- marglumbiarres(@)gmail.com
Hack The Planet
(and Human’s Health)
A project by:
Garage Stories
Mobile World Capital Barcelona
Online and in-person hackathon to find solutions to switch to sustainable behavioural change.
In collaboration with:
DKV
Methodologies:
Design Thinking + Design Futures
Board of Experts:
WHO, DKV, IBM,
MIT Media Lab, Barcelona Health Hub (…)
Special guest speaker:
Maria Neira – Director of the Department of Public Health and Environment at the World Health Organization (WHO)
Outcome:
@Viridis
– A blockchain-powered Digital Product Passport that rewards consumers with tokens for sustainable choices, while helping eco-friendly brands grow.
Press Release
+200 participants
+50 community partners engaged in the outreach campaign
· «Introduction to Hack the Planet»
Special guest Maria Neira – World Health Organization
· «How to Deal with Change?»
Donald Edmondson – Center for Cognitive Behavioural Health at Columbia University
· «How to Design for Good»
Tom Tapper – Nice & Serious
· «Health and Environmental Issues» panel discussion
Lora E. Fleming – EU Centre for Environment and Human Health
Mark Nieuwenhuijsen – ISGlobal
@Viridis presented at the @Mobile World Congress and won 3K€ to invest in their project development.
Garage Stories
Garage Stories is an innovation lab that designs think tanks, pop-up labs, hackathons and events that bring solutions to real use-case challenges.
In such ecosystems, we invite interdisciplinary groups to research and work together to apply technology to generate measurable improvements in human experiences.
Experts and researchers from various disciplines mentor the participants.
Outcomes:
Creative, technology-driven, and user-experience-centered solutions, with a strong emphasis on storytelling and engagement.