Co-Being in Asia: the projects changemakers recommend

The selection

• Africa Center Hong KongHong Kong, ChinaRecommended by Cesar Jung-Harada
• Ama, Japanese Freediving WomenMie Prefecture, Japan“Two thousand years of diving in rhythm with the sea, taking only enough to come back. They still teach us how to live with the ocean.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Fortuna CoolsManila, PhilippinesRecommended by Simon Bernard
• GUILDSingapore, SingaporeRecommended by Cesar Jung-Harada
• HasdeoRaipur, India“Alok stands between the forest and the mine, and he does it by giving a louder voice to the people who live there.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Live Love RecycleBeyruth, LebanonRecommended by Simon Bernard
• NavdanyaDehradun, India“Vandana Shiva defends seeds as a commons. That fight protects farmers everywhere.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Plastic FlamingoMuntinlupa City, PhilippinesRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Potato headSeminyak, IndonesiaRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Shinichiro OgataTokyo, Japan“Ogata carries Japanese tradition into the present, with a care you can see in everything he makes.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• SOLshareDhaka, Bangladesh“Neighbours share their solar power, and clean energy reaches the poorest. That was the point all along.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Taisugar Circular VillageTaisugar, Taiwan“A village designed so that materials keep circulating. A calm, livable picture of the circular economy.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Tetsunari IidaTokyo, JapanRecommended by Søren Hermansen
• The Child MovementGreater Noida, India“Licypriya started at eight. She carries the voice of her generation, and with force.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• The Emergence NetworkChennai, India“Bayo gives me permission to slow down and sit with a question, rather than rush to fix it.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• V CycleHong Kong, ChinaRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Visionary Co.Nagoya, Japan“They turn a demographic constraint into an opportunity. Physical strength as a vocation, with the stigma taken off it.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Why KamikatsuKamikatsu, Japan“A town that sorts its waste into 45 streams. The hard part was the culture, and they did it.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume