Traveling through rural India in 2003, Anna Sidana saw a simple need that was out of reach for the people there, the need for safe, bright light. She went home and raised [...]
When ChildFund International changed their name from Christian Children’s Fund starting the beginning of July, they wanted to show the organizat ...
Last month, I was frequenting the business district of Portland, Oregon where many were lamenting the loss of CubeSpace – an entrepreneurial communi ...
Arizona State University, or ASU, is proud to be the first and only School of Sustainability. The school offers undergraduate – graduate – and P ...
Among many other privileges we take for granted in the ‘West,’ the simple gift of electricity is one we rarely think about. While nearly every U.S. citizen is connected to [...]
The following is a guest post by Sidney Hargro, change evangelist, at www.innovate2uplift.net. Twitter: (@changeevnglst). — While spending the week in the city of brotherly love, I had the grand [...]
Worldchanging: A Users Guide for the 21st Century is receiving rave reviews from across the social innovation space. Business Week calls it a “[...] smart, hip mini-encyclopedia of what’s new [...]
The video above is one of the most eloquent and comprehensive explanations of the HIV/AIDS epidemic I ‘ve seen. In it, Hans Rosling, co-founder of Gapminder.org, discusses the progression of [...]
Recently, we had the opportunity to interview Melissa Richer, founder of Ayllu, a new organization whose purpose is to “integrate social enterprise into low-income economies.” Ayllu is currently developing a [...]
At the Clean Tech Open symposium on renewable energy July 21st, Autodesk announced its Clean Tech Partner Program. A new initiative that awards up to 100 companies each nearly $150,000 [...]
Mobile innovation and social change go hand in hand. From micro-volunteerism to SMS for microfinance, change agents are leveraging the potential of mobile technology to create positive social change. On [...]
IDEO , an innovative design consulting firm, has partnered with International Development Enterprises (IDE), Heifer International, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to [...]
The following is a guest post by Amy Carol Wolff, who is an Intern at Opportunity International and Imagine This! TV. – As the microfinance market continues to develop in [...]
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