Archive for February, 2010

February 28, 2010, No comments

This is a partner column in conjunction with Ashoka’s Change InSight blog. Every week I’m covering the top news, highlights, events and opportunities in the realm of social entrepreneurship. Ashoka [...]

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Another Heartbreaking Work of a Staggering Genius

February 27, 2010, 2 Comments

I’m just now getting around to watching my TED talks…Author and publisher, Dave Eggers, and his “Once Upon A School” presentat ...

EB-6: The Proposed Social Entrepreneur Immigration Visa

February 26, 2010, 6 Comments

The majority of immigrants come to the United States with a dream and very little money to make it on. Instead of starting on the streets, what if all ...

YBCA Premieres Global Lives Project

February 25, 2010, 3 Comments

One of the many challenges of my job as an English teacher in the Basque Country is to inspire a level of understanding in my students on just how big ...

  • The Celebrity Charity Complex
    February 22, 2010, 8 Comments

    The Foreign Policy blog recently gave charitable celebrity, Madonna, a chide or two for uprooting villagers in order to build her school in Malawi and I feel obligated to come [...]

  • Social Entrepreneurship Weekly
    February 20, 2010, 2 Comments

    This is a partner column in conjunction with Ashoka’s Change InSight blog. Lot’s of great #SocEnt news this week. Check out the wrap: Tech4Society in Hyderabad, India Wraps Up Even [...]

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    What Nemo Knows About Wind Farms
    February 18, 2010, 4 Comments

    Wind farms are still a relatively new form of sustainable technology. There is still a lot of room for a improvement and a few visionaries over at the California Institute [...]

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    A Maniacal Question… For a Good Cause
    February 17, 2010, Comments Off

    The following is from the beautifully articulated TBD email by All Day Buffet. If you ran the world, what would you do? Go ahead, think for a sec. (Aside from [...]