When I think of organic farming, New York City’s crowded streets and dirty rivers are not quite the picture of pastoral farmland I have in mind. But I may need to get used to it. The ever increasing need for food, and the demand for fresh, organic and local food has created new issues, but with [...]
You’ve participated in micro-credit, probably participated in micro-blogging, and now here is your chance to try your hand at micro-volunteering.
If you’ve ever considered, pondered or briefly mused about the noble idea of volunteering at some point in your life but never got around to it, you’re not alone. Each year, millions of Americans consciously [...]
The following is a guest post by Tom Dawkins, Digital Marketing Strategist of Ashoka.
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Twitter is proving to be an incredibly powerful tool for entrepreneurs, activists and researchers to share their stories, ideas and causes, building tribes of followers who can help them in their missions. #SocEntChat uses twitter as a platform to bring these [...]
Last Friday, June 26th, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454), crafted through the leadership of Chairmen Henry Waxman and Ed Markey, was passed in the United States House of Representatives by a vote of 219 to 212.
Eight Republicans voted yes and 44 Democrats voted no.
The majority of environmental groups are for [...]
On June 24th, Greenwala, the green social network, launched contests for three different nonprofits.
The three contests aim to help these nonprofits increase brand awareness and raise funds, as well as allow members to show off their skills with t-shirt design, green cooking and photography.
The three campaigns are:
Hug-A-Tree photo contest — When a member takes [...]
Five years from now there will be a greener landscape for Chicago’s skyline, the largest building in the western hemisphere is getting a 350 million dollar renovation that will include solar panels, wind turbines, new windows and rooftop gardens, and that is just on the outside. On the inside, updated elevators, (all 104 of them) [...]
Greenwala is a green social community comprised of people who help others live a greener lifestyle by sharing their knowledge, green experiences and actions with friends, family and the world.
Greenwala members can read expert articles, post comments on blogs, join or start groups, find new friends, shop and (just by joining) plant a tree.
That’s [...]
On June 22nd, the ‘Ecolaboration’ of Rainforest Alliance(RA) and Nestle Nespresso (NN) united to combine their mission of reducing environmental degradation, enhancing the communities of certified coffee farmers from Africa to Latin America, and producing a superior (and delicious) coffee product. This is great news for the RA certified farmers, (about 80,000 of them [...]
A few days ago, Erik and I had the amazing opportunity to interview Esra’a Al Shafei, founder of Mideast Youth (MEY), an organization whose mission is to:
“inspire and provide young people with the freedom and opportunity of expression, and promote a fierce but respectful dialogue among the highly diverse youth of all sects, [...]
I sat down with my friend last week and we started discussing sustainability, organic food and the book, In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (the author of An Omnivores Dilemma).
The book discusses how the United States’ food system centers around protein as the master nutrient, which has given us cheap (but unhealthy) meat [...]
Social entrepreneurship on campuses across the US has become much more popular over the past few years. Millenials, who are interested and willing to take action to improve the world around them believe launching a social venture or working for a social venture as the ‘right thing to do.’
Witnessing this trend, last year Ashoka’s [...]
I just finished watching Home, a 2009 documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. Thanks to the film’s supporters it is available for free on YouTube in English, Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish, plus many more languages.
After finishing the movie I felt it was a must-watch. Not only is the aerial footage beautiful and dramatic, but the message [...]
