons why your organisation should use the alternative search engine Gexsi. The switch is easy and you can try it out right in your home office!
With these tools, it is possible to integrate more sustainability into everyday life in a very simple and practical way. Some of them are projects that we have already supported or that are on our watch list – but one thing is for sure: you will find some real insider tips!
Many of us would have liked a reset button to start this year over again – without the virus. We take a positive look back and present the social entrepreneurship highlights which impressed us most in 2020.
The Munich-based social start-up glassic is establishing a returnable deposit bottle system on the island of Ko Kut in Thailand. The stylish glass bottles are the lever to reduce the amount of plastic bottles which end up in the oceans. The Enactus project won the Gexsi Impact Challenge Award in November.
Unusual, inspiring and of course social! The Christmas gift guide from the Gexsi Magazine editorial team.
The elections in the US have shown how fragile democracy can be when conflicts arise. We present 7 organizations, each of which developed its own powerful approach to strengthen democracy and human rights – in the US and across the globe.
We need a more resilient, green and human economy. How to manage this transition? – Let us empower the next generation – now!
It is two years since we started to pilot our social search engine Gexsi. During this phase we already achieved a lot. Time to say THANK YOU!
The Hamburg-based cooperative The Generation Forest enables every one of us to create his or her own climate protection forest. Not as a donation, but as a co-owned community property. The ownership guarantees that the forests are managed – and hence protected – for generations.
Dave and Burkhard, both natural scientists, had invented a technology to regenerate depleted soils and ended up developing a healthy, almost medicinal chocolate drink. An unusual, impact-driven founders' story.
Delivery Hero, Amazon Fresh or Just Eat are multi-billion companies. Surprisingly, they are outperformed by an amazing non-profit that delivers 12 billion meals a year.
Through the Enactus network, students at 1,700 universities worldwide not just develop innovative business ideas that make the world a better place. They put them into practice.
Yes, it can. In four regions, the non-profit search engine Gexsi started to use its revenues to specifically support social innovators from the respective regions. This way, your daily web search supports the local impact community, one click at a time.
In many socially deprived neighbourhoods, public authorities find it difficult to provide a good education for children and youth. This is where social innovators like the German social startup “Swap education for housing” comes in, whose peer-to-peer mentoring scheme in Duisburg-Marxloh now is replicated in other cities.
Hardly any international company dares to operate in a challenging environment like rural Mali or Niger. Africa GreenTec does. It supplies villages with internet, electricity, water and cooling equipment and hence boosts a green local economic development.
Making fair fashion doesn’t just concern materials and production. These fashion labels found new, inspiring ways to support not only their customers but also their manufacturers – and really putting the fair in fashion!
Fortifying staple foods with essential vitamins and minerals is considered the most effective way to eliminate malnutrition. The social business Sanku in Tanzania has found a way to empower local village mills in the most remote places to fortify corn flour at no additional costs.
The consumption of bottled water has increased more than tenfold since the 1970s. We present sustainable alternative developed by social enterprises that help to integrate healthy tap water into our everyday life.
As a non-profit search engine, safeguarding your privacy is a key priority for us. That's why we've developed a new app for your daily web searches that effectively protects you and your privacy with top-class anti-tracking features.
After two years of market analysis and prototyping, three students of the University of Applied Sciences Neu-Ulm founded the tech company mango solar to energize remote African villages. Intelligently controlled via a cloud platform and at costs no higher than running kerosene lamps.
Which start-up idea inspires you the most? Over the last days, we have presented a purpose-driven startup every day as part of our Impact Challenge with SensAbility. Your vote may make the difference when picking the winner.
We launched a series of impact challenges to identify the most inspiring projects which we support through our Gexsi platform. For the current Social Pitch we teamed up with SensAbility, Europe's largest student-led impact summit.
Health4Bees equips beekeepers with all they need to keep their bee hives healthy, among others by analyzing the environmental data collected by the bees themselves.
We have developed a browser extension for your computer that enhances your homepage with a variety of practical and informative features - with every new tab opened. Besides, the embedded search engine generates funds for social innovators who contribute to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
The death of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement have spurred the debate about racial justice. We shine a light on social entrepreneurship organizations who develop bold solutions to advance equal rights for all in the USA, and beyond.
Many young people feel left alone with their problems and have no one to talk to about them. The current "social distancing" does not make things easier. Between The Lines offers uncomplicated help via an anonymous app, leaving no one alone.
Social innovators often have award-winning ideas, but find it hard to access funding. We introduce 5 top-ranked awards which actually provide the funding to put the ideas into action.
The call for a green recovery of the economy after COVID-19 falls short. There is a unique opportunity to boost the social economy and to empower the younger generations to design the impact business models we need for a better future.
The beverage industry in Germany is quite unique. For close to 25 years there is a growing trend to set-up companies which sponsor a good cause along-side selling their drinks. Most companies refuse to merge with the powerful large-scale brands.
