Winnerslist Landmarks in the land of ideas
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Quinoa – donation-financed private school
A private school financed by donations helps young people launch careers after they finish school
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Integration initiative "Saar business helps refugees"
Regional economic organizations jointly advertise for training and hiring of refugees
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Hamburg Aviation Cluster
A cluster takes advantage of the proximity of numerous aviation players to push forward the location
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Migration Hub – coworking space for refugee helpers
A start-up networks local refugee aid initiatives and gives them space to work under one roof
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Refugees cook for homeless people
Together with volunteers and companies, refugees cook their own recipes for homeless people
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Smartsand – high-quality building sand from flue ash
A start-up protects the environment doubly by converting a waste product into a high-quality building material
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Life Sciences Cluster Northwest – network for diagnostics innovations
Medical researchers and developers bundle their know-how to push forward their region with new solutions
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Kipepeo – social and fair clothing from Tanzania
A German social enterprise produces fair clothing together with people from Africa
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European twin city Frankfurt (Oder)-Slubice
Two cities on the German-Polish border demonstrate how a location can strengthen itself through cooperation
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Water 3.0 – innovative water cleaning method
An inexpensive filter method provides people around the world with clean water
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Wendelstein 7-X: fusion research for the power plant of the future
Researchers are working on a power plant in which hydrogen plasma fusion will produce clean energy
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Oskar telephone help line – assistance for critically ill children and their families
A Germany-wide round-the-clock telephone help line is available to severely ill children and their families
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Regionalwert AG Hamburg – value added cooperation for food
Via a stock company citizens invest in businesses and food from their region
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Digital neighbourhood - volunteers for more security on the Internet
Volunteer Internet trainers teach people in their neighbourhood how to have more security on the Net
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Agrophotovoltaics – resource-efficient land usage
In a Living Lab, research partners test how agriculture can be practiced under photovoltaic modules
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Smart Country – model project in the Eifel region
Energy producers and farmers team up to make regional electricity networks climate-friendly
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CoolFarmTool space – satellite technology for sustainable agriculture
In the future, an online platform will analyse satellite data so that farmers can cultivate their fields more sustainably
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Bridge&Tunnel – social design from the neighbourhood
A social design label builds disadvantaged women a bridge to the job market
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Ouissal – German-Arabic mentoring programme
In an intercultural network, young women entrepreneurs benefit from the knowledge of experienced businesswomen
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DYCLE – ecological diaper upcycling
A disposable item is to be used as top soil for fruit farming