About the Session
Poverty, unemployment, and carbon emissions are global problems. What if there was a way to face these issues and bring them to zero?
Borrowing its title from Muhammad Yunus’ bestseller A World of 3 Zeros, this documentary explores the ability of social entrepreneurship to tackle these issues across the globe, discovering new ways of living together and doing business in a responsible and sustainable perspective. Zero net carbon emissions. Zero poverty. Zero unemployment.
Directors Áine Clarke and Michel Van der Veken first met with Muhammad Yunus in 2016, ten years after he had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, along with the Grameen Bank, “for their efforts to create economic and social development from below”*. Inspired by his achievements and by his own humility, fascinated by his visionary business ideas, Áine and Michel started their own journey. This documentary is both their journal and their open letter to people and businesses all over the world.
The documentary includes the work of Dr. Bach Kim Nguyen, a scientist who is redefining the role of bees in our ecosystems. In 2012, he co-founded BeeOdiversity, a socially responsible company that designs and implements innovative strategies and systems to restore soil, air and water quality with the help of bees. Through it, he promotes bees as an essential resource for the environment and humans. He achieved a mortality rate of 5% in his bee colonies, while the average for Belgian beekeepers is 30%. The BeeOdiversity pilot project in Knokke-Heist has already been replicated in other cities in Belgium, France and Wales. 175,000 hectares are pollinated by BeeOdiversity bees each year in Belgium. Today, Dr. Kim’s assessment method and his bee management plan have been replicated in 22 countries.
Dr. Kim has been an Ashoka Fellow since 2015. In this screening, he will be present with us and will answer questions at the end of the movie.
Synopsys
Poverty, unemployment, and carbon emissions are global problems. A World of 3 Zeros explores the ability of social entrepreneurship to address these issues and bring them to zero. This documentary takes the audience on the journey undertaken by filmmakers Áine and Michel, to shed light on the works of this new type of business. A concept purposely designed to address social and environmental problems with entrepreneurs who joyfully aim for impact over profit maximization.
Event Information:
📅 WHEN? Monday 9th of December from 7 pm to 9 pm.
🎟️ PRICE? 10 EUR to be paid in cash at the entrance*
📍 LIVE SESSION AT CINEMA GALERIES (Galerie de la Reine 26, 1000 Brussels) >> REGISTER HERE.
*Price includes a drink at the end of the session
The movie will be in English (no subtitles)