Former Orphan Provides Safe-Haven for Street Kids
This article first appeared on TruthAtlas. The boy is crouched over in the back of a van. Drops of blood from the cut on his head stain his shirt—he’d been…
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Former Orphan Provides Safe-Haven for Street Kids
This article first appeared on TruthAtlas. The boy is crouched over in the back of a van. Drops of blood from the cut on his head stain his shirt—he’d been…
Three Takeaways in my First Steps as a Social Entrepreneur
This post is written by Armand Tossou, a Fulbright scholar from Benin who is an MBA Candidate in the Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA program at Colorado State University….
The Solutions Set: six must-read stories from the last month
Welcome back to Solutions Set, where each month we select some of the most compelling solutions journalism from across the web. Solutions journalism offers rigorous coverage of solutions to huge…
StandProud for Polio Survivors
This article first appeared on TruthAtlas. The boys in red-and-blue-striped jerseys race across the field—their eyes fixated on the bright yellow ball as sweat drips from their brows. Palm trees…
The Big C: changing the way the world lives with cancer
On February 4th, the LIVESTRONG Foundation launched a pioneering initiative to “change the way the world lives with cancer.” The Big C competition is targetting a global community of entrepreneurs…
Save the Oceans, Feed the World, Make a Profit?
What’s good for the fish is good for the fishing communities — and for impact investors. That’s the thesis of three new vehicles for investing in sustainable fisheries that will…
Discipline With Dignity: Oakland Classrooms Try Healing Instead of Punishment
Tommy, an agitated 14-year-old high school student in Oakland, Calif., was in the hallway cursing out his teacher at the top of his lungs. A few minutes earlier, in the…
A Sense of Ownership: local communities are empowered to act on deforestation
An edited version of this article first appeared on TruthAtlas. BALE, ETHIOPIA–In the dappled shade of his eucalyptus plantation, Munir Adem recollects. “Before, the forest belonged to the government. There…
The Myth Behind Public School Failure
Until about 1980, America’s public schoolteachers were iconic everyday heroes painted with a kind of Norman Rockwell patina—generally respected because they helped most kids learn to read, write and successfully…
Education for Entrepreneurship: an interview with Tim Draper
Tim Draper, founder and managing director of venture-capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, recently created Draper University of Heroes, an immersive Silicon Valley boarding school and online program offering courses in…
Cartographies of Time: Part II
We believe that places are like people and that each has a unique personality. A defining and often delightful aspect of each place’s personality is the way in which time…
Cartographies of Time: Part I
This is the first post in a two-part series on the cartographies time. Here, we explore one of the most fundamental assumptions in recent Western civilisation – our perception and…
The Real Future of Clean Water
What would it take to ensure that everyone in the world had access to clean water? I’m prompted to ask this question in response to a recent New York Times…
Portland’s Food Truck Heaven: A New Kind of Fast Food Brings Jobs and Flavor
At noon on a sunny day in Portland, Ore., in what not long ago was a vacant lot, customers roam past brightly painted food carts perusing menus for vegan barbeque,…
Congolese Dancers Express Resilience to Violence
“It used to be just a form of recreation for us,” Chiku Lwambo said, “but now with contemporary dance we have found a way to express ourselves and take a…
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