Every week, we round up the SocEnt news and discussions you need to know. Riot Recourse In case you haven't heard, massive riots have rocked London and surrounding areas since last weekend. Looters ransacked businesses and homes, buildings burned and cars crashed, with an ...
Can consumerism and environmentalism go hand in hand? Paul Polizzotto, Founder of EcoMedia, is out to prove that they can not only work together, but truly benefit one another. Polizzotto started EcoMedia in 2002 with what he calls a “sustainable media” model, seeking ...
As we teeter on the edge of a new year, after eight months in operation, we thought we'd highlight a few of the stories we came across the past year. Thanks for joining us in our launch year, come back regularly, and please ...
Financial and social profits don’t always go hand-in-hand; many view the two as antithetical. Aron Cramer has made a career out of upending this notion. Driven by a belief that business leaders care as much as anyone else about social concerns, Cramer has ...
In our Big Ideas series, we check in regularly with leading thinkers in the field of social innovation. We want to know what they're working on, what questions they're wresting with, and what opportunities and challenges they see up ahead for the sector. Today ...
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: FrontlineSMS is free software that helps NGOs reach large groups of people anywhere there’s a mobile ...
Here's the second installment of our Big Ideas feature -- in which we check in regularly with big thinkers in the field of social innovation. We want to know what they're working on, what questions they're wrestling with, and what opportunities and challenges ...
All around us, people are working on innovative solutions to pressing social problems. Often, though, those stories can be difficult to track down. Which is why we’re regularly scouring the Web to highlight who’s solving what and how.
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: Google (@google) announced this week that it's purchasing 20 years’ worth of wind energy to power ...
Who made the shirt you're wearing? Were the cloth cutters or seamstresses treated fairly? Did the factory comply with reasonable environmental standards? If you have no clue, then check out the work of Alice Tepper Marlin. She believes we all have a right ...