There are many movements around the globe working to solve the growing burden of discarded plastics. Some new organizations like Vadxx are returning plastic to it’s prior state – oil [...]
She was one of at least 40 landless women who demanded to meet with us that day. They had heard that we would be visiting their village to talk with ...
On Canadian Thanksgiving weekend 2010, I was privileged to attend an Adopt a Village in Laos fundraiser, hosted by Steve Rutledge and Mike Yap, at t ...
Social Entrepreneurship Knitting is often associated with grandmas, not social enterprise. However, Cambodian Knits founder and social entrepreneur Mo ...
It’s about 8PM PST and I’m settling in for a short sleep before I take off back to school in the morning. I’ll be leaving with Ashley Upham from Project [...]
I have the pleasure of spending April 4-6 in Long Beach, California with some dynamic people in the community development space. Before I begin, I must say that Charles Lee [...]
Two months ago, I introduced you to Mark Moore and Bret Raymond, founders of Mother Administrative Nutritive Aid (MANA), an organization that aims to be a fully sustainable producer of [...]
We sometimes assume a person’s class by the visual assessment that takes place in an encounter that may take all but a couple of seconds. If we see someone that [...]
Almost two weeks ago, I had the privilege of sitting down with some of the Microsoft Community Affairs team in Redmond, WA. The small group I met with focuses primarily [...]
I had the chance to jump on a conference call on Friday that brought bloggers together to discuss the Ashoka Tech4Society conference in Hyderabad, India. Due to some technical difficulties, [...]
Back in December, I came across Mr. Alex Cone, the marketing manager for MANA Nutrition, on twitter. He was tweeting about this organization that will tackle severe acute malnutrition with [...]
Back in August, while I was visiting that Mexican village that is so close to my heart, I spent some time with one of the kids I met when I [...]
On my way home from New York City on Saturday evening, I picked up the business section of the New York Times and began reading a column- the headline of [...]
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