Wet Technik
Wet Technik is a student startup founded at Makerere University looking at reducing the costs of water usage and environmental pollution by hazardous wastewater through the use of constructed wetlands. The team is comprised of three students from a multi-disciplinary background with a shared passion for solving the ever-present problem around wastewater handling and to … Continue reading “Wet Technik”
- Team Members: Dennis Ssekimpi, Mark Musinguzi, Nina Shatsi
- Climate, Energy & Sustainability
- Makerere University
- 2019
RePurpose Energy
According to the Solar Energy Industries Association, solar’s long-term success “depends on the cost-effective integration of energy storage”. Already, excess solar power is often wasted, and California is only a third of the way to its 100% clean energy target. Achievement of this bold goal will require energy storage at scale to harness solar power … Continue reading “RePurpose Energy”
- Team Members: Ryan Barr, Joseph Lacap
- Climate, Energy & Sustainability
- UC Davis
- 2019
Viva
60% of Americans are suffering from chronic diseases, of which 80% are preventable by a healthy lifestyle. With all of the current options available for health and wellness, we still aren’t preventing disease. Why? The current options are prescriptive, focused on one or two areas of health, and lack a sense of camaraderie and accountability. … Continue reading “Viva”
- Team Members: Catherine Soler, Cristy Meier, Ashten Bartz, Bethany Ellenbogen
- Art & Social Change, Cities and Communities
- UC Berkeley
- 2019
Seminar
At first sight, people begin to form judgements about each other in their heads based on appearance, race, gender, and other superficial factors. These are called “implicit biases”, and they affect the ways we think, act, and perceive the world around us. From gender discrimination in the workplace to racial profiling in our communities, many … Continue reading “Seminar”
- Team Members: Kevin Liu, Shomil Jain, Nima Rezaeian
- Cities and Communities
- UC Berkeley
- 2019
CoopNet
CoopNet’s vision is to create a digital financing model for shared housing, leveraging the community activation of crowdfunding to bring together residents and investors who believe in the virtues of cooperative living. Not only would such an online platform provide a legal, regulated, and contractually sound method for cooperatives to access financing, it offers the … Continue reading “CoopNet”
- Team Members: Aaron Scherf, Ramsay Boly, Jinsu Elhance, Cara Wolfe
- Cities and Communities
- UC Berkeley
- 2019
Qloak
As a result of the current social and political climate, the LGBTQ+ community has found it increasingly difficult to find safe spaces. A study by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) shows that hate-driven violence often occurs in the privacy of communities, homes, workplaces, and shelters. By providing knowledge of spaces that have been … Continue reading “Qloak”
- Team Members: Julian Johnson, Maria Antonio Scopu, Hoaian Dang
- Cities and Communities
- UC Berkeley
- 2019
Common Objects, Uncommon Purpose: Fighting Unconscious Bias with Art
Despite our best intentions, everyday discrimination bubbles up from unconscious biases we don’t realize we have. “Common Objects, Uncommon Purpose” will address this by raising awareness, concern, and knowledge of unconscious bias. In particular, it will target skeptics who may not think bias is a problem. The campaign will use a mixed-media approach that employs … Continue reading “Common Objects, Uncommon Purpose: Fighting Unconscious Bias with Art”
- Team Members: Emily Kearney, Catharine Adams, Linet Mera
- Art & Social Change
- UC Berkeley
- 2019
Bosco The Inclusive Forest
Sophisticated technologies, such as virtual reality’s (VR) immersive experiences, allow one to build effective tools to challenge implicit discriminatory bias. This project includes: 1) An art installation: two participants experience stories of racial and gender discrimination in VR. Personal and bio-medical data from the participant’s reactions are collected and visualized. Participants are encouraged to record … Continue reading “Bosco The Inclusive Forest”
- Team Members: Enrica Costello, Zack Ragozzino, Allison Lee, Joshua King, Alessandro Olivieri
- Art & Social Change
- UC Santa Barbara
- 2019
Crimmigration
In the summer of 2018, the merger between migration and criminal law reached a boiling point when the United States concluded that a logical solution to deterring migrants from entering the country illegally was to separate migrant parents from their children. The Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy received international scrutiny for its inhumanity. Through personal … Continue reading “Crimmigration”
- Team Members: JoeBill Muñoz
- Art & Social Change
- UC Berkeley
- 2019