Social Design Entrepreneur

“You don’t own the car you drive, you don’t own your iPod you listen to and you certainly don’t own the TV you watch…”

Red Button Design is a UK based not (just) for profit startup which works towards developing products for emerging markets. We are currently working on a water transport, purification and storage device which uses human power to drive the filtration process. Other projects include a sustainable vaccine cooler, and a solar powered irrigation [...]

The third Social Innovation Camp (SICamp) was held last weekend at Glasgow Caledonian University.  60 people from across the UK (and Europe) gathered to help turn ideas into reality.  Six back-of-the-envelope ideas for web tools that would make a positive difference to the real world had been previously chosen out of 133 applicants.  The six [...]

The Sunday Times recently ran an article on a new approach to book retail to be introduced to the UK.  Blackwell are set to be the first retailer to install the Espresso Book Machine, nicknamed the Book ATM this device is capable of rapidly printing, binding and trimming books from a database of 1 million titles. [...]

UKIBC via CHOLAN.R
Back in January I was invited out to India as part of a delegation organised by the UK India Business Council (UKIBC).  The aim of the trip was to promote cross-border trade and investment between the two countries, but for me and Amanda it was our first opportunity to get a taste of India. [...]