Je Ne Sais Quoi is a $4000 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.

february 2021

For purpose jobs

Olivia Spaethe felt her career was missing a connection to the issues she cared about most: social and environmental activism. The solution? For Purpose Jobs.

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january 2021

AKUKO

After spending the majority of his life outside the continent he was born in, Arinze started Akuko, a company celebrating African culture through socks.

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december 2020

The activist grannies, Helsinki

After these four grandmothers retired, they started new careers in climate activism. Now they’re known all over Finland as the Activist Grannies.

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october 2020

Food love

When coronavirus hit the US, Kimberly asked herself, ”How can I help?” The answer: Food Love, a project delivering free, plant-based foods to people in need.

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october 2020

Nordic ocean watch

Simen Knudsen is the founder of Nordic Ocean Watch, a non-profit organizaiton that’s giving people a tangible and inspiring entry into thinking big about cleaning up the planet by hand-picking small pieces of plastic out of the ocean.