The Power of Voices
This week, a remarkable grassroots organization in India, Vasavya Mahila Mandali (VMM), celebrated 40 years of achievement and service.
Social Issues - Most Popular
Curling Up with E-Readers
Worldreader.org is using electronic reading devices to catalyze a new culture of global literacy.
Podcast
Business
Environmental Sustainability for Small Businesses
How small business and "green" business came hand-in-hand with eBay and Intuit.
Podcast
Social Innovations
Applying Design Thinking to Healthcare
CEO Joel Sadler about the company’s initial product,an artificial knee joint that is dramatically changing the lives of amputees in developing countries
Micro-Savings: Are We There Yet?
Micro-savings have been described as the “Next Big Thing” in the global development agenda. But we are not there yet, particularly with regards to young people living in poverty.
Podcast
Sunny Days for Microfinance
I think the current moment is the beginning of the golden years for microfinance.
The Dragonfly Effect
Two veterans of consumer psychology, marketing, and entrepreneurship provide a guide to using social media for social change.
Review
Food Solutions
The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It by Julian Cribb
Review
The Quintessential Entrepreneur
A FISTFUL OF RICE: My Unexpected Quest to End Poverty Through Profitability by Vikram Akula