From Blueprint to Solved

3:00 Abigail’s realization 9:44 Changes within Design Without Borders 13:07 Finacial Literacy Project Link: www.designwithoutborders.com About Our Guest: Being a designer on the African continent, I am extremely passionate and eager about the role design is playing in strategically catalysing locally driven innovation and sustainable impact in the face of vast challenges in low and […]

6:15 First Steps 8:50 Biggest Challenges 11:36 Transition from Tech to Tech & Distribution 12:36 Milestones 14:11 LifeBank’s Technology Links: LifeBank’s Website LifeBank’s Instagram Temie TED Talk Temie’s Twitter About Our Guest: Temie Giwa-Tubosun is the Founder and CEO of LifeBank. She studied International Public Management at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. She has over […]

Description: Mara Mintzer, Program Director of Growing Up Boulder, discusses the inception of the organization, their work with involving children and young people in Boulder’s decision-making, and what adults can learn from children. In this Episode: 1:25 Growing Up Boulder inception story 5:25 Original idea for Growing Up Boulder 9:40 Pivot/ Growing Up Boulder moves […]

Description: Cathy Alderman, the Vice President of Communication and Public Policy at Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, discusses the organization’s mission and the stigmatization of homelessness. In this Episode: 3:12 Colorado Coalition for the Homeless’ mission & Cathy Alderman’s story 5:15 Why inequality exists 7:42 Most difficult part of Cathy’s work 10:10 Cathy’s everyday 11:09 Keeping […]

Description: Living Ink’s co-founder, Scott Fulbright, discusses his journey to creating a 100% bio-based ink pigment out of algae. In this Episode: 1:38 Scott’s Journey 3:41 Living Ink’s Pigment Process 10:37 Other people’s reaction to Living Ink 24:24 Potential for Algae based products About Our Guest: Scott Fulbright studied marine biology at Michigan State University […]

Description: Angie Buckley,  creator of the Student Agency at the University of Colorado Denver, discusses the process of matching college students to employers while growing student portfolios. In this Episode: 2:40  The Student Agency’s Inception Story 5:15  The criteria for The Student Agency 6:15 Challenges 9:12 How Students are matched to employers 11:43 What about the students that don’t […]

Description: Last Episode, Thomas Frey, Founder of DaVinci Institute, discussed  the eight technologies everyone should know. The DaVinci Institute founder calls these technologies the Disruptive 8. In this Episode: 00:00 Hypothetical future 3:38 Technologies that will change the next 50 years Links: Sensor Technology Simple Explanation ‘Internet Things’ That Anyone Can Understand Bitcoin, BlockChain Cryptocurrency […]

Description: Thomas Frey, Founder of DaVinci Institute, discusses how future technologies will change our daily lives. In this Episode: 1:33 The inspiration behind DaVinci Institute 2:03 DaVinci Institute current projects 5:02 Future Inventions 8:28 How the DaVinci Institute stays up to date 9:46 The Disruptive 8: Terms everyone needs to know to understand the future […]

Description: Happy 10th episode! Let’s celebrate by sharing what we’ve learned, discussing our interview with the Biomimicry Institute, and by going over some examples of biomimicry. In this Episode: 2:42 What we’ve learned so far 5:45 Recap of interview with the Biomimicry Institute 10:06 Biomimicry examples Links: Biomimicry Examples Biomimicry Institute Episode 10: 10 week […]

Description: Megan Schuknecht, Director of Design Challenges at the Biomimicry Institute, defines biomimicry, and discusses her organization’s educational efforts. In this Episode: 2:25  Biomimicry Defined 4:36  Education within the Biomimicry  Institute 6:11 Why people aren’t using biomimicry 10:27 How to get people more interested in biomimicry About Our Guest: Megan Schuknecht, director of design challenges at the […]