Food or Fuel?
Mathematical tool helps countries weigh the pros and cons of using biofuel.
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Beyond Microfinance
Two new players in the world's social investing scene seek financial returns along with social impact.
Let’s Play Microloan
Kids win beads and help give loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries.
Treks, Plugs, and Rock ‘n’ Roll
Rockers go green.
GreenNote Friends
GreenNote helps students with no credit history obtain college loans.
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Retailing with Heart
At Panera Cares cafés, there’s a donation box where customers pay on the honor system.
Antipoverty Apps
mPowering has created an app that awards goods and services to individuals facing extreme poverty when they make beneficial choices.
Stopping Child Porn
Computer imaging technology gets put to work to fight child porn fast—five-millisecond-fast.
Curling Up with E-Readers
Worldreader.org is using electronic reading devices to catalyze a new culture of global literacy.
Trawling for Trash
An EU Fisheries Commission Project pays fisherman to remove plastic debris from the Mediterranean Sea.