Now that it is officially summer and FOOD, Inc. has just been released to theaters (and everyone who has seen it won’t ever eat commercial agriculture again), I would like [...]
What if you could turn off one little square on your computer monitor? The Black Pixel Project by Greenpeace does exactly that (and saves a little energy and money in [...]
Ashoka and the Staples Foundation of Learning have announced the five Youth Venture Finalist Teams in the third annual Staples/Ashoka Youth Social Entrepreneur Competition. The worldwide competition recognizes youth who [...]
Today, the Summer of Social Good campaign announced this week’s initiative: #FindingTheGood, a scheme designed to find the best practices for using social media for social good. As we reported [...]
Speed dating is not just for single people looking for love anymore, it is now becoming a useful business tool to ‘set up’ investors with entrepreneurs and firms looking for [...]
You’ve heard the saying, “every little bit makes a difference.” Well, HP has taken that concept and ran with it. Recently, HP released the Power To Change Widget. This widget [...]
The recent 1 million dollar donation from the Jolie-Pitt Foundation to the UN Refugee Agency has brought awareness to this horrifying tragedy happening all around the globe. The crisis of protecting, [...]
The movie FOOD, Inc. is causing a stir in the United States. The film opened on both coasts June 12th, and is scheduled for limited release across the country, (June [...]
Today we kicked off our morning with an energetic and informative conversation with Tracey Turner, founder of MicroPlace. We’d like to take moment and briefly focus the spotlight on the [...]
Named one of Time Magazine’s most influential people in 2006 and founder of one of the largest and most successful microfinance networks in the world, Vikram Akula genuinely understands the [...]
I recently got the chance to speak with Jolkona Foundation’s inspirational Executive Director and co-founder Adnan Mahmud. Adnan is a very busy man, besides the executive responsibilities at Jolkona Foundation, and [...]
TOMS Shoes was founded on a simple premise: For every pair you purchase, TOMS will give a pair of shoes to a child in need. One for One. TOMS has [...]
Poverty around the world is tragic for anyone to endure, but for children the suffering is especially heartbreaking. Plan is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that focuses its support on children [...]
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