“It is not the strongest species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is most ADAPTABLE to change.”

(Professor Megginson’s summary of Charles Darwin’s theory)

The Darwin Challenge charity is inspired by Charles Darwin and brought to life by 11 remarkable co-founders, including Charles’ great great grandson, Chris Darwin.

Our vision is to: ‘Help humanity ADAPT to the realities of the 21st Century’

Problem

The 20th Century saw improvements in many human welfare metrics but deteriorations in environmental and animal welfare metrics. What went well? What went wrong? How can humanity progress faster and on all fronts?

Solution

We are undertaking ground-breaking research that will help NGOs and charities rapidly have greater impacts.

Stage 1

Quantifiably rank the top ten:
1) Animal welfare issues
2) Environmental issues
3) Human welfare issues
4) Global issues that were the most solved in the 20th Century
5) Global threats of the 21st Century

Stage 2

Identify the ‘mega issues’ behind each of the above issues. Mega issues are drivers that have multiple impacts, examples include: population growth, economic growth and human psychology.

We will publicise the results of Stage 1 & 2.

Stage 3

Market test 3 projects that could solve the largest and most urgent mega issue. Narrow the three projects down to one and then roll it out.

7 MINUTE FILM ON CHRIS DARWIN (CEO & CO-FOUNDER) BY STILLMOTION

Awards

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2018 GOOD DESIGN AWARD® GOLD WINNER IN DIGITAL DESIGN/APPS AND SOFTWARE; WINNER IN SOCIAL IMPACT

2018 REBRAND100 DISTINCTION

2017 AGDA AWARDS WINNER: DISTINCTION IN DIGITAL (APPS), JUDGES CHOIC IN DIGITAL (APPS) AND DISTINCTION IN DESIGN FOR GOOD

2017 BEST AWARDS SILVER WINNER IN INTERACTIVE (APPLICATIONS)

2017 W3 SILVER AWARD WINNER IN MOBILE APPS

Since 2017 we produced an Apple and Android mobile app to help people reduce their meat consumption. Our apps inspired 1.6 million meat free days with the below impacts. We assisted other organisations to copy our apps. Today there are a number of apps that we believe are better than ours, including Meat Free Monday’s calculator meatfreemondays.com/calculator and the mobile app No Meat Today. Consequently we have closed both our apps.

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