CHNGMKR — Cartography of changemakers
CHNGMKR is a living cartography of 150+ people reshaping how change happens, curated by a community of Chief Curators. The interactive map requires JavaScript. Below is a short preview of the map.
- Carboculture — Helsinki, Finland
Carboculture is a Finnish company focused on capturing and storing carbon through innovative biochar technology. By converting agricultural and forestry waste into stable carbon, Carboculture helps re
- Kéré Architecture — Berlin, Germany
Kéré Architecture is an award-winning architectural firm founded by Diébédo Francis Kéré, a Burkinabe architect known for his innovative and sustainable designs. Kéré, who was born in Burkina Faso and
- Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim — N'Djamena, Chad
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim grew up in a nomadic Mbororo community in Chad, where life was shaped by the land and the changing climate. As droughts and resource conflicts intensified, she saw the need to m
- Paul Emilieu Studio — Paris, France
Paris-based interior architecture studio specialising in circular design and the reuse of existing materials. Each project begins with an inventory of what already exists: salvaged materials, reclaime
- Fratries — Nantes, France
A French social enterprise creating shared housing where young adults with and without intellectual disabilities live together in urban apartments. The model: pairs of housemates (one with disability,
- Ocean Alive — Setúbal, Portugal
Ocean Alive was founded by Raquel Gaspar, a marine biologist with a deep connection to Portugal’s Sado Estuary and a passion for protecting its fragile ecosystems. Witnessing the devastating impact of
- Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre — Mogadishu, Somalia
Founded in Mogadishu in 1990 by Elman Ali Ahmed, a peace activist assassinated in 1996 for his courage in disarming militias. His daughters continued his work. Ilwad Elman grew up in Canada and chose
- Never Was Average — Montreal, Canada
As community engineers, they help organizations develop practices, design initiatives and programs, and create campaigns that cultivate an inclusive culture. Through partnerships, they collaborate wit
- Sara Turetta — Cernavodă, Romania
Italian advocate who left a Milan advertising career to found Save the Dogs and Other Animals in 2002, after a trip to post-Ceaușescu Romania revealed the scale of stray-animal suffering. The NGO runs
- Tetsunari Iida — Tokyo, Japan
Iida Tetsunari is a pioneering advocate for renewable energy and sustainable policy, dedicated to transforming Japan’s energy landscape. As the founder of the Institute for Sustainable Energy Policy (
- Taisugar Circular Village — Taisugar, Taiwan
The Taisugar Circular Village is a pioneering eco-community project in Taiwan that seeks to create a sustainable model for living based on the principles of the circular economy. Developed by the Taiw
- Les Invités au Festin — Besançon, France
Les Invités au Festin promotes “citizen psychiatry,” fostering inclusion by integrating individuals in psychological distress into community life. Through shared spaces and collective projects, they h
- Banlieues Santé — Bondy, France
Founded in 2012 by Abdelaali El Badaoui in the Paris suburb of Bondy, Banlieues Santé deploys peer-to-peer health education in French working-class neighborhoods where institutional healthcare is dist
- Lucas Davaze, Médiation Climat — Paris, France
Lucas Davaze is a French glaciologist who turned his scientific expertise into a mission of public engagement. Through Médiation Climat, he creates immersive field interventions, on glaciers, in citie
- rrreefs — Zurich, Suisse
A Swiss deep-tech startup printing 3D reef bricks that mimic the complex micro-geometry of natural coral structures. The design, derived from coral CT scans and fluid dynamics research, maximises surf
- Ama, Japanese Freediving Women — Mie Prefecture, Japan
The Ama are Japanese and Korean women who freedive without oxygen equipment to harvest abalone, sea urchin, oysters and seaweed from the ocean floor, a practice documented for over 2,000 years. Primar
- Oceans 2050 — USA
Founded by Alexandra Cousteau, granddaughter of Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Oceans 2050 is a science-driven organisation restoring ocean biodiversity through regenerative ocean farming: seaweed, shellfish
- Rainforest Connection — San Francisco, USA
Founded in 2013 by Topher White (physicist, former ITER nuclear fusion engineer), RFCx transforms recycled smartphones into solar-powered acoustic listening devices mounted in treetops. Each Guardian
- Ursula Hirschmann — Brussels, Belgium
German-Italian antifascist activist (1913-1991), born in Berlin, exiled to Paris and Italy after Hitler's rise. In 1941, confined with her partner Eugenio Colorni and Altiero Spinelli on the island of
- Biofabricate — New York, USA
Founded by Suzanne Lee, former fashion designer and pioneer of biofabrication, Biofabricate is the world's leading summit and community for the science of growing materials from living organisms, bact
- Songhaï Center — Porto-Novo, Benin
The Songhaï Center was founded in 1985 by Father Godfrey Nzamujo in Benin, born from his vision to tackle poverty, unemployment, and environmental degradation through a model of self-reliance and sust
- Equal Justice Initiative — Montgomery, USA
Founded by Bryan Stevenson, the son of a sharecropper from Delaware who became one of America's most celebrated lawyers and authors. Based in Montgomery, Alabama, the former capital of the Confederacy
- Birdgirl (Mya-Rose Craig) — Bristol, UK
Mya-Rose Craig, aka 'Birdgirl', is a British-Bangladeshi ornithologist, conservationist and climate activist who has observed 6,000+ bird species, making her the youngest person to achieve that milest
- Transition Network — Totnes, UK
Rob Hopkins launched the Transition Towns movement in Totnes, UK, in 2006, asking the question: 'What would life look like if we designed the transition away from oil?' The Transition model spread to
- Union United Church Food Bank — Montreal, Canada
