All of us at the Unreasonable Institute cannot thank Hewlett Packard enough. For the second year in a row, HP has generously committed to supporting this year's Finalists as well as the Unreasonable Institute in a number of ways:
by Robyn Scott
First philanthropy-powered 'attention-market.' We enable outsiders with great ideas to get access to make them happen.
OurSay connects you to the leaders in your community.
by Lorna Rutto
Eco-friendly plastic lumber that provides a waste management solution and an alternative to timber while creating jobs.
by Erine Gray
Aunt Bertha makes it easy to find government and charitable social service programs in your area that you qualify for.
Our product is an innovative toilet system that will save water, improve sanitation and benefit the environment.
We offer sustainable solutions that supply for the energy demands of a variety of users at a lower socio-economic cost.
by Jamila Abass
MFarm gives farmers transparent market price information, aggregates their farm input needs and creates market linkages.
Profit making venture involved in empowering cocoa farmers, traders and former child soldiers.
Web and SMS mobile app that enables farmers to obtain necessary agri information, market price info and market access.
OYOB helps motorcycle taxi (boda boda) drivers in Uganda own their own bikes to accelerate out of poverty.
Entrepreneurial response to micro-nutrient malnutrition in sub-Sahara Africa through affordable fortified staple flours
Assured Cash flow to strengthen hands of women to raise their voices with equal rights in decision making at house holds
by Shane Gring
Eliminating substandard housing by providing career-critical green building education.
Prakti stoves bring fuel-efficient cooking – and health, economic, and social benefits – to the world’s poorest women
Ewiks is an educational platform that allows professors, small and medium companies to share knowledge and make money.
by Ellen Li
Ja Bru Rigs help rural embroiders preserve traditional technique as well as increase income.
Our small company makes composting and integrated thermal energy/heat recovery systems for farms/businesses/communities!
Turnkey replication of Conserve's proven triple bottom line model across the developing world through technology license
Improving the way of live of cocoa farmers in Mexico by helping then produce more and better cocoa.
Our mission is to provide affordable clean drinking water to all people on the planet.
GLO builds capacity in educators to empower youth academically and socially through the cultivation of youth voice.
Wastewater biotechnological treatment revolutionizing water purification without chemicals or electricity, only plants
Creating a sanitation revolution that will propel Africa to the forefront of human waste reuse and eradicate disease.
Information to farmers & build logistic infrastructures with partners to supply Northern Markets with Southern products.
Musoni is the first microfinance institution to replace cash with mobile phone payments, with major benefits for clients
moWoza utilises SMS technologies to help African migrants buy and send essential products home.
An innovative Waste Management Initiative to Ensure Environmental, Social and Financial Sustainability
by Wase Rogers
An innovation that collects waste paper from schools & offices in Cameroon and recycle them profitably into egg cartons
by Ramana Killi
"We help marginal farmers to profitably cultivate their land by reducing labor, time & capital through mechanization"
Rural off-grid solar electric infrastructure through innovative hardware, wireless networking, training and education
by Gijs Spoor
We mobilised 10,000 cotton farmers in India. Now we need to reach 1 million consumers to help them keep up the good job.
by Nne Abraham
This project is to assist the poor rural women to sell their agricultural products at 40-50% or 100% profit margin
by Ravi Chandra
RDM Pvt Ltd is marketing Vermi-Compost, Bamboo & Incense Sticks manufactured by farmers, poor women in rural Bihar
We'll provide workshops to Bedouin communities to develop a Green Energy System Production.
Our company develops quinoa based products and brands for the global market using a unique value-maximizing fair trade
by Justin King
Tilapiana empowers rural Africans to profitably start their own business growing fish and pull themselves out of poverty
A Social Enterprise in Latin America that recycles e-waste and works with ex offenders under a triple bottom line model.