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COO of Bats'il Maya Alberto Irezabal on the social environment in Chiapas and his nonprofit
Nonprofits

Bringing Fair Trade to Indigenous Farmers

Featuring Alberto Irezabal

COO of Bats'il Maya Alberto Irezabal talks about the social environment in Chiapas that led to the founding of the organization, and how the co-op works.

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Picking Green Tech’s Winners and Losers

By Clayton M. Christensen, Suman ("Shuman") Talukdar, Richard Alton, & Michael B. Horn 9

Unless clean tech follows well-established rules of innovation and commercialization, the industry’s promise to provide sustainable sources of energy will fail.

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Retailing with Heart

By Suzie Boss 10

At Panera Cares cafés, there’s a donation box where customers pay on the honor system.

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It Takes Three to Tango

By Johan Van de Gronden 6

A European perspective on American civil society. A quick glance at the latest
thinking about not-for-profit management and philanthropy
reveals some profound differences between the ways American and
European practitioners look at today’s major societal challenges.

Rajesh Shah, a 2010 Tech Award winner, on social entrepreneurship
Social Innovations

The Peer Water Exchange: A Platform for Change

Featuring Rajesh Shah

Rajesh Shah, a 2010 Tech Award winner, shares his social entrepreneurship model that leverages technology, new media, and peer interaction to solve the water crisis.