On Food: The Brooklyn Food Coalition’s Nancy Romer talks about building a food movement one neighborhood at a time
In 2009, Nancy Romer, a psychology professor at Brooklyn College, got the idea to organize a one-day conference on food sustainability in New York City — and, surprise, 3,000 people…
Twitter Roundup – November 19: Plastic bags, farmers markets and food banks
Search for the hashtag #socent and you’ll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here’s a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets on food from the last week: Just…
On Food: Bill Shore of Share Our Strength is now aiming at childhood hunger in the U.S.
In our Risk-taking series, Tulane University and Ashoka U students Katie Smalley and Laura White interview social innovators, inquiring about the bold steps they’ve taken to advance their work. Today,…
On Food: Interview with the directors of GROW!, a film about young organic farmers in Georgia
As part of our pre-Thanksgiving “On Food” series, today we feature a story about Christine Anthony and Owen Masterson and a film they created called GROW!, which highlights the challenges…
On Food: Dickson Despommier, author of The Vertical Farm, on skyscrapers filled with vegetables
With Thanksgiving approaching, we’re turning an eye to the question of food – specifically how it moves from the soil to the grocery bag, in New York and Africa alike….
Clean Water at No Cost? Just Add Carbon Credits
In America, I turn on the faucet and out pours water. In much of the world, no such luck. Nearly a billion people don’t have drinkable water. Lack of water…
On Food: How One Acre Fund’s Andrew Youn helps subsistence farmers in Africa to double their yields
With Thanksgiving approaching, we’re turning an eye to the question of food — specifically how it moves from the soil to the grocery bag, in New York and Africa alike….
Twitter Roundup – November 12: Home efficiency scores, cigarette warnings and Yale scholarships
Search for the hashtag #socent and you’ll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here’s a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week: Vice President Biden…
Frames (Poetry): Robert Creeley’s “I Know a Man” and the darkness that surrounds us…
At Dowser, we’re interested in the human ingredients behind social change. Why do some people give themselves the permission to challenge the status quo – to speak up boldly when…
How Fort Collins, Colorado is planning to become the world’s largest net-zero energy community
If all goes according to plan, downtown Fort Collins, Colorado will become the largest district in the world to produce as much energy as it consumes — in other words,…
Fighting Bullying With Babies
Imagine there was a cure for meanness. Well, maybe there is. Lately, the issue of bullying has been in the news, sparked by the suicide of Tyler Clementi, a gay…
Interview: Jamie Berger of the Thrive Project on helping overlooked young adults build meaningful careers
Think of able-bodied young adults in beautiful leaf-peeping Western Massachusetts, and you don’t think of kids who’ve dropped out of high school or gotten stuck in dead-end jobs. But after…
Twitter Roundup – November 5: Happy Meals, electric cars and kitchen sinks
Search for the hashtag #socent and you’ll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here’s a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week: The Twitter feed…
Arts and Urban Youth: Sarah Green on teaching poetry to at-risk youth
Urban arts programs often build confidence and agency among youth who are disheartened by — or disconnected from — public schools. Starting today, and over the next few weeks, we’ll…
Interview: Erin Krampetz of Ashoka U on taking measured risks to transform higher education
In our Risk-taking series, Tulane University and Ashoka U students Katie Smalley and Laura White shed light on the value of risk-taking. By interviewing social innovators about bold steps they’ve…
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