Book Excerpts | Food
The Last Hunger Season
In The Last Hunger Season, Roger Thurow shares the experience of a year in Africa with four smallholder farmers.
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Excerpts of top books on social innovation
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Book Excerpts | Health
No Straight Lines: Making Sense of Our Non-linear World
In No Straight Lines, Alan Moore presents a new way of thinking about our complex world, one that emphasizes participation and human relationships.
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Book Excerpts | Social Entrepreneurship
The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability and Success
The Responsible Business envisions a business structure that considers stakeholders as "full partners" and incorporates responsibility at all levels.
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Book Excerpts | Global Issues
Getting to Bartlett Street: Our 25-Year Quest to Level the Playing Field in Education
Getting to Bartlett Street chronicles the journey of Joe and Carol Reich, co-founders of the Beginning with Children Foundation.
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Book Excerpts | Nonprofits
Good Counsel: Meeting the Legal Needs of Nonprofits
Good Counsel focuses on the special legal issues faced by nonprofits, providing explanations of tax exemptions and other relevant topics.
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Book Excerpts | Socially Responsible Business
Changing Business from the Inside Out
A look at how to steer corporations toward doing good for people and our planet—from the inside.
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Book Excerpts | Technology & Design
inGenius: A Crash Course on Creativity
inGenius argues that we don’t look at everything in our environment as an opportunity for ingenuity—but that we should.
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Book Excerpts | Social Entrepreneurship
Rippling
Rippling outlines five principles used by social entrepreneurs to spread innovation.
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Book Excerpts | Technology & Design
Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal, Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth
Jugaad Innovation explores transforming scarcity into opportunity through the gutsy art of improvising an ingenious solution.
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Book Excerpts | Business
Wicked Problems: Problems Worth Solving
Wicked Problems explores characteristics of and approaches to today's most complex social issues.