Je Ne Sais Quoi of the Month is a $1000 grant that celebrates amazing people everywhere doing amazing things in so many amazingly different ways, it takes a French saying about nothing really to somewhat explain what we’re talking about. Or see below.
Arinze Emegoakor, Akụkọ
Arinze Emegoakor found an unlikely medium for celebrating, and engaging others, around his Nigerian roots: socks.
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The Activist Grannies, Helsinki
Meet Helena, Seija, Leena and Anne, four Finnish grandmothers turned climate activists. They’re in a relentless fight to protect the planet for both you and their grandchildren.
Kimberly Renee, Food Love
When coronavirus hit the US, self-taught plant-based chef Kimberly Renee took action. She kicked off a powerful campaign called Food Love, which facilitates the delivery of free plant-based foods to people in need.
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TURN AND FLOW, LONDON
This is Kimberley Dobney and Ciara Shine of Turn and Flow, a start-up that’s developing a recycling system for organic menstrual care products.
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SOAP FOR A CAUSE, Spokane, Washington
This is Donovan Smith, 17, a soap-making wizard who has been supporting homeless shelters for the last six years. Quick math—yeah, that’s right, he started his project when he was 11 years old.
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Labyrinth Kindermuseum Berlin
This is Ursula Pischel, director of Labyrinth Kindermuseum, a museum that’s showing kids they don’t have to be grown-up to take a stand for the future.
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GRIM
This is Petra Kaukua and Carolin Schiemer, founders of GRIM, a food subscription start-up that fights food waste by creating a market for farmers to sell quality produce that supermarkets won’t buy.
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Hart Club
This is founder Helen Ralli and collaborator Oliver Clarke of Hart Club, a South East London gallery championing neurodiversity within the Arts.
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Ombligo
This is Harris Edelman, founder and CEO of Ombligo, a New York City-based computer hardware company that helps other companies reduce their electronic waste through sustainable IT asset management, refurbishment and recycling.
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DePCB
Tilia Selldén and Tim Eckerström, are members of DePCB which is a group of eight students from Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg who are conducting a research project in the field of synthetic biology which involves the use of baker’s yeast and enzymes to break down the environmentally toxic substance PCB.
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Turning Tables
This is Anna Schori and Mark Ephraim, of Turning Tables Sweden, a non-profit organization that builds creative spaces to encourage marginalized young people by offering a platform to express themselves through film and music.
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Wildlife biologist
This is Melanie Madden, a wildlife biologist and golden eagle conservationist in San Diego, California. Every day for over 20 years, Melanie has been dedicated to providing research that protects wildlife.
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hejhej-mats
This is Anna and Sophie, co-founders of a really forward-thinking company called hejhej-mats. It’s a sustainability brand in Germany that makes “closed loop” yoga mats.
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Adapt
This is Josie Tucker and Richard Ashton, founders of what we think is an amazing environmental organization called Adapt. They use design, humor and contemporary culture to communicate climate crisis issues in a solutions-based way.
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Sunt Banana Bread
This is Laura Hoogland, founder of what we think is an amazing little company called Sunt Banana Bread. It’s a food sustainability brand in Amsterdam that Laura is just getting off the ground. Her goal? To end banana waste.
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Bee protectors
This is Michael Barone and Carlos Barone Cortés, creators of what we think is an important project for the planet. It’s a bio project, to be more specific, which they’ve created and continue to build and maintain on their own piece of land in Småland, Sweden – complete with a meadow that’s dedicated to providing a protected and thriving habitat for bees.
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