Without imagination, humans would be incapable of innovating. So it’s no surprise, with over half the population worldwide living in overcrowded and resource-strapped cities, there are vibrant movements to re-imagine how a city of the future could be more sustainable and livable. For ...
The best social innovations can get stalled in the ideas-phase without funds to get started. In this series social entrepreneurs discuss fundraising: the strategies, pitfalls and sweat spent on the way to getting backing and raising money. Raw Art Works ignites the desire ...
Starting a social enterprise is full of surprises. In this series entrepreneurs discuss unintended consequences on the path of social innovation and how they adjusted to new circumstances -- from the serendipitous, the unexpected computer literacy of small borrowers in Africa; to the ...
New York City has been on a green-bent the last few years. The city kicked cars out of portions of Times Square creating pedestrian enclaves and painted a green network of 200 miles of new bike lanes across the five boroughs. Now the ...
Now in its second year of projects, desigNYC uses design as a way to engage New Yorkers in collaborative action around some of the city's systemic problems. It's a matchmaking organization linking designers with organizations working locally for social good. Below, Michelle Mullineaux, ...
Richard Cherry's organization, the Community Environmental Center (CEC) bridges climate and low-income issues by focusing on the building sector. Using seemingly simple tools like weatherization, the CEC is able to have a sizable environmental and economic impact. The organization helps New York City ...
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, to become a net zero-energy district. That's the vision of FortZED, a collaboration ...
Rather than lobby the State Board of Education to create reform in the public school system, Steve Barr uses grassroots political tactics to motivate families to demand change. A co-founder of Rock the Vote and former Americorps program manager, Barr founded Green Dot ...
Do you know how many servings of fruits or vegetables you ate in the past 24 hours? If it's two or more, you're in the minority. Almost 70 percent of Americans eat one serving or less of fresh produce each day -- and ...
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 be presenting a series on Art and Urban Youth, featuring interviews with leaders in this ...