Nonprofits
The Democracy 2.0 Grant Summit: An Experiment in Collective Grantmaking
Millennial generation reps will create five technology projects that will reduce the influence of wealth and special interest groups in policymaking.
Articles P6850
Podcast
Amory Lovins - Business Solutions to Climate Change
Better design integration and materials innovation can lead to big energy and cost savings, and rapid return on investment, particularly in the automotive and housing industries. Amory Lovins, one of America's most influential energy speakers, offers some profitable business-led solutions to climate, oil, and nuclear proliferation problems in this Stanford Center for Social Innovation sponsored audio lecture. Lovins offers strategies to reduce US oil dependence through a menu of renewable and fossil fuel types.
Social Innovations
Money to Grow On
Certain nonprofits can take a page from business's playbook and learn how to attract cash for expansion.
Government
Social Enterprise in Scotland: The World Forum
The first Social Enterprise World forum focuses on how to use business to accomplish social outcomes.
Social Innovations
How I Became a Social Entrepreneur
Strategies for following one's social entrepreneurial bliss.
Social Innovations
LivingGoods Calling
LivingGoods sends its version of Avon ladies—white-uniformed "health promoters"—knocking on doors in hundreds of Ugandan communities.