Planète.D
About You
Location
Project Street Address
Le Vieux Chemin
Project City
Saint Martin d'Uriage
Project Province/State
Project Postal/Zip Code
38410
Project Country
France
Innovation
Are you a traveler or a travel company?
Traveler .
Tell us your idea. What makes your idea innovative?
I'm a film maker. Along with my partner we have travelled around the world for 2.5 years, on a tandem bicycle, making films on the way. We volunteer for NGOs worldwide (preferrably small organisations in need of support and promotion) and provide them with a documentary showcasing their project. We grant them absolute free use of our film, allowing them to set up charity screenings where the public is asked for donation, to promote their action on TV and so on; we broadcast and spread the films as much as possible on our own networks to encourage the public to donate or become a volunteer themselves. A first NGO we made a film for in Bolivia actually made hundreds of euros of donation the first night the film was screened. In India, we taught film-making to a group of women while we were shooting a film for the Tibetan community in exile.
It's clearly innovative in the sense that we bring to small communities a technology they would be unable to attain otherwise, and then allow them access to mass media promotion to sustain and support their action. Films:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD7_VeBIads&feature=PlayList&p=FB40CE38DC...
Impact
What is the likely impact of your idea?
It's not likely to be so, we have observed it over more than 2 years of travel: the NGOs we make films for get wide promotion that makes an impact and is an efficient way of showcasing their work. Actual doners are glad to watch for real the result of the efforts they've been putting together; potential doners and volunteers get the real flavor of the action we're promoting and are all the more likely to get involved. As said, an NGO working in Bolivia made hundreds of euros of donation screening our film. A French NGO working with Tibetan refugees in Dharamsala uses our film regularly to bring the subject to an audience that would otherwise clearly ignore it or not be aware of it. It's a lot easier to tell the audience "we're going to show you a nice film" rather than "please hear what we have to say".
What would it take to launch or spread your idea?
Until now I've made films and videos for organisations in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, India, and Nepal. All this work was free work done during a first trip around the world. New NGOs are contacting me to ask for a film. To be able to provide them with films, I need support to cover the expenses of the trip. I'm not willing to get paid for my work, I'll gladly do it for free, but I cannot afford to travel and visit these new NGOs at my own expense now; I need financial support to help me travel to new places where my films might make a difference. Then, to make it sustainable and meaningful in the long term, media networking and means of broadcasting are needed - not that it costs a lot of money but to bring the pieces together the films need to be spread as much as possible.
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Sustainability
Describe yourself as a social innovator.
Besides the work on the films, during our trip we've always made a point to promote natural human values such as solidarity, sport, hospitality and ecology: we've chosen to ride a bike and not to use "dirty" means of transport, we're members of global hospitality communities, we hope that our way of life on the road showcases a healthy, sporty dedication, and we're much into meeting new people and expanding what we call our human family around the world. We regularly help local initiatives - either helping along, making a film or both! We set up meetings and gathering to screen our films and try to raise awareness to fundamental issues like poverty, ecology, freedom...
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 | 157 weeks agoValéria Braga said: Congratulations for linking technology and people´s need, through your sensitivity! ---------- Valeria Braga Rio de Janeiro, Brazil about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
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| 159 weeks agoRita Hurdy said: Votre projet allie des atouts artistiques, techniques et humains ainsi qu'une bonne touche de fantaisie au beau sens du ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 159 weeks agosharon virtue said: hi there, i love your project i have a friend who is also a film maker. Please stay in touch. I would love for us to work together in ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 159 weeks agoARTERO Julie said: Humanitaire, spectaculaire, planètaire.....PLANETE.D !! about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 159 weeks agoPatie Vieve said: Delphine et Damien sont partis pour donner d'eux-mêmes et prouver que la générosité et le courage doivent passer avant tout le reste! ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 159 weeks agoMounane Bouquet said: A beautiful history, a tremendous human adventure, an exploit and films which nobody will forget, in particular that was turned in the ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 160 weeks agoJan Dzulko said: Dams and Delphine would be a great choice for this competition and their films are truely remarkable, so do vote for them, they indeed ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 160 weeks agoArtéro Coudrette said: Once again bravo in this couple which made us dream during their world tour and made us share intense human and united experiences in ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
