Tag: Contests & Prizes
Technology & Design
Following in Buckminster Fuller’s Footsteps
Living Buildings Challenge, a project of the International Living Future Institute, is the winner of this year’s Buckminster Fuller Institute award.
Podcast
Energy
Solar Power in a Suitcase
In this audio interview, Sheela Sethuraman talks with Laura Stachel and Hal Aronson, co-founders of WE CARE Solar, about their effort to combat this issue worldwide. WE CARE stands for Women’s Emergency Communication and Reliable Electricity.
Economic Development
ANDE: Riding the Entrepreneurial Wave
The growth of Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs reflects the rising tide of entrepreneurial support.
Podcast
Global Issues
Sustainable Water Treatment
How can a young nonprofit organization make a tangible improvement in people's health through clean water using only the power of gravity?
Podcast
Nonprofits
Leveraging Online Collaboration
What happens when you leverage the power of internet volunteerism in much the same way as Wikipedia, but with the intention of translating and subtitling videos?
Education
Role Play: Whom Does Higher Education Serve?
What does it mean to be a student in the 21st century? And what is the role of the university in fostering the health of communities?
Fundraising
Can “Giving Days” Strengthen Your Community?
A Case Foundation study explores how a new type of online fundraising event can benefit nonprofits and communities.
Socially Responsible Business
Collaborative Consumption: Doing More with Less…Together
A look at three new sharing enterprises.
Intermediaries
The Rise of Social Capital Market Intermediaries
Donors and grantmakers are allocating money more efficiently, thanks to the emergence of information and funding intermediaries.