2011 has certainly been an active year within the microfinance industry, and not necessarily for the right reasons. It brings to mind endless revelations and discussions within the media on [...]
There are three things about data that you need to know about data: 1) It is beautiful; 2) There is a hidden story within each combination; and 3) It needs [...]
As companies like Cadbury, Starbucks, The Gap and Zappos make conscious efforts to become more sustainable, fair trade and ethical, we must acknowledge the steps that are being taken to [...]
It’s hard to know what society asks of us. Sometimes, it’s even harder to hear what we ask of ourselves. How do we find happiness? And if our happiness happens [...]
As a social entrepreneur, scaling your social impact is important to your business. Perhaps it is as important as scaling your business growth, right? I work with social entrepreneurs as [...]
The ethical shopper is one who thinks about the social impact of the products they buy. They consider the environmental, social and economic consequences of the products, processes and brands [...]
“The search for the next killer app or the next big star makes us vulnerable to fads and, simply, to the characteristic failures of many organizations focused on a single [...]
After a long hard week at work, you take for granted your ability to go out on the weekends and dance (or drink) your stress away. Usually, you talk with [...]
There is never a bad time to pay homage to one of the world’s greatest inventions: the bicycle. Portable, environmentally efficient, and good for the body and soul, it is [...]
On Friday, the city of Derry, Northern Ireland was put on high security alert by the Real IRA while the people of France were still brewing over the death of [...]
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 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 [...]
In honor of the weekend and all of the mind-boggling, free-thinking that is coming out of the TED conference, I wanted to provide you with a little perspective on just [...]
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