Dwight Peters is a Social Entrepreneur and the founder of QuarterWaters. He interviews successful Social Entrepreneurs to learn how they did it. You can listen to his interviews at QuarterWaters.com Last week, the Forbe’s [...]
The bodies of Da Silva and Do Espirito Santo are carried to their final resting place – Photo: Boing Boing In his Tedx Amazonia talk this year, ...
After missing the fifth largest blizzard in Twin Cities’ recorded history by a day (a 17.1-inch, airport-closing snowstorm), I arrived in Iguazu, Ar ...
In two hours I depart the frozen winter tundra of Minnesota for a trip of a lifetime — a TOMS Shoe Drop. This will be my first volunteer trip, but [ ...
In today’s world, Brazil is commonly viewed as the shining star of South America – both in terms of political and economic stability. President Lula has proven to be a [...]
Entrepreneurship Surfing is pretty radical, especially when it’s used to transform poor towns into thriving sustainable communities. Dave Aabo is social-entrepreneur surfer-dude using surfing, the gorgeous Peruvian coastline and voluntour ...
Now we have a problem. On January 12th, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the tiny island nation of Haiti. Just a month and a half later, an 8.8 magnitude [...]
Can poverty be connected to hope by way of design? This is a question that we should all be pondering as the world reaches 2010, the recession continues, and reality [...]
In the early 1960’s, Mayors Ivo Arzua and Jaime Lerner put out a call for urban planning proposals for the rapidly-growing city of Curitiba, Brazil and the rest is history. [...]
Music has an uncanny ability to engage our emotions in ways that impact our behavior. Its influence is often subtle and sub-conscious; it can make us happy, excited, anxious, relaxed, [...]
- Upon my arrival in Bilbao, my quest to find the public library was at the top of my list. Most of us feel anxiety when we are away from [...]
If you’re born into a favela, you don’t have much to hope for. Crime, violence, and extreme poverty practically abut the posh neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro, Salvador da Bahia, [...]
The Opus Prize Foundation has been recognizing faith-based social entrepreneurs for the last 15 years (originally founded in 1994). Finalists must exhibit “entrepreneurship, transformational leadership, faith lived each day, service [ ...
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