Philanthropy
Gulf Oil Spill and Environmental Sustainability
Marcia McNutt talks about the leadership lessons learned from the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Podcast
Tag: Latin America
Podcast
Nonprofits
Bringing Fair Trade to Indigenous Farmers
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.
Podcast
Design Thinking
Design Thinking for Social Inclusion
Jocelyn Wyatt, social innovation lead at IDEO, describes her organization's efforts to use design thinking, a problem-solving system that is grounded in a client's or costumer's needs.
Nonprofit Management
Listen to the People
Always talk to the people you are trying to help. And make sure you listen.
Economic Development
Mobile Money in Haiti: A New Support for Disaster Relief and Development Programs
New mobile-based payment systems may offer a more affordable, and faster alternative to distributing cash to countries such as Haiti.
Socially Responsible Business
Beyond the Purple Berry
Sambazon’s commitment to social entrepreneurship creates a fair market for farmers in the Amazon
Podcast
Government
International Development and Entrepreneurship
Nicolas Shea, the innovation and entrepreneurship advisor to the Chilean minister of economy, discusses the Start-Up Chile program.
Food
Local Warming
Global warming may end up helping some poor farmers who will be able to sell their crops for higher prices.
Socially Responsible Business
Second Chances and a Third Bottom Line
Recycla Chile, Latin America’s first e-waste recycling company, reclaims value from discarded electronics and marginalized people.
Podcast
Education
Tomas Recart - Social Enterprise in Chile’s Educational System
The area of education is ripe for social enterprise efforts, both within and outside U.S. borders. In this audio interview with Stanford Center for Social Innovation correspondent Sheela Sethuraman, Executive Director Tomas Recart talks about what Ensena Chile is doing to create educational change in Chile using the Teach For America model. He discusses recruitment, program evaluation, and the expansion of the effort to other Latin American countries.