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Social innovation,
looking for the sustainabilty
ALESSANDRO MERCURI
WHO IS THIS MAN?
WHO IS THIS MAN?
Li Guixin, the first Chinese citizen to file a lawsuit
against a local government agency over air pollution (Source: Chinanews.com)
Which city is this?
Which city is this?
La Oroya, Peru -- In this mining town in the Peruvian Andes, 99 percent of children have high levels of lead in
their blood largely due to an American-owned smelter that's been polluting the city since 1922.
And Turin?
Source: Economist.com 2013 by Who
Turin is not much
better
What is it?
A common garbage in San Salvario, Turin
Not only pollution, garbage and waste
From the outside it doesnt seem that way, but if you look inside and talk with the owners everything
changesthere are shops that promote products without packaging, on tap
The world, and San Salvario is changing
My district is a little example
of the world changing
San Salvario, Turin
Some numbers
26 milion products without packaging
21 million people found a 0 km product made by a short supply chain
6 million people bought fair trade products
9 million people decreased their consumption of meat
12 million people ate biologic/organic food
9 million people used a bicycle every day
17 million people used products not tested on animals
These are the funders
Stefano
Alessandro Massimo
Enrico
What is sostenibile.com?
Sostenibile.com is an experimental project to create a
community of citizens and business owners who are
sensitive to the issue of sustainability and that act in a
responsible and conscious way also through benefit and
discount in the business activities.
Inside sostenibile.com..
Commercial
activities
Events Causes Blog Equommerce
Is the result of an algorithm that takes two factors into account: the rating of the users and the sustainable
actions undertaken by businesses. The ratings of people therefore contribute in a decisive way to the
calculation the sustainability index score
Energy
Water
Noise
Food
Transport Recycle
Wi-fi
Cultural events
Differently abled
New mom
Advantages
Card and mobile
Application for member
Sales for clients-member
Businesses
visibility
Public participation
The registered members, commercial activities, and association directly create
the content of the portal. This portal was designed to create a collaborative action
between different players.
Some Numbers:
3.968members
219business activities
 hundreds of events and causes
400families who buy every week on equommerce
Sustainability Treasure Hunt
Example of a sustainability-themed treasure hunt with
150 people through the streets
of San Salvario
20 people came from Belgium
to participate
In the near future
We develop
the e-commerce area
to encourage the purchases
directly from the farmers
Sustainability and the crisis?
The economic crisis is creating a great possibility because people are more careful about the
quantity of consumption and, at the same time, the quality of products.
Sostenibile.com
responds to the
need to find activities
and producers that
promote
sustainability.
The challenges of sustainability
in the future
promote success stories
talk about it
excite / facilitate
share
invent / create
Thank you!
We cannot hope
to create a sustainable culture
with any
but sustainable souls.
Derrick Jensen

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  • 1. Social innovation, looking for the sustainabilty ALESSANDRO MERCURI
  • 2. WHO IS THIS MAN?
  • 3. WHO IS THIS MAN? Li Guixin, the first Chinese citizen to file a lawsuit against a local government agency over air pollution (Source: Chinanews.com)
  • 5. Which city is this? La Oroya, Peru -- In this mining town in the Peruvian Andes, 99 percent of children have high levels of lead in their blood largely due to an American-owned smelter that's been polluting the city since 1922.
  • 7. Source: Economist.com 2013 by Who Turin is not much better
  • 8. What is it? A common garbage in San Salvario, Turin
  • 9. Not only pollution, garbage and waste From the outside it doesnt seem that way, but if you look inside and talk with the owners everything changesthere are shops that promote products without packaging, on tap
  • 10. The world, and San Salvario is changing My district is a little example of the world changing San Salvario, Turin
  • 11. Some numbers 26 milion products without packaging 21 million people found a 0 km product made by a short supply chain 6 million people bought fair trade products 9 million people decreased their consumption of meat 12 million people ate biologic/organic food 9 million people used a bicycle every day 17 million people used products not tested on animals
  • 12. These are the funders Stefano Alessandro Massimo Enrico
  • 13. What is sostenibile.com? Sostenibile.com is an experimental project to create a community of citizens and business owners who are sensitive to the issue of sustainability and that act in a responsible and conscious way also through benefit and discount in the business activities.
  • 15. Is the result of an algorithm that takes two factors into account: the rating of the users and the sustainable actions undertaken by businesses. The ratings of people therefore contribute in a decisive way to the calculation the sustainability index score Energy Water Noise Food Transport Recycle Wi-fi Cultural events Differently abled New mom
  • 16. Advantages Card and mobile Application for member Sales for clients-member Businesses visibility
  • 17. Public participation The registered members, commercial activities, and association directly create the content of the portal. This portal was designed to create a collaborative action between different players. Some Numbers: 3.968members 219business activities hundreds of events and causes 400families who buy every week on equommerce
  • 18. Sustainability Treasure Hunt Example of a sustainability-themed treasure hunt with 150 people through the streets of San Salvario 20 people came from Belgium to participate
  • 19. In the near future We develop the e-commerce area to encourage the purchases directly from the farmers
  • 20. Sustainability and the crisis? The economic crisis is creating a great possibility because people are more careful about the quantity of consumption and, at the same time, the quality of products. Sostenibile.com responds to the need to find activities and producers that promote sustainability.
  • 21. The challenges of sustainability in the future promote success stories talk about it excite / facilitate share invent / create
  • 22. Thank you! We cannot hope to create a sustainable culture with any but sustainable souls. Derrick Jensen