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Month: September 2013

Abundant Water: Clean Water for Everyone

Abundant Water, founded by social entrepreneur Sunny Forsyth, trains villagers to come up with their…

Greenpeace Innovation Challenge for Rural India’s Sustainable Irrigation Solution

Greenpeace has announced its latest innovation challenge “A Watershed Moment in India”. The challenge series…

Social Entrepreneur Gains 15 Lessons Learned from Kickstarter Project

Meredith Ramirez Talusan, social entrepreneur and co-founder of the Ricefield Collective, gained 15 lessons from her experiences…

Social Enterprise Creates Opportunities for Disadvantaged People Worldwide

Dialogue is a social enterprise that hires people with disabilities  as guides in sense-enhancing exhibits. Dialogue Social Enterprise…

Fairtrasa Increases its Economic and Social Impact

Endeavor Mexico company, Fairtrasa, which produces and distributes high-quality organic and fair trade fruits and…

Paper Beads Empower Lives of Vulnerable Women

Sawa World is dedicated to solving extreme poverty for 1 billion people who live on…

Vassar Brothers Medical Center Names Cafe After Philanthropic Couple

Vassar Brothers Medical Center unveiled The O’Shea Cafe during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Au Bon…

Reinventing Hybrid Enterprises for Social Good

Eric W. Orts, author of Business Persons: A Legal Theory of the Firm, speaks about…

Social Action: Time to Read & Grow

Social entrepreneur Andy Paradise runs a social enterprise ‘Read and Grow‘ devoted to ending illiteracy…

MaRs Kicks Off Social Venture Connection

MaRs Discovery District’s Social Venture Connection, or SVX, launches new online financial “impact investing platform”…

Scarf: Dining with passion and heart

Jess Moran founded Scarf, a social enterprise that borrows restaurants (currently on Monday evenings) to…

Heel the World Manager Shares Experience in Working for a Social Enterprise in Ghana

Johnson Oladele, nicknamed “Ola”, is the Production Manager at Heel the World (HTW).  He shares…

Social Enterprise: Water to the People, For the People

People Water is a for-profit, social enterprise devoted to alleviating the global water crisis with…

Social Business Rethreads Fabrics of Change

Rethreaded is a social business that offers women in Jacksonville, Florida sewing jobs. These women…

Microsoft’s Carbon Fee Funds Green Projects Around the World

Last year, Microsoft pledged to become carbon neutral and derived a policy which began charging…

Social entrepreneur nurtures local homegrown food at the heart of her community

Social entrepreneur Lucy Wood founded Buckland Food Growers, Ltd., which is registered as an Industrial…

Filtering Out the Real Social Enterprise

Bill Jamieson of the Scotsman points out that a social enterprise is not only an…

CNN Hails Social Enterprise Footwear Founder as One of Top Female Entrepreneurs

CNN names soleRebels founder Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu as one of the top 12 female entrepreneurs…

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