KickStart: Solving Poverty with Business Opportunity
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Philanthropy | Comments OffNominated by Shannon May I'm nominating Kickstart. In short, they solve the problem of poverty for small farmers across Africa. Here's a paragraph about their work: KickStart is an award-winning social enterprise with a revolutionary solution to poverty ...
KickStart: Solving Poverty with Business Opportunity
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Philanthropy | Comments OffNominated by Shannon May I'm nominating Kickstart. In short, they solve the problem of poverty for small farmers across Africa. Here's a paragraph about their work: KickStart is an award-winning social enterprise with a revolutionary solution to poverty ...
Winners Announced in Financial Innovation Competition
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Philanthropy | Comments OffTo help promote the creation of new ideas for financial security, nonprofit organization Changemakers devised a contest to encourage innovation for the global financial crisis. The competition is called Banking on Social Change – Seeking Financial ...
When local profit based social ventures date international non profits
Monday, September 8th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Philanthropy | Comments OffLast week I wrote about the American Express Members Project and a project to develop sustainable weaving cooperatives that (full disclosure) my organization, Architecture for Humanity, is involved in. This project, spearheaded by Lulan Artisans, is ...
Microfinance: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Sunday, April 20th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Philanthropy | Comments OffThe other day in New York, I had the pleasure of attending a round table organized by the Council on Foreign Relations entitled The Commercialization of Microfinance: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Moderated by ...
Giving = Happiness
Friday, March 21st, 2008 Posted in Green News, Philanthropy | Comments Offby Clark Williams-Derry University of British Columbia researchers have put a price tag on happiness. The good news: happiness is available for the low, low price of $5.00 (Canadian, that is). The better news: you can't spend that ...
Giving = Happiness
Friday, March 21st, 2008 Posted in Green News, Philanthropy | Comments Offby Clark Williams-Derry University of British Columbia researchers have put a price tag on happiness. The good news: happiness is available for the low, low price of $5.00 (Canadian, that is). The better news: you can't spend that ...