University environments are constantly renewed with projects and ideas that relaunch and help educational progress. In this article we present the Polytechnic University of Valencia, which through IDEAS UPV manages to increase and promote the entrepreneurial culture, as well as raise awareness and energize the community in the creation of innovative and technology-based projects, offering...

If we look at the indicators provided by the world’s major companies, we see that 79% of them are committed to innovation as one of the major strengths and purposes of the year, as revealed in the report “Reaching New Heights in Uncertain Times”, by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). In our previous article we...

In many cases, the products we buy from the supermarket have traveled several countries since they have been produced until they reach your table, so actions such as those of ¡La Colmena Que Dice Sí! can be very interesting to change our consumption model and thus achieve a fairer and more sustainable world. Therefore, in...

“From the association we have the firm belief that you can’t love something you don’t know, and you can’t take care of something you don’t love. Thus, our goal is also to make the Manchuela known among the people of the Manchuela itself.”     The feeling of rootedness, the knowledge of our identities and...

Lourdes Mirón is president of Jovesólides and director of the International Forum of Social Innovation. In this short interview he tells us what the Escuela Creactiva is, how it was born and the main objectives of the association when getting involved in this initiative.   What is the Escuela Creactiva? What drives Jovesólides to get involved in this initiative? It...

The Valencian Community: space for social change In recent years the Valencian Community has become a reference space in the field of innovation and social entrepreneurship. There are multiple and diverse initiatives that practice another type of company. Sustainable, scalable initiatives with a positive social impact. Social entrepreneurship is the tool, increasingly used, to achieve...

Yerma Vilar, journalist of FoodRation4all. The social, economic and technological impact and innovation project ‘Nadie Sin Su Ración Diaria’ (NSSRD) was born with the intention of improving the current system of food donations and, in turn, with the purpose of favoring the social integration of people at risk of exclusion. Currently, it has managed to...

“Even a ruin can be a hope.” This phrase by Miguel de Unamuno has become our leitmotif at the Santa María La Real Foundation. Where others see problems, in the foundation we see solutions, we face them as a key to opportunities. In 1977, a group of dreamers led by the architect and artist José...

“The search for equality between men and women is the greatest social innovation that we have presented as a society”, The philosopher Amelia Valcárcel reiterated on several occasions. The reason is not missing if we observe how by introduccing this social innovation, the result is double: a positive collective impact and economic growth. The social...

It’s 10 years since we started UpSocial. Looking back, we find reasons for celebration, such as the reduction in the rate of extreme poverty or the increase in girls in school in the world, as well as important changes in public mobilization in the fight against racism, the response to the climate crisis or advances...