International Generalist Day Hackathon

Generalists will save the world. With you.

Nine teams put one belief to the test: when broad thinkers work together—with specialists, communities, institutions and you—we can make progress on problems that refuse to fit inside one box.

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Nine ways
forward.

The world’s hardest problems cross systems, sectors and disciplines. Solving them will take people who can do the same—and who know how to bring others with them.

In one day, nine teams turned research, lived experience and different disciplines into practical things you can explore.

9teams
6global challenges
1shared belief
Jury selections

Three ideas
that led the way.

Selected for turning complex systems into clear, practical routes to action.

1st placeAmbio retrofit dashboard

Ambio

A personal retrofit plan that helps renters and leaseholders understand what is possible, who must approve it and what to do next.

Climate ActionExplore Ambio ↗
2nd placeHair Collective project page

Hair Collective

A community-powered supply chain that moves waste hair from salons to local farms.

Responsible productionExplore Hair Collective ↗
3rd placeMomentum public-space safety reporting app

Momentum

A reporting system that connects lived experience in public space to institutions that can make it safer.

Gender EqualityExplore Momentum ↗
Facilitators & judges

The people who
held the room.

They guided the day, stretched the thinking and helped the strongest ideas find their shape.

01

Milly Tamati

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02

Ellie

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03

Marta Albertini

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04

Georgia Hirth

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05

Charmiane Chikiwa

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Biographies, LinkedIn profiles and photographs are being added shortly.

The builds

Choose a challenge.
Follow the connections.

Start anywhere. Every project tackles a different point in a much bigger system—and every one depends on people working across boundaries.

Photo booth

Scenes from
the day.

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Made possible by

Partners who back
people who build.

Four partners helped create the space, tools and interdisciplinary energy behind the hackathon.

The world’s problems are deeply connected. The people working on them should be too.

Generalists will help save the world by noticing what falls between disciplines, bringing people together and turning complexity into somewhere you can begin. That includes you.

The gap

The response

The generalist move

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