Another week, another partner column with Ashoka’s Change Insight blog. I’m slightly behind due to the #NedSoc Social Entrepreneurship Conference, but here are the top highlights from the last week in social entrepreneurship:
Ashoka-Lemelson Tech4Society Event to start this week in Hyderabad, India
From February 11-13, 2010 Ashoka and The Lemelson Foundation are bringing together pioneers and thought leaders in the field of technology and invention for systemic social change including over 100 Ashoka-Lemelson Fellows, pioneers on the cutting edge of innovation in solar energy, clean water, mobile technology, science education, agriculture, and healthcare, along with business and philanthropy leaders, former and current government and public officials, global thought partners, and other innovators from the citizen sector. The goal of this first-of-its-kind event: to build systems that maximize the social impact of technological innovation, and that continually cultivate the world’s next generation of inventor-entrepreneurs forging change around the world.
In Haiti, Tech Efforts Move From Relief to Recovery
In the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, all initial attention focused on immediate relief, but the real process of recovery, which comes next, has far greater implications for a nation’s future health and development, Nathaniel Whittemore explains.
Gandhi: Remembering the Death of a Pratical Idealist
Six decades after his death, Mahatma Gandhi remains one of the most recognized change-makers in the world. Ashley Dresser looks deeper into his ideology and impact.
Schwab Foundation Celebrates a Decade of Social Entrepreneurship in Davos
Thirty-one leading social entrepreneurs will share their compelling ideas for sustainable solutions for the benefit of society and the environment in 160 sessions under the Annual Meeting theme of Improve the State of the World: Rethink, Redesign, Rebuild.
Fair Trade Gasoline on the Horizon?
Odds are you’ve probably had a cup of fair trade coffee, but do you know about Oxfam’s Right to Know, Right to Decide Campaign? It highlights the government and corporate abuse that is prevalent in the extraction of natural resources in poor countries.
Establishing a Culture of Generosity
This is part 4 of an 11-part series on Undergraduate Social Entrepreneurship coordinated by the Social Innovation Initiative at Brown University and written by Charles Harding, Co-Founder and Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Runa.
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