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Health Institute Institute 2014 Poverty Scaling Talk Water Wellness

Clean Water in India for less than $2 Per Day

Unreasonable Institute fellow Divya Yachamaneni, deputy general manager of Naandi Community Water Services, explains how her company is bringing clean drinking water to rural Indian families for less than $2 per month. NCWS’s low-cost water-purification stations are now in more than 400 villages, delivering clean, safe drinking water to about 600,000 people.

Unreasonable InstituteJuly 21, 2014

Energy Institute Institute 2014 Legal Metrics & Evaluation Talk

Hard Data Leads to Big Money for Polluted Towns

Source International provides scientists and scientific tools to communities threatened by waste and pollution from natural-resource extraction. With the resulting data, communities been able to press for compensation.

Unreasonable InstituteJuly 18, 2014

Africa Education Gender Health Institute Institute 2014 Metrics & Evaluation Talk Wellness

An Ingenious Way to Help Girls Stay in School

https://vimeo.com/98962022 On an otherwise reasonable evening in July, more than 1,000 people packed an auditorium…

Unreasonable InstituteJuly 17, 2014

Africa Education Energy Institute Institute 2014 Talk Technology

Solar-Powered Computer Labs for Rural Schools

Hear how Greenlink builds and leases solar-powered computer labs for off-grid schools in Tanzania, where 96 percent of rural classrooms lack electricity.

Unreasonable InstituteJuly 16, 2014

2013 Voyage @Sea Talk

Future of Globalized Education – It’s Not What You Expect

Using a ship as a traveling campus, undergraduates, lifelong learners, faculty, and lecturers live and learn together while circumnavigating the globe.

Unreasonable MediaApril 2, 2014

2013 Voyage @Sea Education Talk

Democratizing Access To Quality Teachers

We are facing a global shortage of 8 million teachers. The only way to truly democratize education is to democratize access to quality teachers.

Unreasonable MediaMarch 25, 2014

2013 Voyage @Sea Talk Water

Changing The World With Clean Water

Every 20 seconds a child dies for lack of access to potable water. Pedro Delgado of Agua Inc is combatting the water crisis and changing the world for the better.

Unreasonable MediaMarch 18, 2014

2013 Voyage @Sea Energy Talk Technology

Making Sustainable Living Fun, Convenient, and Safe

One Earth Designs harnesses the sun to bring clean energy to three billion people who lack access to clean fuels. This product saves lives, reduces carbon emissions, saves time for women, and saves money for families.

Unreasonable MediaMarch 4, 2014

2013 Voyage @Sea Talk Technology

This Company Is Saving Women and Children With Stoves

Smoke from cooking fires kills 1.6 million people every year. Prakti stoves cut fuel use in half and reduce the smoke emitted by 70%.

Unreasonable MediaFebruary 25, 2014

2013 Voyage @Sea Africa Health Talk

How This Engineer is Making Open Source Medical Devices at 1/20th the Cost

2 billion people lack access to basic surgical procedures. Watch this 6 minute talk to see how EvoTech created an endoscopy system for the needs of developing markets for less than 5% of the market price. The key may surprise you!

Unreasonable MediaFebruary 18, 2014

2013 Voyage @Sea Energy Talk Technology Water

How This Oceanic Robotic Drone Will Clean Up Oil Spills

Watch this 6 minute talk to see how a team of mechanical engineers and designers are working to change the fate of our oceans with a fleet of autonomous oceanic robotic drones. WARNING: it's rather brilliant.

Unreasonable MediaFebruary 11, 2014

2013 Voyage @Sea Africa Energy Health Talk Technology

Helping Millions of Africans Hear Again – One Man’s Quest

The technology companies who sailed around the world with us for Unreasonable at Sea had 6 minutes to share the story of their company to hundreds of people packed into an auditorium in Barcelona. This is one of those talks.

Unreasonable MediaFebruary 4, 2014

Career Failure Talk

Being Unreasonably Honest About an Unreasonable Talk

In the spirit of vulnerability and authenticity, I want to call attention to something I often struggle with as an entrepreneur. I have a tendency to get so excited about things I’m working on that I am guilty of hyperbole and sometimes stretching the truth. I’m hoping that in 2014 I can turn this bad habit around and I thought to myself what better place to start than with this post.

Daniel EpsteinJanuary 14, 2014

2013 Voyage @Sea Episode

Unreasonable at Sea Begins! (ep.1)

This is the first video in a series of short webisodes that will followed the story and journey of Unreasonable at Sea. Learn why this program was created and about the genesis of this radical experiment.

Unreasonable MediaAugust 20, 2013

Education Institute Institute 2013 Talk

From Dope Dealer to Hope Dealer (1 Man’s Quest to Reimagine Education)

Watch this talk on how a young man went from the lowest-of-the-low to shifting the trajectory of education for marginalized youth across the US.

Unreasonable InstituteAugust 19, 2013

Institute Institute 2013 Talk

How Her Company is Looking to Prevent 4 Million Deaths Each Year

Watch this talk to see how Greenway Grameen is designing a product that could the majority of halt deforestation, put a dent on global poverty, and prevent millions of unnecessary deaths.

Unreasonable InstituteAugust 18, 2013