Community-based food bank providing essential nutrition support to vulnerable populations. Located within Union United Church, this initiative addresses food insecurity by offering accessible food res
- 350.org — Washington DC, USA
Global climate campaign organization founded in 2008 by author Bill McKibben and university friends. The name refers to 350 ppm CO2, the atmospheric concentration considered safe for life on Earth (we
- Institut Océanographique Paul Ricard — île des Embiez, France
Founded in 1966 by Paul Ricard on the Île des Embiez (Var), this private oceanographic institute has conducted 50+ years of independent marine biology research in the Mediterranean. Studies coral mead
- Notpla — London, UK
A London material science startup making fully biodegradable packaging from seaweed and plants. Co-founded by Pierre Paslier and Rodrigo García González, former Royal College of Art students inspired
- Navdanya — Dehradun, India
Vandana Shiva is an internationally renowned environmental activist, author, and scholar from India, known for her advocacy of biodiversity, sustainable agriculture, and the rights of small farmers. A
- Visionary Co. — Nagoya, Japan
A Nagoya-based care company that solved Japan's caregiver shortage with an unexpected strategy: recruiting bodybuilders. CEO Yusuke Niwa launched the 'Macho Caregiver' initiative in 2018 after foundin
- Audrey Bourolleau — Lévis-Saint-Nom, France
Audrey Bourolleau is the co-founder of Hectar, a 600-hectare pilot farm near Paris dedicated to agricultural innovation, training, and inspiring new vocations. She advocates for an agri-cultural revol
- Wildlife Conservation Fund / Hélène Grimaud — New York, USA
World-renowned French pianist Hélène Grimaud founded the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, New York, one of North America's premier wolf sanctuaries and breeding programs. Grimaud grew up with
- GUILD — Singapore, Republic of Singapore
GroundUp Innovation Labs for Development, founded by Ibnur Rashad, is an organization dedicated to fostering sustainable and socially impactful solutions through community-driven innovation. With a ba
- OceanWell — Los Angeles, USA
Oceanwell emerged from a deep respect for our oceans and a bold vision to revolutionize hydration. Founded by a team of scientists and environmental advocates, Oceanwell harnesses the purity of deep-o
- Ford Foundation — New York, USA
One of the world's largest philanthropic organizations, with 6 billion in assets. Founded in 1936, the Ford Foundation focuses on reducing inequality worldwide, funding social justice, democratic pa
- Le Petit Vélo Jaune — Bruxelles, Belgium
Le Petit Vélo Jaune strengthens families by offering parental guidance and mentorship. Founded in France, the association pairs trained volunteers with parents of young children to provide regular, lo
- BIOfábrik — Guayaquil, Ecuador
Cesar Silva Brito is a changemaker in Ecuador, dedicated to empowering communities through sustainable agriculture and environmental conservation. Working closely with local farmers, Cesar promotes or
- Growing Communities — London, UK
Growing Communities is a grassroots social enterprise dedicated to creating a sustainable, local food system that benefits both people and the planet. Based in Hackney, London, the initiative began in
- CERN — Genève, Suisse
The European Organization for Nuclear Research operates the world's largest particle physics laboratory on the French-Swiss border near Geneva. Home to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a 27km ring tha
- Africa Center Hong Kong — Hong Kong, China
Innocent Mutanga fled Zimbabwe’s secret police for Hong Kong, lived on the streets, won the right as a refugee to study, and now works at Goldman Sachs. He founded Africa Center Hong Kong to promote c
- Indigenous Clean Energy — Ottawa, Canada
Indigenous Clean Energy (ICE) was born out of Chris Henderson’s deep respect for Indigenous communities and their connection to the land. After years working in the clean energy sector, Chris realized
- Copenhill — Copenhagen, Denmark
Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), CopenHill is Copenhagen's waste-to-energy power plant topped with a 490m ski slope, the world's tallest climbing wall (85m) and a hiking trail, opened 2019. It p
- Low-Tech Lab — Concarneau, France
A 6-year circumnavigation on catamaran Nomade des Mers (2016–2022), documenting and testing low-tech solutions worldwide, from Malagasy spirulina cultivation to Senegalese recycled wind turbines. Ever
- Studio Roosegaarde — Rotterdam, Netherlands
Dutch artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde runs a studio at the intersection of art, technology and urban design. GROW: luminescent light installations in agricultural fields that use specific light
- Philippe Albanel — Lyon, France
Philippe Albanel is the founder of Chez Daddy, a network of intergenerational cafés designed to combat senior isolation by rebuilding social connections within neighborhoods. He is reimagining local c
- Potato head — Seminyak, Indonesia
Ronald Akili founded Potato Head with a vision that went beyond hospitality; he wanted to create a space that reflected his love for Bali, his passion for creativity, and his commitment to sustainabil
- Valldaura Self-Sufficient Labs — Barcelona, Spain
A 100-hectare research campus in the Collserola Natural Park above Barcelona, run by the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC). Former residence of the Llimona family, transformed in
- Shorefast Foundation / Fogo Island Inn — Fogo island, Canada
Zita Cobb grew up on Fogo Island, Newfoundland, a cod-fishing community devastated by the 1992 moratorium. She made a fortune in tech, then returned to build the Fogo Island Inn (rooms from $3,000/nig
- World Access for the Blind — Los Angeles, USA
Daniel Kish lost both eyes to retinoblastoma as an infant and taught himself echolocation, clicking with his tongue to navigate his environment using sound reflections, like a bat or dolphin. He can r
- Studio Other Spaces — Berlin, Germany
Studio Other Spaces, co-founded by artist Olafur Eliasson and architect Sebastian Behmann, is an interdisciplinary studio that explores the intersection of art and architecture to create experimental
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