Bettering the Used Book Business
Better World Books has found a way to make a profit and donate more than $11 million for literacy programs and libraries worldwide.
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Holding the Line in Oregon
Oregon’s land-use policies have preserved farmland and led to smart urban growth.
Banking on Low-Income Families
The Center for Community Self-Help provides financial services to those who can’t afford to live without them.
The End of Polio in India
An immense cross-sector partnership is responsible for the immunization success story.
Leveraging Research for China
The Rural Education Action Project uses its studies about China’s poorest places to influence government policy.
Personal Attention Reduces Poverty
Circles, a national program for helping families get out of poverty, taps an underused resource: middle-class support groups.
Better Health Care, Higher Productivity
By providing factory workers with health care training, HERproject reduces absenteeism and turnover at some of the world’s biggest clothing brands.
Petition Power
Change.org, a five-year-old San Francisco-based startup, has emerged as one of the leading platforms for online activism.
Go Local, Go Global
Ekos cosmetics tap Brazil’s rich biodiversity for profits and social good.
Open Source for Humanitarian Action
Ushahidi develops free software that allows volunteers to map humanitarian crises from their mobile phones.