As a follow-up to my last post (an ode to self-reliance), I want to give mad props to Afghan locals and the MIT Bits and Atoms lab crew. It took over seven years for the World Bank to deliver on its promise of some wireless internet access and that was seven years to get [...]
Jordan might still be coasting on it’s rebirth of economic prosperity brought on by its liberal economic policies – it is now classified as a “lower middle income” country by the World Bank – and it remains a nation that is determined not to leave anyone behind. In a report issued by Sanabel, the [...]
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It cost me a lot to make it to Durango. By 5pm, most of my friends had bailed on the idea. Some were still hungover, some too lazy to make the forty-minute trip and a few others were wary of the political stability of the climate I was asking them to enter.
“It’s just a [...]
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Georgetown University, and the Society for International Development will host a panel on social entrepreneurship as a catalyst for reducing poverty and strengthening economies in the developing world. This discussion, featuring experts from the White House and the Brookings Institution, along with six social entrepreneurs from the [...]
Exciting news for Saudi Arabian women interested in social entrepreneurship (or any woman for that matter).
The Wellesley Centers for Women in conjunction with the Center for Women’s Leadership at Babson College are partnering with distinguished global organizations Dar Al Hekma College and ICF International to create a US-Saudi Women’s Forum on Social Entrepreneurship; the [...]
The International Renewable Energy Agency or IRENA was established January 26th, 2009. On June 29th the 136 panel of member-states (22 of which signed up that day) voted in Egypt, and IRENA will now be at home in Abu Dhabi’s crowning achievement, Masdar City. Masdar City is the world’s first carbon-neutral, zero waste city powered [...]
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, [...]
Today, President Obama gave his much anticipated address to the Muslim world during his trip throughout the Middle East and Europe. Obama’s objective of the speech was to improve relations between the United States and Muslims, noting ‘the cycle of suspicion and discord must end.’ In the speech, Obama lays out seven issues he seeks to work [...]
The future is here, Masdar City plans to be the model for the world to follow by being the planet’s first carbon neutral, zero waste city, powered by 100% renewable energy. The capital city of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, is committed to sustainable and renewable resources, despite the rest of the [...]
Today, we wanted to pay tribute to the absolutely amazing work that Kiva has done during the past 3+ years. Kiva, Swahili for unity or agreement was founded by Matt and Jessica Flannery in November 2005 and quickly became the world’ leading micro-lending website. During this short period of time, Kiva has literally changed [...]
While we may take clean water for granted, there are hundreds of millions of people around our world who are short of this basic necessity. In 1992, the United Nations General Assembly designated March 22nd of each year as World Water Day.
The goal of World Water Day is to create awareness about the importance [...]
Twitter is here to stay. In the past few months site usage has increased dramatically, over 55% from January 2009 to February 2009. Users include Barrack Obama, CNN, and TechCrunch.
Twitter is a microblogging platform which connects users and allows them to share what they are doing- in 140 characters or less. The site empowers [...]
“Ashoka envisions a world where everyone is a change maker: a world that responds quickly and effectively to social challenges, and where each individual has the freedom, confidence and societal support to address any social problem and drive change.”
Since 1981, Ashoka has pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship with a core belief that society’s [...]
