100 Ideas to Save the World

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100 Ideas to Save the World — Season 1, Episode 5: Mottainai!

Documentary15 min3 seasons, 25 episodes

Episode synopsis

Four ideas based around Mottainai, the now widely embraced environmental concept. Kintsugi is an age-old technique to repair broken pottery. A service that allows people to live in multiple locations for about $400 a month addresses the problem of vacant houses in Japan. A night bakery that sells bread bound for the waste bin is simultaneously solving the problems of food loss and employment. We also introduce a town with an 80% recycling rate. "Garbage is not garbage, it is a resource."

About 100 Ideas to Save the World

Be inspired! Introducing 100 passionate stories of efforts and innovations that pave the way towards the UN's 17 SDGs.

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